For GM:

The hospital has enough call rooms. They give the residents key cards like at a hotel. then when the resident is done with them they put them in a big box. Well the office staff LOST KEVIN’S KEY CARD. so the next time he went to go get a key they said he didn’t return his card so he had to pay $10 to get a room. Which is not going to happen so Kevin didn’t get a room. Instead he went in search of a couch. He complained to the chief and the chief was livid. Unfortunately they are still working on the issue so Sunday night he didn’t get a room again. Hopefully by Thursday everythign will be worked out because he has call again. ahhh the life of an intern.

This week has been a hard one. On Sunday I was substituting for Kevin teaching his Sunday school class when I got a phone call (resulting in lots of giggles from the 12/13 year olds). It was on vibrate and the only reason why I carried it was because Kevin was gone and it’s nice to send texts to each other. Anyway I digress. The call was from my mom, then another from my aunt telling my that my grandfather had passed away.

5 weeks ago I had the opportunity to go and say goodbye to him but it was still hard knowing my children will not get to hear his jokes or play with him. I however didn’t feel sad in a way because a) I knew he was out of pain and b) Thanks to the plan of salvation I know I’ll see him again.

Thanks to aunt Kim I was able to fly out on Wednesday for the funeral. We had a nice time reuniting with family and reminicing about Avi. For those who don’t know him a few things. He was the first Spanish (meaning Spain) convert in the modern era.  He was asked by Pres. Spencer W. Kimball to move to Spain in 1968 to help with the church growth there. From his one person there are now over 47,000 memebers of the church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) there.

Here’s his Obituary. Such a cool guy.

While we were at the luncheon after the funeral I got a text from my husband saying “tell me you love me more than anything else in the world.”  I immediately knew something was wrong. On the way home from being on call someone cut him off and he was in an accident. The van’s (MY van) is severely damaged and it will probably be 3+ weeks before it is fixed. Sigh.

I have a newer and more personal respect for the families in Africa that walk to church every Sunday. We did it today and it took 45 min (Yeah it’s call Kevin working with the one car). Although it probably would have taken a bit less time we just didn’t want to be entirely sweaty and nasty upon our arrival to church. The kids did great singing Called to Serve and Teach me to walk in the light the whole way. Breezy also really likes the stroller. It was actually really fun doing it. Next week we’ll rent a car for a few days due to KinderCamp for Megan and a Doc appt for Breezy.

To they say that major stressors in life are the following

1. loss of a job —check

2. Starting a new job — check

3. Vehicle accident –check

4. New baby — check

5. New move –check

6. Death in the family —check

There were a couple of more that we were joking about but I can’t remember what they were right now.

Oddly enough it doesn’t matter. None of it does. We’ve got each other and are valuing our precious few hours we get together. He’s on call again tonight and again on Thursday. and nope dad he didn’t get a call room again tonight. stupid hospital.

So last night’s SYTYCD. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this show. They made it soooo much better last night. the had ALVIN AILEY, YES ALVIN AILEY there performing. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Alvin Ailey was my first introduction to contemporary dance (although I guess technically they do have many ballets, just not the point work that is normally considered ballet). This is why I love contemporary dance. Alvin Ailey is sooooo beautiful in it’s dancing. Truly beautiful.

oh but then they go and ruin it with having musical performances. Seriously they should just have dancing all the time.

Alvin Ailey… sigh (good sigh). Still hankering to go to a performance again. One day I will. EVERY TIME THEY COME TO TOWN. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

a bit of last night’s goodness

I’m all done

How old are you?

4

Ok take 4 more big bites.

I can’t take big bites I only have little baby cheeks. They don’t hold a lot of food.

sigh. fine.

I had to take this quiz. I’m addicted to dancing. I love watching it, I love dancing in my livingroom… one note though. One of the questions in the quiz is how someone would describe my dancing…. um I put impressive meaning that they would be completely and utterly sarcastic. I love it but I can’t do it.

You Are Ballroom Dancing

You are sophisticated and classy. Definitely not the type to be seen dancing on a bar. You are a bit old fashioned. You prefer dance to be subtly sexy, not in your face sexy. You are sentimental and nostalgic. You appreciate the beauty of old things. You are even tempered and cooperative. You work well with a partner.

What Dance Are You?

Kaori posted this on her blog and I thought I’d try it out. Pretty true. As for the last line does having a husband in residency count as being single?

What Your Fridge Says About You

You don’t need a lot of stuff to be happy. There isn’t a greedy bone in your body. You are a very thrifty person. You don’t like to waste money… or food. You are a very adventurous person. You love to try new things, and you get bored very easily. You try to be responsible, but you don’t always succeed. Your heart is in the right place though. You are likely single - and a workaholic.

What Do the Contents of Your Refrigerator Say About You?

Last night I thought the baby monitor was going off. Instead it was the video of my daughters going on. My dear love was sitting watching it. He started residency this Tuesday. Each day he’s out of the house by 6am. Tuesday he got home around 7. Wednesday 9, yesterday he was home at 6:30 for our 30 min dinner, although he was on the phone the whole time because he got paged. Then he had to head back to the hospital at 7. Didn’t get home until 9:40. Poor thing. I’ve been filming for him. If I post an abnormal amount of videos it isn’t for you it’s for him. He held breezy yesterday during the few moments he was home and she immediately curled into him, the laid sideways for him to put her to sleep. The she twisted her head to make sure it was him, then fell asleep. It was adorable. He held her the whole time he was on the phone. I love my husband so much. We’ll see him on Saturday. He’s got call today.

I saw this a bit ago when they installed one in samoa. Now on to Ghana. I want one for my back yard. If the kids don’t do it, I would, exercise you know. With benefits.  Go engineers

Check it out!

Siblings think “I know a song that will get on your nerves, I know a song that will get on your nerves…” (for those not of my family the above song was sung over and over and over by my younger brother to my mother) Megan sings this song over and over and over…. then she sang it to Breezy. The duet threw me over the edge.

To make it worse I was transfering the video into mp3 so I can upload it and Megan said “I remember when I was singing that song to Breezy.” Then she goes and does it. They are still going in the other room. cring… Yes and I already know the annoying comments floating in my sibs head… “singing like a lady.” groan.

During the primaries as I listened to people who I mostly had no clue who they were (yet) I thought to myself, yeah I like Mitt and I like Obama. They seemed intelligent and put together. I didn’t like McCain. I actually still don’t. Obama though, well he flat out terrifies me now. i know many of the people who read this are actually in his camp but let me tell you some of the things of why I can never vote for him and why I will do what I can so he doesn’t get elected. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. I didn’t know this when I thought I would vote for Obama. Now…
1. In a recent American Spectator piece, American Values policy analyst Daniel Allott profiles activist abortion survivor Gianna Jessen and notes that “[a]s an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama twice opposed legislation to define as ‘persons’ babies who survive late-term abortions” and declared that even having “wholly emerged from their mother’s wombs”  they are not “deserving of equal protection under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment”: (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Obama has stated that a fetus that is born alive should be left unattended to die as the mother intended.)

Well into her third trimester of pregnancy, Gianna’s biological mother was injected with a saline solution intended to induce a chemical abortion at a Los Angeles County abortion center. Eighteen hours later, and precious minutes before the abortionist’s arrival, Gianna emerged. Premature and with severe injuries that resulted in cerebral palsy. But alive.

Had the abortionist been present at her birth, Gianna would have been killed, perhaps by suffocation. As it was, a startled nurse called an ambulance, and Gianna was rushed to a nearby hospital, where, weighing just two pounds, she was placed in an incubator, then, months later, in foster care.

Gianna survived then, and thrives now, because, as she told me recently with a laugh, “I guess I don’t die easy.” Which is what the abortionist might have thought as he signed his victim’s birth certificate. Gianna’s medical records state that she was “born during saline abortion.” …

Gianna Jessen, who turned 31 last month, plans not to support Obama.

also: In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions. That same year a similar federal law, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, was signed by President Bush. Only 15 members of the U.S. House opposed it, and it passed the Senate unanimously on a voice vote.Both the Illinois and the federal bill sought equal treatment for babies who survived premature inducement for the purpose of abortion and wanted babies who were born prematurely and given live-saving medical attention. First time the bill went up Obama voted present and the second he voted no against the bill.

 

2. Buying Hillary for $10,000,000. Creepy.

3. Reverand Wright…. um what does he really believe? He’s an obvious and brilliant politico, he gets rid of people quite expediantly when it suits his purposes.

4. Jon and Stef some friends from college (stef was a roommate) had some intereting things to say about the marriage protection act. Read Stef’s personal voyage on the defense of marriage act then Jon’s piece of LDS Church vs Barack Obama on Same-Sex Marriage .

For those in the Obama camp. You are welcome to your opinion. I’ve just listed a few things that concern me. There are many many more but here’s a start. Read the links before commenting.