Sunday, February 24, 2008
I have offically resigned....
Ok, about my previous post. I'm still not going to go into a lot of details. You still need to call me if you want them. However, I will give some idea of what is going on. I have to say that I am happy to announce that I have offically resigned from my very long standing possition as president of the VL club. So, for those of you who were worried that something is wrong, there's not. That is a very short, condensed version.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
So I just realized that it has been a few weeks since I last posted. Sorry if no one wants to read my blog because there are no pictures. Someday I might shock everyone and finally post some but I don't have the time or the patience to figure it out. Plus, all of my pictures come from my mom's camera so I have to get them from her. I guess if you want to see me you will just have to come and visit me in Vernal. :-)
I have had an interesting couple of weeks. I am not going to go into a lot of details, (ok, I'm not going to go into any details), because I don't really know what to think right now. Let's just say that I have never been so confused in my life and leave it at that. When I figure it all out, I'll let you know the whole story. :-) Plus, until I work it out in my head it will take two days to type it all out. Boring.
Last weekend we went up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming as a family to see David. We went on a sleigh ride on the National Elk Refuge. It was pretty cool to be that close to all of those elk. It was also fun to spend some time with the whole family. It is so pretty up there. I would recommend a trip, but the summer is a lot nicer because it isn't blowing and cold. But I guess if you like that kind of weather then the winter is great!
I have had an interesting couple of weeks. I am not going to go into a lot of details, (ok, I'm not going to go into any details), because I don't really know what to think right now. Let's just say that I have never been so confused in my life and leave it at that. When I figure it all out, I'll let you know the whole story. :-) Plus, until I work it out in my head it will take two days to type it all out. Boring.
Last weekend we went up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming as a family to see David. We went on a sleigh ride on the National Elk Refuge. It was pretty cool to be that close to all of those elk. It was also fun to spend some time with the whole family. It is so pretty up there. I would recommend a trip, but the summer is a lot nicer because it isn't blowing and cold. But I guess if you like that kind of weather then the winter is great!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
First of all, I gave up on trying to get those pictures in my blog because it was causing me too much stress. So, for all of you who were looking forward to seeing them, I'm sorry. Just know that it was a lot of fun. I went snowmobiling yesterday with Dad, Uncle Walt, and Derek. It was also a lot of fun but it was the hardest trip I have been on in probably forever. There was probably 3 feet of just powder and no base. I ended up stuck many times and when we dug out, we hit the ground. Some places if we stepped off of our machines we would sink up to our waste. It was a lot of fun. But, we didn't bring a camera to get pictures, so once again, no pictures from me. :-(.
This has been a crazy week for me. About a month ago I lost my previous job and spent about three weeks looking for a new one. There are a lot of jobs in Vernal but I have had some jobs that I have hated so I have become very picky in my job selection. Probably not always the best thing, but I have decided that life is too short and you spend too much time at work to wake up dreading to go in every day. Liking what you do is essential. Anyway, that was my soap box for the day. I ended up finding a job that I started on January 25. But I just did paperwork that day. On Monday, the 28, I offically started. I am working as a Scrub Tech in the OR at the hospital here. It has been quite an intense job. Mostly all that I have done is observe surgeries and help set up and take down and clean up for the surgeries. They want me to get used to being in the OR before I help with any of the surgeries. I also have to pass certain things off before I can do a whole lot. I have a long way to go. On Friday I had to be at work at 6 am because we had a c-section scheduled and my boss wanted me to see that. We go there and set up and waited for the patient. Eventually they were ready to go. The doctor looked around and realized that only one scrub tech was scrubbed in and thought that there should be two. So, they told me to go scrub in. I was quite stressed. I had never participated in a procedure before. So, I went and scrubbed in and I got to help with the c-section. I help hold all of the tissues and stuff out of the way, I help stitch the patient up, everything. It was so cool.
I have seen a lot of really neat things the last week and I will see more and more as I go, especially as I actually participate in the surgeries and not just watch. But, because of the intensity of the job, I have been so tired the last week. The last time I remember being this tired was the first few weeks of my mission. I would crash everyday. But it has been very fun. Once I get used to the hours and stress of the job I think that I am really going to love it.
This has been a crazy week for me. About a month ago I lost my previous job and spent about three weeks looking for a new one. There are a lot of jobs in Vernal but I have had some jobs that I have hated so I have become very picky in my job selection. Probably not always the best thing, but I have decided that life is too short and you spend too much time at work to wake up dreading to go in every day. Liking what you do is essential. Anyway, that was my soap box for the day. I ended up finding a job that I started on January 25. But I just did paperwork that day. On Monday, the 28, I offically started. I am working as a Scrub Tech in the OR at the hospital here. It has been quite an intense job. Mostly all that I have done is observe surgeries and help set up and take down and clean up for the surgeries. They want me to get used to being in the OR before I help with any of the surgeries. I also have to pass certain things off before I can do a whole lot. I have a long way to go. On Friday I had to be at work at 6 am because we had a c-section scheduled and my boss wanted me to see that. We go there and set up and waited for the patient. Eventually they were ready to go. The doctor looked around and realized that only one scrub tech was scrubbed in and thought that there should be two. So, they told me to go scrub in. I was quite stressed. I had never participated in a procedure before. So, I went and scrubbed in and I got to help with the c-section. I help hold all of the tissues and stuff out of the way, I help stitch the patient up, everything. It was so cool.
I have seen a lot of really neat things the last week and I will see more and more as I go, especially as I actually participate in the surgeries and not just watch. But, because of the intensity of the job, I have been so tired the last week. The last time I remember being this tired was the first few weeks of my mission. I would crash everyday. But it has been very fun. Once I get used to the hours and stress of the job I think that I am really going to love it.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sorry that I haven't posted more. I have been trying to add some pictures from last Saturday. But I am having some problems finding them. I can find them when I am not trying to add them but as soon as I try to add them, I can't find them. Lets just say that I have been pulling my hair out in frustration!!! Arghhhh!!!
Anyway, we had a branch sledding activity. It was a lot of fun but I have been a little bit sore for the past couple of days. I ended up going down in the tube double a few times and we crashed most of them. I always seemed to be the one that ended up on the bottom of the crashed pile too. As a result, I have been feeling every little hurt. It was funny at church on Sunday because we were all asking each other if they were as sore as we were. Although I had some good crashes, there were some people there who had a lot more then me. The fact that any of us are still here is amazing.
One girl was going down on a tube that was a lot faster then any of the other ones. Everyone who went on it caught some good air (except for me because it ran into a bush and we crashed :-(.) Anyway, at the bottom of the hill was a road that had kindof been plowed but still had snow on it. It wasn't in use yet though because it is a dead end road and there were no houses there yet. But because it had been plowed there were drifts on both sides. When you went down the hill you would hit the drift and if you were going fast enough you would catch some air and land either on the road or on the drift on the other side. Anyway, back to this girl. She was going pretty fast on this tube and caught some good air. She landed right at the base of the drift on the other side of the road. As she hit, her foot caught on the drift and it popped her right up. She just walked right off. It was the coolest thing. We gave her the prize for the best dismount. So although there were some good crashes, there were some good not crashes.
As soon as I can get my pictures figured out I'll post them and you can see. I don't have any of me crashing though. :-)
Anyway, we had a branch sledding activity. It was a lot of fun but I have been a little bit sore for the past couple of days. I ended up going down in the tube double a few times and we crashed most of them. I always seemed to be the one that ended up on the bottom of the crashed pile too. As a result, I have been feeling every little hurt. It was funny at church on Sunday because we were all asking each other if they were as sore as we were. Although I had some good crashes, there were some people there who had a lot more then me. The fact that any of us are still here is amazing.
One girl was going down on a tube that was a lot faster then any of the other ones. Everyone who went on it caught some good air (except for me because it ran into a bush and we crashed :-(.) Anyway, at the bottom of the hill was a road that had kindof been plowed but still had snow on it. It wasn't in use yet though because it is a dead end road and there were no houses there yet. But because it had been plowed there were drifts on both sides. When you went down the hill you would hit the drift and if you were going fast enough you would catch some air and land either on the road or on the drift on the other side. Anyway, back to this girl. She was going pretty fast on this tube and caught some good air. She landed right at the base of the drift on the other side of the road. As she hit, her foot caught on the drift and it popped her right up. She just walked right off. It was the coolest thing. We gave her the prize for the best dismount. So although there were some good crashes, there were some good not crashes.
As soon as I can get my pictures figured out I'll post them and you can see. I don't have any of me crashing though. :-)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
I finally gave in.....
Ok, so I have been looking at everyone's cute blogs and thinking that if I had anything to report I would do a blog. Well, I was taking to a friend and she said that I should do a blog anyway. So, I still don't have anything to report, but now, I do have a blog. We'll see how this goes. hmmmmm.....
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