Saturday, November 29, 2008

Hiking in the great outdoors

How could something so beautiful be 4.7 miles away from my apartment and I not even know about it!? Today my roommate and Lisa a classmate of mine went hiking at a place that leads to an old ranch. There are so many different trails you can take depending on how many miles you want to hike. We hiked/walked 2.5 miles which doesn't seem like much but when you are horribly out of shape like I am, it was a workout! I absolutely love the fact that there are so many things to do around here and it was a sunny 73 degrees! I love the outdoors!!

I never thought...

I would ever see this again in my life time! Gas under $2.00 a gallon...AWESOME! Trading my SUV in was the best thing I could have done a year ago and driving a hybrid has saved me so much money. This week I filled up for $17 whoohoo!!!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Straight Up & Dirty


I am reading this awesome book and had to share this little part with you all now. I went on a few dates a couple months ago and the guy didn't even offer to pick me up but told me where to meet him, ha!! SO this is what I should have said....

"So here's the deal. I'm a big believer that the man should treat the woman as is she's the good china: he's got to use both hands. I believe in chivalry, in "can I pick you up?" vs. "The Bowery (restaurant)". I believe in a man treating me like I'm special, and when that happens, I'm all too willing to spring "over the top", let me give it back tenfold position. But when I don't get it, I don't stick around to respond to anything tenfold. All I want to do is run."

More to come on this book, but in the mean time buy it yourself! I got my copy on amazon.com for $0.01+ $3.99 shipping. Awesome!

Big & "Bad" Hips

It's very said to say these words at age 26, but my "good" hip is now hurting. That must mean that I have a bad hip? Yes, I do in fact have a bad hip. In high school I was one busy girl, cheerleading, track band, StuCo, you name it I was involved. On top of all those activities, I still worked part time at least 3 days a week. So one day at work I bent down to pick something up and when I stood up I couldn't walk. I mean, I literally had to drag my right leg with me. So the next morning I went to the Athletic Trainer at school and he could not figure out what was wrong with me. That day at school consisted of me dragging my leg around with me and my "friends" laughing hysterically at me. It was kinda a funny sight. I then went to my general practitioner, and shocker they knew nothing about joints, muscles or even how to test them (that's what PT's are for!) anyways, it all resolved itself and every once in a while since then my hip will get locked up and take me a minute to walk.
Within the last year, sitting in class for hours a day, my hip started locking up a lot more frequently especially when I sit to take a test, and we take a million tests. I can deal with getting up from sitting and limping around for a minute or two. What I can't handle is my left hip is now aching and I have to lift it into my car!
So I saw a few doctors this week for some crazy symptoms I was having. Since I was so busy telling the doc I thought I was having either a stroke, heart attack or had a brain tumor, I thought they would think I was crazy if I told them I might need a total hip replacement too, so I left that little detail out.
Yes I am definitely a hypochondriac thanks to learning too much in school, but something is seriously wrong with my damn left hip now!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Dx: Stress Reaction AKA Perfectionist

"There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions"
I have never considered myself to be a perfectionist, but recently it has occurred to me that I might actually be one in certain situations. I consider myself a very determined and ambitious person and want to be viewed as such. I had an anxiety attack this week and it wasn't fun, it made me realize that I am way too hard on myself! I don't know when this began but I always strive to do the best that I can with any job I have had, even when it was at Sonic drive-in during high school. I guess my lack of trust in people has rolled over into thinking people might not trust my word either. I am a VERY honest person and really don't know how to be anything but honest, it just doesn't come natural to me to be anything but honest. I know some people feel it is easier to give an excuse that might seem harmless verses just saying I don't really want to or I just can't make it because of this...but it makes me not trust people even more. I like the truth regardless of what it is!!Thanks, bye.

Rustic Tomato....


All I have to say is Rustic tomato soup from BoudinSF restaurant is absolutely AMAZING! I don't even like tomato soup but this is to die for! Thanks Kel for intro ducting me to this yummyness! If you have a Boudin near you, run out NOW and get some! You won't be disappointed!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Nifty Nifty look who's 50!

My wonderful, amazing and beautiful mommy!!! I hope I look this good at 50!

Friday, November 14, 2008

80's Kid


My sister and I used to collect Garbage pail kid cards. My sister had more than me because most of them grossed me out and gave me the hebee jebees. Things like that still do....Anyways I can across some of these pictures and it totally brought back memories. My dad actually hated these cards so much, he ended up buying them from us so we were more willing to give them up. The stores stopped selling them too, not sure if you can still find them anywhere??

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Wedding Weekend in Dallas

My younger brother got married this past weekend in Dallas. It was a very nice wedding and I am really happy for him! Gage was one of the ring bearers and was the cutest thing ever! It's amazing how much this kid has changed in just 2 months since the last time I saw him...SO smart, cuddly and loving.So if you ever wonder where I get my craziness from, spend one day with my amazing fam!

I wouldn't want it any other way!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Booking a plane ticket 101

Apparently my mom and I just can't get it right....Due to a few mistakes while booking plane tickets, the following has resulted:

~$150 additional to change a plane ticket that I booked to depart from my destination airport vs. the departing city.
~Returning home at 10PM instead of 10AM...AND then getting delayed and returning home at 2:30AM instead, getting 3 hours of sleep and then working a 12 hour shift for my internship.

How else do you learn but through trial and error... MAYBE next time we will get it right...

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Off to the little bro's Wedding!!

I am so looking forward to this weekend in Dallas! I get to see family from both my mom and dad's side that I haven't seen in years! Plus Monday I get to hangout with one of my best friends Jenny, she is driving in from Tyler for some shopping and Dallas touring!!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Monday, November 3, 2008

Mr. Clean

The little cutie pie turned 3 years old two months ago today. For his birthday he got a lot of awesome gifts like the bike below... You would think that he would be all over that really cool bike BUT he also got the gift he has been bagging mommy to buy him....
Yes, that's a vacuum! I mentioned that this little guy has OCD right? His mommy also informed me that he was cleaning the walls in his room with a towel today...such a big helper! Such a cool kid, I love him to death!!

The whorest day of the year...

Halloween! It's the only day of the year that people get to dress up in very revealing clothing and it is acceptable. I really enjoy this holiday because it's always a lot of fun to see how creative some people can be.


This year I went up to West Hollywood with the very entertaining girls above! Had a great time! West Hollywood is known for it's predominately gay community so it was definitely interesting and entertaining. WHY are all the Hot one's Gay!?!?!? On another note. Below is my Ninja Turtle brother! He's Raphael (2nd from left)and the other's are his Architect Co-workers...yes these are professional men.




PT Intern

So I officially started my first internship today at the hospital.
Likes:
~minimal homework
~minimal studying
~walking all day vs. sitting on my butt in class
~Hot Doctors walking the halls
~putting my education to work
~feeling like a real PT
~the possibility of observing surgeries
~only 3 miles from my apartment
~Fridays OFF!! 3 day weekends continue!

Dislikes:
~12 hour shifts
~the constant smell of poop
~the smell of urine
~weird substances in tubes
~lifting extremely heavy limbs
~documentation

ALL in ALL I really like my site and Clinical instructor, I will learn a lot from her! And she's a green personality, YAY! (see venting blog)