Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Vday thanks!
Also a quick thank you to everyone who has given us Vday gifts! :) We plan to go out to an early dinner tomorrow and then come home so I can study, so romantic I know! We will watch our movies (Vickie) when I have a break from tests and get snacks to munch on too (Grams).
Twas the day before Valentines Day
Hey guys, its been a few weeks now since I have posted! I can tell Winter is nearing an end and Spring is trying to show its sunshiny face! The temperature is in the 20's- 40's!
I still haven't done any apartment pictures... sorry, guess that means you just need to come visit us! But seriously as soon as I find my camera charger I will take pictures and post them! Things in the apartment are coming along. The small bathroom is almost finished. I choose a great grey for the walls with white trim, I love it! Nick has done 90% of the the remodel. That includes patching, painting, laying floor boards, building things, etc. I really don't know what he does but he is filthy dirty at the end of the day so I guess he calls it work! :).. Murph and I do a good job at staying out of the way during all of this!
Nick has gone fishing 1x since living here and caught an 18" Trout. His goal is to catch a Steelhead, but we heard from a friend it took him 3 years to catch his first steelhead!
Nick also got the flu 2 weeks ago for about 3 days. He was miserable and sicker than sick! On a Wednesday he went back to work and worked through the weekend to make up the days missed. (Workaholic)!
Murph enjoys going downstairs to the drug store whenever possible to check out the updates on the remodel. He is so cute he makes his rounds of the store sniffing every inch and when he is done he comes back to us like, "ok guys good job, ill be back to inspect another day." He enjoys sleeping on the couch most of the day! I am excited to take him out walking when the weather warms up a little!
As for me.... School school school and working 2 days a week at the Little Pig in Baker. Originally I had thought I would be working at the clinic in Union but that has not panned out as planned so for now I will be mostly job shadowing, which is still great experience. Classes are a little tougher than I had anticipated but I am doing well enough :)! I have applied to a nursing school at Blue Mountain Community College. Its based strictly on a point system and they only take 16 applicants so keep good thoughts I get at least an interview! The point system includes GPA, % of prereqs completed by Fall '12, work experience, other degrees. Its all very competitive many people get straight A's and I am not one of those so that lowers my poinnts! I still aspire to do Physician Assistant but am coming to see that RN leading into Nurse Practitioner may be a more likely option. There is no time limit on finishing classes and no required job experience hours (however you get more points with job experience) so these are benefits! I am going to get my CNA license over the summer however and work as a CNA to help with my "points" for applications. I have been working ~3x a week which is a much improvement from our time in Salem! :) I am loving it! Now if I just drank less beer I might see some changes ;-)!
Nick and I are enjoying Union a lot. As of right now we do laundry at my Grandma Mabel's and eat dinner with her about 1x per week. We have dinner and game night with my mom in Baker 1x per week and typically grab a beer with my dad 1-2x per week! Nick has continued with the Chamber Of Commerce and we hope to get involved in the school for coaching and so forth once the remodel is done! Next Monday we are both taking a CPR/ First Aid class to renew our licensees!
I think that is all for us here! :) I promise pictures will come soon!
I still haven't done any apartment pictures... sorry, guess that means you just need to come visit us! But seriously as soon as I find my camera charger I will take pictures and post them! Things in the apartment are coming along. The small bathroom is almost finished. I choose a great grey for the walls with white trim, I love it! Nick has done 90% of the the remodel. That includes patching, painting, laying floor boards, building things, etc. I really don't know what he does but he is filthy dirty at the end of the day so I guess he calls it work! :).. Murph and I do a good job at staying out of the way during all of this!
Nick has gone fishing 1x since living here and caught an 18" Trout. His goal is to catch a Steelhead, but we heard from a friend it took him 3 years to catch his first steelhead!
Nick also got the flu 2 weeks ago for about 3 days. He was miserable and sicker than sick! On a Wednesday he went back to work and worked through the weekend to make up the days missed. (Workaholic)!
Murph enjoys going downstairs to the drug store whenever possible to check out the updates on the remodel. He is so cute he makes his rounds of the store sniffing every inch and when he is done he comes back to us like, "ok guys good job, ill be back to inspect another day." He enjoys sleeping on the couch most of the day! I am excited to take him out walking when the weather warms up a little!
As for me.... School school school and working 2 days a week at the Little Pig in Baker. Originally I had thought I would be working at the clinic in Union but that has not panned out as planned so for now I will be mostly job shadowing, which is still great experience. Classes are a little tougher than I had anticipated but I am doing well enough :)! I have applied to a nursing school at Blue Mountain Community College. Its based strictly on a point system and they only take 16 applicants so keep good thoughts I get at least an interview! The point system includes GPA, % of prereqs completed by Fall '12, work experience, other degrees. Its all very competitive many people get straight A's and I am not one of those so that lowers my poinnts! I still aspire to do Physician Assistant but am coming to see that RN leading into Nurse Practitioner may be a more likely option. There is no time limit on finishing classes and no required job experience hours (however you get more points with job experience) so these are benefits! I am going to get my CNA license over the summer however and work as a CNA to help with my "points" for applications. I have been working ~3x a week which is a much improvement from our time in Salem! :) I am loving it! Now if I just drank less beer I might see some changes ;-)!
Nick and I are enjoying Union a lot. As of right now we do laundry at my Grandma Mabel's and eat dinner with her about 1x per week. We have dinner and game night with my mom in Baker 1x per week and typically grab a beer with my dad 1-2x per week! Nick has continued with the Chamber Of Commerce and we hope to get involved in the school for coaching and so forth once the remodel is done! Next Monday we are both taking a CPR/ First Aid class to renew our licensees!
I think that is all for us here! :) I promise pictures will come soon!
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