Shopping

I went shopping today with my oldest daughter. We ate Chipotle for lunch, went to the mall, got some coffee from Starbucks, bought a few things from Bath and Body Works on clearance, and hit several stores where I tried on tons and tons of different jeans. None of which made me happy. I don't know why it is so difficult to find a pair of jeans that look decent on me. :( I ordered a clearance pair online when we got back home (the store didn't have the clearance ones), and hopefully they will fit. If not, I'll return them to the store and check out the Pajama jeans. Those look very interesting.

Aside from, once again, not finding any jeans for myself, it was a pretty good time spend with my girly. That is until she started giving me the silent treatment because I refused to buy her everything she wanted. I told her she could spend her Christmas money and get whatever clothes she wanted. Of course she didn't want to spend her own money, so she had a little fit. Ahh, 13 year old girls!

Sofa King Tired!

Tossing and turning once again. I just cannot fall asleep. Ugh! I just want to sleep!! :( This is ridiculous!

What is wrong with me?

I have not been able to get to sleep the past few nights. It's not that I'm not tired, I just can't seem to turn off my brain or something. I lay there and simply can not fall asleep! It is so frustrating! Even more frustrating is when I get woken up after I finally do fall asleep and then not being able to get back to sleep. hhhhhhhh...

Ouch!

I started having pain in my right jaw again this evening. I experienced this a couple of years ago and went to the dentist who told me it was likely due to me clenching my teeth while I sleep. I noticed it was a little sore when I bit down or opened my jaw, and then within an hour it started to really hurt. Now, it is to the point where I cannot bite down all the way. I can't even force my back teeth together. It is really quite painful. Looks like I will be popping Ibuprofen and surviving on a very soft food and liquid diet for at least a couple of days. I don't remember how long this lasted last time, but I'm hoping feels better soon! :(

Uh oh

I am pretty sure that I left my casserole pans at my dad's house at Thanksgiving. Along with the insulated cover. Now the 40 minute trip to dad's will have to be made while letting the food get cold, or I will have to go over early and make everything there. That kinda stinks because the oven at his house will likely already be full of other things. Oh well, I'll figure something out.

In other news, my father in law got out of the hospital today after having major surgery, as a result of cancer, on the 17th. He had to have a good portion of his colon removed and now has a colostomy bag. This will be permanent, and they are not sure if they were able to remove all of the tumor. Anyway, we got a call this morning from his long time girlfriend with whom he lives, and apparently, she is inept and didn't think she could take care of him his first few days at home, so she wanted to know if he could stay here for a couple of days. Well, this was not exactly what I had planned, but of course we aren't going to say no. So, he will be here until at least Sunday or Monday.

Almost done!

I think I am pretty much done with my Christmas shopping. There are just a couple of little things left to get. I spent my entire evening wrapping, and I am still not done. However, I did get a LOT done! Most of what is left is the stocking stuffer things that are a pain to wrap.

I also got all my shopping done today for everything I am making to take to Christmas dinner. It also happens to be what I made for Thanksgiving: sweet potato casserole, corn cake casserole, green bean casserole (I see a pattern forming here...), and homemade cranberry sauce. I also bought stuff to make a pumpkin-y dessert. If I have time, I will make that too.

Tomorrow, I hope to finish up with my wrapping and bake cookies with the kids! Hopefully they will not fight as much tomorrow as they did today! Because I was considering selling one. :/

On the go!

Today, I have to take my oldest for yet another orthodontist appointment. Eventually these will slow down to not be so often. I just had her there last week. At that time, they put in spacers to make room for bands, today, they are putting the bands on her back teeth then, I think, her appointments will slow down to once every 4-6 weeks.

Hopefully some time today, I will have time to at least sort out all of the Christmas presents I got for the kids and see what I still need to get. I still have a few presents to buy for the kids and something for my dad. I also want to make some cookies with the kids and take them to see the lights at the zoo some time this week!

So, it is turning out to be a busy "break" so far! But at least it keeps my mind occupied, and I don't have to sit in lectures!

Finals!

AHHH! Crunch time is here! I have to cram tonight and tomorrow for my finals. I have one tomorrow and one Tuesday and then I'm done til January. Can't wait til Tuesday evening. I'm sure I'll feel much less stressed. At least briefly.

The big 3-1

I am officially another year older. Birthdays get less and less exciting with each year. Ha!

I had my last Ob clinical rotation yesterday and was assigned a laboring patient. I was hoping to get to see her deliver before I left. She hadn't progressed very far halfway through my shift, so my hopes weren't high. However, it was her 4th baby, so I had my fingers crossed. Then, not long before it was time for me to leave, the Doc came in to break her water and she had a prolapsed cord and had to be rushed in for an emergency c-section so, I got to go in and see it. It was wicked exciting from the Doc yelling "Go NOW!" to the nurse riding on the bed with the patient holding the baby's head up as to not crush the cord, to everyone running down the hallway and rushing to scrub and dress for the OR! Yeah, it was pretty sweet.

Then last night, my dad came up and we all went to dinner at Hoggy's. That was delicious. I hadn't been there in quite a while, and that's where we went last year, so that sounded good to me.

My little nephew is doing well and having a good time running around the room with Bella. It's really cute. I am enjoying having him this week, but I can say this for sure...I definitely appreciate that I no longer have diapers to change at my house, and am glad that all of my kids can get their own shoes and coats on and get in the car and buckled in all by themselves. You forget how much extra time all that takes with little ones!

Aww

My little man just saw my new picture on fb and said "ooh, I like your new picture. You look pretty!" Aw! Well, at least one guy thinks so! haha. I stinkin' love that kid so much!

Brrrrr

I am SO not diggin' this frigid weather! Only going to get up to 23 degrees tomorrow! Eeek! Is there anywhere in the world where it is 50-70 degrees all year long? If so, I want to move there.

Ooshoobooboodoodoo, so cute!

Well, the first night with my little nephew went well, though he did not want to sleep in my son's bottom bunk. I had it all set up for him, with the side thing on there to keep him from rolling out and everything. He just did not want to go to sleep!

I ended up laying down with him in my bed to try to get him to go to sleep. He laid there and made me sing the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star to him about 100 times each, then I finally said I'd be right back. I walked out and he stayed in my bed for around an hour. When I went back in to move him to the bunk bed, he was wide awake and wanted to go downstairs. He refused to lay in there, so I laid down with him again in my bed and then I fell asleep, so...he stayed with me all night. Hopefully tonight will go better. Not that I mind him being in there, he sleeps much more calmly than any of my kids! I just don't want to make it hard on his mom and dad when they get back as far as getting him to fall asleep in his own bed again.

Oh well, at least he's cute!



Now he is at my grandma's for the afternoon, and I get to go to my clinical tonight (a night early). My instructor, I think, just didn't want to go 2 nights this week, so she's combining Monday and Tuesday groups tonight. Fine with me! I'm done with the psych clinicals after tonight. I'm hoping that she will just give us our final reviews and let us leave early because my oldest daughter has a solo in her choir concert tonight and I don't want to miss it!!

Making a list, checking it twice!

I was able to get some more Christmas shopping done yesterday. I still have some to do, but at least I've made a decent dent in my list!

Right now, I am waiting for my grandma and my 2 and a half year old nephew to come over. My brother and SIL are going on a cruise all this week and my grandma and I are working together to take care of their youngest until next Sunday. My house is totally not toddler proofed, but it should still be fun! Well, minus the whole diaper thing... ;)

Ouch!

I had a shaving accident yesterday. No, not *that* kind of accident, thankfully. However, it is still painful. I caught a fingernail with my razor blade and now 1/3 of that nail is split! Gah!

zzzzz...

I am exhausted. I am so glad I don't have to get up early again tomorrow! Sista needs sleep!

It's like pulling teeth!

My oldest daughter went and got her 6 remaining baby teeth pulled last night. Poor girl was in a lot of pain. However, it very much needed to be done. Her permanent teeth behind them are already showing through the gums. How those teeth hadn't already fallen out on their own is beyond me!

As far as school goes, I have no more tests until finals the week after next! I do have a paper and 2 case studies due next week though. And I'm pretty sure I'll have a care plan to do for clinical by next week as well. Ugh!

I am really not looking forward to getting up crazy early tomorrow. But hopefully I'll get to see something cool in L&D.