busy busy busy

I know i am like the worst blogger ever! I guess you could say i have been really busy lately, which is partly true, but also i just really haven't gotten on the computer in a long time. so here is a quick update,  in September we were able to go up north to one of my best friends wedding, Briana Harlan, and it was a wonderful experience she looked so beautiful and i was so glad that i was able to make it to her reception! also that weekend i went and saw The Lion King at Capital Theater with my mom dad and sister, it was amazing!! i would love to see it on Broadway!
Lets see then 2 weeks ago i went to Manitou Springs with my mom aunts and cousin, we went for a girls weekend, and it was really nice, i needed a break from work and all the stress it gives me. but it was a nice little resort town, we saw some cliff dewlings did a lot of shopping and yummy eating! :) it was fun i did miss Jesse lots though because i was gone for 5 days, then had to come back and work 4 days in a row so it was like i didn't see him for a whole week!

OK so here is some kinda big news, that makes me happy, i switched to days!! i am no longer a night shift nurse!! yay i have only worked 2 days shifts so far and both were one where i was orienting and the next i oriented a new girl. haha so way easy, im really nervous for my first day by myself. it is crazy working days but i already like it so much more, i feel like im getting back into being a real person!! and the day goes by really fast so that is a nice plus too. on a sad note, they had to make some cutbacks at work, so they are cutting a day shift and night shift nurse, so we will all be losing hours, not fun at all, but at least i still have a job, gotta look on the bright side. it really is going to suck losing hours, because Jesse is starting school in January so we need to save everything we have for tuition, because stupid FAFSA said we make to much, so lame, i hate how FAFSA works, i feel like we are always going to be in debt and never get out of it! ugh oh well, so that is what we have been up to nothing to exiting. 

about time for an update!

woo hoo for road trips!

ok ok i know my last post was in May! i am a complete slacker and should of posted stuff a long time ago, i just never really got around to it! :) so since i woke up at 4:30 in the morning and couldn't get back to sleep (thank you night shifts) i will update you all on what has been going on this summer.

graduation :)

      first off I graduated! yay my graduation was may 1st, it was awesome lots of family came down to support me and it made me feel really good, and proud of my accomplishments. Julie, Sarah, Chelsea and baby Ila came down as well as my family and aunt Traci, Dave and Jeni. Nana and Popo had plans to come down but because of health problems didnt make it, i was bummed but im so glad they are doing better and plan to see them in August some time! but can i tell you how excited i was to see baby Ila? man it was only for a day but i already love that baby so much! Chelsea you need to come out again, or wait me and Jesse need to come visit! that would be even better! :) she is the cutest happiest baby i have ever seen! :) way to go chelsea!  so yeah graduation went well i will post some pics at the bottom.

    Well 3 days after graduation I started my New Job! i am a RN at Kolob care and rehabilitation in St. George Utah! it was  a huge blessing that i found a job in southern utah! i had been looking forever, and my hopes were not very high, that when i got a call from Kolob i immediately took the job! yes its a nursing home and i told myself i would never work at one, but i enjoy it. it has been really hard, stressful and frustrating working there, but i feel like i am learning lots. after my 6shifts of orienting i was thrown into being a charge nurse, i work in the front with the more needy, critical patients. most are knee/hip replacements, but i also get all the people on feeding tubes, and IV's. it keeps me busy let me tell you! it has been tough because i have had to learn a lot of stuff by just being thrown into it. i wasn't ever trained on being the charge nurse so i am still learning all the responsibilities that come with it. I have had many a night where i feel like i am completely inadequate and dont know what the heck i should be doing, and i swear every night i work my patients turn into crazy people! but i have really grown alot, and do love almost all the residents i take care of. let me tell you there have been a few that have pushed me to my breaking point! but yeah its been good, I work the night shift so from 6pm to 6am, hence the reason i am wide awake right now! my body is still trying to adjust to the change.

     ok so what else have we done this summer? really not much, we were able to make it up to Island park, ID the last week of June for Jesse's birthday! it was a much needed break! adn so much fun, it was a really short trip but we both needed it and had a blast. were were able to see tad and sarah on our way up, and spent a few days with Julie at the cabin, even getting so spend a day with Jesse's Aunt Marilyn. it was really nice we just hung out most of the time, we took roxy and she loved it! haha Julie might still be recovering from her, she is still a very vibrant puppy! i will post some picture of our trip! while we were out for a walk we saw a mama moose and her baby! it was awesome and they were so close that it was a little scary. but cool still.

    well we really didn't go anything fun for the 4th or 24th of July because i worked both those weekends. complete bummer because i didn't get paid time in a half because i was still technically on probation. LAME! oh well what can you do? lets see, we have just been working like crazy, i work 3night shifts a week, and jesse has been working like a mad man, we never seem to get a day off together, but hopefully this month will be different. man i can't believe its august! well this month we are going to go out to Salida, CO to my cousin Karen's wedding which is very exciting because Jesse hasn't met that side of my family yet and i can't wait for him to! i know they will love him and they will get along great! ok so thats about it for us i will post some pics from graduation and summer! and i promise to be better about updating! :)

Traci, Dave and Jeni

family photo at cabin!

Jesse's family, well the girls at least :)

I love this man!

the moose and baby

mi familia

this is how roxy likes to travel! haha head out of the car window!

happy b-day love!

 

quick update

This will be a quick post, since i tried posting twice yesterday and it shut off on me both times, i just dont feel like retyping everything.

-i graduate in 2 days! :) picked up my cap and gown today
-i recieved my much wanted/ needed call from dopl, and yes they cleared me so now i can get my license! finally!
-i have a JOB!! i got hired on monday to work FT nights at Kolob rehabilitation in St. George, i know its not a hospital or my dream job, but it is a job and with the economy right now im happy for what i can get, plus i start working on tuesday and make more than a hospital would pay! :) so bonus
-my family is coming down tomorrow! and that means i FINALLY get to see baby Ila!! yay so excited.

ok thats about it, ps i love my husband.

One hell of a day!

Ok so yesterday I got a call from DOPL (department of professional licensure- the people i get my RN license from) saying that i need to come in and answer some questions about my application, that is all they told me so i was a little nervous but figured maybe i needed to sign something or whatnot, i wasn't perpared for what they really wanted.

ok so i drive down to St. George this morning, getting more and more nervous as i drive, i get there and im taken into a small office and asked to sit behind a table. its just me and the lady and she doesn't have a happy look on her face, she shuts the door and turns to me

dopl lady: "we have some serious concerns about you test you just took."

me: "ok what about?"

dopl lady:  (opens up a manilla folder and pushes it towards me) " who are these two people?
inside were my two pictures from taking my nclex test, one from vegas and one from draper.

me " thats me, those are from when i took my nclex"

dopl "are you sure you? you dont have a twin siblings that took the test for you instead?"

Me: " no, i dont have a twin, i have an older bro, younger bro on mission, and a sister that is 17"

dopl " does she look like you? did she take the test for you?"

Me: "no we dont look anything alike"

she goes on to ask me questions about my family, if i was married, where i went to school what i studied and what test i was taking, if you are going to accuse me of cheating you better know what the hell you are talking about and do your homework on the person! she should of known it was for the nclex, idiot!!

ok so this continues and she pulls out my drivers license picture( 2 years old by teh way), and school id from my freshman year so 2005, and points out that my signature on my license is different from the one from my test.

me: "well thats because i had just gotten married and was still trying to figure out how to sign it. and that school ID was from my freshman year before i was married. like 4 years ago!"

dopl: " could you please sign your name 7 time on this paper for me"
so gay so i did that and the whole time she is writting everything i say down.

dopl: " why did you take your test at 2 different testing centers? if it was you. "
ugh the nerve!

so then i had to go and explain i took the first in vegas because the was the soonest date and i wanted it to be done with, and that i wasnt planning on failing the first time, i had to tell her if i went by myself or with someone, good thing my mom came with me, (they are calling her to verify i bet!) then i had to tell them that it was my birthday teh weekend i took the 2nd test nad it was easier and cheaper for us to go up north so i could see my family and stay with them since we don't have the money for a hotel.

dopl " well you can see our concern since you failed one and passed the other, and you do look different in these photos"

me " not really, i think i look the same i can take my glasses off if needed"

dopl " take you hair down and glasses off please, "

i do all this and she jsut stares at me then finally says that she can kinda see a resemblance! ugh!!!!!

then we talk about some more stuff, and she says that i dont have my license and wont until she has teh FBI verify my fingerprints. luckily she said that will be next week sometime, but if it takes any longer i will be pissed and take some action because this is bullshit! so much for being innocent until proven guilty, way to accuse me right of the bat, and without doing any research on the subject!

sorry this was a much needed vent session today, i hope it made sense if not then im sorry, just know that it sucked and i felt like i was in jail being accused of murder!

i know that nursing is a huge deal and that you have to be supercareful about who gets a license, but i passed my test, i DIDN"T cheat and would never cheat, im just hurt i guess that i was accused of such a thing and that they treated me like scum, im just so tired of hitting all these roadblocks, i really feel that its my time to have something right happen to me for a change! im just hoping some thing good will come out of this.

on a happier note i have an interview for the residency program in st george next week! pray and cross your fingers i get it!!!!

I am now a REAL NURSE! :)

I PASSED!!! woot woot! as of today i am a RN!! im so happy, and im ready to find a job and start looking! i have applied to 6 places already so cross your fingers I get interviewed! yay i am so thrilled that the stress of that test is behind me! now i can breathe easier and have a life again! yay!!

ps i will post more about my birthday adn the test later! but right now its time to celebrate!

2 days, and a happy suprise!

2 days till my birthday! this Saturday i will be turning 23! me and Jesse are lucky enough to be able to go up north this weekend, sadly not only for my birthday but also so i cant take my NCLEX (4 days). but im still excited all the same! we don't have anything super big planned, i just know that i need to go to the temple before i take my test. i have a really strong feeling that if i do that i will pass my test! so im going to follow the lords prompting! :) plus it will be a good experience anyway. Ok well i have to get back to studying, even though its so nice out and i want to go play outside!

p.s. I got a letter from my brother Austin today, he is serving a mission in South Carolina. I was so happy to read his letter and after reading it i truly feel that it was meant for me to receive this letter today. my brother had made a few comments that i really needed to hear, and just strengthened my testimony that the lord truly knows us and knows what we are capable of, he loves us and has a plan for us all, and if we stay true to his words and commandments we will be blessed. Thank you Austin i love you so much and im so proud of the man you are becoming. I truly feel that the lord is going to bless me with passing this test, and that he has paved the way for me.

6 days!

6 days till i retake my NCLEX!! so nervous but feeling more confident this time! wish me luck!