Comic is Pickles by Brian Crane

I saw this comic and could not stop laughing.  I remember feeling the same way when I was a kid and my mom would tell us we had to write in our journals so that we could look back one day and remember our experiences.  Now however, I love to write about all my experiences and share photos of the fun things I am doing in my life.  It is so much fun to look back and see what things I have done.

7/8/9

7/8/09. Seriously, I honestly have nothing to say really, but I just think that today is one of the coolest dates ever. Today would not be a bad day to get married.  Maybe I will have to plan my wedding with one of these dates in mind.....until next year on 8/9/10. So, until next year......

Babysitting

Since I am a free babysitter, my sister and her husband decided to take the opportunity to go on a date last night. They happily left me with their four little children and headed on their way. As they are walking out the door, they say to me, "Noah wouldn't let us put a diaper on him, so he is wearing regular underwear, good luck with getting a diaper on him".

After dinner, as we were all playing around, Noah kept acting like he needed to go pee. So, I took him in the bathroom, and he just screamed bloody murder so I did not do anything. Well, after a little longer, he acted again like he had to go. So I took him in the bathroom again and tried to put him on the toilet. Screaming like I was abusing him, I try to put him on the toilet, but he stuck his feet in instead. So, I put him in the tub and we cleaned him up. (Thank heavens Isaac is sleeping at this point and the other boys are playing playstation). After that fiasco, I decided to put him in a diaper......which did not work. He literally threw the biggest fit I have ever seen. So, I put the underwear back on him.

As we were all in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher, several things happened at once. Baby Isaac woke up screaming and incredibly hungry, Noah decided to pee in the underwear all over the kitchen floor, and Chase (who is still unloading the dishwasher) kept walking through the urine.

As the baby is screaming, I pick up Noah and take him to the tub again! He got another bath (3rd of the night) and then afterwards, finally consented to have the diaper put back on him. I then had to go out and clean up the floor and feed the baby and told Chase to go in and clean his urine covered feet. What a crazy night! It was so funny. Kids can be chaos!

I know I am morbid, but I just couldn't resist!

I have been packing my house for the past several days, not a fun task. It honestly makes me wonder why I do this to myself. As I was packing up my rug, a thought came to me.......'I hope nobody sees me putting this in the storage shed, cuz it looks uncannily like a human body wrapped in garbage bags!!'
Honestly, you cannot disagree with me. I could get in a lot of trouble if the wrong eyes see me packing the shed. Picture it, 2008, the cops are called to Ace Storage for unit C-10. I can see the disappointment in their faces as they go to all the work to break into the unit, just to discover a rug really nicely wrapped up.

Drive Carefully

I headed out early this morning (0700) for my drive back to SLC from Phoenix. It was a beautiful day. I really enjoyed myself for the first several hours. Did you know that the farther north you get, the greener and more beautiful AZ becomes? I had no idea that AZ was so green. It was fantastic! As you get closer to Flagstaff, there are pine trees everywhere and green valleys. I really loved it.
As I got about 40 miles north of Flagstaff, in the middle of nowhere, I came across a two car rollover accident. There was no EMS on the scene yet. I got out of my car to check out if they needed help. I found that there were four other RN's on the scene who happened to be passing by. One car was on its side. There were three fatalities in that car. Let me tell you, even though I have worked in the trauma room it was a difficult thing to see. The driver was alive but was pinned under the car. The other car had five people who were all injured, but were stuck because the car doors wouldn't open. I just went to work talking to the people, and trying to keep them calm. Twenty minutes later, the first police car shows up. We still had no medical help. We had already told 911 that we needed medical helicopters, so when the cop shows up he radios in that fact as well. The helicoptors show up as the fire truck does and they go to work. They had to extricate people from their cars. The one lady was really bad. The lifeflight nurse asked me to put the IV in her. I did not have any gloves so I helped in other ways. An hour and a half later, I was back on the road. I was very thankful for my safety thus far on my trip, and prayed for continued safety. To my friends and family, please be careful on the road. I love you all and want you to be safe.
So, my car was packed to the rim with all of my stuff that I travel with. It was so stuffed, that I had to put Jack in the front seat next to me. He absolutely hated it! A few hours into the drive, he climbed back into the back seat. He was literally stuck!! I do not know how he got back there. There was literally no room, but he managed to squeeze in somewhere. So, I had to pull over and unpack the car to get him out. It was crazy.

This is seriously one of the most beautiful drives I have ever taken. I drove by Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon dam, Lake Powell, Zions, and Bryce Canyon. It was very scenic. I really enjoyed the drive. Very beautiful. But, it is nice to be home.

Notice: Sex Offender

I just thought that this was so incredibly funny (it probably isn't, but I had to laugh). We got this in the mail the other day. I can honestly say that I have never in my life recieved a sex offender notification in the mail. I mean, what am I supposed to do with this? Move? Oh wait, I am a traveling nurse. I can move in a few weeks!! I guess it is a good thing to know what kind of neighbors you have. In some cases what you don't know can hurt you. It is also good that as a traveling nurse, you can move when you want.
Anyway, life here continues to be so much fun. The weather is starting to get a little hot, but for the most part it is fantastic! We are still doing the same old stuff. Going on walks everyday is my ablsolute favorite things to do. I think Jack tends to agree.