Yes, it's true. I'm sitting here VERY bored. So I figured that I would catch up on reading the updates and put my own little one in. I'm busy STILL with stupid school and my torturous (no clue how to spell it) Economics class. Grrr. I need a C to transfer to UNK and well, I'm not there. Hopefully I will be able to pull it out! If not, well, I'm retaking the course this summer in 6 weeks to hopefully get a C. If I don't this summer either, well I GIVE UP! I'll just take it at UNK. Stupid econ--why is that a gen ed? It shouldn't be!
Okay, what else? I will STILL be at CCC next year. I have decided to transfer out of UNK and come back to CCC. I will finish my Criminal Justice degree at CCC (the AAS) so I can move to Kearney and work at the YRTC and hopefully make enough that I can have my own apartment! That way, I will work there part time and go back to UNK full time to get my Bachelor's Degree. Well, at least that is the plan for now. I do not know for sure if I will stick to that plan, but for now I will definitely be going back to CCC. I figured it would be wise to get that degree in case I quit UNK. At least I'll have a degree that means something in the real world!
I really don't think there is much else to update you on. Oh yeah! I forgot! Mom and Dad say that I can have Stormy move to Kearney with me, but the boys are staying put! HA! IT'S CUSTODY BATTLE TIME! At least if they are with me, they will get pampered plenty and spoiled :). AND they will never be lonesome! Stormy will be all by herself otherwise and she won't like that. So yes, custody battle will ensue! I WILL let you know how it turns out--once we've gone through the "cat courts" and everything! LOL.
One more note, just got done a few hours ago typing a paper. Easy peasy topic this week. The three strike sentencing laws will be a hard one. Not much research out there on that. But what can I say? Oh well. UNK this Thursday and Friday. I have a conference (criminal justice) to attend on Thursday (mandatory...ugh). On Friday, it's a multicultural event day. However, I may not be able to go because I might have to work. We'll see though.
Okay, that is enough for now. I'm sure mom will post something back about the cat court thing, but hey, THE BOYS WILL NOT BE LEFT ALONE! NEVER! THEY MUST HAVE STORMY! Okay, I'm getting carried away. It's time to get back to Economics and reading the chapter and making some hot chocolate. *Yawns* Good night all.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Sunday evening from Janice
It has been some time since I've contributed, but I check the blog often and am always thrilled to find a new letter. Guess it's my turn.
Sue - Did you drive all the way to Phoenix, or fly and rent a car? We flew there a couple years ago for a long weekend in March to leave behind our grey weather, soak up some sun, and see some new sights. We arrived and departed Phoenix in the rain (the natives were more thrilled than we were about that). I didn't even notice the lack of signage, but did note the brown. I don't think I would ever want to live there, or in any desert area. The rock yards were just too ugly, even though we were told the desert was beautiful due to some blooming brought on by the rain. Each to his own, I guess. We fled Phoenix and drove north to Sedona. Have any of you been there? It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The climate is more moderate, the mountains are beginning, and they have gorgeous red rocks. The only problem we encountered there was freezing rain followed by snow on all the pretty spring blooms! It snowed a lot that night, but they cleared the roads and we drove north to take a peak at the Grand Canyon. Breathtaking, and the snow kept the crowds away! Couldn't believe that I wore my winter coat every day in Arizona, but did enjoy the scenery in the northern part of the state.
Another Sue question - Has Joe filled out, or is that just a big sweatshirt? And I must say that I think his lawn-care business shows great initiative. Good luck to him!
I hope Paul is feeling good as new by now, and you can get back to your normal routines, save the occasional follow-up exam.
Ed left for New Orleans with a church group this morning. I can tell you more about that next week.
You may have heard that Zac moved home last month. He immediately went to work for our lawyer neighbor who needed to hire more office help. After a boring week+ of nothing but catching up the filing, he is now doing a variety of tasks and meeting lots of interesting clients. It makes for lively dinner conversation compared to just Ed and me. Zac has several friends still in Naperville, so is suffering no ill effects from the move.
Zac went back to Lincoln last weekend to watch the BB games with his buddies and pick up the last of his belongings. Had some unwanted excitement on his return trip. He (and Naperville friend, Eric) were just entering Illinois on 88 about midnight, as they witnessed an accident unfolding. A car full of 4 college girls returning from spring break was driving way too fast, swerved to avoid some small animal and lost control. They flipped 4 times and landed on the roof. Zac was calling 911 before the car stopped. Three of the girls somehow crawled out with relatively minor injuries, but rather hysterical as girl #4, Hannah, was not seatbelted and had been ejected. They found her unconscious and bleeding, about 60 feet away. Zac was not optimistic that she would survive, but got great news from one of the moms on Friday (the girls had used his cell to call home, so his number was on their caller ID) that she did survive and has a bright prognosis. He heard from Hannah's very grateful mother today and learned that she had bleeding of the brain, a broken back (no paralysis), bruised liver, lacerated kidney, removed her spleen, and got stitches in a foot! With all that, she was at home in Oak Park (near here) by today. Amazing healing powers! Hope she learned to wear her seat belt! Zac is elated with all the good new, needless to say, and I can quit worrying about Hannah, too.
I have had two phone calls and now it is getting late. Have a good week. Hope to see you all at Dad's 80th!
Love,
Janice
Sue - Did you drive all the way to Phoenix, or fly and rent a car? We flew there a couple years ago for a long weekend in March to leave behind our grey weather, soak up some sun, and see some new sights. We arrived and departed Phoenix in the rain (the natives were more thrilled than we were about that). I didn't even notice the lack of signage, but did note the brown. I don't think I would ever want to live there, or in any desert area. The rock yards were just too ugly, even though we were told the desert was beautiful due to some blooming brought on by the rain. Each to his own, I guess. We fled Phoenix and drove north to Sedona. Have any of you been there? It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The climate is more moderate, the mountains are beginning, and they have gorgeous red rocks. The only problem we encountered there was freezing rain followed by snow on all the pretty spring blooms! It snowed a lot that night, but they cleared the roads and we drove north to take a peak at the Grand Canyon. Breathtaking, and the snow kept the crowds away! Couldn't believe that I wore my winter coat every day in Arizona, but did enjoy the scenery in the northern part of the state.
Another Sue question - Has Joe filled out, or is that just a big sweatshirt? And I must say that I think his lawn-care business shows great initiative. Good luck to him!
I hope Paul is feeling good as new by now, and you can get back to your normal routines, save the occasional follow-up exam.
Ed left for New Orleans with a church group this morning. I can tell you more about that next week.
You may have heard that Zac moved home last month. He immediately went to work for our lawyer neighbor who needed to hire more office help. After a boring week+ of nothing but catching up the filing, he is now doing a variety of tasks and meeting lots of interesting clients. It makes for lively dinner conversation compared to just Ed and me. Zac has several friends still in Naperville, so is suffering no ill effects from the move.
Zac went back to Lincoln last weekend to watch the BB games with his buddies and pick up the last of his belongings. Had some unwanted excitement on his return trip. He (and Naperville friend, Eric) were just entering Illinois on 88 about midnight, as they witnessed an accident unfolding. A car full of 4 college girls returning from spring break was driving way too fast, swerved to avoid some small animal and lost control. They flipped 4 times and landed on the roof. Zac was calling 911 before the car stopped. Three of the girls somehow crawled out with relatively minor injuries, but rather hysterical as girl #4, Hannah, was not seatbelted and had been ejected. They found her unconscious and bleeding, about 60 feet away. Zac was not optimistic that she would survive, but got great news from one of the moms on Friday (the girls had used his cell to call home, so his number was on their caller ID) that she did survive and has a bright prognosis. He heard from Hannah's very grateful mother today and learned that she had bleeding of the brain, a broken back (no paralysis), bruised liver, lacerated kidney, removed her spleen, and got stitches in a foot! With all that, she was at home in Oak Park (near here) by today. Amazing healing powers! Hope she learned to wear her seat belt! Zac is elated with all the good new, needless to say, and I can quit worrying about Hannah, too.
I have had two phone calls and now it is getting late. Have a good week. Hope to see you all at Dad's 80th!
Love,
Janice
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Hello to everyone....Sue
I thought it was time to refresh our look...everyone ok with this....can everyone still read it?
Mary Jo assured me it wouldn't be bragging if I told you we went to Phoenix last week. John and Joe went last year for Spring Baseball Training and when Joe wanted to go back and was still agreeable to traveling with us, we thought we should take him up on it. After being the navigator for his father (the driver) and watching John's knuckles turn whiter and whiter in Phoenix traffic, this might have been the last trip! It was my first time to Phoenix...pretty place, despite it being very BROWN...all the houses/apts/condos are shades of about three basic browns, and of course most of the yards are cactus and rocks. I thought the most amazing thing was the lack of billboards and large advertising signs. They're nowhere. No golden arches announcing a McDonalds down the street...the WalMarts are even brown stucco! Whoever laid out the city surely installed some tight controls on advertising. The weather was great...not a cloud in the sky and in the 70's...the locals are friendly, but why wouldn't they be when they're all retired with lots of money! We saw three baseball games and joe got to play golf one morning with my cousin's husband (they're among the newly retired spending the winter there).
Suki and I had lunch today, as we do most Thursdays, and we got talking about Callahan's Football 101 Class. Are a group of you ladies going to that? Nancy's letter had mentioned that Connie received that package as a Christmas gift... If so, and if we wouldn't be butting in, Suki and I would probably be interested in going too. The website has changed since this morning when i first looked....earlier there was a quiz out there to determine what 'level' you'd be...I really thought I'd have to stay at home because my football knowledge is very limited...but i correctly answered 8 out of 10 questions and that put me in the 'advanced' group...that should tell you what kind of questions they were asking!! When I looked at the site again just now, (UNL, Football) they're officially announcing all the details of the day, and I can't find the quiz...Well, anyway...we'd like to hear about who all is planning to attend.. it says they only take the first 1200!!!, so i suppose we should sign up soon.! Let us know...
Joe is busy starting a lawn-mowing company. He's named it Shamrock Lawns and he's bought a BIG lawn mower and a trailer to haul it in (behind his dad's truck which he'll have to borrow for the summer)! Today he spent all day taking a class on Fertilizer and Pest Control at the Douglas County Extension office, so he can get a license to apply chemicals. He said the test was kind of tough, so hopefully he passed it! We hope he's still this enthusiastic in July when it's 100 degrees out and he's got lots of yards to mow!
'night to all....
Mary Jo assured me it wouldn't be bragging if I told you we went to Phoenix last week. John and Joe went last year for Spring Baseball Training and when Joe wanted to go back and was still agreeable to traveling with us, we thought we should take him up on it. After being the navigator for his father (the driver) and watching John's knuckles turn whiter and whiter in Phoenix traffic, this might have been the last trip! It was my first time to Phoenix...pretty place, despite it being very BROWN...all the houses/apts/condos are shades of about three basic browns, and of course most of the yards are cactus and rocks. I thought the most amazing thing was the lack of billboards and large advertising signs. They're nowhere. No golden arches announcing a McDonalds down the street...the WalMarts are even brown stucco! Whoever laid out the city surely installed some tight controls on advertising. The weather was great...not a cloud in the sky and in the 70's...the locals are friendly, but why wouldn't they be when they're all retired with lots of money! We saw three baseball games and joe got to play golf one morning with my cousin's husband (they're among the newly retired spending the winter there).
Suki and I had lunch today, as we do most Thursdays, and we got talking about Callahan's Football 101 Class. Are a group of you ladies going to that? Nancy's letter had mentioned that Connie received that package as a Christmas gift... If so, and if we wouldn't be butting in, Suki and I would probably be interested in going too. The website has changed since this morning when i first looked....earlier there was a quiz out there to determine what 'level' you'd be...I really thought I'd have to stay at home because my football knowledge is very limited...but i correctly answered 8 out of 10 questions and that put me in the 'advanced' group...that should tell you what kind of questions they were asking!! When I looked at the site again just now, (UNL, Football) they're officially announcing all the details of the day, and I can't find the quiz...Well, anyway...we'd like to hear about who all is planning to attend.. it says they only take the first 1200!!!, so i suppose we should sign up soon.! Let us know...
Joe is busy starting a lawn-mowing company. He's named it Shamrock Lawns and he's bought a BIG lawn mower and a trailer to haul it in (behind his dad's truck which he'll have to borrow for the summer)! Today he spent all day taking a class on Fertilizer and Pest Control at the Douglas County Extension office, so he can get a license to apply chemicals. He said the test was kind of tough, so hopefully he passed it! We hope he's still this enthusiastic in July when it's 100 degrees out and he's got lots of yards to mow!'night to all....
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Cabin fever reigns---from Nancy
Good morning, all--
The snow has finally quit falling and it's a beautiful first day of spring. Beth is home for spring break and she's just thrilled to be trapped in the house with her mother. No Girls Gone Wild here :)
Stan is in Washington D.C. for Close Up this week and he's a bit bummed b/c he spent hours and hours writing lesson plans for five days and now two of them have been snow days. Actually, he's just glad to be there despite the storm. He started pacing last Wednesday when the forecast started trumpeting the big storm, but he and his 10 students had the most trouble between here and York on Sunday morning and their plane left Lincoln on time.
I was worried a/b how Beth and I were going to dig out b/c our driveway always catches more and the foot of snow we got is really heavy (full of moisture, thank goodness). Last night, however, I heard something outside and there was a Good Samaritan on a farm tractor with a front-end loader cleaning out our driveway. It was snowing so hard I could hardly see him and still don't know who it was, but he made our work this morning much less taxing. And our next door neighbor and his wife came with their snow blower to get what fell through the night, so Beth and I are now free. Life in a small town is good.......... Actually, Allison found good neighbors in Lincoln, as well, b/c several came to her rescue when she was trying to dig out. She said she thought she'd have to buy a lawn mower b/f a snow blower with the winter we had.
Glad to see all the pictures you have been sending. And I'm thrilled to read the entries from the next generation. Niki, your room is striking and looks like something out of a magazine; I like it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on April 22 at Uncle Winfred's gala--can't wait.
Love,
Nancy
The snow has finally quit falling and it's a beautiful first day of spring. Beth is home for spring break and she's just thrilled to be trapped in the house with her mother. No Girls Gone Wild here :)
Stan is in Washington D.C. for Close Up this week and he's a bit bummed b/c he spent hours and hours writing lesson plans for five days and now two of them have been snow days. Actually, he's just glad to be there despite the storm. He started pacing last Wednesday when the forecast started trumpeting the big storm, but he and his 10 students had the most trouble between here and York on Sunday morning and their plane left Lincoln on time.
I was worried a/b how Beth and I were going to dig out b/c our driveway always catches more and the foot of snow we got is really heavy (full of moisture, thank goodness). Last night, however, I heard something outside and there was a Good Samaritan on a farm tractor with a front-end loader cleaning out our driveway. It was snowing so hard I could hardly see him and still don't know who it was, but he made our work this morning much less taxing. And our next door neighbor and his wife came with their snow blower to get what fell through the night, so Beth and I are now free. Life in a small town is good.......... Actually, Allison found good neighbors in Lincoln, as well, b/c several came to her rescue when she was trying to dig out. She said she thought she'd have to buy a lawn mower b/f a snow blower with the winter we had.
Glad to see all the pictures you have been sending. And I'm thrilled to read the entries from the next generation. Niki, your room is striking and looks like something out of a magazine; I like it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on April 22 at Uncle Winfred's gala--can't wait.
Love,
Nancy
Monday, March 13, 2006
Glad to get the update, Suki (this is MJ)
I'm up early today, checking road conditions, because I'm leaving for a 2-day staff meeting in Lincoln in about 1/2 hr. I turned on the TV and heard about the storm in Lawrence. I thought I'd check and see if there was any news from Cassi on the blog. So relieved to hear she's alright.
As I said, I've got to go! Have a good week, everyone!
As I said, I've got to go! Have a good week, everyone!
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Sunday Night Notes from Suki
Hi All,
Since I'm up late anyway, I thought I'd drop a few notes to say hello on this cold and windy night. My day started early when Cassi called to say they had violent storms with talks of a tornado early this morning in Lawrence. They've had no power all day and still have none at midnight. The storm blew out windows in several buildings and tore out large trees all over campus. So, they cancelled school tomorrow and she's staying with friends in town. But the good news is the Jayhawks beat Texas today! What a great game.
So glad Paul is doing well from his surgery. MJ, what a dilemma for Paul. But I know exactly how you feel and I think I would feel the same way you do about his decision to skip the chemo. But, you're right to have confidence in his choice and support him all the way. We're always thinking of him.
Also wanted to let everyone know I make copies of all the postings and give them to WJ and Marian. Grandma really enjoys reading about the happenings with all the "cousins" and their families so keep them in mind when you're writing.
Not much else to say so I'll sign off. I like to post pictures so I thought I'd share this picture of Cassi and her five roommates. Isn't it amazing what good orthodontists and teeth whiteners can do?
oyasumi nasai,
suki
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Hopeful News from Mary Jo
Hi, Everybody....
Thought I'd send the latest report on Paul's recovery. First of all, he's doing very well healing from the surgery. He's careful to not lift anything too heavy, but otherwise his activities are pretty normal. He did present a program to a grasslands coalition group two days out of the hospital. That was about too much, even though his presentation was fairly brief and he sat through it. He had a friend drive him, but they stayed too long and he was really tired for a couple of days. On Tuesday, we saw the oncologist. We both liked him immediately and he was easy to understand and took time to answer all of our questions. He said Paul had a 75-80% chance of being "cured" with nothing more than surgery. He said chemo would, at the most give him another 8% chance of no recurrence. He said his recommendation would be a "soft" one to do the chemotherapy; and really did not think it was enough of a significant improvement in outlook to encourage Paul to do it. So, with great relief and utter confidence in his decision, Paul said he chose NOT to take the chemo. The Dr. said he would take blood samples, CT scans, etc over the next several years whether Paul did the chemo or not. I suppose I kind of wish he would do it, but I do respect his choice. I just hope I have enough courage to be a good and supportive wife through all of this. Both the surgeon and the oncologist told Paul everyone has some cancer cells and our immune system gets rid of them. Paul's convinced he can work with his body and really doesn't want to destroy a lot of good cells to get at a few bad ones. Time will tell. But I tell myself he could go through the chemo and still have a 10%+ chance of a recurrence...
I go to Lincoln Mon and Tues for a staff meeting...that will give me something new to think about! Paul's sister is coming Tuesday to see her brother. That might be kind of stressful, but I know she wants to see for herself how he is!
All for now..........
Thought I'd send the latest report on Paul's recovery. First of all, he's doing very well healing from the surgery. He's careful to not lift anything too heavy, but otherwise his activities are pretty normal. He did present a program to a grasslands coalition group two days out of the hospital. That was about too much, even though his presentation was fairly brief and he sat through it. He had a friend drive him, but they stayed too long and he was really tired for a couple of days. On Tuesday, we saw the oncologist. We both liked him immediately and he was easy to understand and took time to answer all of our questions. He said Paul had a 75-80% chance of being "cured" with nothing more than surgery. He said chemo would, at the most give him another 8% chance of no recurrence. He said his recommendation would be a "soft" one to do the chemotherapy; and really did not think it was enough of a significant improvement in outlook to encourage Paul to do it. So, with great relief and utter confidence in his decision, Paul said he chose NOT to take the chemo. The Dr. said he would take blood samples, CT scans, etc over the next several years whether Paul did the chemo or not. I suppose I kind of wish he would do it, but I do respect his choice. I just hope I have enough courage to be a good and supportive wife through all of this. Both the surgeon and the oncologist told Paul everyone has some cancer cells and our immune system gets rid of them. Paul's convinced he can work with his body and really doesn't want to destroy a lot of good cells to get at a few bad ones. Time will tell. But I tell myself he could go through the chemo and still have a 10%+ chance of a recurrence...
I go to Lincoln Mon and Tues for a staff meeting...that will give me something new to think about! Paul's sister is coming Tuesday to see her brother. That might be kind of stressful, but I know she wants to see for herself how he is!
All for now..........
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
HOWDY YA' ALL!!!!
Okay, from the way that the title is and how I'm writing, you should all be able to figure out who this is. If not, well then sorry. Tee hee. Just kidding. Yeah, it's me Suz. I'm crashing the blog because I have already updated my private blog for the day and I am in the mood to blog. LOL.
Oh Nikki, would you PLEASE do my economics for me? It's a killer class! The worst part, I'm only on the 2nd credit and am lagging. I hate the class. Tell me, why do we have to have that class when we won't use it in criminal justice anyway??? So yeah, it sucks and I'm slowly chugging away at it.
Alas, spring break will be here!!! Woot! It's next week and I'm pumped. Sheila is back so we can hang out and on top of that, I will be not only working, but will be catching up on tests. I'm not only behind in Economics, but I'm behind in Corrections also! Ugh...tests, I hate them.
Okay, and yeah, UNK is going alright. I can tolerate it there. But really, I don't like the town of Kearney and really don't like the school. But yeah, I can tolerate it. It's not what I expected. Let's just put it that way. Unless I drop out like I'm thinking and working for a while, I'll just remain there and hurry up and get thi stupid degree done! As you can tell, I'm VERY burnt out on school. *is in dire need of a break*
Right now I'm just killing my time on here crashing this (like I've already pointed out). Oh and I'm burning some CDS for a friend and a teacher. Hehehe. But yeah, my teacher has never heard of Trans-Siberian Orchestra...so she asked me to burn a CD. So yeah doing that and ummm already did homework. Was up in my room for about a 1/2 hour isloated relaxing. Oh how it feels so good to relax after a LONG day of school.
Well, I think that's about it. If anyone would like to do my economics course, please, by all means, do it for me!!! I'd rather get a C in that class and have someone do it than having me fail it and have to take it at UNK. Ugh. Oh and Corrections is okay. Failing it, but that's because I'm behind in all the tests. If I ace the tests and quizzes, I'll be back to an A. So I'm not sweating it--at least not yet.
Okay, well, it will probably be another 3-4 weeks before I crash this blog again! This is what happens when I'm extremely bored and am burnign cds. LOL. See ya laters alligators!
Oh Nikki, would you PLEASE do my economics for me? It's a killer class! The worst part, I'm only on the 2nd credit and am lagging. I hate the class. Tell me, why do we have to have that class when we won't use it in criminal justice anyway??? So yeah, it sucks and I'm slowly chugging away at it.
Alas, spring break will be here!!! Woot! It's next week and I'm pumped. Sheila is back so we can hang out and on top of that, I will be not only working, but will be catching up on tests. I'm not only behind in Economics, but I'm behind in Corrections also! Ugh...tests, I hate them.
Okay, and yeah, UNK is going alright. I can tolerate it there. But really, I don't like the town of Kearney and really don't like the school. But yeah, I can tolerate it. It's not what I expected. Let's just put it that way. Unless I drop out like I'm thinking and working for a while, I'll just remain there and hurry up and get thi stupid degree done! As you can tell, I'm VERY burnt out on school. *is in dire need of a break*
Right now I'm just killing my time on here crashing this (like I've already pointed out). Oh and I'm burning some CDS for a friend and a teacher. Hehehe. But yeah, my teacher has never heard of Trans-Siberian Orchestra...so she asked me to burn a CD. So yeah doing that and ummm already did homework. Was up in my room for about a 1/2 hour isloated relaxing. Oh how it feels so good to relax after a LONG day of school.
Well, I think that's about it. If anyone would like to do my economics course, please, by all means, do it for me!!! I'd rather get a C in that class and have someone do it than having me fail it and have to take it at UNK. Ugh. Oh and Corrections is okay. Failing it, but that's because I'm behind in all the tests. If I ace the tests and quizzes, I'll be back to an A. So I'm not sweating it--at least not yet.
Okay, well, it will probably be another 3-4 weeks before I crash this blog again! This is what happens when I'm extremely bored and am burnign cds. LOL. See ya laters alligators!
Monday, March 6, 2006
Joining the writing crew…(Kelly)
Hello to all, so my mom just e-mailed us out the link to catch up on the family happenings and see the cute picture of Niki’s home office—how great! I knew about the blog and read it some while I was living at home in January but this is my first post. I got inspired by reading all of the health news and thought as a soon-to-be health care professional I should add my two-cents.
I enjoyed catching up through the archives and boy I wish I had remembered this while I was on my vacation block—five weeks off in February with not much to do, I could have made some posts! Oh well, better late than never.
MJ- I am glad to hear that Paul’s growth was contained and easily removed (relatively speaking) leaving clean lymph nodes—that’s great news and what a wonderful idea your friend had to write down what the doctor said right after surgery! I know that can be a hectic time and you had a very insightful/organized friend to think ahead like that (I’m sure Paul has appreciated the details now that he is less groggy).
Suki-I love the picture of the Eiffel tower—it really does look a lot like the real thing, especially from that view. I hope you had a fun time in Vegas, I really would like to go sometime and will be sure to consult you first for the places to see!
I am glad to hear that most of you watched the Olympics, now I know the obsession must be hereditary. I heard the ratings were down, but I’m not sure how that was possible when my mom DVR’d every moment of it on every channel and I watched intently as Sasha Cohen managed to squeak by with silver even with 2 falls!
Speaking of television, did anyone watch the Oscars last night? I did and thought it was great that March of the Penguins won for best documentary. As tribute, I have included a picture of one of the yellow-eyed penguins I saw on my trip to New Zealand this past August, boy are they cute!!
Now for my two-cents as health care professional. Everyone get your colonoscopies—as mentioned previously the worst part is the prep and even that’s getting better with new regimens (such as only half the amount of liquid). And…get those bones tested, even I’ve had a bone scan and it’s really sort of fun but that may just be for me because I’m a pharmacy nerd. Nancy, what type of medication did they put you on for the test do you know? Is it similar to Fosomax/ Actonel/ Boniva which are on the market now or is it totally different?
That’s all for now, again, keep up the fun posts, it makes for good reading! I have to go to bed early now so I can wake up and be at the hospital for making IVs at 7am tomorrow (no makeup allowed and scrubs required so that makes the early morning wakeup a little easier). It’s all part of my training to become a pharmacist, even though I plan on working in the community following graduation.
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