Archive for March, 2010

Okay, I promised photos and you shall have photos!
Spring Break was wonderful! I got to see all my loved ones and felt truly refreshed and relaxed when we left. Sometimes I just wish the world would shrink a bit so I could be close to everyone that I love at the same time. I’d love if everyone was less than 4 hours away! I think I was meant to be a sort-of rancher (minus all the hard work stuff) because it seems like the whole family lives on the same plot of land. But then would we drive each other crazy? And I really like living near big cities. I guess you can’t have it all!

Traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner at Aunt Carla and Jenn’s house. Aunt Carla is one of THE BEST COOKS/BAKERS I’ve ever known. I’m blessed to have gifted cooks and bakers in my family!
Left to right (Jenn, me, mom and Aunt Carla)

Oma and mom. I don’t have any pictures of Oma and me, but Oma does, so I will have to scan those!

The most precious Reeck family and me! I’m sad that I’m missing watching these boys grow up because they are too cute!
left to right (me, Paul, Noah, Carrie, Wesley aka C’s boo)

And finally, a word from Dylan and Wesley, with a cameo by Noah.

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Okay everybody, don’t be all shocked when you reread all of this in a chapter of the book I write with Cecilia.
Saturday night mom, dad and I are hanging out, watching tv and whatnot. I was feeling pretty accomplished because I had successfully installed a digital thermostat. I was contemplating all the energy and money we’d save because I have SKILLZ, yo! Dad comes up from the basement and says, “Do you guys smell gas?” As soon as he finished the sentence both of us were hit with a wave of a unlit-gas-burner smell, so we KNEW this wasn’t the beginning of a joke about flatulence, this was SERIOUS. Mom says, “I think we should call 911.” So I call and they tell us to close all the doors and windows and get out of the house. We oblige. Let me paint you a lil picture. I am outside in work-out paints tucked into wellies, with my Georgetown (go Hoyas!) sweatshirt on, my winter coat (thanks Alex and Kaitlyn!) and Dad’s new rain jacket on top with a knit hat on. I looked like a hobo. I was shaking, either from the adrenaline or the cold, or both. Two cop cars pull up, a fireman arrives in his truck (not firetruck, just truck). The fireman knows my dad, so they shoot the breeze until mom says, “Our house smells like gas, could you guys please chat later?” They go inside and find that we have twice the normal amount of carbon monoxide in our house. I, by now, have a wicked headache. The real firetruck arrives and a firefighter asks us what happened and if I want to be checked out. I agree to let them take vitals, they call the paramedics. My blood pressure is 138/80 (usually is 110/70) and my pupils are sluggish in response to light (normally your pupils respond “briskly”). The paramedics have a handy-dandy C.O. monitor and check me out, I have no CO poisening, yay! I’m assuming the headache was from the cold and high blood pressure. All of us check out okay with no signs of poisening. We waited for them to let us back in the house, after the CO levels were back to “normal”. We were told the CO came from the furnace and to leave it off all night and leave our windows cracked. Yes, we do have a CO detector but had it unplugged. Yes, we are THOSE people who you see on 20/20, who are found unconscious because they unplugged their detectors! Which reminds me, GET CO DETECTORS! There should be one on every level of your house and you need to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms too (apparently that’s a daylight savings’ deal)!! My favorte thing was afterwards, when talking to a dear friend, her mom asks in the background, “were any of the firefighters cute?” This is my life. And I’m REALLY thankful for it.
You know, carbon monoxide usually doesn’t smell. Now isn’t THAT interesting?
The next morning I woke up, packed (we are visiting Oma this week) ate a banana and took my multivitamin and promptly got sick. I think that the banana + multivitamin combo is not so much fun for the stomach because, believe it or not, this has happened before. I was fine afterwards and we proceeded on vacation. Just add it to the list of crazy things that happen to our family.

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Yall,
I’ve lost almost 20 pounds! I can hardly believe it, can you? We are headed to Colorado Springs next week and hopefully we’ll be taking lots of photos with family and friends. I’ll post a couple pictures and I will give you guys license to judge them and tell me if you see a difference. If you say that I look heavier than before I will find you and force you to eat Oreos until you are heavier than I am. Consider this a fair warning.
I am officially on Spring Break. Or will be tomorrow afternoon after orientation for the 2011 BSN-AT class is over. It’s been A YEAR since I experienced the most terrifying day of my life, a day that struck fear in my heart and robbed me of a good night’s sleep for at least a week. Ah, what over-anxious ignorance! Yes, it’s been hard, but not hard enough to lose sleep over. Or at least lose sleep 7 nights in a ROW!
I’m really excited about our trip to Colorado, it’ll be SO nice to get out of town for a while and I’m hoping to do some hiking or outdoorsy things. Which reminds me, did I ever tell you about the time I tried running in Colorado Springs. I couldn’t breathe for 2 hours afterwards. I’m not a runner, I don’t live in the Springs, WHY WOULD I DO THAT? It’s like a million miles above sea level. Oh, such breathless, gasping ignorance.
Okay so I’m hoping to post from the good ole CO next week, so stay tuned.

LOVE!

PS Saw Avatar in 3D last night. Changed my life. I’ve decided my calling is to study the NA’VI people and their language. HA! I will say that I was told I look like a “hott librarian” in 3D glasses.

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I SHOULD be doing something else…like, oh, say STUDYING for my critical care final. But I wanted to say hi. So, hi.
God is doing SO much in my life and in the lives of those around me and I’m SO excited. I’m pretty fired up, haven’t felt this way since high school, which is sad. I’m really praying and thinking about ways I can serve others once I’ve graduated. I really want to get into Habitat for Humanity, maybe volunteer at a clinic that serves the poor and maybe some international work. I know it sounds like I’m getting WAY ahead of myself, but I am praying about these things and trying to be smart. I just want to keep up the enthusiasm and think I’ve wasted enough time focusing on myself. I know there is A REASON why I am becoming a nurse, and I don’t want to waste this calling. There is nothing in the world like serving God and the people He loves, I want to do it ALL the time!
Okay back to studying!

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