Today I took the Hesi exam for nursing. I was really nervous about taking it and not passing it. But Luckily I passed. Yeah!! Its so nice to have it done I can now focus on finals. I have 3 next week. I have really slacked on the whole studying thing- personally I think its way over-rated, I would much rather play. O-yeah and watch the NBA Finals. I love basketball. I am really hoping that the Jazz will kick butt this year. I know they will man handle the Rockets but I'm a little worried about them playing the Lakers and the Spurs. I hate the Spurs or could we say "Flops" I am really hoping that the Suns will take care of them- but since they are down 2-0 that may be an unrealistic expectation.
Back to the whole school thing- Brandon took his last final today. He did really well on his circuits and math final. Which is great! The bad thing is that he starts clasees again for spring term next week. Come on BYU give the boy a break!! Luckily I get a week and a half off!!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Happy Birthday Babe!
Sunday, April 20th was Brandon's B-day. He is now 24, "and still poor" (He was 23- with no degree) We always joke around how old we are getting and what we still haven't accomplished. When we first got married I always thought by now we would both be done with school and have a family- well we aren't quite there yet, but we are getting close. Yeah!!
Brandon blowing out his candles
Gotta Love those TRICK Candles!!!
His Cake
Tina, Jesse, and Brandon!The batteries on my camera were dying- Crappy pictures.
And now to the Presents!!
Or at least one-
Salt Lake Marathon
On Saturday my mom and dad ran the Salt Lake Marathon- they decided to do it last minute. My mom asked me to run the last half with her. So on Saturday Brandon ran the last half with my dad and I ran the last half with my mom. Boy am I glad I didn't ran the whole thing!! It sucked, the last half was hard enough. It was like 70 degrees and very very windy. I actually saw my old drill instructor and ran some of it with her as well. Brandon got cured from wanting a motorcycle- while running on the course they saw a police officer on a bike broadsided a car. The cop went flying over the car. Brandon says it was pretty nasty!
My Mom
My Dad
Me and Melissa
The family
My Mom
My Dad
Me and Melissa
The familyTuesday, March 11, 2008
Arches National Park
Friday night we hiked up to Landscape Arch
Jon, Me, and my Dad
Friends and Family at Landscape Arch
Me and Brandon at Wall Arch
Brandon and Felicia hiking to Double O ArchIt was pretty Windy
My Family and "adopted" Kris
Double O
The whole Gang at Double O
My Family and "adopted" Kris
Double O
The whole Gang at Double OCaynonlands Half Marathon Pics
They wouldn't load earlier- here they are
Brandon Kicking Butt!!
Brandon running me in. I really wanted to die!!
Caynonlands Half Marathon
This weekend we headed down to Moab for Canyonlands half marathon. I was hoping for some warm weather and some sunshine. It was mostly overcast but we were still able to run in shorts and tanktops which was nice.
Brandon did really well he ran it in 1hr 37min. I thought it was a lot harder than Painters even though my time was the same 1hr 51min. I mentally and physically lost it around mile 10 just after getting on the highway. I was sure glad to see Brandon around 12.5 to run me in the rest of the way. I didn't have much to push and ended up getting passed by a ton of people. After finishing I started feeling really lightheaded, dizzy, nauseated, and began sweating a ton. I felt somewhat like I did after-well during St. George, before I woke up in an ambulance. My family insisted that I get checked out at the medical tent, and before I knew it my mom had gone and got a nurse. While in the med tent they checked me out and my vitals were stable. Eventually they let me go but insisted that I go to the hospital to have some lab work done. So we spent the next hour of two, finding the hospital, calling my doctor, and getting my blood drawn. A few hours later Dr. Pratte called and told me that overall my labs looked good. My WBC was 23- pretty high but probably just due to the stress, my kidney functions were a little elevated, but not near as high as last time, and lastly my electrolytes were completely normal. After talking to Dr. Pratte we are thinking that I have a vasovagal issue. Basically while I run a lot of blood pools in my legs and if I stop to abrubtly it causes my blood pressure to drop drastically which leads to me being lightheaded and possibly collapse. We're hoping this is what my problem is, and nothing more serious.
Both my mom and dad did really well. My mom was able to kick my trash again. Good job Mom!! Both my Aunts did really good as well. And of course Congrats to Kris who won!! You are amazing! I'm glad we were there and able to see ya take it all.
Brandon did really well he ran it in 1hr 37min. I thought it was a lot harder than Painters even though my time was the same 1hr 51min. I mentally and physically lost it around mile 10 just after getting on the highway. I was sure glad to see Brandon around 12.5 to run me in the rest of the way. I didn't have much to push and ended up getting passed by a ton of people. After finishing I started feeling really lightheaded, dizzy, nauseated, and began sweating a ton. I felt somewhat like I did after-well during St. George, before I woke up in an ambulance. My family insisted that I get checked out at the medical tent, and before I knew it my mom had gone and got a nurse. While in the med tent they checked me out and my vitals were stable. Eventually they let me go but insisted that I go to the hospital to have some lab work done. So we spent the next hour of two, finding the hospital, calling my doctor, and getting my blood drawn. A few hours later Dr. Pratte called and told me that overall my labs looked good. My WBC was 23- pretty high but probably just due to the stress, my kidney functions were a little elevated, but not near as high as last time, and lastly my electrolytes were completely normal. After talking to Dr. Pratte we are thinking that I have a vasovagal issue. Basically while I run a lot of blood pools in my legs and if I stop to abrubtly it causes my blood pressure to drop drastically which leads to me being lightheaded and possibly collapse. We're hoping this is what my problem is, and nothing more serious.
Both my mom and dad did really well. My mom was able to kick my trash again. Good job Mom!! Both my Aunts did really good as well. And of course Congrats to Kris who won!! You are amazing! I'm glad we were there and able to see ya take it all.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Update on our lives
School/Clinicals-
So we have been pretty busy the last few months. I have been in nursing school, I am currently taking pediatrics, psych, and management. I have really like pysch. Crazy people are so interesting. The last month I did my clinicals for pysch- boy was that interesting. I was assigned to a unit that all of the patients have criminal records-anything you can imagine they have done it-drugs, rape, and even murder. Overall I was quite comfortable there- maybe I am crazy myself who knows. One of the guys there- lets call him Sam- is CRAZY. So this guy, he talks to god-and sees god all day long- In fact one of the days I was there he thought I was God. He got down on his knees with his hands up basically worshiping me. (Sometimes it would be nice if Brandon would worship me, O-wait he does j/k). The next time I was there I had a very intersting conversation with the guy- it was about 45 min long and I was emotionally drained after that. He was going on and on about the "end of the creation" and how we are all "follicles of crap with the permission to be good or bad and we had all chosen to be bad" he went on and on about a dungeon- I was so lost- and then he asked me a question, which I guess I answered correctly- he was "amazed" as he thought I was just a "stupid blonde". Oh and by the way he thought he was a doctor/phyciatrist who lived there to help the other patients, not a patient himself. Another great experience was with Fred (not his real name) the first few times I talked to him he was quite nice and had some fascinating stories- it wasnt until he started talking about my boots that he scared the heck out of me. So we had to dress up and I was wearing some tall boots. He began telling me how he really liked my boots. That he had once told him wife that he liked that style of boots and that one day when he came home for work she was wearing boots and "very short shorts" as he was telling me this story, I swear he was undressing me with he freaky eyes. Lets just say I was extremely glad that Jared, another student interuppted him and saved me. Lets just say it was quite an experience. If it weren't for the staff I might even think of working there- but the staff was possibly worse than the actual patients. I just started my pediatric clinicals, which are pointless. I felt like it was a complete waste of time. The kids there were precious but I didn't learn a dang thing. O-wait do we ever.
Running update-
Other than school I have been working and running. Brandon and I ran Painters half marathon and Hurricane 5 miler. Suprisingly I did well, well what I feel is well. I ran Painters in 1hr 51min and Hurricane in 39.44min. I was glad. I felt pretty good during these races, which is great for me as I had a really bad racing year last year. Brandon did awesome he ran Painters in 1hr 34min and Hurricane in 36.33min. We both took second overall in our age groups. Its nice to run some of these small races- that we can actually place in. Plus its a semi-trail run which is always a plus for me. We are going to be running the CanyonLands half marathon this weekend. Im not expecting much, actually I am just hoping that it is warm. I am so incredibly sick of running in cold weather. Its so much nicer to run in shorts and a tank top.
Zoobie Land
So BYU is kicking Brandon's trash. The poor thing has been worked to the bone the last few months. So Im finding out that really I am a single-married woman. The guy is gone all of the time- its either work or school. We cant wait until I graduate so that he will be able to just focus on his schooling. Right now its just financially impossible. Overall he is doing well- he is learning to "jump through hoops" as I always put it. I think he really likes what he is learning, but just wishes he had more time to really learn it. He sure is a smartie pants and I know he will make it. Just a few more years Babe, there is light at the end. I think we are finally starting to see it.
So we have been pretty busy the last few months. I have been in nursing school, I am currently taking pediatrics, psych, and management. I have really like pysch. Crazy people are so interesting. The last month I did my clinicals for pysch- boy was that interesting. I was assigned to a unit that all of the patients have criminal records-anything you can imagine they have done it-drugs, rape, and even murder. Overall I was quite comfortable there- maybe I am crazy myself who knows. One of the guys there- lets call him Sam- is CRAZY. So this guy, he talks to god-and sees god all day long- In fact one of the days I was there he thought I was God. He got down on his knees with his hands up basically worshiping me. (Sometimes it would be nice if Brandon would worship me, O-wait he does j/k). The next time I was there I had a very intersting conversation with the guy- it was about 45 min long and I was emotionally drained after that. He was going on and on about the "end of the creation" and how we are all "follicles of crap with the permission to be good or bad and we had all chosen to be bad" he went on and on about a dungeon- I was so lost- and then he asked me a question, which I guess I answered correctly- he was "amazed" as he thought I was just a "stupid blonde". Oh and by the way he thought he was a doctor/phyciatrist who lived there to help the other patients, not a patient himself. Another great experience was with Fred (not his real name) the first few times I talked to him he was quite nice and had some fascinating stories- it wasnt until he started talking about my boots that he scared the heck out of me. So we had to dress up and I was wearing some tall boots. He began telling me how he really liked my boots. That he had once told him wife that he liked that style of boots and that one day when he came home for work she was wearing boots and "very short shorts" as he was telling me this story, I swear he was undressing me with he freaky eyes. Lets just say I was extremely glad that Jared, another student interuppted him and saved me. Lets just say it was quite an experience. If it weren't for the staff I might even think of working there- but the staff was possibly worse than the actual patients. I just started my pediatric clinicals, which are pointless. I felt like it was a complete waste of time. The kids there were precious but I didn't learn a dang thing. O-wait do we ever.
Running update-
Other than school I have been working and running. Brandon and I ran Painters half marathon and Hurricane 5 miler. Suprisingly I did well, well what I feel is well. I ran Painters in 1hr 51min and Hurricane in 39.44min. I was glad. I felt pretty good during these races, which is great for me as I had a really bad racing year last year. Brandon did awesome he ran Painters in 1hr 34min and Hurricane in 36.33min. We both took second overall in our age groups. Its nice to run some of these small races- that we can actually place in. Plus its a semi-trail run which is always a plus for me. We are going to be running the CanyonLands half marathon this weekend. Im not expecting much, actually I am just hoping that it is warm. I am so incredibly sick of running in cold weather. Its so much nicer to run in shorts and a tank top.
Zoobie Land
So BYU is kicking Brandon's trash. The poor thing has been worked to the bone the last few months. So Im finding out that really I am a single-married woman. The guy is gone all of the time- its either work or school. We cant wait until I graduate so that he will be able to just focus on his schooling. Right now its just financially impossible. Overall he is doing well- he is learning to "jump through hoops" as I always put it. I think he really likes what he is learning, but just wishes he had more time to really learn it. He sure is a smartie pants and I know he will make it. Just a few more years Babe, there is light at the end. I think we are finally starting to see it.
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