This totally made my day!! Thank you Amy for remembering me all the way over here! Holy crap, I'm a quarter century now! In a whole new age bracket =(
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Pleasant Surprises
This post is a shout out to Amy to say thanks for the pleasant surprise in the mail! It's a little late but better late than never? haha. Anyways I came home from work the other day and found a package waiting for me at the door. I had no idea what it was or who it was from. This is what I found inside:
This totally made my day!! Thank you Amy for remembering me all the way over here! Holy crap, I'm a quarter century now! In a whole new age bracket =(
This totally made my day!! Thank you Amy for remembering me all the way over here! Holy crap, I'm a quarter century now! In a whole new age bracket =(
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Operation Fool Mommy= Success
This past week was awesome. Work Monday, off Tuesday, learn about the M-9 Pistol Wednesday, shoot and play with the M-9 Thursday (I felt like a real military person playing with guns, shooting them, then taking them apart, cleaning them and putting them back together), fly home Thursday night, rehearsal dinner for friend's wedding Friday, Wedding Saturday, and Surprise Bday for Mom (and my 25th birthday) Sunday. What a busy and awesome week! I'm so happy I got to go home, even though it was way too short and I didn't get to spend enough time with my family. The best part though had to be how happy and surprised my mom was.
My mom turned the big 5-0 this year on May 27th. I wasn't home then but I knew I wanted to do something big for her. She has to be the best mom in the whole world. Talented in every single aspect (I can't really think of anything she can't do or learn to do... except maybe fixing cars lol). She's helped me with soo many things, and not only me, but she's a crusader in nature so she helps everyone around her too (whether they ask for it or not). We were throwing her a surprise party the weekend I was coming home for my friend's wedding at Hunan. Usually you can't get anything past my mom or fool her. A lot of the times, she knows what you're gonna do before you do it. Also, since my dad can't keep a secret for the life of him, this party was going to be surprise for him too. My parents thought they were coming to the restaurant for my cousin's graduation party and when we yelled "SURPRISE" my mom was totally confused. She saw the priest from our church and all of our family and was like, "What's going on?" When she finally caught wind of what was going on, she was totally shocked and speechless. Operation Fool Mommy was a success!!! I'm so happy I could finally do something nice for my mom since she's done so much for me. It was really nice being home even though it was only for a short period of time.
My mom turned the big 5-0 this year on May 27th. I wasn't home then but I knew I wanted to do something big for her. She has to be the best mom in the whole world. Talented in every single aspect (I can't really think of anything she can't do or learn to do... except maybe fixing cars lol). She's helped me with soo many things, and not only me, but she's a crusader in nature so she helps everyone around her too (whether they ask for it or not). We were throwing her a surprise party the weekend I was coming home for my friend's wedding at Hunan. Usually you can't get anything past my mom or fool her. A lot of the times, she knows what you're gonna do before you do it. Also, since my dad can't keep a secret for the life of him, this party was going to be surprise for him too. My parents thought they were coming to the restaurant for my cousin's graduation party and when we yelled "SURPRISE" my mom was totally confused. She saw the priest from our church and all of our family and was like, "What's going on?" When she finally caught wind of what was going on, she was totally shocked and speechless. Operation Fool Mommy was a success!!! I'm so happy I could finally do something nice for my mom since she's done so much for me. It was really nice being home even though it was only for a short period of time.
Monday, May 31, 2010
You know work has taken over your life when....
You know work has taken over your life when... you start dreaming about babies and have nightmares about teaching women how to breastfeed! lol. And I'm not kidding, I actually dreamt about this last night! haha Thank God I'm coming home to MD this weekend! Can't wait!!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Sea World
So much to update on but no time! It's been so crazy busy lately. At work, we're either dying from boredom or dying from being too busy. Well, this week was a full moon and all the moms were giving birth. Our entire floor was full and we started doubling up rooms. I was a complete zombie wanting to kill myself by the end of the week.... but that's a different story for another time. This blog is dedicated to Shamu! lol
So my aunt was in town for a work conference. My cousin, who's currently living in LA for school, drove down and the 3 of us got to spend a nice Sunday together. We started out the day going to the NEX (Navy Exchange) so they could go shopping. The NEX is pretty much like a giant Macy's/shopping mall with just about anything you'd be interested in buying. The best part is that everything is at a discounted price AND you don't have to pay tax. I bought my mommy a Coach purse for her 50th birthday and my aunt bought one for herself. After the NEX, we went to Sea World! This was my very first time going to (any) Sea World. I love sea life and dolphins are my favorite animals so I was looking forward to it. It was kinda windy and a little chilly that day but sunshine all around!
The best part was that I got to go in the park for free and I got my aunt and cousin 20% off. Sea World had a "Here's to the Hero" thing going on and gave free admission to all military members. It was so awesome. On top of that, around the park there were signs that read "Here's to the Hero's". And to my surprise, right before the Shamu show, they asked all military personnel past and present to stand up and applauded us. I felt so honored and was so happy to see how much support the troops were getting from Sea World.
The show was great, it felt short but it's amazing how they train these animals. Here are some videos and pictures:
Shamu!
Dolphins!!
So my aunt was in town for a work conference. My cousin, who's currently living in LA for school, drove down and the 3 of us got to spend a nice Sunday together. We started out the day going to the NEX (Navy Exchange) so they could go shopping. The NEX is pretty much like a giant Macy's/shopping mall with just about anything you'd be interested in buying. The best part is that everything is at a discounted price AND you don't have to pay tax. I bought my mommy a Coach purse for her 50th birthday and my aunt bought one for herself. After the NEX, we went to Sea World! This was my very first time going to (any) Sea World. I love sea life and dolphins are my favorite animals so I was looking forward to it. It was kinda windy and a little chilly that day but sunshine all around!
The best part was that I got to go in the park for free and I got my aunt and cousin 20% off. Sea World had a "Here's to the Hero" thing going on and gave free admission to all military members. It was so awesome. On top of that, around the park there were signs that read "Here's to the Hero's". And to my surprise, right before the Shamu show, they asked all military personnel past and present to stand up and applauded us. I felt so honored and was so happy to see how much support the troops were getting from Sea World.
The show was great, it felt short but it's amazing how they train these animals. Here are some videos and pictures:
Shamu!
Dolphins!!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
This one goes out to...
This blog goes out to my family who I miss dearly!
To my dad: who sat down and wrote me a real letter! He even stuck a crisp $20 bill in there and told me not to forget to start saving for retirement! hahaha Oh I love my dad!
To my mom: who never tires of me calling and asking for advice on what to cook or how to cook this and make that. Always there to offer her advice, even if you don't need it =P.
To my sister: who still goes out of her way to do stupid things I request back home. I know times are a little tough now with the job and stress and all but I have all the faith in the world in you. I'm sure I'll be seeing you out here soon ;-)
To the rest of you: miss you guys and I hope to see you out here soon (before they decide they want to deploy me!) lol
To my dad: who sat down and wrote me a real letter! He even stuck a crisp $20 bill in there and told me not to forget to start saving for retirement! hahaha Oh I love my dad!
To my mom: who never tires of me calling and asking for advice on what to cook or how to cook this and make that. Always there to offer her advice, even if you don't need it =P.
To my sister: who still goes out of her way to do stupid things I request back home. I know times are a little tough now with the job and stress and all but I have all the faith in the world in you. I'm sure I'll be seeing you out here soon ;-)
To the rest of you: miss you guys and I hope to see you out here soon (before they decide they want to deploy me!) lol
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Happy Armed Forces Day
I am a couple days late but Happy Armed Forces Day! It's still hard to believe that I am now part of the United States Navy. I am proud to serve my country and the brave men and women who are risking it all to protect our freedom. Here's to all of you!
Friday, May 14, 2010
M*A*S*H* Relay
It's 9:30pm and I am completely exhausted...like wiped out. Why? I have absolutely no idea. I did NOTHING today at work. I had two patients, one of which I saw for a span of 5min before she was discharged to go home. Right now, I'm mainly shadowing since I really don't know what the heck I'm doing. I spent about an hour watching my preceptor trying to help a woman breastfeed. Wtf? I'm supposed to be helping women breastfeed? How the hell am I gonna do that? I've never had kids and this is NOT my specialty area.... oh boy. I'm a med-surg nurse, not a post partum labor & delivery nurse! Before I got here, I was really hoping they would put me in med-surg... that's what I know. But I guess being the baby Ensign and being a FEMALE, they stuck me with the moms and babies. Amy! I need your help! Being on this unit is soooo different from what I'm used to. Aside from the patient population, just one small example... I used to spend about 15min in the supply room looking for the right kind of fluids for my patient because there would be about 20 different kinds to choose from. Normal Saline, D5 and 1/2, Lactated Ringers, .45 NS, on and on. Well, now I only have 2 to choose from and most patients aren't even hooked to an IV. This is going to be one (hopefully just one before I can switch) boring year. Believe it or not, we're one of the busier units in the hospitals because when Marines aren't busy breaking bones and making orthopedic injuries, they are making babies... haha go figure.
Anywho when it was about 10:45, I got changed into my PT gear and went down to the field. For the last day of nurses' week (yay my very first nurses week!!), there was a MASH relay race. I volunteered to do the race with my unit. There's a picture of the race but I can only access it from work so I'll have to save it and post it later. The first station was a "grenade toss" aka throwing a grenade waterballoon and having a team member catch a whole one in a bucket. I got to catch the grenade (and got my shoe soaked) and then I had to do the next station which was a low crawl. Then the next person had to do an "ammo" carry, which was only 2 gallons heavy. Then we had to answer 5 trivia questions and if we got it wrong we had to do 10 push-ups or jumping jacks. When the team answered all 5 questions (or got to 50 pushups lol) the next person had to do a wheelchair race to the next station. After that, the team had to do a litter carry, which is carrying a heavy ass mannequin on a stretcher and running on the track to the next person where we had to splint a person's leg using a board and toilet paper. The last part after that was picking the stretcher back up and running to the finish line. That darn thing was heavier and harder than I anticipated. I felt sooo out of shape. Well, my teammates were hoping to just finish the race but out of 9 teams, we got 3rd place!!!! Woo hooo.
^ litter carry. Lucky we didn't have to wear full gear like that. We got to wear shorts and a T shirt. hehe.
Of course, 1st place was won by the "B52" team which were corpsman from area 52 clinic who did it in their t-shirt with camis, boots and all. They were mocho big bulky guys. They finished in 3min something seconds. I wish I had pictures but hopefully they will post the professional pictures and I can get them then.
Anywho, after that was a BBQ where we got to have burgers and hotdogs. I had both. Real healthy! Then we had to go back to work.... I did absolutely nothing the rest of the day except walk around looking for something to keep myself occupied and watch episodes of 16 and pregnant on MTV. LOL. What a day and yet I'm still exhausted as hell. Tomorrow, I'm bringing a book and PT clothes to exercise. I hope we aren't swamped tomorrow.
*EDIT*
The litter carry picture is cut off but I'm too noob to figure out how to fix it so just click on it to see the full pic. If you are nerdy... I mean expert and cool enough to know how to fix it, please enlighten this "stupid Ensign" =P
Course Layout:
Anywho when it was about 10:45, I got changed into my PT gear and went down to the field. For the last day of nurses' week (yay my very first nurses week!!), there was a MASH relay race. I volunteered to do the race with my unit. There's a picture of the race but I can only access it from work so I'll have to save it and post it later. The first station was a "grenade toss" aka throwing a grenade waterballoon and having a team member catch a whole one in a bucket. I got to catch the grenade (and got my shoe soaked) and then I had to do the next station which was a low crawl. Then the next person had to do an "ammo" carry, which was only 2 gallons heavy. Then we had to answer 5 trivia questions and if we got it wrong we had to do 10 push-ups or jumping jacks. When the team answered all 5 questions (or got to 50 pushups lol) the next person had to do a wheelchair race to the next station. After that, the team had to do a litter carry, which is carrying a heavy ass mannequin on a stretcher and running on the track to the next person where we had to splint a person's leg using a board and toilet paper. The last part after that was picking the stretcher back up and running to the finish line. That darn thing was heavier and harder than I anticipated. I felt sooo out of shape. Well, my teammates were hoping to just finish the race but out of 9 teams, we got 3rd place!!!! Woo hooo.
^ litter carry. Lucky we didn't have to wear full gear like that. We got to wear shorts and a T shirt. hehe.
Of course, 1st place was won by the "B52" team which were corpsman from area 52 clinic who did it in their t-shirt with camis, boots and all. They were mocho big bulky guys. They finished in 3min something seconds. I wish I had pictures but hopefully they will post the professional pictures and I can get them then.
Anywho, after that was a BBQ where we got to have burgers and hotdogs. I had both. Real healthy! Then we had to go back to work.... I did absolutely nothing the rest of the day except walk around looking for something to keep myself occupied and watch episodes of 16 and pregnant on MTV. LOL. What a day and yet I'm still exhausted as hell. Tomorrow, I'm bringing a book and PT clothes to exercise. I hope we aren't swamped tomorrow.
*EDIT*
The litter carry picture is cut off but I'm too noob to figure out how to fix it so just click on it to see the full pic. If you are nerdy... I mean expert and cool enough to know how to fix it, please enlighten this "stupid Ensign" =P
Course Layout:
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