Leap Day Madness

Once upon my time my parents went on a trip to Florida and had a grand time. One evening I was asked out on a date to see Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band in Sandy. I happily said yes and went. Upon arriving home past the time when carriages turn back into pumpkins I was startled to find that my siblings had decided to sleep over at Grandma's and had completely locked up the house for safety. I had to sleep on a bunk bed at the neighbors house among Prom dresses past after waking them up at 2:30 AM, and spent a morning WD-40-ing the keyhole of our door to make the only key available work.
Flash forward to Leap Day 2012. I was on my way to renew my CPR certification when I get a phone call that my coworker's son was sick and needed coverage. I agreed to cover as soon as I was done with my certification. I was walking back to my car and noticed a few missed phone calls from my sister. Come to find out my brother locked her out of the house while she was out, but the neighbor wasn't home. Guess where my dad was? Florida. Mom? Jamaica. Me? Trying to get to work. Everything worked out eventually but what a crazy day.
Oh and by the way, yes, I did wear blue scrubs and a yellow top to work to keep with Leap Day tradition too.
Happy Leap Day!!!

Patients

JD's Grandpa was in the hospital all last week for an extremely weakened immune system, pneumonia, and then atrial fibrillation. He is at home and doing much better now, but it was a long week for sure. It was an interesting perspective working all week and being able to look up at the room to see if he had been discharged or not. The window that is open with the light on is a view of their room from the office that I work at. It has made me think back to when I was on the same floor in a unit across the hall 1 1/2 years ago, and the blessings that came during that time when I wasn't doing very well at all. Modern medicine is truly a blessing to have available. It is amazing what can be done to save lives or improve them. I have made an effort to renew my goal of being empathetic towards all my patients, regardless of how pleasant they can sometimes be, knowing that the position of patient can be a hard one, this week has been a good reminder of that.

Date Nights

I got another moon, stars (planets), and temple picture! This time it is the Jordan River Temple. One of my favorite date nights is going to the temple in Salt Lake followed by Ganesh, the best Indian we have found in Utah. This evening was fun because we did sealings with JD's parents, aunt and uncle, and his great uncle was the sealer. His parents came with us to Ganesh so they were finally able to experience the deliciousness. It was a great evening!

Happy Birthday Emi!

Today is my sister's birthday. She is in the land of horses, antelope, boots, and cowboys for school and having a grand time. Em is amazing. She is super knowledgeable about all kinds of ''dumb' things from elephants, to dolphins, to just about anything that has ever had a documentary made or a NOVA special on because she loves them. She is a talented violinist and is working on the cello. She knows a lot about surfing/surfers, Switchfoot, cooking, cupcakes, Lord of the Rings, Alias, and occupational therapy. She is one of my very best friends. I love her lots and feel pretty lucky to have her as my sister. Happy Birthday Em.

An Afternoon of Nothings

Christie and I had an interesting President's Day. We did a whole lot of nothings. We were going to go bowling, but when we got to WSU, they were full. We ate lunch where she didn't buy the thing she wanted most. We didn't go bowling at the Junction because they were full too. We didn't ride the train to the Gateway because the train wasn't running for President's Day. We didn't go to the movies because when we got there everything we wanted to see had already started. We did have fun looking at all the furniture in RC Willey, but didn't buy anything. All in all it was a lot of fun, despite how little we actually did. A bonus is we do have $.58 shirts from a Gap Sale we happened across when going to look at furniture, so we have something to show for our efforts. Happy President's Day!

Web Cams

We are going to a few national parks in April and we had concerns about snow for one of them, but I stumbled across something I am now addicted to in an attempt to be prepared: National Parks webcams. I can watch Old Faithful, snow levels in Sequoia, Yosemite, snow at Crater Lake, and many other fun locations. I love it and I love national parks.

Drug Rep Dinners

We went to a drug rep dinner for Xarelto at the Timbermine tonight. I have decided that I like drug rep dinners. I learn a lot when I attend, I feel smart, and free food. This one was particularly fun because this is an anticoagulant medication which I know a thing or two about from personal experience and from my work using such medications for prophylaxis with our hip and knee replacement patients (give them the medication to keep them from getting a clot when they have surgery). It is also a bonus that both JD and I can go together since we are both in pharmacy. We discussed it would be practical to keep my lisence active so that when he is a pharmacist I can still join him to these splendid events.

Valentines

I love my permanent valentine and best friend. We went to Bombay Bites and had only appetizers which was delicious and fun. Before we left we were given a balloon, a rose, and free desert and appetizer. Flowers and a great letter were also included on this 'day of love'.

Dew Volunteer

I volunteered for the Dew Tour on Wednesday and it was one the greatest volunteer gigs ever. We were put over getting the athlete and sponser VIP bags together for the event. This involved hoodies, shirts, beanies, chapstick, and shampoo in a bag. It was super organized so we were able to do all of the bags fairly quickly. We helped move the bags and then the real fun began. We each got a VIP bag, a meal ticket, a buy one get one free lift pass, and a volunteer beanie from GOAL. It was indoors, fast, and fun. I hadn't been up to Snowbasin for years and it was fun seeing the changes that have taken place since it became a Sun Valley Resort too. Volunteering rocks!

Shower

Erin and I went up to see Susan for her baby shower. It was SO fun seeing her and spending the morning/afternoon going various places. I liked having Saturday off too.

Costco H'orderves

I have a habit of stopping by Costco on my way home from work on Thursdays. I usually get the same few items in rotation as needed: gas, bread, and milk. There is an extra reason for stopping by Costco too though: SAMPLES. Yes, I am one of those people who go around trying one of each sample with no intent to purchase anything more than my bread, or milk, or the gas that I already bought. Yesterday I was talking to my sister who works in the eye department and guess who comes up? My mom! She was there to eat samples too! I was very excited though I really don't think she taught me this habit. We proceded to each buy our one item but not before trying: beef sirloin, cheese, chips, BBQ chicken wings, salsa, chocolate pomogranite bites, and other assorted h'orderves most likely to get poor unsuspecting individuals to invest more money into their Superbowl celebrations, but not us, one item each and quite content after extreme light snacking.