hellooooooooooooooo..........

Ahhhh, yeah. Haven't been around the blogosphere as been busy working a lot. I guess I haven't been into the blogging thing for a while. But I will post once in a while so hope I can still keep in touch with all you bloggers out there that I have come to like!!

I'm on that darn facebook now and liking getting in touch with a lot of old friends and people that I have lost along the way and now finding through this internet world. It's nice. I'm just not into the the whole....'I've just made dinner' or I just went here and there. I like it more for saying 'hi' to friends that I haven't seen in ages.

My internship at the hospital is going well and have only 6 1/2 more weeks and done in August. Can't friggin wait!!! It's hard working 40 hours and not getting paid. I'm looking for a job for the future but the job market is pitiful!!! All of us in the state graduating in radiology and like 1 job up for grabs, it's the pits. Hopefully it will improve in the coming months as I don't want to be out of a job for long as I need to keep my skills current. Hope a move is not in our future but I would be willing to move for work but don't really want to move out of state. And everyone I know that is selling a house takes forever to sell it so that would be hard!

My boy is with grandma a lot during the week as I work and my hubby went to Alaska to fish and make some money on his vacation so it is nice to get some fun time for me. I'm watching movies at night and had a pedicure. Hmmmm....what will I do next? 4th of July will be spent with some family so looking forward to that. Anybody seen 'True Blood' from HBO? I rented the first two episodes.....about vampires and it is strange but I think I'll rent the next one. Next I will watch 'flirting with 40' - I had read the book and 'Gran Tourismo'.

Anyway.......I need to get to bed as I've been getting like 5 hours a night as I'm a night owl and have to get up at 5am these days. bluck. I hate dragging butt at the hospital as it's physical work but I can't seem to get to bed early.

Eight things to do.....

Eight things I am looking forward to:

Graduating from college in August!
Going to the movie 'Up' and maybe 'Hangover' this week.
Having a break from college next week!!!
Having sex....ha! Just checking to see if you are reading.
Starting wt watchers again....and losing a bunch.
Working out again.....it's been a long time. I'm gonna start riding my bike again this week.
Spending time with my son.
Going to the ocean in 11 days.

Eight things I did yesterday:

interned at the hospital
went to a bookstore
did errands
went out to dinner
watched a video called 'lucky you'
kissed my family
cleaned my car
made a friend laugh

Eight things I wish I could do:

Play the guitar
Play the piano better
Be a doctor.....ha, after watching the surgeons at work yesterday
Love what I do...still working on this
Lose weight once and for all
Be happy without so much effort
see friends more often instead of being a hermit
quit worrying about money

Eight shows I watch:

(this won't be easy as I don't watch much television due to school)

grey's anatomy
America's home videos
home makeover
ET/celebrity type news shows
Spongebob.....cause my son has it on all the time!
(I rarely watch tv......at all so I can't even make it to 8)

Eight favorite fruits:

strawberries
raspberries
grapes
peaches
bananas
apples
pineapple
kiwi

Eight places I’d like to travel:

Italy
France
Greece
Africa
Turks and Caicos
Indonesia
Australia
England


Eight places I've lived:

Oak Harbor, Washington
Pullman, WA
Seattle, WA
Tacoma, WA
Long Beach, California
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
Tempe, Arizona
Cayman Islands, BWI

I tag: Diet coke rocks, Christie, Sarah, Sizzle or anyone else that would like to do!!!

Bad blogger

Yeah, I know....I'm a bad blogger. I really haven't been into the blog world for some time. But....I miss you guys that I've come to know thru the blogs.

Nothing too exciting happening in my world....it's school, school school. I'll be done with the quarter on June 8th so I'm looking forward to having 10 days off. My classwork will be done and all I have to do is my hospital work this summer and of course, pass the boards/big test at the end. Things are going well, I'm just tired of the school. Unfortunately, the job market is really tight and no job lined up for after summer yet but maybe something part time will come along. Everyone else in my class is in the same boat though a few are working part time.

I went to the play Grease last weekend. It was pretty good as I always did enjoy that movie. Of course, no one lives up to John Travolta. They had Taylor Hicks (from american idol) sing the 'beauty school drop out' song and he was good. We got up close to him after the show and he is a lot cuter than he looked on tv. My friend got a picture of him so that was cool.

I have been thinking a lot about my yo yo ing up and down in weight. I think I'm ready to tackle starting to lose weight again starting in June. I'm not sure if I am going the weight watchers route or on my own but summer with me working/intering so much would be a good time to start. I'm tired of the way I look, that's for sure!! It would be one thing if I was fat and happy but I am not.

Spring has finally arrived around here and we're having some 70 degree days which is awesome for our state. I need to to out an enjoy it. I'll visit the blogs soon and hope you are all doing well!

P.S. Hey Roly Poly man aka.....spider....what happened to ya??? I see you have a private blog now....what's up? Give me a comment if you are around.

Just been busy

Just been busy with work, school and the like and haven't been around the blogs much. Not too much to say I guess. Been working on papers for school and getting all the tests/competencies (interning) I need to get done at work. I'm really enjoying learning and assisting in surgeries. From broken bones of the hands and legs, spine work, gallbladder removal's and kidney stones removal. Who knew I would like it rather than being grossed out...I think it's my favorite part of the intering lately.

We went to the annual conference for us future Radiology tech's. It was fun to let loose with our classmates and the booze was a flowing. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and went out to dinner and the bars and played pool and the next night we went dancing. I guess I'm not too old to boogie. It has been years and years since I've danced or let loose like that. It was nice and was a chance to let off some steam....a great stress reliever. And it was great to get to know some of ladies in my class better and just laugh a lot. Of course, the conference wasn't bad either during the day and we learned some new things.

Not much else happening.....had a nice Easter with family a few weeks ago and nothing exciting coming down the pike except for in June we will go spend the night out by the ocean at a place called Ocean Shores on the WA coast so that will be fun. I always love it out there and it's a great place to fly the more heavy duty kites.

The family is doing well and my boy right now is playing Star Wars with his light saber. He fought the Mommy and I lost so I have up the saber to the hubby. They are so rambunctious! I hope you all are well.....and I'll stop by and say hi soon.

back to the daily grind

I'm back in to the daily grind of school and work. I'm tired already....and I don't like it. I guess I have a bit of senioritis and want school to just be over. I know it will be by the end of summer but then there is the big registry test I must pass so that adds a layer of stress to see if I can do it.

I rented the Twilight movie over my break cause I never have seen it. Even though it is mostly for teens I think, I really liked it. I'm a sucker for love stories anyway and it brought back some of that feeling when you were in love for the first time. The Edward guy would of been just my type, ha. Of course, I had to go buy some of the 4 books in the series and have been reading them all week. They are very long books but I am on the last one 'breaking dawn'. It's like I couldn't put them down much I had to keep on reading even though it they get weird as it's all about vampires and werewolves. Anybody else read these books? I guess they are working on the next movie 'new moon' now up north of us here in Vancouver, Canada. In the other movie I guess they shot it in Oregon and in Forks, Washington. I've driven through Forks and if you blink you will miss it. They are right though that it is really green and old town and rains a lot there. They are smack dab in the rain forest. Maybe I'll wonder out there this summer and go out to La Push beach area or hike around the rain forest; really want to go camping out there. There is a hot spring area out there that I've been wanting to go to. In the summers as a kid, I used to go out to the Makah reservation.....it's above where the forks area is...kind of the point/tip of washington. My dad used to salmon fish in the summers there and we would camp there a lot waiting for him or go out in the boat with him. It does have some pretty areas. Here's some pics of the area. There is a lot of the area I haven't seen too. I've been to Port Angeles and hiked up hurricane ridge and that is nice. I guess these books brought about a renewed interest to get out and see my state. We really aren't that far away from this area.

We did end up going to this Great Wolf Lodge. It reminded be of the 'grand california hotel' at Disneyland that looks like it is straight out of the northwest theme....it is rustic with lots of stone brick and fake animals. It is totally catered to kids. We went on a lot of water slides and the wave pool. The kids also did this magic wand thing where you have this wand and you go in a search for crystals and mystic figures and fight dragons. They also had a kid zone with dancing and interactive games like Wii games and rock star but that was more for the tweens so we didn't go in there.

Anyway, hope you all are well as I haven't been blogging or very often but I like to get on here occassionally and I'll visit you all soon. Now I have this sudden urge to go hiking.....spring is just around the corner and we will get out there soon and I'm tired of being cooped up inside.....I need to see the ocean.

bday celebrations and time on my hands

Just some photos from our beautiful state, probably ones you've seen before. I really should get out and see the scenery but it's been dark and dreary here as of late.

My hubby's birthday is today so we have been celebrating a bit and will go out to dinner somewhere....maybe a steak. Outback or such? You auzzies and Kiwi's heard of this restaurant owned my Australians? They do have pretty good food and beer.
I gave hime his presents but he says he really only wants one thing....ya know what that is ladies. ha!!

We are just taking it easy today and haven't even gotten dressed yet! I'm on my spring break and got my hair highlighted yesterday and went to the movie 'slumdog millionaire'. It was really good. I then watched 'derailed' movie on video which was a bit disturbing. I'm reading magazine and doing a lot of things I don't have time for when school is on such as cleaning house. I thought I had a lot more time to myself next week of it's school conference week and so kids are in school 1/2 time. So, not sure if I will be out to visit friends I haven't seen in a while or not.

We did decide to go to that indoor water park/hotel next Saturday....so we are all looking forward to that! What else would I like to do....maybe get out and take some photos....I used to love doing that so we'll see how that goes. Also, I'm giving lots of thought to getting healthier again. Working out again and losing some poundage. School is taking my whole life over and it shouldn't keep me from accomplishing other things in my life which it has.

Take care and if you stop by....come on now leave a comment. Think I have lost most my readers! But, that's ok. Hope you are all well and having a great weekend.

light at the end of the tunnel

Still waiting and waiting for spring break to come after the 18th of this month. I'm in the study mode now with finals coming up and I have a big one.

My interning is stressful at times and other days I really like it. It is physically hard most days as I'm on the move constantly. I keep pulling muscles in my right arm. Has to do with the machines and with the stretchers that are hard to adjust up and down. I can't really do anything about it but grin and bear it. I can't afford to be out sick as you get limited time off from school as they are really strict with attendance and interning.

The job market is tight even for hospital work. Except for nurses of course they always seem to be in demand. I can only hope I can eventually make some money when I graduate if not sooner. Working for free really sucks though I am still learning new things, like xraying during surgery, and that what this interning is all about. I almost lost my lunch the other day....sometime the barium enemas can be really nasty and make you want to gag. Sick people mean yucky smells throughout the hospital if you know what I mean. Maybe I'll end up at a clinic...it is a little easier I think but I think those jobs are few and far between.

No big plans for my break. I wish I had some but I will visit with some friends I haven't seen in a while. I would like to take my son to this hotel/lodge that has a big water slide in it. It is quite pricey so I don't think we will be able to go there.

Can you believe we had snow this past week? Our winter has had a lot of snow which is unusual for us. We usually have mild winters and lucky to get one day of snow and we've had a lot this winter. I'm a sun lover.....I'm wishing for spring. I hope all are well and I'll see how you are doing this weekend.