Middle of "dead week"

So nothing too crazy happened today, but I did take my last exam in MedSurg!!!! Plus, I got my prescription for my malaria pills for Honduras. Getting so close to being ready to leave!! It's hard to believe that I only have 2 more days of school, and then 2 finals before the semester is over. It's crazy. I'm excited for the break and that my friend Griselda may be staying in Oklahoma with me!!! I'm gonna be pretty busy, but at least I'll have a friend to hang out with when I do have time to kick back and relax :)  Ok so that's it. Yey over halfway through the week!!! Si se puede. Oh and p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SABREA!!!!!

Tuesdays aren't much better...

So I've decided that Tuesdays are much better. I was looking at the header to my blog and I was thinking, "I don't feel that." (Happy happy, joy joy). I have a huge test tomorrow and then another one on Friday and I've been juggling all this stuff for my upcoming Honduras trip. I got two vaccinations today and there is not doubt that my deltoids are sore. I am excited for the trip, don't get me wrong!! It's just an added thing to do on top of finishing these last 2 weeks of school. But on a lighter note, today is gorgeous and sunny and not humid! I don't have any exciting pictures to share today, but here is the most realistic one:

 I mean, this book has been like an extra limb for the past 2 months. It goes everywhere with me. It has to be the reason my shoulders are infested with knots and there is constant tension. But not for long!! Only 2 more classes (each with a test....but that's beside the point) and one final before I am done with medsurg!!! Ah bliss :) Welp, back to reality....

Mondays.

So obviously you can tell that I took the weekend off from blogging. It got kinda crazy with babysitting and moving stuff over to the house that I'll live at this summer. But no worries -- I'm back! Well today marks a very special day. Today was the last day of medsurg clinical!! We even got to leave early; it was actually still light out when we left the hospital! It's hard to believe that we have finals next week. I guess that makes this dead week. But we all know it's anything but dead. Lots of studying to do, not to mention the 2 tests I have this week. Yup, but it's okay because this time next Thursday I will be ALL DONE! .....for the semester. Well nothing really that exciting to blog about but since I did so much babysitting this weekend, here's a picture of the boy Alex that I babysit every Thursday (and their yorkies that I am in love with!). Cody (boy) is the bigger one and Bailey (girl) is the smaller one. They are brother and sister. Someday I will have puppies like them!! 

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Today as I was watching a little boy that I watch every Thursday, I gained newfound respect for moms. I mean, carrying a baby (and this isn't a tiny newborn baby, we're talking like 19-months-old), his diaper bag, AND my purse is quite the task. Also, there's so much buckling. We buckle all the time. It's all we do. Buckling him into his carseat. Unbuckling him. Placing him into his stroller (which was a complete mystery of how to close & open it at first!). Buckling him into his stroller. Unbuckling him and putting him back into the carseat. Buckling him into the high chairs at the restaurant.....etc etc etc. I felt like all I did today was buckle and unbuckle. But that wasn't all of it. The hardest part is this: keeping him entertained with something while you are shopping or doing whatever it is you are doing. I mean, boy, I was tired! I found that snacks were always a good way of keeping him occupied. Anyway, I'd just like to say that I had a glimpse of what it's like to be a mom today and although I couldn't live like this every day, I have so much respect for the moms out there that DO do this every day. Go moms!

Fun Times

Marilyn had a good point in one of her comments on another post. There won't be much to blog about during dead week and final week. So, I decided that this would be a great time to blog about recent things I've gotten to do. This was by far the most exciting! I surprised (sort of...) Benjamin with tickets to the Blazer/Thunder game for his birthday. I say sort of because he quickly figured it out when I asked him to take off work and wouldn't tell him why. Of course he knew that the Blazers would be in town (because he just knows these things apparently), so it wasn't a complete surprise, but he still enjoyed it. And I mean, I loved that I got to go, too! Part of me wanted to be that fan of the away team that went all out and dressed crazy and acted crazy at the game, but then I decided that I didn't want to embarrass Ben since this WAS his birthday present. Apparently I couldn't even have been one of those die hard fans because I don't even have a jersey or t-shirt or anything!! I'm ashamed. I will have to take care of that soon. Unfortunately, the Blazers lost this night (I was very upset), BUT I felt better when we beat the Thunder back at the Rose Garden :)  

Brandon Roy warming up! Too bad he couldn't play more than like a quarter :-/  Poor guy.

Rudy Fernandez! Wasn't his best game, but he was scrappy as always. 

Gooooo Blazers! (At least we were sitting on the Blazers' side!) 

Good thing we took this pre-game. Not sure if I would've looked this happy afterwards...! ;)

Honduras Countdown!

Just 25 days until I will leave for Honduras! I'm excited for my first medical mission trip. I'll admit, it's hard to think about that right now. Finishing up school has sort of stolen my attention. But unfortunately it can't completely. There are immunizations to get, bug spray to get, and packing lists to make!! I'm very thankful for all the donations I've received from friends and family. It's takes a lot of money to do this, and I'm so blessed for all the help I've had. I was really blown away. Wasn't sure I'd be able to raise all of the money I needed. But there's nothing God can't do, is there?!

Okay (2 hours later...) now that I've wasted all this time giving my blog a makeover and posting 2 new posts I have GOT to go. As everyone says, "finish the semester strong." Okay okay I'll go be productive. Happy Tuesday!

Renewed Interests...

So as you can tell, it's been over a year (unbelievable, I know) since I've posted ANYTHING on this blog. I wasn't necessarily "anti-blogger" but I found myself more invested in updating my facebook. I even started to lose interest in facebook recently (does that make me sound old?). Anyway, I found renewed motivation to invest in my blog again. Few people know I have a blog and I doubt few people will even read this, but a little shout out to my sister Karen for re-inspiring me! It had been so long since I had looked at her blog, but after I did, I remembered how much I loved her shabby blog layout and it just looked so darn cute that I had to see if I could make mine as cute. I've given my blog a whole new makeover and I hope the 5 or so people who will read this like! I might even delete facebook for this..... okay maybe not, but I will definitely bookmark my blogger page and update it more often. Keep me accountable readers!! I promise it won't be another year before I add another post! Thanks for the inspiration Karen! :)