Life is way better when you aren't studying 9 hours a day.
I could get use to this.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
25
My wonderful hubby turns 25 today.
Happy Birthday Honey, I love you!
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25 things I love about Greg
1. He is the most loyal person you will ever meet
2. He has dreamy blue eyes
3. He is freaking hilarious
4. He washes the dishes
5. He has big sexy lips :)
6. He is my best friend
7. He loves kids, this seems to be a more recent development and it is SO sexy
8. He is a crazy good athlete
9. He is incredibly hard working
10. He is super chill
11. He loves to stay in and watch movies
12. He likes my cooking
13. He is very clean
14. He is a dog lover
15. He is super handy and has done a ton of work on our house
16. He shares my passion for sushi
17. He is very thoughtful and sentimental
18. He is not a morning person
19. He cuts his own hair and it always looks perfect
20. He is a really good driver, unlike someone else
21. He is a family person
22. He doesn't mind taking pictures
23. He watches HGTV with me, most of the time
24. He loves stand up comedy
25. He is my rock
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25 things I love about Greg
1. He is the most loyal person you will ever meet
2. He has dreamy blue eyes
3. He is freaking hilarious
4. He washes the dishes
5. He has big sexy lips :)
6. He is my best friend
7. He loves kids, this seems to be a more recent development and it is SO sexy
8. He is a crazy good athlete
9. He is incredibly hard working
10. He is super chill
11. He loves to stay in and watch movies
12. He likes my cooking
13. He is very clean
14. He is a dog lover
15. He is super handy and has done a ton of work on our house
16. He shares my passion for sushi
17. He is very thoughtful and sentimental
18. He is not a morning person
19. He cuts his own hair and it always looks perfect
20. He is a really good driver, unlike someone else
21. He is a family person
22. He doesn't mind taking pictures
23. He watches HGTV with me, most of the time
24. He loves stand up comedy
25. He is my rock
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
What a day!
Today I passed the Family Nurse Practitioner board exam. Yay! I always knew I wanted to be a nurse practitioner but getting to this point was a crazy long process!
It all started with Nursing School....Hate is a strong word, but I STRONGLY disliked nursing school. Nursing school was so terribly painful for me! If you really know me well, you'd know that I don't like hospitals.
From day one, I knew I wanted to work as a nurse practitioner in primary care (an office). Well, in nursing school, your future goals don't matter much. The bottom line is you are going to learn how to be a well rounded RN. That means spending time in MedSurg, L&D, ICU, Emergency, Psych/Mental Health...etc. That was great news for the 49 other people in my program, but it was torture for me. I even had a nursing professor tell me I should change my major, that I shouldn't be a nurse!
It's not that I wasn't meant to be a nurse, nurses can work in a ton of different settings. Hospitals just are not my cup of tea, they cause me serious anxiety, I like to avoid them at all costs! I guess it's no surprise that I LOVE primary care, the whole purpose is to keep people OUT of hospitals (coincidence? I don't think so!).
The other major challenge was studying on the road. During the course of my masters program we moved FIVE times. That means 5 different preceptors (I actually had way more than 5). Every time we moved I had to find a new preceptor (some one to mentor me for the clinical portion of my school requirements).
Oh the joy of opening the phone book and randomly calling doctors and nurse practitioners I'd never met and asking them if I could intern at their practice. I could almost hear their thoughts through the silent phone line, "who is this person and why is she calling me???" I can't tell you how many times I was hung up on....HUNDREDS.
I'd like to give a quick shout out to the people who did NOT hang up on me...Dr. Robertson, Dr. Ellman, Dr. Hamidi, Kelly Schauer, Ellen Gastauer, Dr. Borucki, Katheryn Green, Dr. Smith, Dr. Price and Dr. Noorani...Thank you all for being the most wonderful preceptors I could have every asked for! Without these amazingly kind and generous people I would not be here :)
In the end, 7 years of education was all worth it because I love this job:)
P.S. I saw that nursing professor that told me I shouldn't be a nurse at my FNP graduation, and I made it a point to give her a big HELLO! The look on her face was priceless....she definitely remembered me.
It all started with Nursing School....Hate is a strong word, but I STRONGLY disliked nursing school. Nursing school was so terribly painful for me! If you really know me well, you'd know that I don't like hospitals.
From day one, I knew I wanted to work as a nurse practitioner in primary care (an office). Well, in nursing school, your future goals don't matter much. The bottom line is you are going to learn how to be a well rounded RN. That means spending time in MedSurg, L&D, ICU, Emergency, Psych/Mental Health...etc. That was great news for the 49 other people in my program, but it was torture for me. I even had a nursing professor tell me I should change my major, that I shouldn't be a nurse!
It's not that I wasn't meant to be a nurse, nurses can work in a ton of different settings. Hospitals just are not my cup of tea, they cause me serious anxiety, I like to avoid them at all costs! I guess it's no surprise that I LOVE primary care, the whole purpose is to keep people OUT of hospitals (coincidence? I don't think so!).
The other major challenge was studying on the road. During the course of my masters program we moved FIVE times. That means 5 different preceptors (I actually had way more than 5). Every time we moved I had to find a new preceptor (some one to mentor me for the clinical portion of my school requirements).
Oh the joy of opening the phone book and randomly calling doctors and nurse practitioners I'd never met and asking them if I could intern at their practice. I could almost hear their thoughts through the silent phone line, "who is this person and why is she calling me???" I can't tell you how many times I was hung up on....HUNDREDS.
I'd like to give a quick shout out to the people who did NOT hang up on me...Dr. Robertson, Dr. Ellman, Dr. Hamidi, Kelly Schauer, Ellen Gastauer, Dr. Borucki, Katheryn Green, Dr. Smith, Dr. Price and Dr. Noorani...Thank you all for being the most wonderful preceptors I could have every asked for! Without these amazingly kind and generous people I would not be here :)
In the end, 7 years of education was all worth it because I love this job:)
P.S. I saw that nursing professor that told me I shouldn't be a nurse at my FNP graduation, and I made it a point to give her a big HELLO! The look on her face was priceless....she definitely remembered me.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Road trip to Michigan
This past weekend Greg and I hopped in the car and drove 6 hours to visit family in Michigan. We got to meet our new niece Kylie Grace and do some awesome fishing!
Me and the babe, Kylie has some LONG toes, just like her uncle Greg!
Family Pic!
Thanks Michelle and Marty for a great weekend!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Fabulous Fourth
The 4th of July was a 4 day event this year. There is no denying that Chicago is an awesome city in the summer. Greg had Thursday and Friday off so went to the Tast of Chicago and RibFest. Basically our entire weekend revolved around food, and that was okay by me!
We did a little eating....
and a little playing....
and then we ate some more....
Happy 4th of July!
Friday, July 3, 2009
If a tree falls in your backyard....
....does it make a sound?
Apparently not. I was in the kitchen washing dishes, no more than 20 feet away, and I didn't hear a thing.
It wasn't actually the entire tree, but it was a 40 ft branch and it nearly fell on our house!
Unfortunately, this one central branch falling was enough to through off the "balance" of the tree. Meaning we are at great risk for other branches falling directly onto our house....not good. We talked to an arborist (aka tree doctor) and were informed that the ENTIRE tree will have to come down. I am actually very upset about the situation.
Our poor lopsided tree will be coming down shortly. But we will be planting TWO new trees to replace it :)
Apparently not. I was in the kitchen washing dishes, no more than 20 feet away, and I didn't hear a thing. It wasn't actually the entire tree, but it was a 40 ft branch and it nearly fell on our house!Unfortunately, this one central branch falling was enough to through off the "balance" of the tree. Meaning we are at great risk for other branches falling directly onto our house....not good. We talked to an arborist (aka tree doctor) and were informed that the ENTIRE tree will have to come down. I am actually very upset about the situation.Our poor lopsided tree will be coming down shortly. But we will be planting TWO new trees to replace it :)
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