36 hours and no sleep!

I am a sucker. I am horrible at telling people no. Yesterday evening at work the charge nurse asked me to stay on for the night shift and be a one to one for a patient who gets confused and won't stay in bed. Like the sucker I am I said sure. I know how much I hate nights and how I can't sleep during the day and yet I still said yes.

So now I am going on 37 hours with no sleep and probobly should head to bed...however, there is important things to write. Well first off I am officially a NJ resident. I finally went and got my NJ license. That was easy but the sad part is that they took my Oregon license away. I tried to beg them to let me keep it as a momento but they wouldn't budge. The girl next to me took her picture 5 or 6 times while in between each shot she got herself all ready like a model.

I tried to register my car but they seem to think that I owe them tax on a car that I did not buy here. They told me I owed aprox. $600 to register it. I responded with a laugh and an are you kidding me type statement. I explained over and over that the website says that tax is not involved. She wouldn't budge and really couldn't tell me why I had to pay tax...however that every state would charge me tax. Seems a little funny when the money to purchase or sell did not even enter this state.

Needless to say I passed on teh registration. On the way home my sister n law looked on the website and found that under exemption 7 I don't have to pay the tax. Hallelujah. Now if I can only convince them of that when I go back.

This evening I spray painted a bunch of cabinents black for sean's office. They look pretty good I must say :-). I learned from the best....Mom.

Ok now I really must go because my eye's can't see clearly.

Mom comes to town.

For my moms mothers day as well as birthday we flew her to NJ to visit. She came for a week and a half and enjoyed her projects. She redid a table for Jim's apartment, she refinished a dresser for me.

On mothers day we celebrated with a brunch and later a bbq. The day ended up being beautiful but cold. While we waited for the chef to bbq, the rest of us sat by an outside fire.

Before mom left we drove into the city and enjoyed a picnic in Central park. After lunch we walked around and observed all the different people. Then we drove to see Sean's work and have dinner in the city. Mom was very giggly and enjoying herself.

On the way to Sean's office while driving through NY City a cop stepped in front of the car and pointed to the side of the 5 lane road. When I pulled over he came up to the car and explained that he was doing a safety check. There were 3 other cops who had also done the same thing. When he returned from talking with the other cops he came back and said with a serious tone that he was going to have to lock me up. With my luck I was not about to call him out on it, though I thought it had to be a joke. After a minute he smiled and told me he was joking. Then he proceeded to ask me why I would move here from Oregon. My mom decided he liked me and was flirting with me. Pulling a girl over and about giving her a heart attack does not constitute flirting in my book. Just my opinion.

Life is crazy but good!

Well I have not been good on keeping up with my blog since it disappeared. Since I last wrote I have been working a lot, hanging out with my family and waiting on my nursing school applications. Work is going very well. I am looking forward to a class that I am taking next week. This class teaches accuchecks which means I get to poke people with a needle to test their blood sugar levels. It also teaches me how to poke people with a needle again but this time to draw blood :-). Lastly I get to learn how to perform EKG's which detects and records the electrical activity of the heart. This is the final training that I will take before nursing school. The great thing is these are things I would have to learn in Nursing school so one less thing to worry about.

Of late, at work, I have become married, come from tennessee and turned back into time to when I was 17 or 18 years old. The marriage occured when I was working as a one-to-one with a lady who was not all there. When the doctor was in the room she decided he must be my husband and the doctor played right along with it. This ladies roommate decided that I was the girl from tennessee. She referred to me as that small girl from tenessee. Lastly everyone thinks that I am 17 or 18. When I tell them I am 29 they are all suprised. Now I use it to my advantage with the incoragable old men and it keeps them in check.

Nursing school scores

I received my nursing entrance test scores and I passed. Ok well you only need a 50 or 60 to pass which I did. Now the question is did I get high enough scores compared with the others who applied. On the test for Muhlenberg school of nursing I received an 87. They have made it sound like it is my spot to give away. So now I am just in the waiting game but should know in 2-3 weeks.

Happy Birthday and Mothers day Mom

We flew my mom out to NY for her birthday/Mothers day gift. Little does she know that while she is away we have someone going into the condo and repairing some broken items as well as receiving a brand new dishwasher and stove. We have wanted to do this for a while but she tells us she will turn them around and send them right back out. So what better time then now when she is unsuspecting. Once she see's them in the kitchen she will love them. Now mind you she has been living with a broken stove and dishwasher for some time.

Today while I was at work she came over and worked her magic. She finished the painting in my room that I have been unable to finish with all the nursing school apps and the 60 hour work weeks. She also is refinishing a used dresser that I bought. She sure likes her projects.

My blog disappeared but is now back

So for some reason my blog just disappeared off the face of the earth. No reason why and no notice. This makes me sad because that means I have lost my journal of my drive here. I am trying to reach google but they are of no help so far.

So to all of you still interested in this crazy life of mine...I am back.

SaraJane