Super Mama

You know the saying you can't pick your family but you can pick your friends?? Well I was lucky enough to get both when God gave me my mom! She came to visit me last week and we had the best time ever. Everything went perfectly. I was really sad because I wasn't going to be able to pick her up from the airport, she was going to have to take the shuttle all the way to my house and then have a friend pick her up and get her on base because I had to work. Turns out I was able to get off work with just enough time to get to the airport and get her!
When we got home, Mona was so excited to see her! I'm not sure if she was more excited for the extra petting, or the new smells! I swear my mom was only here for an hour and my house was spotless.. SPOTLESS!!!! I've lived here since August and have yet to really clean this place! She is amazing! I had the best food ever too! Whole wheat rolls, cheese logs, banana bread, enchiladas. I cant even remember what else. When I got back to work after she had already gone home, I told everyone how much she cooked and cleaned for me. They were shocked. I guess I've really taken for granted having a super mom all these years!
It was one of the best weekends ever!!
I love you Mama and I miss you!

Hairballs

Who in their right mind would think a human could have a hairball??????????????? Gagamaggot!!

Discrimination

Just when you think the times are a changing in America, something happens that makes you realize discrimination is real and it's happening all the time........to large dogs!
Seriously, I am getting so fed up with people carrying around their purse size dogs. Just because your dog will fit in the small part of a shopping cart, doesn't mean I want to look at your ugly chihuahua while I'm at JoAnns buying fabric.
Tonight I was in the mall and there was a lady in Macy's with her dog on a leash.. Walking it. I think it was a cocker spaniel. I had Mona with me, but she was locked in my car. If I wouldn't have looked like I had been laying on the couch all day pineing away for my husband, I would have gone outside and brought her in. I'm thinking I wouldn't have been able to go very far before we would be escorted out.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll call Macy's and ask them what their dog in store policy is, Mona and I have been wanting a new pair of shoes!


I think this post officially declares me as dillusional!

Happy Halloween.....A day late!

Yesterday was Halloween... One of Matt's favorite holidays, and he spends it sleeping on a submarine. Mona and I however, went all out. Our day started like this.

Me waking up at 5 to drive an hour to work and work 10 furiously busy hours. Mona waking up at 5 to eat/pee/poop/spend 12 hours in a crate. Since I had to work on the day of Halloween you would think I would have bought candy a few days before. Well I didn't. I figured it would be no big deal, I'd stop at the comissary on base before I went home and buy some. I mean in Stinnett you might buy 10 bags of candy and have two trick or treaters. While speaking with an ex-military lady at work yesterday she kind of had me worried when she said "You have to have candy.. If your living on base you'll have lots of kids...People bring their kids in from outside of the base to get candy" Yeah sure like this lady knows anything. I finish working my day, buy Mona a costume and drive my hour home. Run into the comissary to discover that they have NO halloween candy left. None. I could have bought M&Ms that were not wrapped. Seriously they had nothing. I had to buy candy bars. I had a friend coming over later, so I knew I"d have more candy eventually. I start to drive down my road to my house and pass seriously no less than 5 swarms of people. I pull in, attempt to put Monas costume on her and open my candy. After two knocks on my door, I was out. Luckily Dayna came to save the day. We had enough candy for about 30 more minutes. I even passed out twinkies. haha! Mona only escaped once and some nice man caught her for us! So Mona was a pig, I guess my costume was a frazzled lady with not enough candy!

Hope everyone had fun! I am so sad I'm missing the Halloween bash in Granburry!!!

Sean does Seattle Take 2

Sean came to visit me last week! I can't believe hes gone already. We had such a great time. I seriously can't believe that my little 10 year old monster brother has grown into one of my best friends. I miss you boy :)

We had amazing weather the whole time he was here. Amazing for Washington means low 50s! I'll try to post some pictures below, not sure if I can figure out how to!

P.S. if Sean can't find a job promoting health after college, I would definitely hire him as my personal margarita maker!!

Generation Slow Typers

So yesterday was our first day of Epic go live... This is where we are moving all of our paper charting to computer charting. For me, not so bad. Pretty nice actually since I'm pretty sure I can type faster than I can write. But for some of my colleagues, this is a living nightmare. You have no idea how hard it was to stand by someone and watch them type 1 finger at a time without saying "here tell me what you want to say and I'll type it." Watching someone type so slowly with many typos to me is the equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard! Actually watching them mouse over to enter instead of double might be just as bad.

On a happier note, Sean will be here exactly 1 week from today!!!! I can't wait to see him :)

Lets get ethical, ethical

Everyone knows that I work in the operating room. A place where I have just a few minutes to gain my patients trust and ease their nervousness before they are peacefully sleeping thanks to anesthesia. I have pretty much the same lines I use on everyone and deliver the same care to everyone (except those adorable babies which I carry back to the OR instead of pushing in a crib-why deprive myself) Yesterday one of my patients came accessorized with two guards and handcuffs on his feet. A little intimidating but on I go with the same care I'd give to anyone. After he was asleep we were discussing what he was in for. None of us knew and I told them I'd rather not know. The anesth brought up a good point. We have a right to know what they are in for and to know if we are dealing with a violent criminal. I slightly agree with that, but I also know that if this person had been in for something terrible like abusing children or women I just think it would be hard for me to deliver unbiased care. I definitely don't think I could give him a nice pat on the shoulder. I just don't think it would be my place to pass judgement and I really think it would change the care I gave even if I didn't want it to. Oh the world of Morals and Ethics. Speaking of did anyone catch The Office on thurs??
I did get a nice 17 day old patient later in the day and all the world was right. Except how sad it was that a 17 day old baby was in for surgery. I'll change that... I got home and let Mona out of her crate and she did the bucking bull for a good 45 seconds and all the world was right!