Sometimes Nurses don't make the best patients...

I went out to eat tonight at the Cheesecake factory with the other RN's from the clinic. We had a good time, and a healthy mix of conversations relating to Puerto Rican and Mexican food, along with varied "Nursing School" stories, etc. I had a a great time with the other nurses (7 of us in all), and look forward to doing it again sometime.

One of the interesting things that Liz brought up at dinner was that sometimes nurses and doctors don't make the best patients. We were talking about how easy it is for us to look other's situations and diagnose and treat what's going on, but when something obvious is happening in our own bodies, we tend not to pick up on it as readily. (or, in my OCD friend's case...picks up on things a little TOO readily) I was intrigued as to what she was referring to, and she mentioned that she has been waking up in the middle of the night drenched with sweat, and didn't realize what was going on until she took her blood sugars and realized that they were plumitting in the middle of the night because she works out after work and then doesn't eat dinner. Everyone else around the table was like, "well duh" but then a lightbulb went off in my head. Ryan and I joined a gym at the beginning of the month. We usually have "gym dates", where we'll meet after work or his bowling league and work-out and then go home afterwards. My only problem has been that I tend to shower at night now because I just got done working out, but I wake up in the middle of the night drenched with sweat. I initially thought that it started when I had a horrrrrrrrrrrendous ear infection at the beginning of the month, but after Liz mentioned her case I realized what had been happening. My blood sugar had been dropping at night, and it was causing me to sweat! Ahhhhhhh, now if this had been someone who had called the clinic and given me all the info, it wouldn't have been difficult to tell them what was happening, but since it was me, I was just thinking it was my new flannel sheets! (which, by the way, are the most comfortable sheets I've ever possessed in my life) Anyway, I worked out again tonight and didn't eat afterward so we'll see if it happens again. If it does, I think I'm going to have to start eating a small bedtime snack. Hmm, we'll check it out.

Countdown continues....two weeks until the wedding! :) I can't wait!

17 days!

Well, it's almost here! The wedding is in two weeks! I just came back from a weekend in Michigan, got a lot done. My sister took me out for a makeover, which has resulted in nearly EVERYONE at work being shocked and amazed at the fact that I am actually wearing makeup. I think that I have had nearly twenty comments alone today about how much people have liked my makeup. One person even told me that she recently got some "whitey" lipstick that doesn't look good on her because her skin tone is too dark, and so she's bringing it into work for me tomorrow. :) Thank you Ceci for the new look! I'm loving it!
I came to the realization today that there is a lot to get done before the wedding comes, and yet there is a lot that I can't do. It's good though. I'm looking forward to see how things come together and what everything will turn out like. Thanks for the stress reliever Marni....as long as everything doesn't go perfectly, the wedding will be perfect. :)
I'm heading off to the gym, going to meet Ryan and tan for a little bit. Two weeks...my life is just beginning!

(I had tried to post this a few days ago...aparently "SAVE AS DRAFT" does not equate to publish....oh well:) )

(The pic is from Ryan and My first date...don't be fooled by the date in the corner, it's not correct)

the scanned pictures

Here are the pictures that I scanned in, they turned out alright for small thumbnail clips, but when they get enlarged, that's when there is a problem. Is it that I just need to scan with higher pixels? Hmm, I'll keep trying.

scanning

I got home from work today, and decided to begin to scan pictures for the reception. My brother-in-law has offered to make a picture video for Ryan and myself, and so I'm trying to get the pics together on a disc for Dave. I went through the stack that I had and scanned all of them. I put them in a folder, and was just about to head off for bed when I decided it'd be nice to take a quick look-see to see how things had turned out.
Well, it turns out that the scan job was not what I had anticipated. I was looking for pictures that resembled near digital quality, and what I got was pretty poor scan quality. I checked out my settings, and then went through a few options. Finally I settled on re-scanning one of the pictures with the "optical" quality scan. I figured that this would be the best for getting the pictures to be the best quality. The only draw back? I started that first "optical scan" nearly 10 minutes ago!! Man, this is going to be a LONG process if it takes that long for each picture.
Okay, so I was going to post one of the pictures, but my computer is not liking to work right now, so I must have to save it for another time! Perhaps tomorrow. G'night ya'll

...like a bandit!

My roommate Joanna and good friend Rachel threw me a wedding shower today with the women from church and some of my friends here in Milwaukee. They did such a wonderful job! I had a great time, and felt very loved by everyone who came. I got a good mixture of gifts from both on and off my registry, and a lot of people came up with some clever things. Ryan's great Aunt and her daughter came up with a "Marriage Survival kit" including things like a teddy bear for Ryan to hug when I'm out of town, a wine glass with phone numbers of local restaurants to call and order out food from, a giftcard to Applebee's for a date night, a can of ravioli for when I didn't have time to come up with a good dinner, a rattle and pacifiers to "announce the arrival of something new", a CD of love songs, etc. Each gift was wrapped with a note of the purpose, which was pretty neat. One of my other friends got me a package full of beautifying stuff like lip gloss, perfume, teeth whitening strips, toothpaste, eyelash stuff, etc. My mother-in-law, grandma-in-law and sister-in-law to be came through with some SWEEEEET sheets, mattress pad and salt-n-pepper shakers. The Galicia gals got me an awesome black and decker griddle which I CAN'T wait to try out, I also got some cool measuring cups, can openers, trivets, egg slicers, bowls, oster blender (which really is from my sister Janet for Christmas---but I included it because of it's awesomness), rolling pins, chip clips, lotion, body wash, can opener from Jon and Nancy (thanks for the early gift!), cards, cash, recipe books, and cook books, etc. It was an incredible night! I know that I have to have forgotten stuff, but it was a fantastic day and the shower was great. I'll post pictures as soon as I get them. Here's just a couple of the of the stuff, and one of Ryan and myself watching basketball this weekend. (actually, I was more or less trying to get Ryan's attention and Ryan was more or less trying to watch the game....hehehehehe) ALSO, the sexy picture of me is in my king size pillowcase that came with my sheets from my future inlaws. Haha, I think that my mom is going to hem those up, or cut out feet for me to wear it as a skirt. What do you think? I can't wait to get them washed and thrown on the new bed!!! They're so soft.

Thanks everyone. You made me feel incredibly loved today. I look forward to sharing our joyful day with you.

I think I'm going crazy...

Okay, so it's crunch time. I have finally realized that I am at the bridezilla stage without being the zilla. I think that it's mostly the emotional rollercoster that I've been on lately. I realized that I had a problem when my sister told me that I needed to call my sister-in-law and I broke out crying. Hmm, in the words of Dr. Cox, "Listen Shirley, you're gonna have to stop crying and just get the job done".

Yes, I am feeling inside, a bit like what I look like in the below picture. I'm tyring to keep it together, but really how stressful should weddings really be anyway? It's just an event right? Right? I mean, right?

Funny thing is, my roomate rocks. She keeps the comedic relief coming, which is really a blessing. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes, thanks for the laughter Joanna. You make me laugh.

Little Update

So I thought that I would begin this post by giving a little bit of an update. Firstly, I think that I may have finally figured out a shorter way of downloading pictures from my memory cards to my computer. Finally, I've joined the 21st century. Woohoo. I know, quite an accomplishment. :) One of my first--relatively quickly--downloaded photos is of my kitchen appliances. Hmm, see a pattern?

I have found new enjoyment in receiving response cards for the wedding. Even when they are response cards that say that someone cannot attend. I like the nice notes that people write. It's the little things that make me feel loved.

So, I'm sorry that you're unable to make it Uncle Jim and Aunt Laura, but we're look forward to seeing you this coming summer at your new place in Holland.

As for me, I have been sick since Christmas Eve. Turns out the my "cold" turned into a raging ear infection that couldn't wait until after the holiday to be seen. I took nearly three days worth of antibiotics to no avail. I took the day off sick yesterday and took an attempt to get back to work today. One of the Physician Assistants that I work with took one look in my ear and decided that the oral antibiotics were not enough. I got two butte (which I wish that I could add the little accent thingy mijigger) shots of Rocephin today, with the probability of two more tomorrow. I'm looking frward to hopefully feeling better tomorrow, and getting rid of this loss of hearing and infection in my ear.
And the countdown continues...5 and a half weeks until the wedding!!! I can't wait! Hope to see you there. PLEASE PARDON MY POOR SPELLING/GRAMMAR...IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY!