Being a nurse

This week is both nurse's and teachers appreciation week, with that being said I thought I would share a little bit of what it's like to be a nurse in today's society. Growing up I was taught to say yes ma'am no ma'am, respect your elders, and have intelligent conversation. Arguments involved words with more than one syllable and never involved profanity unless your life was in danger. I would never have dreamed of being disrespectful or disobedient toward my parents in private let alone in public, and yet as a nurse of almost seven years this is what I see everyday at work. People yell at me like I owe them something, they walk into my hospital thinking they are entitled to everything, and yell profanity at me when I cannot immediately accomodate them. They tell me I'm stupid and don't know anything just because I'm young and don't have kids. They expect me to speak Spanish and become irate when I don't and tell me I should learn. If I were in a Spanish speaking country out of respect for that country and it's people I wold. However my country's language is English and out of respect for the people who fought and died for this country, I will stubbornly continue to speak English. People insist that everything should be free and that they pay my paycheck and I should be grateful to them. I'm sorry if your insurance is Medicaid you do not pay my paycheck, I pay for you. People demand respect without first giving it and then get upset with us for having less than stellar attitudes. I love my job and would never think of doing anything else, but some days it saddens me to see what the people of this world have become. So, the next time you feel like belittling a nurse because you think they're wrong remember you came to us not the other way around. My job is to help you not to kiss you gluteus Maximus. Remember to show some love and appreciation to your fellow nurses and teachers this week, they do and see things you could only dream of.

Cherry blossom festivities

So today we visited my friend who lives down in Macon, and this also to be cherry blossom festival time. I love the cherry trees I think they are absolutely beautiful, and Casey and I also got to meet her potential someday husband. All and all it was a great day to be wondering around just hanging out and having fun. The rain had washed away the pollen and left just enough cloud and breeze to make te day very pleasant. We started our day at the fair part of the festival, were we mainly just wandered around and took pictures with our heads through silly pictures. We also found us some cherry trees to climb and take pics in. My friend and I share a lithe for being tomboys, so we had a great time climbing in the trees. Then we went and posed on this 3d chalk drawing that was very cool and super realistic after which it was time to wander around till dinner at the rookery. Dinner of course was delicious, after which we decided to digest while listening to a local jazz group. So much fun jazz music just puts you in such a bebopping mood. Well the highlight for me came on our trip to the bathroom before heading to the car. I had just finished number one and was getting the toilet paper when the tool slipped out of my hands and into the toilet!! Of course I start giggling hysterically because I mean really who could do this but me. At least I had unrolled enough before it fell to be of some use to me. In the mean time I've told my friend what happened and she gets the wand off a toilet scrubber so I can fish the roll of toilet paper out of the toilet. All and all I must say fun times were had by all. Happy Cherry blossoms y'all!

Take care

Right now Casey and I call ourselves parents, but only to furry little things, no real people things. This past week our younger dog has started picking fights with our older dog who happens to be the first animal I ever owned by myself. I've had her since college and I will be the first to admit I probably did not treat her as a dog as much as I should have, so now she's 7 1/2 years old and kinda spoiled. She gets to sleep on the bed with me and both animals are allowed on the furniture as long as no people are occupying those spaces. It's never been a problem before, but last week Gremlin the younger one started picking major fights with Cinnamon my older one. At first we thought it was just over food but then she could not even be in his sight line and he would start growling and then attack. Granted Cinnamon outweighs him by about 20lbs and could totally take him, but that's not really what I want my dogs to be doing, especially when Casey and I start having little people. Well after an entire week of at least one fight a day and random growling all day long they finally seemed to be getting along. They hadn't had a fight that morning and were playing well together and with the neighbor kids. Should have known it was to good to be true, one minute they were playing chase with each other and going after the same ball next thing gremlin growls and lunges at cinnamon again. Only this time I couldn't get to him so I pulled her away and he was able to get to the soft under skin of her leg and when Casey pulled gremlin away it left cinnamon with a cut that required a visit to the vet. So, now hundreds of dollars later and a week of separation I'm reevaluating how I trained my dogs. Cinnamon is staying with my mom and gremlin is here and I'm working really hard with him to get him to listen and understand I'm the boss not him. I've also started running with him as well as going on walks with him multiple times a day. It's funny how most people get in shape for themselves, yet I might wind up getting in shape so that my dogs can get along for the rest of their lives. I know some people would choose to just give one dog away, I can't do that it would bother me to think what might happen, because it would be gremlin that would be given away. I've had cinnamon to long and right now gremlin is the instigator. So, now I just keep thinking what is he gonna do when we take him up to mom's and he has to play nice with cinnamon again. Hopefully all these extras walks and runs will run down some of his energy and he'll be nicer. We're also going to be looking into doggy obedience classes too.

Disrespect

So, exciting things are going on in the world of decor at the stokes houe!! But more on that later today I just need to vent for just one moment, because I get tired of being that last straw and seems to happen to me a lot. Maybe it's because I'm not someone to hold it in, I either choose to let it go or just go ahead and get it off my chest. However it seems some women hold on to things and let them build and build and somehow I always wind up smack dab in the middle of the word bomb when it happens, and I've got to tell you it's a little hurtful. I work very hard to be as easy going as possible because I know I AM NOT a confrontational person, never have been I hate arguments, yelling, all of it. It gets my adrenaline going worse then when you hear those sirens going on the radio and they're calling your unit emergency. So yesterday I got word bombed bad, in the middle of craziness at work by someone that consider myself somewhat friends with. All because I was the last straw and what I did didn't even make her mad! So now I'm frustrated because for one she never apologized which means deep down she thinks she had a right to do what she did, which hurts, and two I'm frustrated because yet again I did not stand up for myself. I can't come up with snappy comebacks in the heat of an argument, I come up with them like twenty minutes later. O well like Casey says over and done with, put it aside and enjoy the new day, and this is going to be a GREAT day. I get to hang out with my mom and aunt Helen ( well technically great aunt but nobody cares). So yippee for a good Monday!!

Gloomy days

Gloomy days always make me feel soo lazy. Like today for instance it stays dark in my room cause it's so gloomy so very time I open my eyes I think it's not time to get up. I don't ever roll over to actually look at the clock because then gremlin and cinnamon think it really is time to get up and start running around like mad dogs. So this morning it's like 9:45 and the phone is ringing and that's when I finally get up. Crazy I know, but I really didn't think it was that late. So needless to say my day was automatically behind schedule, but on the plus side I got the important errands done with only minor to major faux pas some of which could have been avoided if people would actually pass on my messages for Casey to call me. Biggest booboo was taking something back to home depot and asking for store credit, but instead he lady tdecided to put it back on the credit card. Which would have been ok had she put it on the credit card and not one of the gift cards we used :/. O well try again tomorrow. On the upside I made it to kickboxing tonight!! Very proud of myself, and I attempted a little jogging, and by little I men it took ten minutes to go half a mile. But baby steps right?? On the downside I need an elf to follow me around and smack my snacking hand. Today would have been a good day food wise otherwise. Ah but tomorrow is a new day.

Day one done!

So I did it day one of new exercise regimen accomplished, and I must have done something right cause I'm sore today. However today life and my husband are throwing a wrench in day two's gym time fun. It's a pretty day outside and he wants to take down Christmas which of course needs to be done. But since hes just now getting home from his bike ride/come to Jesus meeting with his brother we'll be taking down lights while my classes are going on. Challenge to myself make it to the gym this evening and work out by myself as opposed to with th instruction of professsionals. Here's hoping I can keep my own promises to myself. On the upper hand I'm trying really hard to avoid snacking on sweets and junk and grabbing fruit and usually a cheese stick instead. Update I'm going to the gym!!! Best hubby in the world says he'll take down lights all by his lonesome. Which he really won't though because I'll help till time to leave. In other news Casey and I are gearing up for operation paint the living room. It sounds easy I know but nothing having anything to do with DIY is easy for us. Biggest thing is Casey has to learn how to cut molding because we plan on doing a chair rail around the room. Hopefully I'll have pictures for you soon.

Happy new year, happy new me!

So, it's officially 2012 and like everyone else I'm making resolutions. In the past I've been horrible at keeping resolutions, but maybe putting into cyberspace will help me stay on task. My main resolution this year is to get healthy. Casey and I are talking about starting a family this year, and I want our future little person to be housed in the healthiest body possible. Right now I don't feel very healthy, and most days don't even really feel that cute. I call this my woes me I'm fat stage. It's happens periodically, my goal is to get healthier so it happens less. Plus there's no reason for me to not be healthy, I'm under thirty and have the time on my hands to be extremely healthy. If I could read books and be healthy I'd be set, but being healthy takes work and I need to push myself to do the work. Next big resolution is to dedicate myself into getting as involved as possible in a church, I love our current church but I've never felt very connected to the people in the church. So, Casey and I are on the search for a church closer to our current home and one where feel more connected to the people in the church. We have one that we've heard a ton of good things about and when we visited we got a good feel about the church, but its so hard to know when we work weekends and can only stay for half sermons or half Sunday school lessons. One thing about this church though they offer a ton of weekday bible studies that we could get involved in. Casey and I are also really getting into finally putting those homey touches on our home, mainly painting and finally nailing down our decorating style. So far we've painted the dining room and the kitchen/breakfast area. If I can figure out how to upload pictures from an iPad I'll post them other wise there will hopefully be a future post of home improvements if I can keep up with the thing. And there is my last resolution to utilize all these technological tools that just fall into my lap. Having a blog is like having an online diary something I tried desperately to keep as a child, npbut much like this blog failed miserably at. Most of the time it was because everyone seemed to have such amazing things to discuss on a daily basis, not so much for me. So I've decided to just write the things I have to tell instead of just trying to keep up a steady stream of posts, which means you'll probably get sporadic long posts like this, but hey who cares, right now I'm the only one who actually realizes this still exists. Which also means this blog can be whatever I want whether it be DIY, thoughtful musings, or funny stories from work. Ah the new year what a great way to start