This is Mohito, my new pet. Megan got him for me and he really fit the mocktail party theme. So cute. Thanks for the flowers Mommy. They are beautiful

Who are you guys voting for? I don't really like McCain in the debate : (

Heroes

So, I have a new addiction....Heroes. I have watched more than half of the first season this week and let me just say I highly recommend it. I have my 1st test tomorrow...so studying is my plan for tonight...when I get done with this episode. Then in the evening, we are hosting a mocktail party. I watched some surgeries this week and got to scrub in for a hysterectomy. I am excited about life....and being 21!

This one is actually funnier...

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL!

This video cracks me up. I've seriously watched it twenty times and laughed out loud just as much each time.

3rd

hey lifes rough when your the favorite child,,, sorry if you guys didn get the memo but im finally numero uno, i work a lot go to school more and then hit the good 8 hrs of church during my week but when im not doing that i chillax with essijane or dorian...

Birthday list

I am feeling something glamorous for my birthday this year. We are throwing a mocktail party on Saturday and hopefully its a good turnout. There will be guitar hero and cupcakes as well as drinks in plastic wine glasses if anyone is interested. Here are some things I might enjoy for my birthday:

• Decals for my car windows, preferably flowery or butterflies
• Car air freshener(it smells like vinyl in there)
• Gift certificates to a restaurant or to the movies so I don't feel guilty spending money on fun
• A car cd player(I hear Markie has one handy, dad's coming up in a month if it would be cheaper to send it with him)
• Nice chocolate
• Cards, perhaps someone could volunteer to be my penpal
• I want to see more photos of the new house all finished
• Fridge magnets with words
• Dangly earrings

Thanks, I love you. And thanks Mommy for posting. Good luck with your masters papers

Boring MOM

So I wish I could be exciting, but I am so busy..... and so tired.... maybe the monavie juice will help. Mondays I grade all papers, Tuesday meetings and night school, Wednesdays usually sac state class - I have a literature review due this semester, Thursdays night school, Fridays football - Matthew is doing awesome!! and Saturdays I run all errands. This Saturday I forgot to grocery shop so guess what FHE is? Yes, a trip to the store. I feel like I will never get the house together..... oh and on Sundays I am suppose to work on my other masters class, and I have about 4 hours tonight, so I've got to go. First ward was nice today, friendly. Have a great week. LOVE TO ALL, MOM

I know no one has posted after me, but I check every day, and it seems that no one ever will. Its been a busy week. I spent 2 days in the hospital this week. It was really cool, but exhausting. I spent half of the first day in the cath lab. Got to watch a cardioversion(which had to be repeated many times because it did not at first bring him out of atrial fibrillation.) I saw an angiogram which is a sterile procedure, so I had to watch from behind the glass. The heart x-rays were so cool. For the second half of the day, I watched colonoscopies. I placed an iv for one patient( I'll need a little more practice for that one to be perfect), and watched them remove several polyps from another. The RN is mainly in charged of sedating the patients. The physician explained to me all the parts of the colon and what we were looking for. Very cool indeed. After 9 hours in the hospital, Christina and I chose patients for the next day and gathered info about their conditions. We arrived at her aunt's house at 6pm and proceeded to work on our preassessments. Along with various breaks for eating and talking, we finished around midnight. At 6:30, we left for another day at the hospital. I got to change dressings, flush iv lines, and pass medications, along with charting a basic assessment. It was a good day, but a full day and I was so exhausted I went to bed at 9pm. Yesterday was good. I watched Mariya's kids for awhile and as I was walking around campus, I realized that people probably thought they were mine. That is a wierd thought in and of itself. Meagan went to fall fest with me in the evening where we got free cotton candy and waited in line to play guitar hero even though we have several versions at home. My flying trip has been cancelled today which is slightly disappointing, but now I can go to the ward olympics. Also, I'm having a mocktail party next weekend to celebrate being 21 if any of you would like to come ; )

We went crawdad fishing at strawberry reservoir on Friday night. Amy, Nancy, Daniel and I ended up with a whole sinkful of crawdads. We tied raw chicken to strings and scooped up the crawdads with a net. It was really fun. Afterward, we ate them with a chinese sauce that Amy made. I brought the smallest one home to be my pet...bought him a bowl yesterday and gathered some river rocks, but I think he died this morning. I'm sad. I was excited. He was so cute, moving rocks around with his claws and trying to eat his hot dog.
It's been a pretty good week. Clinical was good on Thursday. I met a man who helped discover hepatitis C and gave him a shot. I also watched a lady who had had nothing by mouth for a month take her first sips of orange juice. Next week, I am probably going flying up to Idaho in a 4 person plane. I am so excited.

Please try not to be jealous.

My schedule

Well, to follow Marie's example, I thought I'd post my schedule here too.

Monday:
11:00-11:50 ENGLISH
12:00-2:00 ART
5:00-7:30 WORK
7:30-8:30 Family Home Evening

Tuesday:
11:00-12:50 SCIENCE LAB
2:00-3:15 MATH
5:30-6:30 Work
7:00-8:30 Institute
8:30-10:30 Work

Wednesday:
11:00-11:50 ENGLISH
12:00-2:00 ART
4:00-7:00 KINESIOLOGY
7:00-8:30 Institute Womens Association
8:30-11:30 Work

Thursday:
11:00-12:50 SCIENCE LAB
2:00-3:15 MATH
Evening: Softball (games starting at six or seven pm)
Work sometime after softball

Friday:
11:00-11:50 ENGLISH
12:00-1:00 Friday Forum at the Institute

Weekends: Work sometime...

Sunday:
12:00-1:00 Choir
1:00-4:00 Church



Yep, guess that's it then.

I'm going to Unity Conference this weekend. I'm pretty excited, it should be fun :)

Love to all....

christine

Call Me

Here's my schedule:

Monday:
8am-9am History
7pm-8pm FHE

Tuesday:
8am-11am Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illnesses
11am-12pm Devotional
1pm-4pm Pharmacology

Wednesday:
8am-9am History
Sometime in the afternoon preassessment for clinical

Thursday:
6:30am-4pm Nursing Clinical
7:30pm-9pm Institute

Friday:Volunteer 11am-12pm, Nursing lab 12:30pm-2:30pm
8am-9am History
11am-12pm Adaptive Aquatics
12:30pm-2:30pm Nursing Skills lab

I miss talking to you. I know you're not accustomed to calling me because of Canada, but feel free to. I hope everyone is having a great week and getting everything done. I hope the house is gradually settling down and such. Please post pictures of the finished product : )

Matthew and his birthday cake :)

a camera phone isn't really good at birthday cake pictures, sorry. Anyway... We had some cake and ice cream for Matthew's birthday tonight over at the new house. It was delightful. Matthew's pretty much an aged old man at this point, i guess. I did notice he had some strapping muscles though. I was amazed. Happy birthday matthew! By the way, what do people want for their birthdays? MarK's would be way late, Matthew's would be a little late, and Marie's may be just on time. You people should tell me so i can get you something and not feel like such a lousy sister. Thank you and have a nice day.

My week

It has been a long week my friends. We drove all day Monday, got a flat tire around Wendover, and arrived in Provo at 9pm. It was fun driving with Laura. She serenaded me with her guitar as we rode. Tuesday, I had class from 8-11, had lunch with Laura, and had another class from 1-4pm. Afterward, we found out the flat tire had to be replaced because of a bad hole in the wall. On the way back, my electric window stopped working, so I may have been really angry. Wednesday, I had class from 8-9am, then decided to do my "adult errands." I talked to someone about parking permits, waivers to live in non-approved housing, and applied for student loans. Then I went and got my tire replaced and bought a bookcase. I got most of my books put away, then proceeded to my "front loading lab" from 1-5pm. I learned how to scrub in for surgery so you are a sterile person. Also, how to put in and take out ivs. I missed her vein though and the teacher dug around. Hers was perfect on me, but hurt a bit and gave me a nasty bruise. Laura took me out for dinner afterward and we went on a walk through the cemetary. Then we visited Rachel and Bruce. This morning, I awoke at 5:25am and met people at school for a carpool 20 minutes later. The IMC in Murray is a really nice hospital and I am excited about working there. It should be pretty fun. We mostlty just walked around today. I learned how to do charting on the computer and observed iv hanging. I also assesed iv sites. Soon I will actually give them. We got to change into surgical scrubs with hats and booties and walk around the OR. We looked through the windows of several operations which was awesome. I get to be inside the operating room on september 24 and 25 so that should be fun. Megan and I went to institute today and I met some of the ward. This year is old testament and the teacher is way intense. I hope to learn much and hopefully not any false doctrine. Tomorrow, I just have class from 8-9am, then I am free. There's a nursing luau in the evening, but I plan to relax away the rest of the day. Also, I found out today that I got a pell grant and a subsidized stafford loan. Thank heavens I asked about it. I hope you are all doing well. Please post pictures of the house when everyone is moved in so I can see.