New years eve

Today is New Years Eve. The day we stay up until midnight snd scream HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Kiss your loved one and hope for an awesome year.

Today was also Shelby and my second day of training. My feet are killing me!!!  Shelby kept saying "I recovered quick" and i kept telling her its because shes a kid.

Tomorrow I go back on day shift at my job. I'm looking forward to being home at night but I'm not looking forward to going to work in the morning. I don't like working day shift there because it's really difficult due to beng short staffed.
I know all nursing jobs and things are short staffed but this is different this is shorter than short staffed if we were short staffed we would be happy.

Goodnight Blog World see you next year!!!

Running with my 8 year old

Shelby has expressed that she would like to run in a 5k.  Not just any 5k, a Color Run 5K.  She saw the pictures from last years 5k at the Florida State Fairgrounds, and was immediately interested.  That was back in May.  Tonight we started "training" for the 5k Tampa Bay is having Feb 22, 2014.  (Which just happens to be my oldest daughter's 18th birthday.)  We are following a type of couch-to-5k process.  A mixture of walk/run rotations for so many minutes each for so many sets. 

Now, before you freak out and think "OMGosh! You're going to let your kid run that far?" I have already researched it.  In fact, I have a friend from one on the mom forums I belong to who ran in a 5k with her 8 year old, and I thought how cool is that?  I was like "I'm so ready!"  So, yes, we are doing this together.   I will be monitoring how she is doing and watching for her cues so she doesn't over due it. 
We just looked up running times for last years 10 and under crowd at Gasparilla, and if we did what we did tonight (run/walk) we would finish in about 52 minutes.  I showed Shelby that is about midway in all the names.  She told me "We've got this".

So happy to see her excited about running!  Now...lets get the Daddy better and he can run with us too!

Daybook+

Outside My Window...dark and rainy

I am thinking...I need to watch DS9

I am thankful for...My husband :D
 

From the kitchen...The cat is staring at me from  middle of the floor.

I am wearing...pajama pants and a tank top
 

I am creating...fat cells

I am going...grocery shopping tomorrow.

I am reading...Dexter

I am hearing...My older 2 girls wide awake in their room talking about YouTuber's and how many husbands/boyfriends they have. 

Around the house...Hubby's watching a movie, the older 2 are awake (I have no idea why WHY!), and I have DS9 paused on the big TV

Some of my favorite things...Dr. Pepper

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Study for the NCLEX, Begin training for a 5k with my 8 year old, Apply to take the NCLEX.



I decided last year (well, ok technically it's still this year) that I wanted to run in the gasperilla distance classic in 2014.  I've always wanted to run in a 5k, and running is something that I actually like to do (when I do it).  So, in mentioning this to my family, it seems there are more people who would like to do this than just me! :D 
Friday when I went to Publix, I found a "training schedule" put out by the Tampa Tribune, so I picked it up.  Yesterday (well, I guess I shoud say Saturday) Shelby picked it up and said "MOMMY! We need to start training, or we're not gonna make it!"

So...tomorrow we start training!

I go back to days first of the year (yes, I know that's Wednesday), so I'll be home at night so we can go out for our 'training sessions'. 

I hope this is the start of something extremely awesome!

The NCLEX

This is how the conversation is going in my head, as if I'm talking to my oldest daughter, or even if my 17 and 15 year old were talking to each other; about how I feel right now.

"You jelly bro?"
"Yeah, totes jelly"

On my lunch break at work, I checked my facebook, and had notifications for my nursing class.  A few people are already scheduled to take their NCLEX.  All of a sudden I felt a rush of emotions.  Something I have NEVER EVER really felt before, something so real, that now I know why it considered one of the 7 deadly sins.  I felt real honest to God jealousy.  Not some "OMGosh, I totally want that" kind of feeling, a real, deep seeded anger, hate, sad, mad, happy for my friends feeling of jealousy.  So much so that I started to rationalize what bills we don't HAVE to pay this month just so I can pay for my test.  This is some seriously scary crap!  I mean, I NEVER EVER want to feel this way again. 

EVER!

I began thinking about how horrible it is to be poor.  How tragic it is that the one thing holding me back from making more money is money itself.  How horrible that I can't afford to pay for the ONE THING that would almost triple my income.  How sadly tragic.  I am now a tragedy.  I couldn't think about it at work, because I would cry.  I texted my husband, vented to him.  I texted my mom, and had to tell her I couldn't talk about it any more because I didn't want to cry at work. 
Yet I wanted to read the thread more.
Why?
Because I was (am) still happy that my friends were being able to complete their schooling.  They are moving on to the next step.  I am deeply happy for them.  Seriously.  I truly am ecstatic that they are able to do this.  However, I am extremely angry I can't. 

So yeah, I'm freakin' jelly brah.

Totes

Procrastination

I keep telling myself "I'll blog about X later, or I'll blog about ___ tomorrow, or after Christmas I'll mention XYZ"  But, here I am, technically it's the day after Christmas and I have no idea what I was going to talk about.  Seriously, I procrastinate so much about just the littlest things, and even the most stupidest things that it's sometimes a big problem.

At work, I'm totally different. I am on things, I'm all over things that need to be done, and in fact, I may even do them before someone else thinks they need to be done.  At home?  FORGET IT.  Hubby has to pry me off the couch to do anything that remotely looks like something that I NEED to do for something important.  I have priorities.  I think I have them pretty straight.  Problem is, I just don't wanna do anything.  If I don't feel like doing anything, then I am going to find ANY excuse in the world to not do something; unless I'm sick or injured, then for some reason I need to prove to the world that I can do it. 

Like right now, I have a sprained wrist.  (that's a different post LOL)  I'm suppose to wear this stupid brace for 7 days.  SEVEN STINKIN' DAYS!  It is most difficult to do much of anything with it on.  However, I'm constantly taking it off so I can do things that I probably shouldn't be doing.  Turning my wrist in weird ways that actually hurts, and will probably hinder my healing.  At work?  OMGosh, I was thankful for the large gloves, because I threw a glove over this puppy and went on with life!  Now, I did remove it for the more...gross parts.

Anywho, I don't think I'm the only one with this problem, but as I sit here and type it out I feel pretty crappy about it.  I look like a giant couch potato, with an amazing husband who does everything!  (ok, so I'll admit my husband is totally amazing-he rocks.)    I guess if I look back on it here, and if it makes me feel that bad, I should change it.  They say change is good.  I just wanna know who 'they' are, so I can call 'them' out when it doesn't work.

Maybe that's what I'll do, I'll make some kind of comitment to myself to stop procrastinating, even if it's just one thing a day...ok, a week, seriously Amber, are you trying to kill yourself?  One thing a week that I'll stop procrastinating on.
My first item?  NCLEX questions. 

(what am I thinking)
This is a big deal.  I have finished nursing school (yay me), and now I need to sit for my boards.  I need to be practicing NCLEX questions.  (seriously, they give you 4 right answers and you have to pick the MOST right answer....dude, really-it sucks)  I've never been good at answering the questions, so today, this week, I'm going to stop putting off working on my NCLEX review.  25 questions a day! 

25 questions...that is my goal to stop the procrastination of my studying.  (I don't think that sentence makes sense-oh well)

alright, on that note....off to watch some DS9

Daybook

Outside My Window...dark-and cold

I am thinking...that I need to watch a few episodes of DS9

I am thankful for...My family

 

From the kitchen...my Dr. Pepper is calling my name.

I am wearing...pajama pants and a wife-beater. 

I am creating...a blog post.

I am going...to work tomorrow.

I am reading... Dexter.

I am hearing...the fan on my computer, and the waterfall in the fish tank.  I can hear all 3 of the different fans in the house, Coco is snoring, and Gator is begging.

Around the house...Christmas Tree lights on, cat's on the back of the couch.

Some of my favorite things...Quiet time, and Star Trek

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: go to work, maybe get my toes done-I have a gift certificate. 

"Day Book"

I never understood why it was called "Day Book".  In  a mom community I belong to they had a section, and these were the comments we would answer/finish.  I always thought they were interesting, so I brought it over here.  It had been a while (I know I did one a few days ago), so I decided to do it again.   

 

 

Outside My Window...dark-and cold

I am thinking...that I really need to go to bed

I am thankful for...Dr. Pepper

From the kitchen...darkness

I am wearing...pajama pants and a long sleeved t-shirt.  Probably a few scraps of yarn.

I am creating...bad habits, and Christmas Presents.  But mostly probably bad habits.

I am going...to bed, or crazy...either one, they are interchangable.

I am reading...nothing. I am not currently reading anything (other than what I type)  Oh wait!  I did read text messages from my friend at work.

I am hearing...the fan on my computer, and the waterfall in the fish tank

Around the house...Christmas Tree has lights on it, fish tank light is still on, cat's on the back of the couch, sicky kid in one room, and a sicky hubby in an other.  I hear various children in various stages of congestion.

Some of my favorite things...A finished project. :-)

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Get my family back to healthy, put a face on the camel, and start a Hello Kitty!