Pictures!

Finally, after much anticipation the pictures are here, for my eyes to see! :) Mom and Dad came down not too far from here to "get away" from everything, and they brought the proofs with them for us to see. I was frustrated thinking it would be quite a while still before I ever got the CD with all the pictures on it, but incredibly enough it came the next day :) So, now I have lots of pictures and for the most part I'm pleased with them.

So, today is supposed to be a cleaning day...trying to reorganize the house. Actually not REorganize...just organize it. Hopefully it goes well, and hopefully the weekend doesn't fly by too fast.

Standing on Tiptoes :)

I have slept, eaten, and been hugged by my husband --and everything always seems better after that. I've been playing with the pictures on the computer with an editing program. Oh, and speaking of pictures, I finally got to see our wedding pictures. Still though, we don't have the cd and the rights to them yet...I can't wait though to make copies and mail them out to everyone. I don't have to work tonight, and I just had a class yesterday. I work tomorrow for four hours and then just 3 days next week. I feel way more free already. Now, if we could just get the house put together :)

I was putting stamps on all the thank you cards that I'm getting ready to mail out, when I noticed the US postal service website. The coolest thing I learned? There's a muppet stamp coming out this month!!! (I can hardly wait to find it and mail stuff) I think that Andy was slightly surprised with my stamp enthusiasm, but I think everyone should love stamps and stickers. Plus, everyone should love getting a card in the mail --makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing someone cares and writes to you :)

Okay, so that's it for now.

Work...

Well, I started with the DSS last night. The experience of being on another unit and learning lots of cool stuff was good. But the issues with classes, orientation, and my new manager weren't very exciting. I'm sure that things will work out. I'm obviously going to be working far less. It's kind of exciting.

Last night I worked in cardiac short stay...much, much different. It was so slow I was bored...amazingly enough, I really wished for something else to do. I was orienting so I didn't have any patients...but the nurse I was working with only had 2 -and they were stable!

Anyway, interesting experience. I read Ruth's blog. She has recently lost some fish too. Maybe there's something in the water. Maybe we could get together and have a mass funeral. (We'll talk about that later.)

"I will sing mercies unto the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me."
Ps 13:6

Frustration, fatigue

so, it's once again the beginning of a new week. I had yesterday off but I stayed up all day to go to church in the morning and then we had the AWANA kick-off last night. I'm excited to be able to work with the kids again. I'm used to having 5-6th grade girls, but Mill Rd combines 3-6th grade. I'll think they'll divide when the class grows. We had ten last night. So, anyway I slept some last night but I woke up early and decided to head to Wal-Mart early before lots of people got there. I finally got some food!!! :)

So, that's that. I'm tired now, I think. I mostly feel frustrated. I think about the house still needing so much to get put back in place, and all the thank you cards that are piled on the kitchen table -most are written, some addressed...I just need to sit down finish writing them all and get it done. I'm kind of sad because I have to go to work tonight. I feel like I've been at the hospital every single day here lately, and I'm just tired. Anyway, this isn't a very exciting blog, is it? Okay, so the exciting news? Mary, Doris, and I have finally found a day that we can meet...

OCTOBER 8TH!!!

(okay, so it's not really close to aug 26...but at least we found a day to meet)

Alright. So that's enough now. I'm going to go eat something...and then I'm not sure what I want to do. Sleep is sounding awfully good though. :)

Home from work again

Wow...work was incredibly busy last night. And to be quite honest, I'm not sure why. But my feet are crazy tired (although my mind is still fairly awake). And my tummy was very hungry (thus the short trip I made at Hardee's) Anyway, just two more nights of my normal crazy schedule and then I get to switch. Which leads me to my next, more exciting thought.

MAD DAY!!!

(Mary, Amanda, Doris) We planned to meet at least once a year, just to keep up with each other and be able to have a girl's day. We planned for it to be Aug 26th. Now, we knew that we wouldn't actually meet on the 26th of the month every year -if ever. But we declared it MAD day and promised to search for a date close to it to get together. We're trying. Phone calls are being made...but I think that because we're all nurses with all incredibly insane schedules, and with none of us off on the same weekends it's become a simi-hard task. I'm totally excited though because whenever my new schedule starts I won't have to work Saturdays again, and I think it will make things much, much better.

I miss the girls. I really want to get together. Oh, and Andy and I get vacation again in October...and the plans are kind of exciting. I would say something about them, but I need to talk to him first and make sure they're not top secret.

Okay, I love you all...but I'm going to finish my sandwich and head to bed. I've got a 12 to work tonight...and I'm in charge. Good night -or morning for all you daytime people :)

A husband and a home

So, yeah. It's been about forever since I've actually blogged on my own site, huh? I should have been more diligent, but I guess I can't do anything about it now. It should be much easier now that the internet is so much more accessible. I really miss being about to write about my life -even if I'm really the only one that cares.

Tomorrow I'll have been married for one month :)

Amanda Justison. I've found it's quite a pain to have to switch everything over and change my name. There's so much stuff that has to be changed. I thought maybe I could get some of it done today, but I forgot it was Labor Day. Andy and I don't really have any plans. He's at work right now and I'm working just 4 hours. We should meet up again about 11p.m. Maybe then we can bake some cookies, move some more boxes and then be excited about sleeping and waking up for tomorrow. Although grilled chicken or a big, juicy hamburger with mom's yummy french fries sounds really good right now. I really miss family and mostly the feeling that I belong somewhere. Jonathan and Kristine are in Indiana, but there's really no way for me to see them. Sad. Kristine's birthday is tomorrow. Happy birthday!!! :)

Okay, so I'm sure that's enough for now. I'm hungry and I'm going to find food.

Love you!!!

humm....

I know. everyone -or at least anyone who ever read this- continues to remind me that I'm not keeping up with it very well. I'm sorry...I think I just don't have the convience of the computer at my apartment and I'm not making a great effort to find one to blog. So, I'm living in evansville. Less than 150 days until my wedding...I feel crazy sad and don't know why or how to fix it. I know that I used to be stressed when I was in school, but at least I was happy. Something happened and all the smiles inside of me seem to have sucked themselves out of me. Some people would just say it's part of growing up...and maybe that's true. But I don't think that growing up includes losing all the happy feelings you ever had and replacing them with hopelessness and dispair. I decided it might have something to do with the fact that not only do I have to work all the time at a job that I don't like...but when I'm not working I'm alone. I'm actually pretty certain that it's all about that. My schedule is so different from everyone else's...but even when I'm awake during the day I have no one to see or talk to. Anyway, it's a miniscule detail of my life that seems to be consuming my entire being. I want to be who I was...life lessons are okay to learn and have, but I want my happiness that somehow disappeared back. I want to be happy to be alive again. I know that I have so much to be thankful for and that it's completely selfish of me to think or say these things, but oh well. It's my thoughts as of now...so, honestly there it is. And to all my faithful viewers I'm sorry for the delay in my response. I love you all....prayers to you!!! :)