Small Catch-Up

Since Ive been at Red Robin, nothing exciting has happened there. Its just a place I go a few hours a day a couple days a week to make some money. Im not sure if I will make enough money in the long run Im going to give the place a couple months and see what happens. If I have to Ill go back to serving either there or somewhere else, depending on how things go.
Things got a little crazy, JoJo ended up in the hospital for 4 days because of pancreatitis. It was not fun, and I have to spend 4 of my last few days before school started back up at my clinic site in her hospital room. Then right before she got out, Ray, my mom's husband, ended up in the emergency room, with an infection and had to have last minute surgery.
I started back to school yesterday, it was just a clinic day and at first I was worried about remembering what I was doing and afraid Id struggle but everything ended up being fine. It all came back to me, although I feel like its not good to have a 5 week break from school. In real life Id never have more than a week off at a time. Today we went to class class and this semester should be easy we only have to classes one on equipment and one on CT. James says the CT class is very easy and straight forward. Luckily we will only use a half day on Tuesdays so thats good.
I have tomorrow off from clinic because I am getting my braces put on. Im a little nervous to get them back on bc it will make me look so young. Also Im not excited about taking photos with them on. It wasnt so bad when I was a teenager but now Im in my mid twenties and not too excited about it. I want to get them on so I can get them off. Lets all hope my teeth move quickly and I can get them off in less than 12 months.
I dont think anything else worth noting happened since the last post!

New Job

I got a new job at Red Robin hosting. It is really easy just like I thought it would be, and apparently we get paid once a week so that is good. I have not gotten a lot of hours recently so that does not pan out well for money. This week I wasnt scheduled much either but thats because the main girl there is leaving for school next week and she is getting a lot of hours her last week. At any rate there is nothing really exciting or unexciting about the job, its just a job and a place to go to for money a couple of hours every few days. My only complaint is the girls are not very good at running the board especially not compared to me so hopefully I can get the manager to let me run it soon.
Other than that not much has been going on at all. I went to another consultation for braces and it was great. She is super nice and I liked her a lot better than the other place. Plus she quoted me a price like a grand cheaper than the first people and she said she only is going to put them on my front 6 teeth. She believe I will only need them a year as well and I am hoping possibly a little bit less than a year. JoJo said she would pay for them so I have the go ahead to make my first two appointments and get moving in the process. My goal is to get them on this week, sooner they are on sooner they are off. Chase is of course not especially excited about me getting them but he will get used to it and get over it.

Nothing Really Happened...

So, I havent done much of anything this week, especially nothing that is interesting, but I need to keep up the good habit of keeping up with this. This week I went Monday with Debbie to turn in my notebook and badge and we had a couple drinks and an appetizer at Old Chicago. That evening we had a dinner for Maci's birthday at Chase's house (he was working). I did get to meet Maci's family and they are super nice people. On Tuesday Chase and I went to see Horrible Bosses. It was hilarious, we loved it, way funnier than even expected. Then we had dinner at his moms house. Wednesday I didnt do much until we went to El Toro for Megan's birthday dinner. It was fun, I saw Alan for the first time since I quit on him and everything went fine so that was good. Thursday I went to try to get a job, got second interviews at Red Robin and Chili's. Id rather work at Red Robin even though Chili's might equal more money, the manager was a little too happy about the corporate life. That evening was Maci's Black and White Ball a runway hair show for her school. I went with Maria, Megan, and Honey (Maci's mom). It was interesting the hair show was successful, they raised a lot of money for their charities and we saw a ton of crazy hair both on the runway and in the audience. Friday I went to see Chase during the day and hung out with Brian and Jeremy in the evening. Saturday was the same deal. Now its Sunday and I am just hanging out. Im going to watch the game with Chase at like 1pm and stay until the end. Then I dont really know what I am going to do. Tomorrow is the orthodontist for a consultation and to Red Robin for second interview, I am hoping they will offer me the job so I can start making some money again and I can forget about Chili's. Then Tuesday I have to get my car to the shop. The exhaust has come loose yet again and my car sounds like a race car and I hate it. Guess Ill be borrowing a car from JoJo for part of the week.

St. Louis Trip

Chase and I went to St. Louis for the Cardinals Reds series on the 4th of July- 6th. It was awesome and a lot of fun. We drove up on Monday the 4th and got there just in time to get checked in and make our way over to the ballpark. Our hotel is at the Arch and park and only like 4 blocks from the stadium, perfect location. We had tickets to the Budweiser Suite and it was amazing. (First off we had 4 tickets and Chase sold two of them to a scalper for $100) The box was amazing full of memorabilia and Bud stuff, plus free beer and food all night! Not to mention the best seats and A/C. We had a great time. Chase wants to be buried in the stadium under the Anheuser Busch tile floor now, lol. We won the game 1-0. After the game we went to the Arch to wait for their fireworks. While we were waiting we saw the end of the Montgomery Gentry concert and then we only watched half of the fireworks bc the sucked. After we decided to leave the fireworks we headed to a restaurant in the hotel next to our hotel and it was pretty darn good. The next day we slept in late-ish and got up to walk to the Schlafly Taproom for lunch and then go to the Cardinals Team Store at the stadium. We walked like 16 blocks to the Taproom and they were closed! Chase was so mad. We then headed back to the stadium area and grabbed some lunch at a random place it wasnt great but whatever. We then got to the Team Store and Chase got two shirts for his birthday and I got one. When we left the Team Store we talked to the scalper and got first row tickets! We paid $140 but really it was only $40 since we had got the $100 for the previous days free tickets we had. We went back to the hotel to cool down and then headed down to the second game. This time we were in the first row halfway between home and first base, right at the edge of the dugout. Our seats were right behind the expensive Cardinal Club seats. It was awesome I got a ton of pictures. We started off winning and kept it that way, we won 8-1. It was Chase's Birthday of course so we went to the hotel and ate at the bar. We had some good food and a few drinks. The bartender was really nice but gave me drinks much too strong, I only had two but I was drunk. Luckily, I didnt get sick but I passed out real quick. Day three we had planned to go to the St. Louis Zoo since it was close and free and then try to go to Schlafly again for lunch. We went to the Zoo and turns out its insane there. Parking was crazy we just happened into a decent spot on the road, then we went in and the ma was a complete POS. It did not help at all the entire place was like walking in circles and backtracking to to make sure you saw all the animals and it was always like well which way are we supposed to go now. Plus it was extremely crowded which wouldnt have been such a big problem if people would have payed attention to their children. We had a ton of kids running into us. I was so annoyed, who takes there young children to a crowded place and doesnt watch them at all! It was fun and we were glad we went but we were also glad to leave. We then drove to the Taproom which was open this day and had some lunch. It was good and we got a discount because we sell their beer in the restaurant here in Louisville, how sweet is that? We went back to the hotel got changed and Chase went to trade our 4 party porch tickets to the scalper for two other tickets. He came back with tickets 11th row back at 1st base, seats 1 and 2! Being on the end of the row was excellent, more space and we could get up and down as much as we wanted without bothering anyone. This was Pujols first game back so I got a few good pictures of him. The game started off terrible, we were down by 8 in like no time! But then we started to come back and we did! It was tied 8-8 at the bottom of the 9th so we went into extra innings. No one scored until the bottom of the 13th and we lost by 1. So sad, but at least we won the series and gained the game on the Reds. The only negative thing that happened was that Chase's uncle Francis has been very sick and was dying in Florida the whole time. (His family was already there) His mom started asking him on his birthday to come down to Florida asap. Wednesday morning they decided he would fly out from St. Louis Thursday morning. The game was very late on Wednesday and when we got back to the hotel we had to shower and pack up. We didnt get in bed until 1am and had to be up at 5am. Chase drove us to the airport and I left him there and drove the 4 and 1/2 -5 hours drive home alone. It wasnt the end of the world I made it. We found out Thursday morning his uncle had passed away late Wednesday night. Chase had to stay in Florida until Sunday and he flew home. Saturday they had a big memorial party for his uncle and his entire family was there and they had a great time considering the circumstances. I really wish I could have been there with him.

Clinic is over

I finished my summer semester last week. This last week I was in the Outpatient Care Center, which is mostly pre-op exams and a few people who have been sent over with everyday exams by their primary care physician, things like hands, feet and spine work. The week went fast, i finished my book I'd been reading there this summer The Snow Fox and I finished Alice in Zombieland. There is quite a bit of down time when you are in the OCC. I am excited that it is finished, I got like 12 or 13 check-offs so it was productive. Plus now in my mind I am truly a second year student! More than half-way done with my program! YAY!
I went with Jeremy to get his new tattoo last night, he got the medalert symbol with the word diabetic below it, except its super badass. It turned out way better than he or I had expected. I went to see the shop and the guy that did it. He also has been doing Chris' sleeve and Laura's portrait of her mom. The guys name is Bob and I think he does excellent work. I am thinking I will go to him for my next couple of tattoos. The only thing is its a little expense at this particular shop, but currently Bob is an apprentice so he is not extremely expensive in comparison.
On Monday Chase and I are going to St. Louis! I am excited we are going to the Cardinals Reds series, for Chase's birthday (which is Tuesday). I saved a little over a hundred to take on the trip, but I got lucky and got a $600 refund from school this week! It makes things a little easier we wont have to worry about spending money now. I think its going to be fun, it will be nice to spend a solid three days with Chase and to be out of town for a bit. There's a chance I will be going to Florida with Chase's family in a couple of weeks, his Uncle Frog is very sick, he has metastasized cancer and his days are unfortunately numbered. I am looking forward to meeting all of his mom's family if I get to go, but we wont know the exact plans for another week or two.

Enjoying not working

Not working is really working out for me, although I do know that it is going to end. Right now its been great. Ive gotten to go spend a few hours with my mom and Sara Hunsucker. I went to lunch and shopping at White House Black Market with JoJo. Ive had a family dinner at JoJo's. I got to go to two Shatterstone shows in three weeks, which means more quality time with my friends. (I even got to drink last night since I rode with Jeremy) I had dinner with Pat this past week and I got to go see him at R Place the Friday before Father's Day. I also got to spend a long day with my brothers, niece and dad on Father's Day. And I have two days planned with my Indiana friends, a lunch date with Leslie in July and a dinner date with Elizabeth (aka Eugene) on July 1st or 2nd, whichever ends up being more convenient. Its awesome. Normally it could take me months to get to do so much with the people in my life but I have gotten all these things done in less than a month!
School is going well. I got like 5 check-offs this week. Things are coming along and falling together. I am feeling good about it all. I only have one week left of summer semester for me because of our trip to St. Louis, which as it gets closer I am getting more and more excited about. We have some awesome free seats for two of the three days and I have already got us a nice hotel room only 4 blocks from the stadium!

Anxiety

So, this past week I started having some serious anxiety problems. I went to the doctor and they gave me some meds and after taking it a couple of times, it had the opposite effect and completely intensified my problem. I ended up having to leave clinic in the middle of the morning because I was starting to have a panic attack for no reason at all. I was very frustrated and embarrassed. My teacher said that I do not have to make up the day, his sister had an anxiety problem for a while and he gets it, which is relieving. I stopped taking the meds and they gave me a different class, its a mood stabilizer but I am scared to take that now. I am hoping that I can shake this on my own. I dont like being drugged and feeling like I am on drugs its horrible. But this uncontrolled anxiety feeling is really not much better. I had an incident at work and I walked out and quit. JoJo said its ok and I am glad. Its a huge relief. I think that it may make a big difference in my stress level. I went and talked to Cheri Beri today for like 5 hours about my life in general and all the things bothering me as well as just some regular everyday things. It was good and I think it will help me to get it all out in the long run. I am working on towards getting better one day at a time. Chase has been very understanding and loving through my extra craziness. I dont know what Id do without him.

First Week Back

This week was successful in a school sense. Also it went a lot faster than I had expected it to. I got 7 check-offs this week! Two on Tuesday and Thursday and three on Wednesday. I am very happy to be off to such a positive and fast start. Its a good sign for the next couple weeks to come. I hope every day goes as fast as they did this week. I was worried that the days would drag on due to the extra couple of hours I had to be there, but luckily that was not the case. I am not sure if the fact I was down in the ER all week a factor, but it might have helped because it does stay busy down there and you get a variety of procedures in a day. I hate routines because all you do all day is stretcher chests which drives me crazy. It gets old after the first two and thats the only thing you really do all day long.
Chase was gone for a few says last week Sunday-Tuesday so on Wednesday we went to Buca di Beppo for dinner and to see "The Hangover 2". It was a nice evening. The food was very good, we had never eaten there together and I'd only been there once before. We talked about how his cousin is selling his 69 Camaro and he was trying to talk me into him buying it, but among other things he doesnt even know how much his cousin really wants for it. Plus I do not see how getting a car helps us do any of the other things we are trying to accomplish right now. He wasnt extremely happy about it, but I told him to at least find out what he really wants for the car before he already has it in his head he can get it. The movie was very funny. It wasnt drop dead hilarious as the first but it wasnt a flop. The movie just wasnt AS funny as the first one, but then again it would be hard to top that, and its definitely worth seeing it.
I am having a problem this week. I have been waking up at 4am and feeling anxious. The feeling I think is what is waking me up and once I am awake I cannot go back to sleep. I just lay there for two hours until its time to get up for clinic. It goes away once I am busy at the hospital but it comes back on the ride home. Yesterday it was extremely bad. I could not even bring myself to go to work. The thought made me want to burst into tears for no reason. I am trying to get into the doctor next week to do something about it. Really I just want to be able to sleep through the night.

Little Doggie Update

Last Friday I had to take the little doggie to the pound. I just could not keep her any longer I was getting attached and I dont have the time for her. When I left her there I told them the entire story and I even cried a little. Then Saturday the owner messaged me on facebook. Finally. Of course I didnt get this until Sunday morning and the pound was closed. I sent the owner a message telling him whats going on and how to contact Metro Animal Services. This morning I called the pound to give them his information so they could call him and the lady said that Susie Q had already been transferred to the Boston Terrier Rescue. So, if nothing else that is good because even if the owner cannot reclaim her she will be safe for the rest of her life at the rescue! Happy Ending to a crazy crazy story!
Nothing else exciting really happened this weekend. This week I am going to try to make the most of because its my last one before I go back to clinic for the summer semester. Next Tuesday its back to getting up at 630am! Ugh! Gotta do it for the education though!

Long Time No Post = I Fail at This

Well, I am going to try to get a quick synopsis of what has gone on since my last post. Then, again, I am going to try to keep up with this on a weekly basis at least. Hopefully.
As for school, things went great. I got moved to Jewish Downtown and stayed very busy. I have gotten more confidence and many more comps this past semester. As for grades, at times things were hard but I prevailed. In the end I got 3 A's and one B! Honestly, I should have gotten all A's but that skull work test really was a doozie for me. We go back for summer semester in less than two weeks. Starting May 31st - July 7th we have clinic from 730am until 4pm Monday thru Thursday. I am going to go back to working my normal school schedule of Thursday pm, Friday pm and Saturday double. I am hoping I can handle all that. But its just for a few weeks and I wont have any tests to worry about.
As for work, I dont particularily want to comment on it. Its the same really. Frustrating. We have some new people and some of them are good and some are crap. The normal is going on there. The only good thing is I am making good money right now.
The major news has been weddings. Matt and Kristin just got married last weekend, Colby and Belle get married two weeks from Saturday. Rob and Cameron are engaged and they want me to be a bridesmaid next St. Patrick's Day in Flordia (and no the day was not intentional). Adam and Jenna just got engaged a couple of weeks ago and are having an engagement party this weekend in Ohio. Jim and Morgan just celebrated there 1 year anniversary. They also welcomed the birth of there baby boy Barrett last month, he is adorable and I cant wait to meet him. So, needless to say somethings in the water around here. Now let's just see when I get to go. At the wedding everyone was like you are next.... Guess thats up for debate.
As for things with Chase, they are great. As you may have devised from the Jim and Morgan 1 year, its been a year since we went on vacation together. Which is good, sure could use another one though. We went to see a mortgage lady and turns out I have like the best credit EVER. Chase needed to fix a few things but we can probably afford a house at around 105K. So, currently we are thinking Lyndon for our first smaller home, and then once I have a real job making real money we are going to upgrade to Oldham County, definitely before we have school aged children, but thats a while away. He asked me what shape of diamond I want and we talk some about wedding type things. Things are moving along and seem to be falling in place just slowly but thats not bad as long as they keep progressing. Nothing negative to say about this subject really.
My dilemma at the moment is I found this little dog. She is an old Boston Terrier, I found her last Friday on Frey's Hill Road in the middle of the road between Tom Sawyer Park and Indian Springs Subdivision. I took her home and the next day starting checking the paper everyday. I got ahold of the homeowners assocaition of the neighborhood but no response from anyone about losing her. I put an ad on craigslist and checked the lost pets there. Finally, Chase mentioned she might have a microchip. So, we took her to the vet and she does! But we call the number and its not the same person, they changed thier number but not for the microchip. So we go to the address, here we find out 6 months ago they moved to Washington state. I found them on facebook and sent a message asking if she got out and has been lost a long time or if he gave them to someone and I can return her. No responce yet. She is older and needs lots of attention. Honestly I think she has been on the road alone for 6 months and its amazing how far from her home she traveled. I have been keeping her in the pin oustide but she does not like it. I cannot keep her, I dont have the time to devote to a new dog, especially an older one who is attention hungry when I am about to be spending all my time at school and work. I hate to take her to the pound but I am running out of options. Humane wont take her and if they do they will do the same thing as the pound because she is older and isnt adoptable. I called a Boston Terrier rescue place, but they wont return my calls. Ive done so much and all I want is the best for this little dog and I cant give it to her. Turn out her name is Susie Q, I hate to see her go but she hates it outside in the cage. I dont know what to do anymore.
Thats all for now. Ill try to keep up better in the future. I know I say that but I mean it...

Boring Week

I am updating because I need to but not much has happened. First, week back at school was boring nothing happened really at all. The new teacher is nice I think she will do great. Clinic was super boring as per usual. I asked to be moved, I think I am going to be going to Jewish Downtown starting in the summer semester. That will be good and I now know I just need to get my skills polished and as many exams down as possible before I go and learn what its like to take x-rays in a real full blown hospital.
Chase and I had a moment last week. Friday he came in and said he and his cousins and brother were going to Texas in late February to go boar hunting. This bothers me just a little, but its the going to Austin for a few extra days that bothers me. I am trying to get past it and get used to the idea but I just cant so far. Its not that I dont trust him and whatnot but I dont trust other people. Mostly it boils down to I dont understand why he wants to go and see these people he hasnt seen or even spoken to in 3 years. His response is because they are his friends. But in my mind if they are his friends why dont they call him? I am just afraid of whats there that he wants to go back to so bad but never talks about. I guess maybe its nothing and its me freaking out. I have horrible abandonment issues from growing up the way I did and I am so scared of losing him that I have materialized all these crazy thoughts and ideas. So, I am working past this and hoping that it all turns out just fine. The other issue with this trip is the money. But we talked about it and its ok. I just feel that the money he is spending could go to much better causes, like us trying to get a house in the spring. He says he does have money set back and that he wants the same thing, but he is waiting for his parents to sell that damn house is Texas, because the loan he has looks so bad on his credit and puts us available for a lower bracket home loan. I like his parents but this loan thing is starting to get to me, its now putting my entire life on hold. Its extremely frustrating and I dont really know what to do next...

New Year

So, I failed at the "rest of the year" part of keeping up with things, but its a new year as they say and I am going to keep up with this! So, as for New Year's, I worked but we had just a set number of reservations so I got off early and went home to change and then came back to work to spend the New Year change over with Chase, but we ended up leaving there at 1130 and just going to my house for the ball drop. I was starting to feel like I might be getting a sinus infection so I didnt even have one drink. Many people found this crazy but I didnt need to have a drink for it to be New Years. People are weird.
I did get to go see my oldest best friend Leslie and her little guy Daven. At first Daven was being fussy but he had a little cat nap and we went to Red Lobster and had a good lunch. Daven was flirting with the little girl at the table behind us and hamming it up with the manager, who was an unusually talkative guy, even for a restaurant manager. We had a nice little visit. Always wish it could be longer or that we had more money so we could do more fun things, but its always great just to see Leslie and do nothing just like when we were kids. Itd be awesome if we could go back to playing Barbies and Legos and riding our bikes all the time. Those were the days.
Speaking of old friends, my middle school group of friends is contemplating a reunion. We havent ironed out all the kinks yet and I think itll be a minute before we can get everyone together but it seems like we are going to make it happen. This is exciting because even as adults we revert back to that way we used to be when we all get together.
I have made a couple of New Years Resolutions, they are not exactly what most people would do or whatever but Im going to list them just the same,
1. No more GD, JC, and retarded. Im going to do my very best to remove these statements from my vocabulary, this is going to be hard but I am going to do it.
2. Drink water, again. I did so well for a few months last year then I fell back into the tea groove. I need to drink my half a gallon a day, 64 ounces. It sounds like a lot but its not as bad as it seems, and its so go for me.
3. Pay off my credit card and stop using it. Its not very high (less than $1500) and I dont use it much, but occasionally I tend to splurge on myself and use it so I dont spend my real money, but I am going to not do that this year.
4. I am going to get a new tattoo, its been much too long and its really getting to me.
The spring semester is going to go by quite quickly I believe. Every month we have anywhere from two days to a week off, so it will probably be May before we know it. The summer semester is June 6-July 14, which sorta sucks because we are going to St. Louis for baseball games July 4th - 7th for Chase's birthday celebration, its the Reds Cardinals series, so I cannot wait! But I will have to use three of my free days so I can go. But I havent used one yet and I will have three left after the mini vaca. That is if I can not use one this spring semester, I think I can do it. We also only have three classes this spring semester and they seem much easier than last semester, so I am looking forward to pushing through and getting things done. My friend didnt pass though and she is not here this semester, I am really upset, I really liked her and she is smart but not a good test taker. She didnt tell me she wasnt coming back, but maybe she was ashamed. Im going to talk to her on facebook and hope that we can get together sometime. There were two girls that didnt come back this semester, the other girl was one of the slightly older ones, I am hoping to get to go to her hospital next year since mine isnt a "real" hospital and I want some more intense experience.
Well, this blog has been all over the place, I am going to stop for now. But ill be back in a few days, promise.