Hey guys.
The title of this blog includes "Part 1" because I plan on blogging again sometime during my break. I have a month long winter break from school YAY!
I am back home. I haven't really done much other than Christmas shopping, figuring out what my schedule will be like next semester, and looking for a job as a certified nurse assistant.
Nothing really has happened too much since I've been back. Yesterday I went out with Ryan, Christie, Zack, and Sarah to Opry Mills. We ate at Chili's and then walked around the mall. After dropping Ryan off, Christie and I watched Stick It. It was an ok movie. It was nothing too spectacular. Alex and Zack came over to the house. We watched Mighty Ducks. I was so surprised of how little I remembered about the movie. It had been such a long time since I've seen that movie.
Christmas. When I got home, everything had pretty much been decorated. Our colors this year are blue and silver, school colors of my alma mater, for Christie's graduation. We had our annual Christmas potluck for my parents' Sabbath school class. It was fun. Christie and I pretty much just talked to Angel and Uncle Steve. Other than that, it has just been Christmas shopping. We are normally done shopping for everyone early, but because we are having a small Christmas due to our Philippines mission trip we have had to try to get some small gifts, without Christmas lists. It has been fun though. I have got to spend a lot of time with my dad when he is off in the morning and a lot of time with my mom when she gets off work.
Let's see. What else. Oh, my knee has been doing pretty well. I got the results back from my labs. My ANA titer was positive, but they think it has something to do with my thyroid. Also, the blood test for RA came back negative. So, we are back to square one. I haven't had to wear my giant brace since I've been home (knock on wood). It has been nice.
Well. I think that is it for now! Have a wonderful Christmas!
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thanksgiving Break
Ok. You guys can let me have it. I know I haven't blogged in a LONG time. I'm a slacker. I'm also extremely busy. It's ok though. Instead of recapping from the last time I blogged, I will give you a recap of my lovely Thanksgiving break.
Tuesday:
I got to leave ETSU after Elizabeth's last class. I dropped her off at the Lebanon exit as usual and then took Ryan home. From what I was awake for, it wasn't too bad of a drive. When I got home, I ate dinner. MMM, my mom's salmon dish. It was so good. After dinner, Christie and I went out and got a couple of movies and got Starbucks (yes, Starbucks is not on my diet, but it was Thanksgiving, I was going to cheat anyway.). We came back home and watched Evan Almighty. It was a cute movie. I think Christie and I enjoyed the outtakes more than the movie itself. It wasn't what I was expecting. After the movie I got to go to sleep in my own bed. :)
Wednesday:
Unfortunately, I had to wake up early to make my doctor's appointment at another doctor, a rheumatologist. I went and he reviewed my lab results from my last doctor's appointment. He told me good new, I don't have Lupus, not that I was worried about that, but away...I wanted to run some more blood tests because he was concerned with my rheumatoid factor. From what he gathered from my history, lab results, and a short examination, he thinks I have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I haven't received the results for the blood test I took that day, so keep me in your prayers.
I can make one tiny update. When I went to the doctor and got weighed, I had lost 6 more pounds. I have lost a total of 18 pounds! ;) Yay! GO me!
After the doctor's appointment, we went back home and wished my sister, Christie, a happy 18th birthday. I can't believe that she is 18. I just turned 18. At least I though I did. Gosh, I'm going to be 20 in April. Ok, let's not go there. Back to the day. We went to the Cool Springs area to get our hair cut. We then went to the mall and Target to do some shopping before the craziness started after Thanksgiving.
After our day at the mall, we went home to meet Daddy and got ready for Christie's family birthday dinner at Maggiano's. After picking up Ryan and Ate Jean we went and met Grandmama, Uncle Wayne, Auntie Menie, and Uncle Steve. We had a lovely dinner. Christie opened her presents after dinner. She opened everyone's, but Mom made her save her and Dad's for last. When Christie got the box, she paused and decided to tell a story of how she knew that it was a Nikon camera. She said that the wrapping paper was see through and that Mom and slipped up a couple of times. All of us around the table listened patiently and nodding quietly pretending to agree with her. When she opened the box, she found books. Not new book, but books that had been taken right off of her own shelf. She then read their card and immediately responded with a pouty lip and an "I hate you!". We all went to the parking garage to show her her real present, a 2007 White Volkswagen GTI. She was so excited.
Christie, Dad, Ryan, and I rode with her after we all had settled down a little bit. We dropped off Ryan, and then went home.
Thursday:
We didn't wake up too early, at least I didn't. When I went downstairs I immediately saw the circulars of the newspaper scattered everywhere. I knew Mom had already planned the shopping trip for the next day. We left to go to Grandmama's house around lunch time.
Thanksgiving lunch (and dinner) was absolutely amazing. I knew I would be out on the floor since I hadn't had so many carbs in one sitting for such a long time. I concluded, as long as I got to eat Grandmama's fresh bread, cheesy potato casserole, and apple pie and Mom's dumplings and banana pudding, I would be completely satisfied. Boy was I. The food was excellent!
When we returned home and after changing into some comfy clothes, the family watched Ratatouille. It was a very funny movie. I would put it right up with Finding Nemo. I would let that rat cook in my kitchen any day. ;) Christie and I have the running joke of the French chef and his re-enactment of the rats magically appearing. (::Snapping:: whoo. They're over there, and then they're over there!). It is definitely a must watch movie.
Black Friday:
Thankfully, I didn't have to wake up at 3:00 in the morning just to go shopping. Because my family are going to the Philippines in July, we are having a small Christmas in order to help pay for the trip. Mom had decided that there weren't any gifts that we needed to bust doors for, so we left casually after breakfast. We got some party decorations (see Saturday). We then headed to Target and Kohls. I was in need of some new clothes because I had lost a total of 18 pounds as of Wednesday (it's a total of 21 as I write this post). We found several shirts at Target. But that best thing of all was trying on a size 9 pair of jeans (one size less than I used to wear) in the dressing room, then screaming in ecstasy because they were too big!!! I immediately ran out of the dressing room to tell Mom and Dad and find a smaller size. After picking another style, I tried on a size 6 and they fit perfectly! That was the highlight of my day.
After shopping a little bit, Christie called and said that she got off work early because no one was at the zoo. She picked up Zack and they ate lunch with us. After lunch, Christie, Zack, and I went and just walked around Opry Mills. After walking around for a LONG time, we met Mom and Dad at Casa Fiesta for yet another surprise for Christie. She had to wear a sombrero and get whip cream all over her face to celebrate her birthday. It was a pretty fun day.
Saturday a.k.a. Operation Christie's Surprise B-day Party:
In the morning, we went to church as usual. After church Christie was supposed to meet Elizabeth, my roommate, at Opry Mills to hang out since they hadn't seen each other. We dropped her off at the food court. I then called Elizabeth and we met her on the other side of the mall to get the beautiful cakes that she had baked and decorated for the party.
We then headed back to the house to eat left-overs for lunch. Sarah then came over and we started decorating the carport and the rec-room. After blowing up 75 balloons and putting up several yards of streamers, the entire place was decorated. People started arriving. We waiting anxiously in the front yard after I received the phone call from Elizabeth as a cue that she was on Smith Springs Road.
They turned in the drive way and we all saw Christie laughing and almost crying in the passenger side of Elizabeth's car. When she opened the door, she immediately exclaimed "I Hate You ALL!" as we expected her to. We had a great party. There was dancing, eating, and just hanging out. It was so great because Mom, Sarah, Elizabeth, and I had been planning the surprise party for so long. Christie could have sworn that it was going to occur on the next Friday. She had no idea! Christie had the surprise birthday party that she wanted, and the best thing is that we got away with it!
Sunday:
Nothing too special. I just went back to ETSU to continue with classes.
Sorry for the long post , but imagine what it would've been like if I recapped the past two months! :) Hopefully I'll post soon. Much love!
Tuesday:
I got to leave ETSU after Elizabeth's last class. I dropped her off at the Lebanon exit as usual and then took Ryan home. From what I was awake for, it wasn't too bad of a drive. When I got home, I ate dinner. MMM, my mom's salmon dish. It was so good. After dinner, Christie and I went out and got a couple of movies and got Starbucks (yes, Starbucks is not on my diet, but it was Thanksgiving, I was going to cheat anyway.). We came back home and watched Evan Almighty. It was a cute movie. I think Christie and I enjoyed the outtakes more than the movie itself. It wasn't what I was expecting. After the movie I got to go to sleep in my own bed. :)
Wednesday:
Unfortunately, I had to wake up early to make my doctor's appointment at another doctor, a rheumatologist. I went and he reviewed my lab results from my last doctor's appointment. He told me good new, I don't have Lupus, not that I was worried about that, but away...I wanted to run some more blood tests because he was concerned with my rheumatoid factor. From what he gathered from my history, lab results, and a short examination, he thinks I have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I haven't received the results for the blood test I took that day, so keep me in your prayers.
I can make one tiny update. When I went to the doctor and got weighed, I had lost 6 more pounds. I have lost a total of 18 pounds! ;) Yay! GO me!
After the doctor's appointment, we went back home and wished my sister, Christie, a happy 18th birthday. I can't believe that she is 18. I just turned 18. At least I though I did. Gosh, I'm going to be 20 in April. Ok, let's not go there. Back to the day. We went to the Cool Springs area to get our hair cut. We then went to the mall and Target to do some shopping before the craziness started after Thanksgiving.
After our day at the mall, we went home to meet Daddy and got ready for Christie's family birthday dinner at Maggiano's. After picking up Ryan and Ate Jean we went and met Grandmama, Uncle Wayne, Auntie Menie, and Uncle Steve. We had a lovely dinner. Christie opened her presents after dinner. She opened everyone's, but Mom made her save her and Dad's for last. When Christie got the box, she paused and decided to tell a story of how she knew that it was a Nikon camera. She said that the wrapping paper was see through and that Mom and slipped up a couple of times. All of us around the table listened patiently and nodding quietly pretending to agree with her. When she opened the box, she found books. Not new book, but books that had been taken right off of her own shelf. She then read their card and immediately responded with a pouty lip and an "I hate you!". We all went to the parking garage to show her her real present, a 2007 White Volkswagen GTI. She was so excited.
Christie, Dad, Ryan, and I rode with her after we all had settled down a little bit. We dropped off Ryan, and then went home.
Thursday:
We didn't wake up too early, at least I didn't. When I went downstairs I immediately saw the circulars of the newspaper scattered everywhere. I knew Mom had already planned the shopping trip for the next day. We left to go to Grandmama's house around lunch time.
Thanksgiving lunch (and dinner) was absolutely amazing. I knew I would be out on the floor since I hadn't had so many carbs in one sitting for such a long time. I concluded, as long as I got to eat Grandmama's fresh bread, cheesy potato casserole, and apple pie and Mom's dumplings and banana pudding, I would be completely satisfied. Boy was I. The food was excellent!
When we returned home and after changing into some comfy clothes, the family watched Ratatouille. It was a very funny movie. I would put it right up with Finding Nemo. I would let that rat cook in my kitchen any day. ;) Christie and I have the running joke of the French chef and his re-enactment of the rats magically appearing. (::Snapping:: whoo. They're over there, and then they're over there!). It is definitely a must watch movie.
Black Friday:
Thankfully, I didn't have to wake up at 3:00 in the morning just to go shopping. Because my family are going to the Philippines in July, we are having a small Christmas in order to help pay for the trip. Mom had decided that there weren't any gifts that we needed to bust doors for, so we left casually after breakfast. We got some party decorations (see Saturday). We then headed to Target and Kohls. I was in need of some new clothes because I had lost a total of 18 pounds as of Wednesday (it's a total of 21 as I write this post). We found several shirts at Target. But that best thing of all was trying on a size 9 pair of jeans (one size less than I used to wear) in the dressing room, then screaming in ecstasy because they were too big!!! I immediately ran out of the dressing room to tell Mom and Dad and find a smaller size. After picking another style, I tried on a size 6 and they fit perfectly! That was the highlight of my day.
After shopping a little bit, Christie called and said that she got off work early because no one was at the zoo. She picked up Zack and they ate lunch with us. After lunch, Christie, Zack, and I went and just walked around Opry Mills. After walking around for a LONG time, we met Mom and Dad at Casa Fiesta for yet another surprise for Christie. She had to wear a sombrero and get whip cream all over her face to celebrate her birthday. It was a pretty fun day.
Saturday a.k.a. Operation Christie's Surprise B-day Party:
In the morning, we went to church as usual. After church Christie was supposed to meet Elizabeth, my roommate, at Opry Mills to hang out since they hadn't seen each other. We dropped her off at the food court. I then called Elizabeth and we met her on the other side of the mall to get the beautiful cakes that she had baked and decorated for the party.
We then headed back to the house to eat left-overs for lunch. Sarah then came over and we started decorating the carport and the rec-room. After blowing up 75 balloons and putting up several yards of streamers, the entire place was decorated. People started arriving. We waiting anxiously in the front yard after I received the phone call from Elizabeth as a cue that she was on Smith Springs Road.
They turned in the drive way and we all saw Christie laughing and almost crying in the passenger side of Elizabeth's car. When she opened the door, she immediately exclaimed "I Hate You ALL!" as we expected her to. We had a great party. There was dancing, eating, and just hanging out. It was so great because Mom, Sarah, Elizabeth, and I had been planning the surprise party for so long. Christie could have sworn that it was going to occur on the next Friday. She had no idea! Christie had the surprise birthday party that she wanted, and the best thing is that we got away with it!
Sunday:
Nothing too special. I just went back to ETSU to continue with classes.
Sorry for the long post , but imagine what it would've been like if I recapped the past two months! :) Hopefully I'll post soon. Much love!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
September
Wow! It's been a long time since I've blogged last. I know. I'm doing so bad. Oh well. It's just seems like I blogged yesterday, and it is August. Now September is over and we're off to October. It's crazy. Let's see. Where to start.
The first weekend in September was Labor Day weekend. I was not planning to go home, but Ryan, Elizabeth, and I decided to go home for the weekend. Christie had planned a deck party, so I got to spend some time with her and some of her friends. It was nice to be home for a visit.
The second weekend, Ryan, Elizabeth, and I went home at the request of Ryan. He was celebrating his 20th birthday on September 10, so he wanted to go home for the weekend. I went home to celebrate Daddy's birthday (even though it was the next weekend). We had taco salad and watched the Titans' game on Sunday. Saturday was such a fun event! Daddy, Mommy, Christie and I went to Coolsprings and just spent the day there. Christie got her formal graduation pictures retaken. We went to the mall, different outlet stores, and Jason's Deli. We had so much fun. Our last stop was Target. I think we had too much fun there. Christie and I still laugh at how Mom ran with a shopping cart down an aisle to keep us from finding her, while Daddy just laughed at the three of us. We had so much fun! I was so glad that I got to go home for Daddy's birthday.
The third weekend in September, Elizabeth, Ryan, and I stayed here at ETSU and watched the Gators vs. Vols game. It was so funny to have two Vols fans in the room with me. Let's just say...GO GATORS!!! They won 59-20. Elizabeth made some awesome chili! The rest of the weekend consisted of shopping at Walmart and sleeping.
Last weekend, Elizabeth and I went to Indian Creek Camp to be counselors at the Young Women's Retreat. We had 11 teenage girls in our cabin. Two of our girls were on crutches (which actually was a blessing) and most of them were freshmen. Elizabeth and I definitely felt the generation gap between the girls. We had beautiful weather and the retreat was very enjoyable. It was nice to get away from school for a weekend.
This weekend, we haven't really done much. Slept mostly to catch up from our missed sleep from last weekend and this week. We just had taco salad for lunch. It has been a pretty good week so far.
Now other things. I know I need to have a few updates.
My knee:
I had an episode one Friday and I was on crutches almost 2 weeks. I went to the doctor and found out not really anything different than before. I am now wearing a $1200 brace and I have just weened myself off of my crutches. I have 3 more weeks of physical therapy. Hopefully I will be able to walk without too much pain.
My diet:
My diet has been going very well! I haven't weighed myself since September 8, but then I had lost 14 lbs. in two weeks. Ryan had lost 17 in two weeks. I will not weigh myself for a while, but I feel so much better. I am finding that a lot of my once "skinny-day" clothes are now clothes I wear everyday (well, when I didn't have this huge bionic woman brace on). I'm excited about fall. I might have to get some new clothes because a lot of the shirts that I have now are too big for me! ;) I will give another update soon.
School:
School has been going well. Not really much to say. The only things that are different is that I am the secretary of Luntsford Hall Council. It's a lot of fun. We have a lot of excellent activities planned. The most exciting one for me is the trick-or-treating in our hall. Hopefully I can take some pictures and post them up.
Well. That's all for now. I will try to be better about blogging this month, but I can't promise anything. :) Much love!
P.S. Check out my college pics of the Young Women's Retreat (and the move-in pictures if you haven't already looked at them). ;)
The first weekend in September was Labor Day weekend. I was not planning to go home, but Ryan, Elizabeth, and I decided to go home for the weekend. Christie had planned a deck party, so I got to spend some time with her and some of her friends. It was nice to be home for a visit.
The second weekend, Ryan, Elizabeth, and I went home at the request of Ryan. He was celebrating his 20th birthday on September 10, so he wanted to go home for the weekend. I went home to celebrate Daddy's birthday (even though it was the next weekend). We had taco salad and watched the Titans' game on Sunday. Saturday was such a fun event! Daddy, Mommy, Christie and I went to Coolsprings and just spent the day there. Christie got her formal graduation pictures retaken. We went to the mall, different outlet stores, and Jason's Deli. We had so much fun. Our last stop was Target. I think we had too much fun there. Christie and I still laugh at how Mom ran with a shopping cart down an aisle to keep us from finding her, while Daddy just laughed at the three of us. We had so much fun! I was so glad that I got to go home for Daddy's birthday.
The third weekend in September, Elizabeth, Ryan, and I stayed here at ETSU and watched the Gators vs. Vols game. It was so funny to have two Vols fans in the room with me. Let's just say...GO GATORS!!! They won 59-20. Elizabeth made some awesome chili! The rest of the weekend consisted of shopping at Walmart and sleeping.
Last weekend, Elizabeth and I went to Indian Creek Camp to be counselors at the Young Women's Retreat. We had 11 teenage girls in our cabin. Two of our girls were on crutches (which actually was a blessing) and most of them were freshmen. Elizabeth and I definitely felt the generation gap between the girls. We had beautiful weather and the retreat was very enjoyable. It was nice to get away from school for a weekend.
This weekend, we haven't really done much. Slept mostly to catch up from our missed sleep from last weekend and this week. We just had taco salad for lunch. It has been a pretty good week so far.
Now other things. I know I need to have a few updates.
My knee:
I had an episode one Friday and I was on crutches almost 2 weeks. I went to the doctor and found out not really anything different than before. I am now wearing a $1200 brace and I have just weened myself off of my crutches. I have 3 more weeks of physical therapy. Hopefully I will be able to walk without too much pain.
My diet:
My diet has been going very well! I haven't weighed myself since September 8, but then I had lost 14 lbs. in two weeks. Ryan had lost 17 in two weeks. I will not weigh myself for a while, but I feel so much better. I am finding that a lot of my once "skinny-day" clothes are now clothes I wear everyday (well, when I didn't have this huge bionic woman brace on). I'm excited about fall. I might have to get some new clothes because a lot of the shirts that I have now are too big for me! ;) I will give another update soon.
School:
School has been going well. Not really much to say. The only things that are different is that I am the secretary of Luntsford Hall Council. It's a lot of fun. We have a lot of excellent activities planned. The most exciting one for me is the trick-or-treating in our hall. Hopefully I can take some pictures and post them up.
Well. That's all for now. I will try to be better about blogging this month, but I can't promise anything. :) Much love!
P.S. Check out my college pics of the Young Women's Retreat (and the move-in pictures if you haven't already looked at them). ;)
Monday, August 27, 2007
My First Day as a Sophomore and New Mommy!
Hello all!
I just wanted to give a little update about my first day today. Today I went to Biology III, Organic Chemistry, and Humanities I. Biology III was pretty good. It seems like the professor is going to be funny, and I think I am going to learn a lot more interesting than that plant biology. Organic Chemistry was not as bad as I thought it would be. My professor seems a little tough, but I think if I just study everyday, I will be able to do well. I am not looking forward to my four hour lab tomorrow (and the rest of the year every Tuesday), but oh well. Lastly, Humanities was awesome! The professor was very personable and very enthused about the subject. I was planning on minoring in Humanities, and today just reaffirmed that that is what I want to do. I'm so excited about that class.
Today, I also started back at the student health clinic for my Academic Performance Scholarship job. It was...let's say...hectic. I got to meet and show around a new girl. It was just extremely busy. Let's just leave it at that.
Lastly, what some of you are probably wondering because of my post title, I have some new pets. Elizabeth and I got a beta fish. His name is Eugene and we have had breakfast with him every morning so far. He's really cool. Ryan and I got two black mollies, one dalmatian molly, and a japanese shrimp for our aquarium that we bought last year. Molly, Ted, Cruella, and Bubba Gump. This morning I got a surprising text from Ryan saying that he found three baby fish. As of right now, we have found a total of five baby fish! We think that one of the black mollies is the mom. We were very excited (except for the fact that we had to go and get another small fish bowl). I can't wait to watch them grow up! ;) Yea, so I am now a proud mom of our fish.
Well, that's all that I can think of right now, but I will blog sometime soon.
Goodnight!
I just wanted to give a little update about my first day today. Today I went to Biology III, Organic Chemistry, and Humanities I. Biology III was pretty good. It seems like the professor is going to be funny, and I think I am going to learn a lot more interesting than that plant biology. Organic Chemistry was not as bad as I thought it would be. My professor seems a little tough, but I think if I just study everyday, I will be able to do well. I am not looking forward to my four hour lab tomorrow (and the rest of the year every Tuesday), but oh well. Lastly, Humanities was awesome! The professor was very personable and very enthused about the subject. I was planning on minoring in Humanities, and today just reaffirmed that that is what I want to do. I'm so excited about that class.
Today, I also started back at the student health clinic for my Academic Performance Scholarship job. It was...let's say...hectic. I got to meet and show around a new girl. It was just extremely busy. Let's just leave it at that.
Lastly, what some of you are probably wondering because of my post title, I have some new pets. Elizabeth and I got a beta fish. His name is Eugene and we have had breakfast with him every morning so far. He's really cool. Ryan and I got two black mollies, one dalmatian molly, and a japanese shrimp for our aquarium that we bought last year. Molly, Ted, Cruella, and Bubba Gump. This morning I got a surprising text from Ryan saying that he found three baby fish. As of right now, we have found a total of five baby fish! We think that one of the black mollies is the mom. We were very excited (except for the fact that we had to go and get another small fish bowl). I can't wait to watch them grow up! ;) Yea, so I am now a proud mom of our fish.
Well, that's all that I can think of right now, but I will blog sometime soon.
Goodnight!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
The Start of Year Number Two
Hello all!
I am currently sitting in my dorm room thinking of things that I need to do. I moved in completely yesterday. My room mate, Elizabeth, moved in on Thursday. She is participating in some Preview activities right now, so I have the room to myself for a little bit.
I have been really excited about my room. I have all new furniture and new hard wood floors. My bathroom also have a new face to it. I love everything about it. Mom and Dad came up to ETSU with me to help me set up. Daddy put up the shelves, picture frames, and calendars. (This is quite funny now because I just now got the memo that I wasn't supposed to hang anything on the walls. Oh well. I guess that there will be a small fee withdran from my dorm deposit. I still like it a lot!) Mom helped me organize and unpack. We made a few trips to Walmart already. It's been really exciting. So far, I have my clothes organized, and my desk is somewhat organized. Elizabeth and I still have quite a bit of rearranging in our kitchen and pantry, but we have a whole year for that. ;)
Anyway, I start classes on Monday. It's going to be a pretty long day for me, as well as Elizabeth. I'm pretty excited though.
Well, I'm going to get back to organizing. I will upload pictures on Shutterfly sometime this week. ;)
Have a great week!
**FYI My school e-mail has changed a little bit. It is now zjmq2@goldmail.etsu.edu! Just to let you know.
I am currently sitting in my dorm room thinking of things that I need to do. I moved in completely yesterday. My room mate, Elizabeth, moved in on Thursday. She is participating in some Preview activities right now, so I have the room to myself for a little bit.
I have been really excited about my room. I have all new furniture and new hard wood floors. My bathroom also have a new face to it. I love everything about it. Mom and Dad came up to ETSU with me to help me set up. Daddy put up the shelves, picture frames, and calendars. (This is quite funny now because I just now got the memo that I wasn't supposed to hang anything on the walls. Oh well. I guess that there will be a small fee withdran from my dorm deposit. I still like it a lot!) Mom helped me organize and unpack. We made a few trips to Walmart already. It's been really exciting. So far, I have my clothes organized, and my desk is somewhat organized. Elizabeth and I still have quite a bit of rearranging in our kitchen and pantry, but we have a whole year for that. ;)
Anyway, I start classes on Monday. It's going to be a pretty long day for me, as well as Elizabeth. I'm pretty excited though.
Well, I'm going to get back to organizing. I will upload pictures on Shutterfly sometime this week. ;)
Have a great week!
**FYI My school e-mail has changed a little bit. It is now zjmq2@goldmail.etsu.edu! Just to let you know.
Monday, July 9, 2007
All right. Since my roomie, Elizabeth, has a blog now (check out the "Awesome Blog" section) and is keeping up with it better than I am, she has become my motivation to update my blog.
Let's see. Since the last time I blogged, everyone is back home from vacation. Christie has gotten back to US time and is sleeping during the night. I, for once in my life, am tanner than my sister from my vacation. Today Christie and I worked at Ate Jean's house.
Here is an update for all of you who know about my knees. Just to catch everyone else up to speed, I have had problems with my left knee for about 7 years. During the month of June, I could hardly walk or stand for a long period of time without wearing a brace. So, Monday Mom took me to an orthopedic doctor to get it checked out. We scheduled a MRI for that Thursday, then I would come back to get the results. Well, on Tuesday afternoon I had an event with my right knee. It hurt so bad I couldn't walk. I was on crutches for 3 days. After all of that drama and the MRI, I found out that my MRI of both knees came back normal. I'm glad it's good news, but I am still on a search for the reason why both knees hurt so bad. I currently wear braces on both knees. I walk like a penguin (or a duck if you prefer) and am still in a lot of pain. But, oh well. Just keep me in your prayers please.
Well. I think that is it for now. I just wanted to update. I also would like to direct everyone to my room mate's blog, just to see how's she's doing. :)
Much love!
Let's see. Since the last time I blogged, everyone is back home from vacation. Christie has gotten back to US time and is sleeping during the night. I, for once in my life, am tanner than my sister from my vacation. Today Christie and I worked at Ate Jean's house.
Here is an update for all of you who know about my knees. Just to catch everyone else up to speed, I have had problems with my left knee for about 7 years. During the month of June, I could hardly walk or stand for a long period of time without wearing a brace. So, Monday Mom took me to an orthopedic doctor to get it checked out. We scheduled a MRI for that Thursday, then I would come back to get the results. Well, on Tuesday afternoon I had an event with my right knee. It hurt so bad I couldn't walk. I was on crutches for 3 days. After all of that drama and the MRI, I found out that my MRI of both knees came back normal. I'm glad it's good news, but I am still on a search for the reason why both knees hurt so bad. I currently wear braces on both knees. I walk like a penguin (or a duck if you prefer) and am still in a lot of pain. But, oh well. Just keep me in your prayers please.
Well. I think that is it for now. I just wanted to update. I also would like to direct everyone to my room mate's blog, just to see how's she's doing. :)
Much love!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
This past week
I know that I haven't blogged in a very long time. I just want to say that I am very sorry to all my readers. School was ending and I had so much to do and I couldn't find the time to blog.
Well, instead of just picking up where I left off and writing another extremely long blog, I will just tell you about this past week. As most of you know, my sister is in Australia, so I have been home alone for the second week of June. This past week I got the opportunity to do my clinicals for my Certified Nurse Technician training this week. I worked three twelve hour shifts. I thought that it would be extremely long and probably pretty boring. Actually, I learned quite a lot. There were three people who I met that really have a special place in my heart now because of this experience. One lady that I worked with is 102 years old. I was assigned to feed her, even though it was eluded that she never ate anything. At that dinner service, she ate 75% of her food and drank all of her liquids. Everyone was absolutely amazed. Another lady, I call her the Dr. Pepper lady, was just so sweet. After talking with her, she found out I was going to school to be a doctor and throughout my last day she called me Dr. Jillian. She was so sweet, and boy did she love Dr. Pepper. The last person was a lady that I met. Let me call her Ms. H for now. She was such a sweet lady. She had no use of her legs and no significant use of her arms. On Friday (my last day) she was assigned to me during the morning shift. I was able to do all of her care (that should be done everyday) and even rearrange and organize some things in her room. We talked about everything. She was so patience and kind. Because she was a nurse, she was able to walk me through every step of a lot of the skills that I needed to complete my clinical rotation. She holds a special place in my heart for teaching me more that any of the nurses or nurse technicians that worked in the long term care facility.
Right now, I am in Cancun, Mexico on a much needed vacation!! We got in later today, so most of the day was waiting and flying. Some of you might be thinking, "Why is she blogging on her vacation?" Well, I about almost ready to go to bed and I just had this on my mind and I wanted to write a blog about it while it is fresh in my mind. Anyway, tomorrow is going to be a day lounging around the pool. Hopefully, I will blog sooner than I did last time.
Have a great week!!!!
Well, instead of just picking up where I left off and writing another extremely long blog, I will just tell you about this past week. As most of you know, my sister is in Australia, so I have been home alone for the second week of June. This past week I got the opportunity to do my clinicals for my Certified Nurse Technician training this week. I worked three twelve hour shifts. I thought that it would be extremely long and probably pretty boring. Actually, I learned quite a lot. There were three people who I met that really have a special place in my heart now because of this experience. One lady that I worked with is 102 years old. I was assigned to feed her, even though it was eluded that she never ate anything. At that dinner service, she ate 75% of her food and drank all of her liquids. Everyone was absolutely amazed. Another lady, I call her the Dr. Pepper lady, was just so sweet. After talking with her, she found out I was going to school to be a doctor and throughout my last day she called me Dr. Jillian. She was so sweet, and boy did she love Dr. Pepper. The last person was a lady that I met. Let me call her Ms. H for now. She was such a sweet lady. She had no use of her legs and no significant use of her arms. On Friday (my last day) she was assigned to me during the morning shift. I was able to do all of her care (that should be done everyday) and even rearrange and organize some things in her room. We talked about everything. She was so patience and kind. Because she was a nurse, she was able to walk me through every step of a lot of the skills that I needed to complete my clinical rotation. She holds a special place in my heart for teaching me more that any of the nurses or nurse technicians that worked in the long term care facility.
Right now, I am in Cancun, Mexico on a much needed vacation!! We got in later today, so most of the day was waiting and flying. Some of you might be thinking, "Why is she blogging on her vacation?" Well, I about almost ready to go to bed and I just had this on my mind and I wanted to write a blog about it while it is fresh in my mind. Anyway, tomorrow is going to be a day lounging around the pool. Hopefully, I will blog sooner than I did last time.
Have a great week!!!!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Our first good snow
Yay! Today has been a much happier day. One, because I slept most of it away
. Two, because it snowed! Not just flurry snow, but snow snow! Enough snow that a snow day would actually make sense. ;)
It started snowing, I guess around 4. I wasn't really paying attention, considering how the weather forecasters always say it's going to snow four inches and it never does.
It is still snowing right now and is supposed to continue throughout the night. I'm really excited. I've only been able to play in it for all of two minutes. (I only went outside to take out the trash). It's probably a good thing since I'm still sick. It's very pretty though. Hopefully it'll stick around for a while so maybe I can make a few more snow balls. ;)
. Two, because it snowed! Not just flurry snow, but snow snow! Enough snow that a snow day would actually make sense. ;)
It started snowing, I guess around 4. I wasn't really paying attention, considering how the weather forecasters always say it's going to snow four inches and it never does.
It is still snowing right now and is supposed to continue throughout the night. I'm really excited. I've only been able to play in it for all of two minutes. (I only went outside to take out the trash). It's probably a good thing since I'm still sick. It's very pretty though. Hopefully it'll stick around for a while so maybe I can make a few more snow balls. ;)
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Is it better to have a million things happen to you in one week or over the course of several weeks?
Alright. I have a lot to blog about!
WARNING: If you want some happy, ordinary news, skip to the bottom of my blog, but if you want to hear what has been going on lately, keep reading.
This week has been a long and crazy week. It all started, I guess on Wednesday. Ryan was cooking dinner and I was sitting on my new couch (let me know if you haven't seen my new rearranged room) watching TV. All of a sudden, I feel this incredible pain in my right knee. Since the 7th grade I have had problems with my knee, but this was the kind of pain unlike I have ever felt before. It hurt so bad that I began to cry uncontrollably. This, of course, freaked Ryan out. We handled the situation with two IcyHot Ice packs and two Advil. As of right now, my knee is okay. I wear a brace everyday and keep it elevated at night.
The next night was pretty fun, despite the fact my knee was killing me. Ryan and I helped our friends, Cassie and Tiffany, move into their new dorm room in Luntsford (the same dorm room as me). Cassie and I started around 2:30 and people came and left helping us. I called it quits around 1:30 that morning (my normal bed-time is around 10:30-11). We had a lot of fun moving and taking a break to go to Golden Corral, but staying up was probably not the smartest idea for me.
Friday: I got ready for Elizabeth to come over to ETSU. She had her QB orientation. It was great to see her again. Elizabeth, her mom, Ryan, and I went to eat at Smokey Bones. It was a lot of fun just chilling out. That night, Elizabeth and I stayed up and talked until 2:00 in the morning. The next day she and I went to eat with her mom and then she went to her orientation. That was the right before she left for home.
Saturday was a day of rest for me, literally (not in the sense of Sabbath exactly). I basically slept the whole day away trying to make up for the sleep that I had missed the past couple of nights. When I woke up, Ryan called and said that Cassie, Tiffany, and Adam wanted to go to the movies. I was completely up to it, as long as we didn't watch something like Hitcher again. We all piled in Adam's car and drove to the movie theater. We stood in line to find out that the movie we wanted to see, Norbit, was sold out for that time. Instead, we bought the latest showing. We went to the mall and ate. Around 9 something we watched the movie, which was absolutely hilarious! After the movie we went to Cassie and Tiffany's new room and played DDR and watched Dane Cook. Once again, I didn't make it back down to my room until 3 that morning.
Sunday: I slept again most of the day. I did some homework and some cleaning up from over the weekend. Then, BOOM, another health crisis. I looked at my right eye to find a giant, red bump on my eyelid. My eyelid was swollen and really itchy. That night I called Mom and Dad to tell them about it. That led to calling Uncle Tony (the amazing eye doctor). I found out that I have an infection that caused a sty. I now take antibiotics twice and day and have eye drops. It seems like a simple treatment, but don't be fooled! I have to take the pills with meals, but no dairy! If you know me, you know that I love my milk and cheese. I also can't lay down for 30 minutes after I take it also. My favorite out of all of the restrictions is the fact that I can't wear contacts or make up until everything is cleared up. And of course what happens on Monday? A huge red bump on my face, which I can't cover up because of my eye.
Tuesday: I woke up with a scratchy throat. Great! I thought I was getting sick. After classes, Ryan and I headed to Walmart to buy me a humidifier and some things for my own cold care package. On our way there...BOOM!!! A car accident. Not in front of us, or by the side of the road, it was us! We were on State of Franklin and it was raining. The light, which is a horrible light, turn red. The car in front of us stopped short. We then stopped pretty quickly. The car behind us tried to stop, but his tires slipped and hit us in the back. My first accident in my car (while I was in my car). My car is fine, just a few scratches and dents, but as you can see, his was not. I am now in the process of finding some places to repair the minor damages to my car.
Today, I woke up with a sore throat and a runny nose. So I'm pretty sure I am sick. I've been drinking lots of fluids and resting when I can.
Now for th
e happy stuff!
I first have to say thank you to Ryan. He has been with me through the whole week. He even got me flowers to cheer me up. They were closed at first, but they opened up the next morning. They are absolutely beautiful!
Valentine's Day was great. My classes were not that bad and even though work was crazy, I got some of Candy's Butterfinger cake, which was very yummy. That afternoon Ryan and I just spent time with each other. We went to the store to find something to do (I will blog later on what we have done together the past few weekends). We came back to my room and he cooked me dinner while I baked him a cake. We watched some TV and just hung out. It was nice to finally relax. I also got a couple of surprised for Valentine's Day.
Ryan surprised me with a much
needed watch. It's exactly what I wanted, a round-faced, silver watch. In the mail I could a box of goodies from my parents. It had candy and some other little neat things in it. Today, I got the book Captivating from Aaron in the mail and a card from my parents and Grandmama. That was definate pick-me-up.
Well, I think that is it right now. I just ask that you keep me in your prayers. Have a great day! ;)
WARNING: If you want some happy, ordinary news, skip to the bottom of my blog, but if you want to hear what has been going on lately, keep reading.
This week has been a long and crazy week. It all started, I guess on Wednesday. Ryan was cooking dinner and I was sitting on my new couch (let me know if you haven't seen my new rearranged room) watching TV. All of a sudden, I feel this incredible pain in my right knee. Since the 7th grade I have had problems with my knee, but this was the kind of pain unlike I have ever felt before. It hurt so bad that I began to cry uncontrollably. This, of course, freaked Ryan out. We handled the situation with two IcyHot Ice packs and two Advil. As of right now, my knee is okay. I wear a brace everyday and keep it elevated at night.
The next night was pretty fun, despite the fact my knee was killing me. Ryan and I helped our friends, Cassie and Tiffany, move into their new dorm room in Luntsford (the same dorm room as me). Cassie and I started around 2:30 and people came and left helping us. I called it quits around 1:30 that morning (my normal bed-time is around 10:30-11). We had a lot of fun moving and taking a break to go to Golden Corral, but staying up was probably not the smartest idea for me.
Friday: I got ready for Elizabeth to come over to ETSU. She had her QB orientation. It was great to see her again. Elizabeth, her mom, Ryan, and I went to eat at Smokey Bones. It was a lot of fun just chilling out. That night, Elizabeth and I stayed up and talked until 2:00 in the morning. The next day she and I went to eat with her mom and then she went to her orientation. That was the right before she left for home.
Saturday was a day of rest for me, literally (not in the sense of Sabbath exactly). I basically slept the whole day away trying to make up for the sleep that I had missed the past couple of nights. When I woke up, Ryan called and said that Cassie, Tiffany, and Adam wanted to go to the movies. I was completely up to it, as long as we didn't watch something like Hitcher again. We all piled in Adam's car and drove to the movie theater. We stood in line to find out that the movie we wanted to see, Norbit, was sold out for that time. Instead, we bought the latest showing. We went to the mall and ate. Around 9 something we watched the movie, which was absolutely hilarious! After the movie we went to Cassie and Tiffany's new room and played DDR and watched Dane Cook. Once again, I didn't make it back down to my room until 3 that morning.
Sunday: I slept again most of the day. I did some homework and some cleaning up from over the weekend. Then, BOOM, another health crisis. I looked at my right eye to find a giant, red bump on my eyelid. My eyelid was swollen and really itchy. That night I called Mom and Dad to tell them about it. That led to calling Uncle Tony (the amazing eye doctor). I found out that I have an infection that caused a sty. I now take antibiotics twice and day and have eye drops. It seems like a simple treatment, but don't be fooled! I have to take the pills with meals, but no dairy! If you know me, you know that I love my milk and cheese. I also can't lay down for 30 minutes after I take it also. My favorite out of all of the restrictions is the fact that I can't wear contacts or make up until everything is cleared up. And of course what happens on Monday? A huge red bump on my face, which I can't cover up because of my eye.
Tuesday: I woke up with a scratchy throat. Great! I thought I was getting sick. After classes, Ryan and I headed to Walmart to buy me a humidifier and some things for my own cold care package. On our way there...BOOM!!! A car accident. Not in front of us, or by the side of the road, it was us! We were on State of Franklin and it was raining. The light, which is a horrible light, turn red. The car in front of us stopped short. We then stopped pretty quickly. The car behind us tried to stop, but his tires slipped and hit us in the back. My first accident in my car (while I was in my car). My car is fine, just a few scratches and dents, but as you can see, his was not. I am now in the process of finding some places to repair the minor damages to my car.
Today, I woke up with a sore throat and a runny nose. So I'm pretty sure I am sick. I've been drinking lots of fluids and resting when I can.
Now for th
e happy stuff!
I first have to say thank you to Ryan. He has been with me through the whole week. He even got me flowers to cheer me up. They were closed at first, but they opened up the next morning. They are absolutely beautiful!
Valentine's Day was great. My classes were not that bad and even though work was crazy, I got some of Candy's Butterfinger cake, which was very yummy. That afternoon Ryan and I just spent time with each other. We went to the store to find something to do (I will blog later on what we have done together the past few weekends). We came back to my room and he cooked me dinner while I baked him a cake. We watched some TV and just hung out. It was nice to finally relax. I also got a couple of surprised for Valentine's Day.
Ryan surprised me with a much
needed watch. It's exactly what I wanted, a round-faced, silver watch. In the mail I could a box of goodies from my parents. It had candy and some other little neat things in it. Today, I got the book Captivating from Aaron in the mail and a card from my parents and Grandmama. That was definate pick-me-up.Well, I think that is it right now. I just ask that you keep me in your prayers. Have a great day! ;)
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Busy
Alright. I have not blogged in a long time. I've been really busy and I'm very sorry. I'm going to do a quick recap on my winter break and a little about my first few days back to ETSU. Alright. Winter break was very hectic, but it was a lot of fun. The first day I came back, Ryan and I went to HFA and visited our sisters and a few of our favorite teachers. The rest of the day was running to and from my house to Ate Jean's house and the hospital to visit my new baby cousin. She is so adorable. I will post pics soon, hopefully. The first week that I was home my family was either working or still in school, so I went back to work at Sears. It was very busy, and let me just say, do not, I repeat, DO NOT buy any electronics on eBay around Christmas. Just wait for that Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wi, or PS3 until after Christmas so you don't have to pay some ridiculous price like $8,000 (trust me someone did bid on a PS3 for that much on eBay). Anyway, It was nice to work and see some of my old co-workers. That weekend Auntie Delma and Uncle Tony came to visit. We had a lot of fun spending time with them at Ate Jean's house for the family party and at the Rockettes. About the Rockettes, it was ok. Let's just say that I was more impressed with routines that I've seen Tosha do than what I saw that night. They weren't bad, but they weren't amazing. Back to what I was talking about...
Christmas week was a lot of fun. I got to spend a lot of time with my family that I hadn't seen in a long time. Opening presents was a lot of fun too! I couldn't tell you what my favorite gift was, but I can tell you that I use my FM transmitter every time I get in the car, my Palm TX is used everyday, and my Grey's Anatomy Season II is in m DVD player right now. A few days after Christmas, my cousins, Billy, Geri, Marcus, and Joey, came to visit my family. They stayed with us for that weekend and left New Years' Eve. Marcus, and Joey, are so much bigger since when I last saw them for my graduation. Joey is a little cutie! His smile is adorable. He has a personality now. He's such a thinker, a deep thinker. He's going to be so smart when he gets older. Marcus is still as playful as he was. I have now been re-introduced to Thomas the Train and fish cookies (a.k.a Goldfish). Another thing that I learned from my baby cousins is that Disney movies (mainly Pixar) are really scary if you watch it from a 3-year-old's point of view. Think about Cars or Finding Nemo. Getting lost from your dad or getting lost in the middle of nowhere is pretty scary. Anyway, I felt bad on New Years' Eve, because I had to work. Marcus whined for me not to go to work. I had a lot of fun with them.
New Years' Eve was nice. I planned a party, but everyone else had plans. It turned out ok though. Ryan and I had a date to ourselves, that was until Louden showed up unexpectedly. It was good to see him again. The rest of the week I worked for my last week. The week before I came back to school I spent a lot of time with my mom and dad shopping, the movies, and buying two new cars (trust me we needed it). On Sunday, Mom and Dad drove with Ryan and I back to ETSU because between the two of us our stuff (like two printers, pots and pans, etc.) wouldn't fit in my car. It was fun spending time with them right before we had to go back to school.
My first week back was not too bad. I have survived it so far. I like the personalities of most of my teachers so far. I'm actually going to learn something in Biology and Chemistry this semester. I'm definately going to miss Dr. Burgess for World History though, but I guess I'll have to wait for next semester. Prob and Stats we are not going to go into right now. ;) Right now I am enjoying the rest of my day since two of my classes got canceled.
That's all for right now I guess. If I left something out let me know and I will blog again about that, but please don't be offended if I didn't blog about it today. It's been a month, so yea. I will blog sometime soon. I promise this time.
;)
Jillian
P.S. A shout out to Michael. It's his birthday today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINNICK!!!! ;)
Christmas week was a lot of fun. I got to spend a lot of time with my family that I hadn't seen in a long time. Opening presents was a lot of fun too! I couldn't tell you what my favorite gift was, but I can tell you that I use my FM transmitter every time I get in the car, my Palm TX is used everyday, and my Grey's Anatomy Season II is in m DVD player right now. A few days after Christmas, my cousins, Billy, Geri, Marcus, and Joey, came to visit my family. They stayed with us for that weekend and left New Years' Eve. Marcus, and Joey, are so much bigger since when I last saw them for my graduation. Joey is a little cutie! His smile is adorable. He has a personality now. He's such a thinker, a deep thinker. He's going to be so smart when he gets older. Marcus is still as playful as he was. I have now been re-introduced to Thomas the Train and fish cookies (a.k.a Goldfish). Another thing that I learned from my baby cousins is that Disney movies (mainly Pixar) are really scary if you watch it from a 3-year-old's point of view. Think about Cars or Finding Nemo. Getting lost from your dad or getting lost in the middle of nowhere is pretty scary. Anyway, I felt bad on New Years' Eve, because I had to work. Marcus whined for me not to go to work. I had a lot of fun with them.
New Years' Eve was nice. I planned a party, but everyone else had plans. It turned out ok though. Ryan and I had a date to ourselves, that was until Louden showed up unexpectedly. It was good to see him again. The rest of the week I worked for my last week. The week before I came back to school I spent a lot of time with my mom and dad shopping, the movies, and buying two new cars (trust me we needed it). On Sunday, Mom and Dad drove with Ryan and I back to ETSU because between the two of us our stuff (like two printers, pots and pans, etc.) wouldn't fit in my car. It was fun spending time with them right before we had to go back to school.
My first week back was not too bad. I have survived it so far. I like the personalities of most of my teachers so far. I'm actually going to learn something in Biology and Chemistry this semester. I'm definately going to miss Dr. Burgess for World History though, but I guess I'll have to wait for next semester. Prob and Stats we are not going to go into right now. ;) Right now I am enjoying the rest of my day since two of my classes got canceled.
That's all for right now I guess. If I left something out let me know and I will blog again about that, but please don't be offended if I didn't blog about it today. It's been a month, so yea. I will blog sometime soon. I promise this time.
;)
Jillian
P.S. A shout out to Michael. It's his birthday today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINNICK!!!! ;)
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