Oink Oink

Sitting here in OB Triage on a lovely Wednesday night! I saw a pt earlier who came in with all of the Swine Flu symptoms and had been to Mexico in the past week! Yikes! Utilizing Droplet Precautions...I'm pretty sure th risk of contracting this new influenza A virus is very small for me. But, I was exposed in a way. My manager called and advised me that since I was exposed that I would need to go home immediately and not return to work....NOT! Would have been great if she were serious. Ha ha ha. Oh well. The glories of working in a hospital. What is interesting is if any of us spike a fever, have a cough, sore throat...any symptoms we cannot come to work and have to be cleared through Occupational Health before returning to work. Hard core! I mean, people do get sick with other things...it's not always going to be the Swine Flu. Oh well, better be safe than sorry. What's nice about this pandemic is that we are on respiratory alert...meaning children under 12 are not permitted in the hospital! Yay!

Take your vitamins people!

Nurse Carly says look out for these symptoms: Rapid onset less than 72 hours, fever 100 degrees or greater, and cough. Additional symptoms that could indicate the flu are...sore throat, myalgia, headache, and/or stomach symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Wedding Wednesday

It's official! Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2pm, Bobby and I will be married! It's about damn time.

No other exciting news regarding the wedding. FOCUS session take2 is May 12...shut up Lindsay.

Wedding Wednesday

As I sit here in the Recovery Room at Good Sam...patiently (ha ha) waiting for my patient's room to be "STAT" cleaned (it's taken over an hour now...grrr, so not STAT), I guess I'll attempt to write my weekly blog. And try not to wake my patient with my rapid typing :)

Yesterday, Tuesday, Bobby and I went to St. Andrew for our follow-up FOCUS assessment thingy. Basically, we pay this lady $50 to read the results of our "assessment" and talk to us for an hour about how we plan to solve some "problems" before we enter into marriage. I have to say, I actually really liked it. However, ha ha ha ha shockingly enough (not), Bobby and I are going to require at least one more one hour session. Which means another $50. Yuck. Oh well, we did see a lot of benefit in the first session and agreed to go to the next one. Kinda like cheap counseling (and who couldn't use a little of that these days?). The next session isn't until May 12, so I probably won't have a ton to write about until then, but we do want to check out the reception place (Hilton, Mesa) again to make sure it's what we still like.

Through this first session, we have come to a few conclusions. First, we need to start making joint decisions. Seems like right now, I make most of the decisions in the house (except for where to eat...I hate that one!). So we've (I've) agreed to be better about that.

Secondly, we have to divide up the household chores. We both work full time. I work 36 hrs at night 3 days a week and then have Brielle the other 4 days. Bobby works 2 part time jobs and goes to school full time. Neither of us is EVER enthusiastic about cleaning...anything. But, I'm usually the one who sucks it up and does most of the chores. Bobby will do them...when I nag him to death or if he's having an extraordinary moment of self-motivation (rare). So, we have decided that we are going to do a "draft" of sorts. We are going to write down all of the household chores (inside and out) and then choose one at a time which we will do on a weekly basis, mostly to maintain my sanity as I get extremely stressed out when I'm tired and the house is a wreck! Thanks Mom.

Finally, we have decided that we need some mutual friends. Now this is no offense to any of our current friends (my side or his). I tolerate his friends and he gets along with all of mine. The problem is really that our friends are so different. My friends are married with kids (mostly) and his are all bachelors with no promising prospects for wives or children in the immediate future. My friends are very straight edge (boring, square...whatever...not to me of course because I, myself, am boring and square). And before you take offense friends, these are not Bobby's words...so don't hate...playas. And his friends are...well...into recreational (and sometimes habitual) usage of substances that some may not consider exactly "legal"...if you get my drift. These are not the type of people I have ever chosen to associate myself with. The guys are pretty nice, yes. And I suppose what they do with their own time and body is their decision...I just don't like to be around it or like Bobby around it. Seriously....grow up already.

I guess this is it for now. I'm still waiting on a room...grrrrr...let's see it's been oh...1 1/2 hours now...great. So much for STAT. Pt doesn't seem to care...she's snorring away!

Heart U....

Wedding Wednesday

Yes, I'm aware it's Thursday, but I work nights...so technically it's still my Wednesday night.

So. I thought maybe this blog could be a good place to talk about all the wedding plans. I'll give it a try. That's all I'm sayin.

A couple of weeks ago we made it down to church to submit our requested wedding date. December 5, 2009 for those that aren't aware. We got the whole "To-do" list as per Catholic law or something like that...assessments, classes, certificates, a urine sample, a drop of blood...you get the idea ;)

We started out by doing the FOCUS assessment. This is basically 150 questions asking all about the many things partners SHOULD discuss BEFORE gettin' hitched. And, if the couple hasn't discussed certain things, it gives them the opportunity to start. For example: Do you want children? Do your partner's habits (alcohol, drugs, etc) concern you? Do you and your partner agree on who will handle the finances? Get the idea...? So we took this assessment and the facilitator suggested we jot down the questions that we felt we may need to talk to one another about. And we did. Although I can't remember the specifics at 0550 in the morning, it did get us discussing. Yay. Next Tuesday evening we go and actually sit down with another person at church and officially go over the results. Though we have discussed a few things with eachother, apparently we have to have someone tell us how the results were interpreted (ie. should we really be getting married?) Ha ha...no I don't think it's really that. But the really exciting part is that we get to pay $40 for her to tell us. Blah. Isn't anything free?

Speaking of nothing being free...2 years ago when we were starting to plan this blessed event, the total cost of the church ws $300 (which I paid and thankfully they honored this time around). However, the price (of course) has increased. No we do not get "grandfathered" in to the old price! Now it's $200 more. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Next is getting our baptism, first communion, and confirmation dates. Got Bobby's info from his mom. Now I have to find mine. Which is kinda silly considering communion and confirmation were done at St. Andrew but yet I need to find the dates. Whatever.

As soon as the date is confirmed with the church (meaning there are no other activities planned in the church for the date/time we want), we can contact the Hilton and get the reception stuff going. Yay! The fun part? And then on to the dress...

Natural Family Planning Intro is this Sunday. I'm an OB nurse...do I get a pass? Or maybe I can test-out? NO.

Yeah, so the diet and exercise thing kinda came to a hault. But you'll be happy to know that I'm back on the wagon! I've done the Wii Fit every other day for a week now. And I've stocked the pantry and fridge with tons of good-for-you food options. My gym membership has officially expired, so that's no longer an option but for $10/mo I may have to rejoin.



So I got to thinking yesterday...why was it that when I was 21 (besides the obvious faster metabolism reason)


And this is how much got saved when my internet went down....No, I am not motivated to rewrite the whole thing, at least for right now. Maybe later tonight at work...if I get a chance....maybe....we'll see.

Something. Just for you Linds.