Jessi's Jabberings

Seattle Rotation

2009-04-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

This may be confusing :) I was a little confused myself. I emailed my teacher who set up our rotations about the one I had asked for in Seattle and how it wasn't listed on my schedule. It took her a little time to get back to me but she did!

And I had 2 options, because the rotation that that one would replace is at a time (May - June) when the pharmacist up there isn't available. So I had to do some rearranging.

Option #1 was that I could just switch that rotation with my off rotation in September. Which seemed like an easy solution, but I was leary of having my off rotation first, because then I don't have a break at all. I will have a few weeks off here and there, but no big break before I'm done next May. Plus May's schedule had already been made up for work, and I was hoping to get some extra hours in while on break to save up some money.

And option #2 was to pick a new one for my October rotation (which I was really looking forward to) at Corum and move that to May and go to Seattle in October. There were a couple problems with that, I didn't want to lose my rotation at Corum, I have met the pharmacy director there and really liked him. Also I wasn't sure about the weather in Washington in October :) I don't wanna see too much rain or snow for that matter, lol.

So after discussing it with loved ones and co-workers, I decided to go with option one. Although my off rotation is first, it will give me a chance to make some extra money for the summer and I will be able to have a little more time to prepare for rotations. For example I need to get dress clothes :) Plus I figure that going to Seattle will be somewhat of a break, even though I'll still have a rotation it will be different. This way I still get to go to Seattle and I'll still get to go to Corum as well, so really I'm getting everything that I had wanted.

Although I will miss everyone, 5 weeks will go by very quickly I'm sure. And Rich is driving with me up there (since I will need my car to get around) and flying back. And then going to come get me when I'm done. That way I won't have to make the long drive by myself.

So I get to go afterall!

2009-04-21T11:15:00.001-07:00

Rotations are up... doesn't look like I get to go to Seattle after all. At least it wasn't on my schedule yet if I am. But I do have a couple out west :) and I got a couple that I really wanted, like the CF pharmacy and at Corum in Chesterfield.

2009-04-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

still waiting.... patiently for rotation schedules, they pushed it back to tomorrow morning at the latest...

rotation jitters

2009-04-16T20:13:00.000-07:00

So I'm really getting nervous about rotations :) just because I don't really know what to expect. I talked to one of our pharmacists about it today and she said it's only weird for the first few days when you kind of find your place. I am excited to find out where I'll be going though, and when I'll be going to Seattle.

I bought a PDA the other day too, just waiting for it to get here. It's an HP iPAQ, so it runs on windows, and it has bluetooth and WiFi. And it has a memory card slot, so I bought a 2 gb memory card too. I bought it because I think it will be helpful for rotations. There are programs you can download or buy with drug information that will make it easier to look up information, especially when I'm not home, cause I'm definitely not carrying my therapeutics notes around with me, since I have four 5" binders full of stuff.

Easter

2009-04-15T08:35:00.001-07:00

So we found out yesterday, that we'll know our rotations by Monday! Can't wait.

Easter was good. Rich's parents came to our family's get-together and finally met my parents. The 6 of us ate in the dining room together so they could get to know each other a little. They seemed to like each other,haha.

Someone was teasing them as they were leaving that they didn't have time to quiz them on everyone's names. So Rich's Mom went through everybody and named a bunch of them, which is pretty impressive because of the size of our family. I found out later, from his Dad that she remembered everyone's names but my parents, lol. She couldn't remember Dad's name and that was all his Dad did remember. :)

Great news!

2009-04-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

Some great news!

Rich's teacher was doing some fundraising for the school (East Central college) and ended up with too much money :) Never a problem I've heard of before, lol, but they had $2,500 extra. So he decided to give it as a scholarship. He worked with the Dean and some other peoples and decided based on need and performance in the drafting program. They decided on one $1,000 and three $500 scholarships. Rich didn't know anything about it or that his teacher had thrown his name into the hat until his teacher gave him a letter during class last night.

He got the $1,000 scholarship!!! And since he's already paid for this semesters classes they'll just cut him a check! How awesome is that.?And when his teacher was telling the class, he said it'd come to no surprise that it was Rich who got it!

I also heard back from my teacher on my out-of-town rotation! Looks like I'll be going to Seattle for about 5 weeks after all! I'm excited, I think it will be so much fun to go up there and be able to stay with Uncle Glen and Aunt Margaret! Although I've never been away from everyone for so long, lol. It's gonna suck to not be able to see Rich, and everyone else for that matter, for 5 weeks. But I think the experience will be worth it. I'll be able to see what another state does as far as pharmacies are run, and the different laws they have. Because you'd be surprised how different the laws are state to state. For example, in Illinois you only have 7 days I beleive to fill a prescription for a C2 controlled substance, and here you have the entire 6 months that the prescription is good for. So people will come over from Illinois if for some reason they don't get it filled in time. Also, my aunt has lupus so I will be able to see a day-to-day example of a patient (sounds funny to call her a patient, but whatever) who struggles with a chronic condition. And the efforts she has to go through with her medical care. I think it will be a good reference for the future, an example of what it is like on their side. A lesson in empathy and compassion I guess you could say.

Pics

2009-03-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

As promised :)

Pics from Chicago! If you go we would definitely recommend going to the Museum of Science and Industry it was awesome!

I'm posting the few pics with us actually im them, there are a ton more in the album, but it's mostly scenery and architecture, lol enjoy if you have the time

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=289782336/a=39553014_39553014/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

Weekend fun

2009-03-22T16:37:00.000-07:00

First off I don't have pics of Chicago yet... I accidentally left my camera in Rich's car so he has all of them :) I'll get them eventually, but since I have a big test this week it'll probably be next weekend or so.

Yesterday I got to play good Samaritan. (just a side note, I always wonder how many people know where that saying actually came from :) While I was at Mom's shop getting ready to head to St. Louis, Mom saw a woman pulled over on the highway right in front of the shop. She said she looked like she needed help, but since she couldn't leave the shop she asked if I'd go ask if she needed a cell phone or anything. So I pulled over on the service road and jumped out to see if she needed anything, and she was definitely kind of frantic, poor thing. She was 8 months pregnant and following her husband home to Hermann. She said she felt like she was having a heart attack because her heart started racing and she thought she was going to pass out. So she pulled over, but her phone wasn't working. She got out, and said she felt better with some fresh air. I guess she tried flagging down some cars, because someone else pulled over on the service road and he saw her from the highway. She was using my phone to try and call her husband, who wasn't answering. So she called her Mom and told her what happened. We were tying to figure out if she wanted to go to the hospital, because she said she was scared to drive again, and she was worried that something was wrong with her pregnancy. The guy offered to drive her to the hospital in Wentzville, or to the Urgent Care in Warrenton, he even offered to drive her home to Hermann. She told him thanks for the offer but that she couldn't get in the car with a stranger. She said she would rather wait for her parents to get there (they also lived in Hermann) or for her husband, but she wasn't even sure if he saw her pull over. But then her husband came up behind her on the highway, he saw her pull over right by the exit, so he pulled off and drove all the way to Foristell to get back on the highway going west. So she told him what happened. The guy offered to bring their van to the commuter lot if she thought she wasn't going to be able to drive so that it was off the highway. So he jumped in the back of his truck and jumped the fence, and helped them move it. And that was it. The poor thing though was definitely freaked out. She thanked me about 20 times for using the phone, and she even apologized once for taking so long. I told her not to worry about it, that I wasn't in a hurry and I just hoped that everything was alright. So I went back to the shop and told Mom what happened. It was definitely interesting. I was just glad I could help her out.

Also just a funny story from last night. Rich decided when he spent $7.50 on a pack of cigarettes in Chicago that it was time to quit smoking! YAY! So he bought the Nicoderm patches, because he didn't think he could quit cold turkey. So yesterday was his first day on it. And he did very well. Last night he came down cause we were celebrating Andi's birthday by having a few drinks :) and playing Sing Star (which was a blast, I would definitely recommend it). Well in the middle of the night, I guess Rich's patch somehow came off his arm, and ended up on my back... I woke up sweating and kicked off the covers, and then I was cold. I was rolling over and over and couldn't get comfortable. I felt like I needed to move, so my arms and legs kept twitching and I couldn't fall back to sleep. Eventually I guess I did,and I slept ok from then, but when the alarm went off for Rich, I was wide awake. When I rolled over to turn it off, I felt something on my back and realized it was his patch... no wonder I couldn't sleep earlier. And then I had a killer headache. So I told Rich he's no longer allowed to wear them at night :) It's not like he smoked at night anyway. But I made myself sleep after that to try to get rid of my headache and I slept until 2 in the afternoon, crazy. Rich felt bad, but he keeps teasing me that I'll be smoking by tomorrow because of the cravings, lol.

2009-03-15T20:17:00.000-07:00

Lovin Chicago! We somehow got an upgrade to a king suite :) (I bet they wanted a good review on expedia lol) It's still not a real big room, but we have a seperate sitting area, as well as the bedroom. We got here a little late so we didn't do much tonight. Just walked around for a little while and took in some scenery, then stopped by a grocery store to get some stuff to eat. Tomorrow we'll have lots to do with our City Passes, hopefully the weather's nice.

Oh yeah, we got pulled over on the way out, lol. A state trooped plulled up next to us, and then all of a sudden slowed down. I guess they ran the plates cause they didn't pull us over right away. But eventually he did, and it was because he thought Rich wasn't wearing a seatbelt (which I didn't know you could be pulled over for, but apparently in IL you can). The female officer in the passenger side was pretty funny, when they were next to us, she stared us down and pulled her sunglasses down her nose to get a better look I guess. When we were waiting for the officer to come back I realized I was wearing my Drugs are my life shirt from school, lol. But he didn't say anything about that when he came back, he did although say something about me crocheting (I was really knitting :) in the car, apparently he thought that was funny cause Rich saw him laughing in the car, lol. Luckily we didn't get a ticket, cause Mom said the fees just went up recently. The officer just told Rich to wear it over his shoulder from now on. :) No harm no foul, but it looks like we can't go on vacation without some sort of problems :)

Chicago!

2009-03-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

So Rich and I decided kind of last minute to go to Chicago this weekend for Spring Break! I'm so excited! I booked our hotel today, and was looking at some stuff to do and got directions and such... we found a Day's Inn about 20 minutes outside of downtown for only $68 a night. No pool though :( lol

We'll be leaving sometime on Sunday and returning on St. Patricks day... we were excited when we realized we'd be there on St. Patty's and thought we could see the parade, but they do their parade on Saturday so we won't get to see it. They even dye the Chicago river green! But that's ok, we'll have plenty of stuff to do. We got these city passes which includes admission to a bunch of stuff for the time that we'll be down there, including the Sear's Tower deck, the Field's museum, the aquarium, the planetarium, and the museum of science and industy :) which Rich was excited about, lol

I can't wait... but it's a little distracting when I have 2 tests in the next 2 days :)

And I now have all of the songs from Chicago stuck in my head, lol

2009-03-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

I just witnessed the dumbest show ever...

Hole in the Wall --- it's a game show we stole from the Japanese game show, where you try to fit through the holes in the wall that's moving towards you. Very strange, but the chick won $120,000 and she only made it through one?

2009-02-18T08:20:00.001-08:00

The project so far... already longer than the scarves I tried to make :)
oh yeah, it's done in panels - there will be 7 eventually

2009-02-16T14:31:00.000-08:00

So I pulled out all of my knitting stuff again... Rich asked me to make him an afghan so hopefully I'll actually finish a project :)

wish me luck

2009-02-05T12:29:00.001-08:00

Only a few days left to vote :) and you can vote every 8 hours or so

And as of now I'm 477 out of 18,000 so I need help :) :) :)

Planet Beautiful
Brickfish

Smarty Pants Dance

2009-02-04T16:07:00.000-08:00

Mom just sent me this in an email! Too cute!

ZOMBIES!

2009-02-04T07:22:00.000-08:00

Just thought this was humorous! Some funny news for once... This is from the Arch's website but the last link goes to KSDK's story.

Yesterday morning, just across the river, commuters received a strange warning from a construction sign. Instead of useful information, it read "Daily Lane Closures Due To Zombies". Now, if zombies where actually to become a standard road hazard, this sign would be very useful. However, this was not the case on Tuesday morning (as far as I know). Apparently, it is believed, a person hacked the sign via a remote connection and altered it. This type of occurrence seems to be on the rise too. I've recently read similar stories from other places around the country. This leads me to my question: Is it just someone having some fun, or could this catch on as a new form of graffiti?
You can read more here and see the pictures.

Girl's of 2004 - Nite out!

2009-02-02T16:13:00.000-08:00

We had a blast! And promised to get together more than once every 5 years :)

PS :) Brunettes do it better!

Ballerina

2009-01-29T08:05:00.000-08:00

This is an illusion I saw in class one day, just thought it was interesting. Most people only see her going in one direction, clockwise or counterclockwise. Some can get her to reverse.

I can only see her going clockwise. They say if you see it going counterclockwise you use your left brain more (think logic and stuff), and if you see her going clockwise you use your right brain more (think art and stuff). I'm not sure that I beleive that though because they surveyed our class and only about 10% saw it going counterclockwise.

What do you see?

MORE snow!

2009-01-28T16:43:00.001-08:00

No snow day today either even though we got close to 6 inches... oh well I only had one class the other was cancelled :)

The roads were better today except for the one way streets and alleys, I couldn't even get back into my garage :)

So I'm parked on the steet in front of the house. Makes me nervous especially with the snow and city drivers :)

2009-01-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

Dang snow... I wish it would just snow a ton or not at all.

School of course did not get cancelled, just snow schedule.

But it was sleeting on my way to school, and it still is now so the roads should be fantastic on my way home... I just keep waiting for them to cancel, cause that's what they did to us last time. We sat around waiting for a class and then they closed the school.

**Note:** Our teacher cancelled our last class. And the roads were aweful.

Target

2009-01-26T10:32:00.000-08:00

Target is starting a new program to increase leadership abilities in the student pharmacy technicians that it hires. They have been doing it in other districts and decided it was time to try it here in St. Louis. So I had to go to a meeting which was the introduction of this program to the students who will be involved. Basically they are trying to get the students to be the kind of pharmacists that they would like to hire. We will have to do some sort of leadership project at our stores, such as trying to increase autofills in some way. We will have to do some information modules online, and have to go to a meeting with other managers from departments throughout the store and present something about the pharmacy. After all this they will teach us interviewing skills, and we will have a mock interview.

I was a little intimidated about the program because it was the unknown, I had no idea what to expect when they told me about the meeting. But after thinking about what the program is trying to do, I'm actually looking forward to it. These are things that I will need to be working on to be a better pharmacist and a better boss. And a mock interview will definately be good practice since I will be interviewing for pharmacist jobs in about a year... crazy

Inspiration

2009-01-20T18:46:00.000-08:00

I've been inspired :) by Rachel, lol and boredom. I found these unfinished 4X4 frames at Target for $2.50 for the set. And decided to spruce them up a bit, with an extra, unneeded yellowbook. I might redo the diagonal one, not sure if I like how that one turned out as much.

On a side-note school starts up again tomorrow... I don't feel like the break was long enough, but that's just because I don't get a summer break this year.

2009-01-05T22:39:00.000-08:00

I've entered this photo in a contest :) If you have a chance take a look and vote :) for me of course!!

Planet Beautiful
Brickfish

2008-12-29T20:18:00.000-08:00

We went to the brewery for a tour today SO COOL!

Christmas Survey

2008-12-15T12:55:00.000-08:00

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper unless I'm really desperate, I like to make it pretty

2. Real or Artificial tree? right now... fake, but I love real trees, cept that I'm allergic :) and the needles suck to clean up

3. When do you put up the tree? haha before Thanksgiving!! I love coming home to Christmas decorations, it just seems to put you in a good mood no matter what your day has been like

4. When do you take the tree down? usually before the new year

5. Do you like eggnog? yup :)

6. Favorite gift received as a child? hmmm... i always enjoyed the clothes, and my digital camera is definately one of my favorites, I have so many memories preserved because of it

7. Hardest person to buy for? rich :) actually I've managed to find unique gifts so far

8. Easiest person to buy for ? my brother or nephews

9. Do you have a nativity scene? yep a metal one, it's actually pretty cool

10. Do you mail or email Christmas cards? this year I actually made cards, but have yet to mail them :)

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? nothing I can really think of... the worst Christmas was in 2003 though...

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? christmas vacation, christmas story or the grinch

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I at least start to think about what I'm going to get in November, but actually getting them dpends on when I have money :)

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I don't think I have

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? cookies!

16. Lights on the tree? I like white, cause I like uniform colors, I also like when people use uniform colors on their houses I think it looks r3ally cool

17. Favorite Christmas songs? my absolute favorite is emmanuel by amy grant, also carol of the bells by anyone - I love that song, or sleigh ride because we played it in band

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay close to home, don't really travel far, usually within 50 miles

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? dasher, dancer, prancer, vixen, comet, cupid, donner, blitzen, rudolph

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? i have a star on my tree, but I love angels too

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We have a large family gathering for Christmas Eve and exchange a few gifts there, but the one’s from Santa aren’t opened until Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? the traffic...

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? my favorite colors are red and gold and almost all of my stuff is in the color theme

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? doesn't matter to me

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? doesn't matter as long as I get to go home, and I'm healthy and so is my family

Me: by google.com

2008-11-23T14:00:00.000-08:00

1: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search
*Jessi needs a comment from someone who loves her.
(hehe)

2: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search:
*Jessi looks sweet and innocent.
(that's me :)

3: Type in "[your name] does" in Google search:
*Jessi does indeed rise like the Phoenix from the ashes
(sweet!)

4: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search:
*Jessi hates all things macho, but loves academics and the fine arts.
(what's funny about this one was it's about jessie from saved by the bell :))

5: Type in "[your name] goes to" in Google search:
*Jessi Goes To North America
(I just liked it cause it has my whole name in it)

6: Type in "[your name] loves" in Google search:
* jessi (loves someone).
(i'm sure you already know who! :D)

7: Type in "[your name] eats" in Google search:
* Jessi eats chocolate sprinkles on her ice cream 6% of the time and caramel. syrup 20% of the time, and never has them both at the same time,
(a clip from a word problem :)

8: Type in "[your name] has" in Google search:
*Jessi has a type of paranormal strength
(told ya! ;)

9: Type in "[your name] died" in Google Search:
*Jessi died her hair dark brown, she is smokin hot!
(not as morbid as the rest)

10: Type in "[your name] will" in Google search:
*Jessi will be hidden
(cause i'm sneaky sneaky :)

11: Type in "[your name] {your choice}" in Google search:
*Jessi wants all the attention for herself and doesn't want to share the spotlight
(this totally sounds like me :)

Update

2008-11-23T08:14:00.000-08:00

Rich's friend went back to the Dr. and now they think the baby's in a position where she might be able to carry it! She's going to go to another Dr. to get a second opionion but at least there's some hope!

2008-11-20T10:57:00.001-08:00

One of Rich's friends just found out his girlfriend was pregnant. They've been together for years and already have one kid so they were happy about it.

But they found out yesterday that it is either an ectopic pregnancy (which means that the egg implanted in the fallopian tube and not the uterus) or a cyst. Either way she'll probably have to have surgery. If she is pregnant they will have to abort, because an ectopic pregnancy cannot be carried to term without killing the mother. There is not room for the baby to grow and it would rupture the tube.

Just thought we could send up a prayer, even though they had just found out they were both excited and had been wanting to have another kid.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-19T07:29:00.000-08:00

I meant to put this up yesterday, but I forgot.

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of Grandpa North's death. I can't believe it's been so long already. I was only 10 at the time, but it was my first funeral of someone that I knew well and I remember it pretty well. I actually remember the night he died more vividly, because I knew... I don't know how but I did. We went bowling that night with some of our cousins and I just felt so sick to my stomach and when we got back we found out he had passed away. I had the same feeling the days Grandma North and Grandma Robey died...

But on a happier note I am so excited about the North family Thanksgiving! The last time I can remember so many of us getting together was Grandma North's funeral... ummm 11 years ago? It will be great to see almost everyone again. Can't wait!

Quotes

2008-11-17T07:33:00.000-08:00

So I was just looking through one of the many catelogs I've gotten in the last week :) and found some interesting quotes I thought I'd share:

"Enjoy the little things in life for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things"

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" Dickinson

"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling likethe dickens underneath" Michale Caine

"When I was your age, pluto was a planet" :)

"vocatvs atque non vocatvs deus aderit"
"Bidden or not bidden, God is present"

PINK FLOYD!!

2008-11-10T11:36:00.000-08:00

Friday was the Pink Floyd concert at the Fabulous Fox :) It was awesome! They played the entire version of the Wall, which was longer than I realized. And some of the visual effects they used were amazing, I just wished they would have had more. During the helicopter part of the song they had all the spot lights come together so that it looked like a search light, and then they all stopped suddenly when the song said "Hey you! Yeah you!" It was awesome. Then the second half of the show they had lazer lights going. And I got a glow-stick from somebody in the crowd, which is always fun.

Saturday Rich had a bonfire for his bday. It was pretty fun. April even got to come out, and we played some beer pong :)

UPDATE

2008-11-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

Here's a few pics Rich took today. They got the fire under control. Fire trucks came from all over. It didn't get any houses and nobody got hurt. It actually cleared the underbrush from the woods so it was probably kind of healthy for the woods. It'll probably be really pretty next spring.

Woods on fire!!

2008-11-05T12:15:00.001-08:00

Rich just called and told me the woods behind his house are on fire! There are 5 fire trucks out there and they're trying to rake to get the fire out of the woods. Rich's Dad said there's probably a dozen acres already on fire and they're just trying to keep it from spreading. His Dad has been keeping the fire from the shed with a hose... pretty crazy! I'll probably update this weekend with pictures.

Halloween fun

2008-11-04T17:07:00.000-08:00

Halloween proved to be a very interesting weekend :) On Friday Rich and I went and got pumpkins to carve because I had these awesome patterns where you put a pumpkin inside of another pumpkin. We got the pumpkins and had everything set up outside since it was such a nice day. I let Rich go first since we only had one knife out there to carve the lid. And all of a sudden he gasped... and started running for the house. All I saw was blood. I followed him inside and he ran some cold water over it and there was lots of blood coming out, so I knew it was pretty deep. Then I got a rag so he could put some pressure on it. Then I noticed Rich's face was really pale, and he said he just needed to sit down and he needed something cold, so I just got him a cold rag. We then decided to go to the hospital to get it checked out. So I got him out to my car, slowly he had to sit down a few times. I dropped him off at the door and went and parked the car. By the time I got inside and through security Rich was already in triage. They were giving me trouble cause they thought I had mace in my purse. I told him I had no idea what was in there, cause I really didn't. Turned out the canister he saw was my inhaler so he let me through.

They wrapped Rich's finger and gave him some tylenol. Found out what happened. They said he was the only one this year who had cut themselves carving pumpkins :) he loved to hear that. Then we had to wait in the waiting room for a little while. We finally got a room and the nurse checked him out and cleaned out the cut. He said he'd need a tetanus shot and probably stitches but that they might be able to glue it. Then it took forever for the doctor to come look at it, and she said she was going to give him stitches, so she left to get stuff ready. Then the nurse came back in and said they decided to just glue it because it wasn't on a "bendy" part of his finger and that the glue should be ok. So then we had to wait for the doctor to come back and glue it shut. Rich said we should have just gone to Target and gotten some superglue. Before the doctor came back some kid came in and asked if he wanted to be part of a medical study. Basically they offer him federally funded follow-up care (because he told them he didn't have a primary physician) and they call to see if they were more likely to go to their follow-up appointment if it was free. I, in the meantime, stole Rich's blanket because I was freezing. Turns out I had a fever which is why I was still shivering while I was wrapped in the blanket.

After they finally came and glued his finger and got his paperwork done I had just enough time to take a shower and head to work.

Friday was my first day at Target. I didn't feel good since I had a fever. And it was such a long day anyway since we had to go to the hospital. I really just didn't want to be there. I did like everyone I've worked with so far. There's a girl from Silex so we know a lot of the same people since we hung out with the Silex basketball team a little in high school. There's also a guy from Kenya who is also a STLCOP student.

Yesterday was Rich's birthday and I got him a puzzle box, like the one's my dad has. I've always thought they were cool and I knew he would like one. This is what it looks like and it has 27 steps to open it.

Also just wanted to share my picture of the squirrels eating the pumpkins I had in the backyard. We just left them there when we went to the hospital, and the squirrels took the lid off Rich's and starting eating the seeds. :) The pic is small but I took it with my phone... by the time I got my real camara the squirrel was gone.

Outside

2008-10-22T17:48:00.000-07:00

I finally got some Duraflame logs and got to use my firepit! I love bonfires!

Rich's tattoo

2008-10-22T08:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of Rich's tatoo! finally! Susan is his sister who passed away from Cystic Fibrosis.

A little of everything... etcetera etcetera etcetera

2008-10-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

So I had my orientation last night... who knew it took 5 hours to explain how to clean up spills, and what to do if you see someone stealing, etcetera etcetera etcetera. And in the meantime, I hadn't had dinner because I had to come straight from school, and the room was freezing!

Melisa told me her orientation for Target only took 2 hours, so I thought I'd have time last night to study for my test tomorrow so I wasn't too worried about it. But I didn't get home until 10 and I still had an assignment I had to do for another class so I didn't get to study at all. Oh well, two of my classes teach a lot of the same material and I did well on that test so I think I'll be ok.

We had a Party-Lite party on Sunday which turned out pretty good. It was the first time Sara got to see our house, which was exciting. And I finally got my room clean again, by moving all my extra stuff downstairs. I still need to go through a lot of it to give to Mom but I don't currently have time to worry about it. So it's back in storage. Oh well.

I bought pumpkins to carve when we all went to the pumpkin patch and I bought a book with patterns to carve. Well... the book still hasn't come in, so I was waiting to do my pumpkin. In the meantime the squirrels are eating my pumpkin. I decided to try to put the cover from my new fire pit (which I still haven't used, but Aunt Linda lent us her folding chairs so we can sit out there) over the pumpkins. I didn't figure it would stop the squirrels, but I figured they'd just go underneath it. No, no... they ate through the cover, and there is now a hole that goes all the way into the pumpkin... maybe I'll just leave it as is and put that on the porch. Scary something's eating it! haha

To be continued.. now :)

2008-10-16T20:34:00.000-07:00

To continue my story of the lake, the weekend was action packed! Like I mentioned before, Rich and I got our tattoos Saturday. His uncle also rented a pontoon boat that morning. While we were out we got pulled over by the State Water Patrol. We had people sitting in the two seats in the front, apparently you're not allowed to do that while the boat is moving. And there was a 12 year-old driving the boat at the time :O She looked like she felt pretty guilty, lol. So then he had us check for all the safety stuff, and we didn't have all of that either. This is not up to the rental company to make sure everything is there, it's up to the renter... how dumb is that? Someone who probably knows nothing about boating... (or they'd probably have their own boat...) Oh well, they only gave him a written warning, but the guy made his uncle get into his boat out in the middle of the lake and the two boats were rocking all over the place...

Sunday we just drove back home. Nothing too exciting, caught up on some sleep, because we were up late all weekend.

Monday was when Amber, Melisa and I went to Hermann to visit the wineries. It was a lot of fun, and the weather ended up being ok after it rained a little. We walked around and visited some of the little shops down by the river. It was awesome to tour the cellars and of the course the wine tasting was nice too! There was one, Oakglenn, that was up on a hill and overlooked the river! It was beautiful with all the leaves changing! Next time we'll definately have to stay down there!

2008-10-14T19:36:00.000-07:00

The lake was a blast! We ended up going down Thursday night, after Rich got off work. So we didn't even leave until about 11. We got there around 1, and stayed with Rich's cousin. They were only supposed to have a one bedroom, but the heat was broken so they got upgraded to a suite. The bathroom was awesome! It had a jacuzzi tub, and even a tv, lol. I went to bed while they stayed up for a few more hours.

Friday we went to the strip and just walked around. First we played putt-putt with some of Rich's family (I won! :). We also happened upon the local homecoming parade. Then we went shopping at the Relic Shack and found some pharmacy stuff, including a mortar and pestle that we got really cheap on accident... the tag on it said 4.25 and the pestle said 5.95. Which is awesome because a lot of the stuff they had was expensive. Well the girl only ended up charging us for one, I guess she figured they were a set. Well then we got it home and saw a sticker on the back that said 133.95! We felt bad, we really didn't realize that was on there until we got back. Then we stopped at a little hole in the wall pizza place called Alley Cat's. There were only two tables and the bar. The pizza was really good too. Then Rich's cousin convinced him to just look around at the tattoo parlor next door. Rich was just curious, because he really didn't want one, but we ended up checking it out. I found one that I really liked. I had been wanting something with a music note, for my love of music. And then Rich found this awesome cross that he wanted to get in memory of his sister. He went back and forth trying to decide if he really wanted it or not. He loved the cross, and knew it was something that he would never regret since it was for his sister. For a little while he was worried about the money, but he knew he really wanted it. So he decided he was going to get it, and I was going to get the one I found but it was too late to get them both done so we decided to wait until Saturday. So we went Saturday afternoon and got them done at the same time and they both turned out awesome! I'll eventually post a picture of Rich's, I didn't have my camera at the time... but here's a picture of mine.

I had more, but it got deleted... so I'll post later. Tonight I'm tired and ready for bed since I have to go back to school tomorrow!

Exams

2008-10-09T08:14:00.000-07:00

So I got 3 b's and 1 a on the four exams that I had in the last couple of weeks. whoo hoo!

This weekend I'm going to the Lake of the Ozarks with Rich's family. I'm excited! It will be a good time. Then Monday Amber, Melisa and I are going to Herman to the wineries. It's fall break so we wanted to do something with just the girls.

So I have a busy weekend ahead, but lots of good times! So I need to charge my camera so I can have lots of good pictures!

Issues?

2008-10-03T17:44:00.000-07:00

So I got a call from the pharmacy manager today, and she told me there were some issues with my hire. First I won't be able to do orientation until the 19th, which actually works out better for me because I still have to quit Dierbergs. But then she told me that they've cut back her dept hours and she won't be able to give me as many hours as she had hoped. So she said I'd only be working weekends (including Fridays since I don't have classes). Which I don't really mind, because that gives me more time during the week to get school stuff done as well as clean around the house so poor Andi doesn't have to do it all. But I really don't want to be working every weekend, but if those are the only hours I can get... I still want to get a decent paycheck. So now the decision comes down to - is it really worth it? Should I leave the great job I have to work somewhere I'll be the low man on the totem pole and have to work the crappy hours? Hopefully that's not how it would end up, but how can I know for sure? I just hope that once my availability opens up some more next semester and during Christmas break I'll get some decent hours.

I think I'm still gonna go for it. The pharmacy manager seems to be a pretty understanding person. I could tell from the call (and the fact that she called me herself this time) that she felt bad, and that it was out of her control. She said she wanted to give me more hours, and that she felt I would be a great addition to their team. But that she was really in a bind with the people who already work there and the available hours she's been given from those above her.

Finally :)

2008-10-02T12:30:00.001-07:00

I got the job!

I just have to go in on Monday morning to get the official offer!!! YAY! Then I need to buy some clothes for work, lol. I have no plain red shirts, they all have Cardinals on them! :)

Also a side-note: Rachel's having surgery today, so pray for a speedy recovery!

Target

2008-09-30T10:49:00.000-07:00

The interview went pretty well... nothing at all like I expected but it wasn't bad. The lady who interviewed me first was really nice, and then the pharmacy manager interviewed me. I like her a lot, she seems like she would be an awesome boss, which is good cause Tom was awesome too. I'll miss him and everyone else at Dierbergs. I haven't heard anything yet but she's supposed to call me sometime this week.

New job! :) maybe ;)

2008-09-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

So I have been thinking of where I want to work when I graduate. I've also been thinking about where I want to live. I'd love to live somewhere far away before I have kids, and can still do whatever I want :) So I would really like to live in North Carolina! Hello Rachel, eventually! lol I've visited there twice and I love it. And Rich did too, so that's a plus! So I've been thinking about going for a national chain so I can move without problems.

So I've been looking at Target as an option. Melisa knew about this, and since she works there she had her boss pass along my name to the stores in St. Louis. Nothing happened for awhile, but last week Melisa told me that the Target by me just lost a tech and needed someone quickly. So I went up there and talked to the pharmacy manager, told her who I was, and from how it sounds I have the job if I want it.

I told my boss Sunday that I might be leaving. and got his opinion on Target. Monday I turned in my application at Target, and then yesterday I got a call for an interview. So I have an interview tomorrow... I'm nervous but it's only because I havn't been on an interview in about 3 years I think.

So wish me luck... everything's moving so quickly!

my bday and more

2008-09-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

My birthday was good. Well I didn't actually do anything on my bday... I had school and then I had to work. But I had the whole weekend off so I got to spend it at home. Friday Rich and I stayed the night at one of his friends' house in Moscow Mills. That was fun, but we got over there pretty late, and I was already tired. Then Saturday, Rich took me to get my car windows tinted (which looks awesome!). And we went bowling with his cousin in St. Charles. Then we met Melisa, Frank, Andi and Mateo at Ameristar. None of us won anything though... Then we went to Rich's friend Kadin's house for a bonfire that got rained out. On Sunday we had Mom's side of the family out for my bday party. I got lots of cute jewelry!

Tonight I think I"m gonna head up to Strassenbash with Leah... I haven't seen her in so long! Gave her a great big hug when I saw her this afternoon at the shop. I miss her, I'm glad she lives closer now, even though I feel bad that she had to move somewhere again where she doesn't know anybody. Tomorrow April graduates from Sanford Brown for her Medical Assistant degree! I can't believe she graduated before me, but I'm unbelievably proud of her for going back to school. I can't imagine going to school being a single mom. And the poor girl has to work all the time on top of that. And she did exceptionally well at school, either a 4.0 or something very close to it!

CONGRATS APRIL!!!!

Interview cont...

2008-09-09T19:50:00.000-07:00

So the interview (of course) wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be! :) It was this cute little old man, and I remembered everything to ask, and my questions were easier than I expected.

Plus we had free ice cream at school today!

Interview...

2008-09-08T19:23:00.000-07:00

I'm really nervous about tomorrow morning... I have to interview a "patient". It's for school but it's supposed to be similar to a doctor's office, and the patients are paid by the school for us to practice. I really shouldn't be that nervous I guess, it's not really for a grade, just to practice, but they do record it to review with you later so you can see what went wrong. I'm just afraid I'll forget something, or run out of time, or whatever. It's just much easier to counsel when you know you aren't being scrutinized.

Lots and lots of books

2008-09-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

In case you were ever curious as to how a pharmacy student's bookshelf might look..................

I finally got one so I thought I'd share! Only the top shelf has enjoyable books :)

Also Mom and Dad got me a mortar and pestle when they were in Arkansas! I was looking for one since I've been collecting pharmacy stuff, I didn't have one yet.

2008-09-02T19:55:00.001-07:00

Just in case you were worried.... I passed my calculations exam! :) whoo hoo

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-02T06:27:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad stayed in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in a log cabin for their 30th anniversary (which is actually today). This meant that I had Adam all weekend. I went home Friday morning after my calculations exam. Which, by the way, went well but I still don't know the results. I sat around with Mom at the shop until Adam got off school, and then Mom and Dad were in a rush to get out of there, because it was about a 5 hour drive.

Adam and I had lunch/dinner with Rich when he was on his break, then we took Dad's truck to my old apartment to move everything left out of my old apartment. It took 2 trips to get everything out of the storage unit, Adam helped with 1 and 1/2 :) Then I loaded up everything left upstairs that was supposed to go to Mom and brought it home.

Saturday I had to work, but I got off early because we were really slow... I met everyone else at Aunt Linda's for their end of the summer/back to school swim party. Rich came up after he got off work (and had a nap, cause he was crabby :) and Anthony asked if he could stay with us. So, Andi, Julie, Rich, me, Adam and Anthony all stayed at the apartment. Which was interesting :) Anthony woke up at like 6:30 and played video games all morning. I unpacked and such and took a short nap. I went to the old apartment for the finishing touches, cleaned out the sinks and bathtub got the little bit that was left behind the other night when I was too tired to grab any more, and finally turned in my keys! I'll never have to go there again! :)

Yesterday Adam, Anthony and I went to Cahokia Mounds because I promised Adam I would take him this summer. Every year since I left for my first year of college we've done something with just the two of us. We've gone to the Arch, the City Museum, Meramac Caverns and I think we might have missed one year. They had fun though I think. There was a guy outside who was flint-napping (making knives and arrowheads) which was interesting. And we climbed Monk's Mound, which is 10 stories tall, and 154 steps. There were several people who were using the steps to exercise. The boys liked that you could see the Arch from the top, even though it's almost 10 miles from St. Louis. Then I took them home. And I was very tired this morning for school....

The old and new apartments :)

2008-08-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

Some pics of the old apartment one last time before I painted.

Some pics of the new apartment!
Don't mind the mess... I'm still in the process of unpacking. Oh and that's our fish Perry! :) (after Joe Perry)

Cleaning, painting and mosquitos...?

2008-08-26T18:02:00.000-07:00

I'm almost done cleaning... just the finishing touches left. Like the bathtub and the sink, which I've had dirty water and such in while I've been cleaning. Moved some more storage type stuff today. And threw away the collection of magazines I had. Hard to believe I know, but I think I'm finally realizing that it's not worth it to save some stuff. Sure it'd be funny to look back at some of the Cosmo's and such in 50 years :) but I can go to the library and do that right? I know I won't want to haul all that stuff everytime I move for the next 50 years either.

I also spray painted some stuff tonight, a frame, and a shelf. As I was doing that I realized something I didn't know... mosquitos are very attracted to the smell of spray paint! I have a million bites on my legs and arms, and I know I killed at least half a dozen...

School starts tomorrow... which means it's officially the end of my last summer vacation ever. At the end of this school year, we get about a 2 week break and then it's straight into our rotations which will last until May of 2010. I can't believe it's already so close... makes me nervous. I've been in school for 17 years, life without school will be weird. And I also realized that if we're really going to go to Jamaica after I graduate we're going to have to start planning soon, it's only like a year and a half away...

2008-08-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well I did it... and yes I cried

I painted over the mural :*(

Moving

2008-08-22T19:59:00.000-07:00

I'm just about all moved out from the apartment. Everything inside is gone except for cleaning supplies, and then I just have to move everything out from my storage unit downstairs. Not a whole lot down there, but probably a couple trips in my car. I've gone up and down the stairs there I don't even know how many times in the last week or so, and I'm definately feeling it. It's almost like actually going to the gym :) Once I get settled in a little more (aka once I get my stuff unpacked and placed where I want it :) I'll post some pics of the new place when it looks a little less cluttered :)

Tomorrow I'm headed up to the old apartment to clean, vacuum and shampoo the carpets, then I have to paint :*( I have to paint my room back to normal, and I have to paint over Mom's mural... so sad. But I guess we knew that going in, and she's gonna paint a new one at our new place, we already have the picture picked out and everything. Then I'll be ready to turn in my keys! Yay!

I'm really liking living in a house, even if it is an old one that creaks a lot :) And living with Andi is great!

Next week it's back to school. We already have a test on Friday. A math proficiency exam, and you have to pass in order to schedule rotations, otherwise you get stuck with whatever is left over. I'm not too worried about it yet, got a chance to study a little at work tonight. I'm not ready to get back to the books though. This was my last summer break ever and I can't believe it went by soo quickly.

2008-08-20T06:59:00.000-07:00

Sara's Wedding

2008-08-08T17:27:00.001-07:00

4th of July

2008-07-12T22:00:00.000-07:00

Amber, Bobby, Andi, Melisa and I all went to the Eric Church concert at the Warren Co. Fair. :) Yes Eric Church came to Warrenton! lol! It was a lot of fun, but a little short. But he's still hot! Then we all went back to my house for fireworks. 4th of July is my favorite holiday, so that's always fun. Dad got some awesome fireworks at the new place in Wright City, Phantom Fireworks.

Then Saturday Andi and I went to Rich's for their 4th party, so we shot off a bunch more fireworks. Rich made a contraption with 3600 bottle rockets. It was chicken wire stapled to 2X4s. Then he strung cannon fuse through the whole thing. We all stuffed bottle rockets into the holes, and then Rich used the extra fuse to attach a few more fireworks. This was of course the Grand Finale. His uncle fired off a few fireworks at the same time, and the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes. And only a handful of bottle rockets failed to launch :) He plans to make it bigger and better next year!

North Carolina

2008-07-12T21:59:00.000-07:00

Rich and I had a blast in North Carolina!

We had a few mishaps while driving... on the way there one of the tires on the camper blew, so Rich had to change it on the side of the highway, at like midnight. Then when he got the spare on, it was also flat. So we tried calling AAA, but they said since Dad wasn't there they couldn't do anything for us. So I called Mom and Dad back and they suggested trying the bicycle pump we happened to have with us. Neither of us expected it to actually work, but somehow it did. So we were back on the road. We drove until about 3, then we took a short nap, lol about 3 hours outside of Louisville.

We finally made it to the campsite at Jordan Lake, right outside of Raleigh. The campsite was awesome! Nice and shady, not many other people around, and a little lake right next to us. We set up the camper without too much trouble and then took a bike ride down to the beach on the lake.

We drove down to Fayetteville and visited the Airborne and Spec Ops museum, and a friend of Rich's who is based at Fort Bragg. Then we kept going down the Carolina Beach. We got our campsite there and set up our tent. Then we headed to the beach, which was awesome! Rich just sat in awe for a few minutes since it was the first time he had ever seen the ocean. He was a little leery of actually getting in, and I told him I wouldn't get in with him so I could take pictures :) But once he got in he LOVED it! Except for the taste, lol. We even built sand castles :) We got some ice cream and headed down the pier.

The next morning we walked all the way to the beach to see the sunrise. It was a little disappointing because of the clouds, but it was still unlike anywhere else. Later we took the Ft. Fischer Ferry to Southport and walked around there. Got some souvenirs and then headed back. We went to the Ft Fischer Aquarium which was neat. And spent a little more time at the beach before heading back to the camper. We got there after the gate was already closed, so then we had to walk back to our campsite.

We went into Raleigh for the next two days, and spent some time checking out the museums and took a couple tours. We took a carriage ride and a trolley and got to see all of the Victorian homes.

Then it was time to pack up and head home. It was sad to leave, I definately could have spent more time down there. The weather was amazing the entire time, and we found a bunch of free stuff to do, and it would have been neat to rent a boat and go out on the lake. We took a different route home, and got to see more of the Smoky Mts. But they took longer to get through than we expected, and Dad's gas gauge stopped working... and we ran out of gas 4 miles from the next gas station. Rich offered to ride his bike to get some gas, but I wouldn't let him, cause it's a mountain road and wasn't very wide. So I used the GPS to find the closest Tow business, and an hour and $80 later we had four gallons of gas to get us to the closest gas station. Since we lost that time we decided not to drive all the way through and stopped in Nashville, and our hotel had a pretty cool view of the city. And it had a king size bed which was awesome :)

Then it was time to get back to reality. We both had to work the following day...

2008-06-12T16:49:00.001-07:00

My last post sounded worse than I intended :) I usually only come across people like that maybe at most once a day. Most of the people I deal are very friendly and most are patient (to an extent :)

Today work was a mess, but it wasn't anything to do with the customers, luckily they were all very patient as we had all kinds of problems :)

The crew putting in the drive-thru was there again today, so we had several ladders, and banging going on for a good part of the day. Also part of the new system we put in last year includes upc scanners that we use to verify that we are picking the right stock bottle of medication, and of the of the scanners was not working. Not really a big deal because we have two more, and that was the one in the corner that we don't use very often. But then we couldn't approve any refills that we received from the Dr's offices, we just got a system error message. So we had to delete them all, and enter them as an entirely new prescription. Again not a huge deal, but it took a bit longer. Then we couldn't scan a copy of the prescriptions into the computer. Again we do this to ensure that the prescriptions are correct every time. We file the hard copy, and any time we work on that prescription, including refills the image comes up. Again not a huge deal, because we still have the hard copy and we can always scan them in later. But then we were getting faxes (which come straight to our computer to save paper and we can print them if we need to) had no image, so we didn't know who the prescriptions belonged to. And apparently this was Dierberg's wide problem. So we had to call all of the Dr's offices who had approvals waiting and tell them not to fax us. Most of this happened within an hour, as we were starting to get busy. It was interesting for sure :) But like I said everyone was very sympathetic and polite so that was good. Everyone just asked if we were also getting remodeled or moved, because they are remodeling the entire store as well.

Work

2008-06-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

Our pharmacy is getting a drive-thru... not really sure if that's good or bad? It will be nice for the patients I'm sure. But people harass us enough when they're in the store about getting their prescriptions done quickly. Now our pharmacy is fairly small so our prescriptions are already done pretty quickly, in about 10 minutes or so usually, but people are impatient. Some people stand at the register and refuse to leave, even if there are customers behind them... what happened to manners? Just today I had some lady yelling at me because she wanted me to hold a cough syrup for her that was out in the OTC aisle... first she asked me if we had it, and she didn't believe me when I told her we did. So she made me go look for it, and tell her how much the big bottle was. Then I told her and she asked if we had the little bottle? How am I supposed to know you asked about the big bottle... so then she wanted me to hold it for her, and when I told her we didn't do that, she yelled why not? So I told her there were plenty out there and she would just have to look for it (like everyone else) when she came in. So then I hear her husband in the background telling her not to let me not hold it (if that makes sense :) He didn't want to have to look for it, and wanted to make sure we had it. So eventually I just gave in. I don't understand why people think they deserve better treatment than everyone else? I'm a nice and helpful person and I will definately go out of my way for people when asked politely, or when people don't ask at all. But when people get that demanding it just is very irritating. Pharmacy has a lot of contact with people like this (really any retail position). Most days I greatly enjoy working in the pharmacy, but people like that just irk me. I just hope that the drive-thru won't encourage more people to act this way.

Photo Blog

2008-06-08T19:13:00.001-07:00

Well I finally got my camera back (and all my pictures!) I had forgotten it at Aunt Linda's while house-sitting. So just a picture update I guess, and comments here or there.

These first few pictures are from Rich's backyard! A few weeks ago we took a hike in the woods! It was awesome so peaceful and beautiful!

Can you spot the BEAST!!?? :)

That happens to be Rich's dog Princess!

Andi's college graduation!! NOT FAIR lol

All this rain..... is wrecking havok on our lake. This is only one of several times when the lake flooded.

The dock you can see is no longer there, it was uprooted and is now floating by the dam.

Adam's baseball camp on Mother's day.

Jessie's bachelorette party! Good times!

Trips and New Car!

2008-06-05T15:23:00.000-07:00

Rich, Dad and I set up the camper yesterday so that we'll know how to do it when the time comes. Also we wanted to air it out a little since it's been sitting around for about 2 years... which also means that the tags are expired... So now we have to try to get that fixed. But I think everything else is pretty much ready to go, it'll just be the fact of getting it all together.

Rich finally got his car today. His truck has an electrical problem that he doesn't think he'll be able to fix so he started looking for a car like 3 weeks ago, found a Saturn (which is what he was looking for because of the MPG). The car was in good shape, fairly cheap so he found out about a loan which he got, but then he found out that somehow there was a clerical error and the VIN on the title was one character off, so they had to apply for a new one and it took like 2 weeks to finally get done. But we went today to his Mom's work (State Farm which is where the loan was through) and he signed the paperwork. Then we went and got his car, and got the temp tags. But he didn't get to drive around or anything cause he was already late for work, but at least he got his car! :) He was so excited!

2008-05-30T08:49:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lapse in updates :) First I was real busy then my computer crashed and I had to wait to get it fixed. But on the good side I get it fixed for free at school. And I didn't lose anything.

Nothing too interesting has happened... still trying to get my car fixed. Rich has been calling the junk yard and they keep giving him the runaround. Everytime he calls up there they have a new question for him, and appearently the suspension (I think that's what Rich said haha :)) on my car is unusual so they don't believe him when he answers their questions. We went up there one day to pick up the part and it was the wrong one, so now we have to bring it back. Rich is now thinking that they probably won't have the right part, so I don't know where we're gonna go from there. But we had to rotate my tires because the front ones were bald again.

I house-sat for Aunt Linda and Andi while they were on a cruise... fun fun. That was pretty boring cause I didn't even have my computer to entertain me.

And now I'm just trying to plan for my vacation. Rich and I are driving out to North Carolina and I'm so excited!! We decided to camp since it'll be a lot cheaper. Only $20 a night with electric hookups and everything. We may end up staying in a hotel one night to go to the beach, cause the state park in near Raligh, and over 2 hours from the beach. And we absolutely have to go to the beach! Rich has never seen the ocean. The only thing that kind of sucks is I ended up having to work the entire week before because two other people from work will be on vacation, so I'll have to get everything together next week I guess. Also the office is only open until 7pm, and it takes 13 hours to get there according to google... so I think we're going to have to drive overnight... But I'm still stoked!

2008-05-06T13:56:00.000-07:00

So I'm FINALLY done!!! The semester really went by pretty quickly... but it was still stressful.

So now I just need to figure out where I'm moving at the end of the summer.

But I've ran into a cool... addictive site :)

http://www.easyjo.com/led.php

I tried to advertise for Rachel :) but it didn't fit so well

Summer is Finally Here!!!

2008-05-05T11:41:00.000-07:00

So it's finally getting warm again, and I LOVE being outside when I actually get the chance. The orther day I took a backroad back to the house which runs right by the creek so I got some cool pics from there. I also went to Tower Grove Park today with my roommate and we just took a walk. It was so peaceful! I think I want to get a bike.

Last night Rich and I went to the Card vs. Cubs game and it was awesome! The 8th row in the section we were in was really the front row!! We were sitting right behind the right-fielder all night. Speaking of which... his name is priceless, people were screaming at him the whole night. And the vendors were awesome, they were all making fun of cubs fans, lol.

"Cold beer for Cards fans; warm beer for Cubs fans!"

It was hilarious! Surprisingly there was only 1 fight that we saw break out. But it was a great game, and we won the series! No homers though :(. But we plan on going to several games this year so there'll be more for that :)

One more final to go and I'm done with 4th year!!!! So excited, this year was a little stressful...and I'm so ready for summer.

3 Finals Down.... 2 to Go

2008-05-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

So finals actually haven't been too bad... but I'm about done with studying! :) I am so ready for summer break, but I'm sad because this will be my last summer break ever! Next year as soon as we're done with 2nd semester we start our rotations, I think we get like two weeks off. Then after that I'll be graduating, and will have to get a real job... lol. That's weird to think about. I've been in school for 17 straight years!

But Rich and I are planning a vacation together, hopefully to North Carolina. Rich has never been to the beach, and I think we're gonna camp at a state park so we can stay longer, since we're both broke college students! :) I can't wait until I can spend some more time planning it, I haven't had a chance to look at too much with finals and stuff.

Also I need to start looking for my new living arrangements. Andi and I are moving in together, but we have no idea yet where we're going to be living. But I think we have pretty much everything we need as far as furniture and such goes.

Nothing too exciting has happened recently, except Rich's dad won tickets to the Cards vs. Cubs game tomorrow from work!!! And he gave them to us! 8th row in the outfield terrace... how awesome is that?!

Also Chuck and Lorraine were in town this weekend, so everybody came out to our house today! It's starting to become a little more regular, which is nice. The North's are always entertaining! And I finally got to see Heather's baby, Adriana (not sure on the sp?). She's adorable!

Well I guess it's time for bed so I can get up and study some more tomorrow.... fun fun!

Sick again....

2008-03-31T21:27:00.001-07:00

As I was finally getting over my cold... I ended up with the stomach flu. Last night my stomach started doing flips, and it just got worse.

Today I was supposed to go to my site for school, then the Crisis Nursery (also for school) and work. Well I ended up going to my site for about an hour and a half, and was going to the bathroom every 10 minutes, so I asked my preceptor if I could leave early. He was really nice about it, which was awesome. When I got home I was still feeling really bad, and I wanted to let work know early if I wasn't going to make it in, so I called in and slept for most of the day. I'm still not feeling too hot, but slightly better than I was. At least I had worked on my homework most of the weekend, so I'll just have to touch it up tomorrow before class.

On a side note... I can't wait for the baseball season to start! The opener was postponed today, which is good cause I was passed out, so now I get to watch it tomorrow night hopefully!

Spring is Near :) finally

2008-03-25T17:15:00.001-07:00

I just found some Spring Cleaning tips that I found pretty interesting... just thought I'd share.

Use a denture-cleaning tablet to fizz away cloudiness inside vases where hands can't reach.
To remove rust stains or lime buildup from dishwashers, put an envelope of lemon Kool-Aid in the soap dispenser and run a normal cycle (without dishes).
Get a spa treatment while you clean: slather a thick layer of your favorite oil or lotion on your hands before putting on rubber gloves. By the time the house is clean, your skin is hydrated and baby soft.
Think twice before you throw away those used dryer sheets. They're great as furniture polishing clothes, remove static from clothing and hair, and are quick-and-easy fresheners for stored books, shoes, and clothes.

2008-03-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

So spring break has come and gone... unfortunately. It doesn't even really feel like I had a week off, maybe a long weekend. And of course it's right back to it... this week we have a huge test, another test next week, two the week after that, a big test and a final the following week and then the rest of finals after that... at least summer vacation is right around the corner, we really only have about a month left of classes.

Easter was pretty good. The snow was a little crazy, as well as the sleet. And everytime the sun came up the temp went up like 5 degrees, and then was back down as soon as it hid behind the clouds.

And now I've caught another cold... fun fun.

Family

2008-03-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

So Spring Break has been pretty uneventful, and I haven't gotten nearly as much accomplished as I had hoped.

Last weekend was a lot of fun. On Saturday, we celebrated Grandpa's 80th bday! No pics yet... my computers being touchy... We went to Grappa Grill in St. Charles and had a privite room. It was great to see everyone, especially those who came from out of town.

And on Sunday we got together at Aunt Linda's for the March Bday's since everyone was in town. It was hilarious by the end of the night, when Mom, Aunt Lori, Aunt Jackie, Aunt Katie, Dad, Uncle Glen and Grandpa (I know the order seems random, but that's how they were sitting... my OCD coming out again :) were reminsicing! They were all laughing so hard they were crying... Mom had soda shoot out her nose, it was a lot of fun to listen to. I heard someone (they were arguing over who) fell asleep in their mashed potatoes, and all the girls but Mom had to go and get pixie cuts at the Barber shop! LOL apperently that's totally different than getting them at a beauty shop, and Mom was the spoiled one who didn't have to cut her hair, cause she had 4 older sisters who could brush it.

Starting Over

2008-03-13T20:26:00.000-07:00

So I've been slacking on the whole blogging thing, but hey I'm a broke (money and time :) ) college student! But thought it was time for a change, and another shot at this blog thing.

So here goes.

Life has been super busy. Between school, work, Rich, and my family my time is pretty much spent. But it's been amazing! I'm doing well in school, but looking foward to graduation. I'm still loving work, and the more I learn at school the more I love my job. I love being able to open a stock medication bottle and know what it's being dispensed for! Rich and I are still doing well, one year strong! And my family is as awesome as ever! Everyone will be getting together in a few days for my grandpa's 80th birthday! Amazing! And the boys get cuter every day!!!

What I'm most excited about this very moment is my new furniture! Mom and Dad bought me a new bed (so that I could stop sleeping on my mattress on the floor, lol), dresser, etc. I LOVE it!

Also I found out I need reading glasses because I have a mild astigmatism in my right eye... I had no idea. But the glasses I got are soo cute! I love them!

Jessi's Jabberings

Seattle Rotation

rotation jitters

Easter

Great news!

Pics

Weekend fun

Chicago!

Smarty Pants Dance

ZOMBIES!

Girl's of 2004 - Nite out!

Ballerina

MORE snow!

Target

Inspiration

Christmas Survey

Me: by google.com

Update

Thanksgiving

Quotes

PINK FLOYD!!

*UPDATE*

Woods on fire!!

Halloween fun

Outside

Rich's tattoo

A little of everything... etcetera etcetera etcetera

To be continued.. now :)

Exams

Issues?

Finally :)

Target

New job! :) maybe ;)

my bday and more

Interview cont...

Interview...

Lots and lots of books

Labor Day Weekend

The old and new apartments :)

Cleaning, painting and mosquitos...?

Moving

Sara's Wedding

4th of July

North Carolina

Work

Photo Blog

Trips and New Car!

Summer is Finally Here!!!

3 Finals Down.... 2 to Go

Sick again....

Spring is Near :) finally

Family

Starting Over

UPDATE