Ah, new baby smell!

I took my kiddos over to visit with their cousins today and see the new baby.  We took over some pizza and just hung out for a few hours. 

Here are a few pics I got (btw, today is not a good hair day!) :






Cousins!

Birthdays

Yesterday would have been my mom's 54th birthday.  It's hard to believe she's been gone over 8 years now!  I still miss her every day. 

However, there was happiness yesterday because my new little niece came into the world!  After 3 boys, my bro and SIL got their little girl!  I got to see her in the nursery last night and watch her get her first bath. :)  Can't wait to take over some pizza on Sunday and get my hands on her and breathe in that new baby smell!!!!



Welcome to the world, baby girl!

Not my day

The day started out alright.  Then, when I got to my car after working this morning, I noticed a scratch along the side about 8-10 inches long.  I don't know if it happened while I was inside, or sometime in the past and I just didn't see it until today.  It's quite possible that it happened in my own garage or driveway with my kids (and their friends) constantly in and out with their bikes.



I stopped at a local body shop on my way home to get a quick estimate for the damage.  Looks like it's going to cost about $225 to fix.  Grrr!  I'm really not happy about that!  There's no way to know how it got there, either.  If it was another car, they're long gone.  If it was one of my kids, there's no way any of them would admit to it.  Either way, I'm just going to have to pay to get it fixed.

Then, as I was driving home on this lovely warm spring day, I stopped to get a lemonade from McDonalds.  Unfortunately, after pulling out onto the street, I took a drink and realized it was majorly watered down and not very lemony at all. :(  Sigh.  I was really wanting me some lemonade!

On top of that, after working out and showering and still in my undies, I opened my bedroom door to ask my oldest if she was getting ready for her orthodontist appointment, and my younger daughter and her friend were standing at the top of the stairs (which just so happens to be right outside my bedroom door...).  I just love having house guests that I don't know are here.

And now, my stomach hurts.  I just want to go lay down in bed and hope tomorrow will be a much better day!

Work

I've got a decent amount of events to work this week and next.  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, both this week and next, I'll be at the same place I've been working events the last couple of weeks.  I like this location because it's fairly close to home.  Not to mention it starts at 7:30 as opposed to 7:00. :)  I'll take an extra 30 minutes of sleep any day!  On Wednesday next week, I actually have a second event to work in the afternoon from 2-6 pm.  That will be a nice long day.  I'm not complaining though.  It's decent money and it's so easy!  Bring it!

2 Miles

While I was jogging at the gym yesterday, I got to a mile and thought I should keep going to 1.5 miles.  I'd done that once before but I have just been stopping at 1.  So I did.  When I got there I figured I could keep going so I went for 2.  And, I did it!  Woot!  That was the first time in my LIFE I've jogged 2 miles without stopping.  Maybe that's not a big deal for a lot of people but, for me, it's pretty big.  AND, I did it again today. :)

On another note, I got some new flip flops on Saturday.  It has been awesome flip flop weather lately and I needed a new pair.  The only bad thing about new flip flops is breaking them in.  The tops of my poor feet were all marked up by yesterday afternoon:
 

 They are gel filled on the soles, so once they're broken in they should be nice and comfy!

Frustrated

I would really love to be able to find a real job.  The events that I'm working are okay, it's definitely easy money.  But, they are not reliable.  I will go weeks, at times, between working them.  And recently, several of the events I'm scheduled to work end up getting "decreased" at the last minute and I'm "not needed".  This has happened at least 3 or 4 times now, including one day last week, and today.  I am still scheduled, as of now, to work tomorrow and Wednesday.  Assuming they don't decrease the staffing between now and then.  They already decreased the time by an hour.  Ugh.

It's not for lack of trying though.  I submit resumes and applications several times per week to hospitals, doctor's offices, home health companies, anything I can find.  In the past 5 months, since passing my RN boards, I've been on one interview (just a few weeks ago).  Although that interview went well, the doctor ended up choosing a nurse with 35 years of experience.  I can't compete with that!

Some days I'm fine with it, other days I get a bit frustrated that I can't find anything and worry that the longer it takes, the harder it will be to find something.  I don't know.  Oh well, I guess I'll just do my thing and keep waiting it out.  I start classes for my bachelor's completion program at the end of this month through OU.  Maybe that will help...

Yummy snack!

 
A naval orange and a bosc pear.  I was very hungry.  Now I'm not. :)

Yay me!

Last week I was finally able to start jogging a little bit again.  I hadn't really been doing a whole lot of jogging, but I would now and then.  After spraining my ankle last month, I hadn't been able to jog.  Today, after 30 minutes on the elliptical, I actually jogged an entire mile without stopping.  That's kind of a big deal for me.  I haven't jogged a straight mile since probably my freshman year of high school!  That's not all though. I could have gone longer if I'd pushed myself, but I took a break and walked 0.4 miles then jogged another 0.6.  That's crazy!  Sure, I wasn't sprinting or anything. I was jogging rather slowly, but jogging nonetheless. Woohoo!

New specs

My new glasses finally came in.  I hate waiting!  That's why I usually go to Lens Crafters and get them in an hour.  But, I decided to go to a local eye doctor that is in network with my insurance and save a little money, even if it meant having to wait a week for them to come in.  So, I just picked them up.  For some reason, the contacts I ordered at the same time (that usually come in within a day or 2) are still not in.  Methinks someone may have forgotten to order them.  Good thing I still have some.  They also didn't have a case for my new glasses and I'll have to pick one up next time.  Sigh.  Anyway, here they are:



And the side:


Like I said before, aside from the decorative earpieces, they are very similar to my previous glasses in shape and the main color is brown as opposed to "cranberry".  Apparently my prescription in my right eye changed slightly, so it will take a couple of days to get used to the new strength...