Yeah! It's that time again, I love Awesome and Awkward Thursdays!
Really only one awkward, and lots of awesome this week.
It's awkward being sick, it's a good reminder to me as a nurse how the people I take care of feel, sometimes everyday. I know I will get well, but some of them never will. What's awkward is that if I sit still and do nothing I feel ok, but any exertion makes me short of breath and triggers coughing fits, so people that see me tell me "you don't look sick". I think it is supposed to be a compliment, but it is just awkward, I want to say something rude asking about when they got their astute assessment skills and the X-Ray vision to look in side my chest and see the pneumonia, but I refrain, that would just be rude.
Now for the Awesomeness!!!! The days are kind of out of order, but awesome nonetheless!
Seeing all my kids this weekend, at least for a minute. We called ourselves team hope and had purple t-shirts made. After the 5 of us running finished the rock n roll on Saturday we took a picture of our whole family in our team hope T-shirts to show support for the fight against pancreatic cancer and illustrate our hope for my dad to beat it. Steven, being a died in the wool WSU coug refused to actually put the purple on, he did hold it up for the picture. We later went and had dinner and finished up swimming in the pool at the Ramada where Mark and kellie were staying.
Our roof got refinished. Huge and awesome thanks to my kids that were able to help, especially Greg and Tyla for all their "roof time" many they really ripped that t hing up and got down to business fixing it before others could even get here to help. It was wonderful they were willing to do that and I am very grateful to them.
All of my kids and families got a chance to spend time with my dad this week, we had a BBQ last Sunday that was awesome.
After a rocky start due to miscommunication we had a totally awesome day with my mom Thursday (aka grandma Knight). We kayaked, had icecream at her shop, BBQ'd and the chainsaw artist across the street did a special demonstration for us and we watched as he carved bears out of wood for the 3 oldest grandkids. Definately the highlight of the day, then we walked on the beach collecting shells and finished off roasting huge marshmallows. Quite an awesome day. Thanks mom and Richard!
Friday was awesome because we took our grandsons on the Ferry for the first time ever. They got bored kind of fast, but it was still cool. We all picked up our packets at the fitness expo, along with a ton of healthy samples and the kids made signs supporting the runners. Over all another awesome day. Oh yea, we went to dinner at the spagetti factory and the kids went to see Cars II with grandpa (I was tired by then).
Last but not least I finished my BSN last Wednesday, YEAH, that was extra awesome. Special thanks to Bob for his support on that one, love you baby!
It was so great to have everyone here even though some of the trips were quick, and some went home with a few blisters as souveniers:). Thanks to all of you that made the effort for it to happen, Love you all!!!!
Sitting around getting well this week is probably going to lead to a pretty boring awkward and awesome Thursday next week, unless something unexpected happens.....
This is my favorite picture of me and my dad....a long time ago. Miss you dad
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Once again, what was I thinking?
OK. so perhpas running a strenuous 10K followed by replacing my roof, going kayaking then running a 1/2 marathon in a 2 week time period was a bit much. Maybe I didn't notice I was feeling the greatest because all of my family was here to visit so I thought I was just tired. They obviously provided a great distraction, because I didn't even realize I was sick before the half marathon yesterday.
After the half I didn't feel so great, but actually I felt a lot better than I did last year, it was until the evening that my body succombed and said I had abused it enough. I thought a good nights sleep and getting some fluids in me would fix everything. Apparently not...I could bearly get out of bed this morning, still thinking that the nausea and headache and overall body pains were from dehydration and being poorly prepared for the run I pushed through today, I had my sons and Bob give me a blesing before they left for the airport.
I was actually waking up a little to think clearer by the time Bob got back from the airport, I got a little fluids in, and asked me if I wanted him to take me to the hospital. I declined initially, but then after talking with my dad, and him warning be how careful I should be after running to take care of myself (he had a friend develop serious problems after running) I decided I just felt a lot lousier than I should be feeling a day out from the race.
Guess what, when you tell the people you have chest pain when you breath you get triaged and taken to a room really quickly. They were talking rhabdo and renal failure and I was thinking oh crap, what have I done? But after a liter of fluid my urine looked pretty dang good and all of my labs were good, except my white blood cell count was elevated so the doctor decided to do the chest X-ray that he had talked about initiallly. Turns out I have walking pneumonia, although in my case that would be running pneumonia, he couldn't believe I ran a half marathon with pneumonia, no wonder I felt like dirt! After a liter of fluid and antibiotics I would like to say I am feeling a lot better, but I am not really, my chest hurts like crazy, but I am no longer nauseated or dizzy. I am to follow up with my regular doctor tomorrow.
Never before would I have been glad to hear a diagnosis of pneomonia. Know why I am glad this time? cause it means I am not just and out of shape old lady that didn't prepare well enough, I am someone stupid enought to not recognize I had pneumonia and run a half marathon with it, as a nurse that is just embarassing. I have to admit, I wanted to run that race with my kids so badly I probably would have tried to run it even if I had known.
Other than the pneumonia thing this has been a great week, I had a great visit with my kids, got a lot accomplished and I finished my BSN!!!! YEAH!!!
I think I have realized that when I don't want to face the truth I just don't think about the facts of the situation, so the question
"what was I thinking" can easily answered by saying "I was seriously trying not to think, because I didn't like the answers I got when I thought"
Hope everyone had a great week! I miss my family, but it is definately time for me to rest
After the half I didn't feel so great, but actually I felt a lot better than I did last year, it was until the evening that my body succombed and said I had abused it enough. I thought a good nights sleep and getting some fluids in me would fix everything. Apparently not...I could bearly get out of bed this morning, still thinking that the nausea and headache and overall body pains were from dehydration and being poorly prepared for the run I pushed through today, I had my sons and Bob give me a blesing before they left for the airport.
I was actually waking up a little to think clearer by the time Bob got back from the airport, I got a little fluids in, and asked me if I wanted him to take me to the hospital. I declined initially, but then after talking with my dad, and him warning be how careful I should be after running to take care of myself (he had a friend develop serious problems after running) I decided I just felt a lot lousier than I should be feeling a day out from the race.
Guess what, when you tell the people you have chest pain when you breath you get triaged and taken to a room really quickly. They were talking rhabdo and renal failure and I was thinking oh crap, what have I done? But after a liter of fluid my urine looked pretty dang good and all of my labs were good, except my white blood cell count was elevated so the doctor decided to do the chest X-ray that he had talked about initiallly. Turns out I have walking pneumonia, although in my case that would be running pneumonia, he couldn't believe I ran a half marathon with pneumonia, no wonder I felt like dirt! After a liter of fluid and antibiotics I would like to say I am feeling a lot better, but I am not really, my chest hurts like crazy, but I am no longer nauseated or dizzy. I am to follow up with my regular doctor tomorrow.
Never before would I have been glad to hear a diagnosis of pneomonia. Know why I am glad this time? cause it means I am not just and out of shape old lady that didn't prepare well enough, I am someone stupid enought to not recognize I had pneumonia and run a half marathon with it, as a nurse that is just embarassing. I have to admit, I wanted to run that race with my kids so badly I probably would have tried to run it even if I had known.
Other than the pneumonia thing this has been a great week, I had a great visit with my kids, got a lot accomplished and I finished my BSN!!!! YEAH!!!
I think I have realized that when I don't want to face the truth I just don't think about the facts of the situation, so the question
"what was I thinking" can easily answered by saying "I was seriously trying not to think, because I didn't like the answers I got when I thought"
Hope everyone had a great week! I miss my family, but it is definately time for me to rest
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Awesome and Awkward Thursday
I had to review last weeks blog as I had a deja vu with my first awkward item...not the same, but very similar
Awkard
Once again sitting in a computer lab with a total stranger, for 6 hours this time. Different lab and different stranger, but every bit as awkward. This one wasn't talking on the phone, we just didn't seem to have anything in common, she was single, older, never married pediatric nurse. It was one of those situations where you keep throwing questions out there to start a conversation and you get yes or no answers, I finally gave up. To make it worse she seemed to know everyone that came in, and she spoke freely to them, so it was just me she didn't want to talk to. We did have 6 people come in so there were some breaks in the awkwardness.
The rest of the week falls in to the Awesome category!!!!
I tried to call in sick on FMLA for only a few hours to go to a doctors appointment with my dad, but there wasn't a lot of notice (there was a mix up in communication, my fault) but they told told me it would be much easier if I just took the whole day off, rather than trying to get someone to cover part of my shift.....OK, twist my arm. Dad is tolerating the chemo well, which is very awesome.
Arianne agreed to cover part of my shift on Sunday so I can go to church with my dad and husband for fathers day!
Greg and Tyla got here with the boys, so that is mega awesome!!!!
We (meaning Greg and Tyla) are replacing our roof, it's hardwork, but it is awesome because we need it so badly.
The weather is almost summer like so we aren't getting rained on while we do the roof!
The rest of my kids are coming throughout the next week. Also awesome!
Oh yeah, and I ran the sound to narrows 12k in 1hour 36 minutes, very sore afterwards because of the hills, but that was also awesome!
Thankfully there is way more awesome stuff right now than awkward, let's hope it stays that way!
Awkard
Once again sitting in a computer lab with a total stranger, for 6 hours this time. Different lab and different stranger, but every bit as awkward. This one wasn't talking on the phone, we just didn't seem to have anything in common, she was single, older, never married pediatric nurse. It was one of those situations where you keep throwing questions out there to start a conversation and you get yes or no answers, I finally gave up. To make it worse she seemed to know everyone that came in, and she spoke freely to them, so it was just me she didn't want to talk to. We did have 6 people come in so there were some breaks in the awkwardness.
The rest of the week falls in to the Awesome category!!!!
I tried to call in sick on FMLA for only a few hours to go to a doctors appointment with my dad, but there wasn't a lot of notice (there was a mix up in communication, my fault) but they told told me it would be much easier if I just took the whole day off, rather than trying to get someone to cover part of my shift.....OK, twist my arm. Dad is tolerating the chemo well, which is very awesome.
Arianne agreed to cover part of my shift on Sunday so I can go to church with my dad and husband for fathers day!
Greg and Tyla got here with the boys, so that is mega awesome!!!!
We (meaning Greg and Tyla) are replacing our roof, it's hardwork, but it is awesome because we need it so badly.
The weather is almost summer like so we aren't getting rained on while we do the roof!
The rest of my kids are coming throughout the next week. Also awesome!
Oh yeah, and I ran the sound to narrows 12k in 1hour 36 minutes, very sore afterwards because of the hills, but that was also awesome!
Thankfully there is way more awesome stuff right now than awkward, let's hope it stays that way!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Awesome and Awkward Thursday
Time for another awkward and awesome post, it's always interesting to look at what's been going on and think about how I really felt about it
Awkward first....
Annual physical with pap smear....need I say more?
Waiting in a very small library to teach people about a new computer program with an IT person from another facility I had never met before for 6 hours.... and only one person showed up to be taught. This IT person took calls about computer problems all day, so carrying on a conversation didn't really work. I finally gave up and read an entire book. Good thing we were in a library.
This one was probably more awkward for my dad, and he will kill me for putting it on here, but he had a "sore" on his butt....I had to look to make sure it wasn't infected (it was just a cyst, I am sure he is happy for everyone to know that), I am a nurse so I look at peoples bodies all the time, but telling my dad to drop his pants so I could see his butt was a little awkward. Thankfully he doesn't have a gross, dirty or hairy butt, that would have been REALLY awkward.
Awesome
My mom had an idea for geoduck icecream a while back and it was a hit! Yeah mom!
I got my assignment turned in early so I could go to see Pirates of the Carribean with Bob:) always fun.
Making plans for the kids to come next week!!!!! That is actually MORE than awesome!!!!
Only 2 more assignments (after the one I am turning in today) and I will graduate with my BSN!!!!!
Signed up to run the Tacoma Sound to Narrows on Saturday!
Listened to several hours of my Time Out for Women CD, and remembered why I am so glad there are events like that to lift me, and other up, what a blessing, I felt totally optomisitc and ready to take on the world after that!
Overall lots more awesome than awkwsard this week, which is always a good thing. Time to knock out my second to last assignment, a powerpoint so I can relax with my husband tonight, and work on some of the cleaning I need to do before my family arrives. I have given up on getting it as good as I have in the past, but they are here to see us, not our house, right? If I am wrong that will be in next weeks Awkward section.
Awkward first....
Annual physical with pap smear....need I say more?
Waiting in a very small library to teach people about a new computer program with an IT person from another facility I had never met before for 6 hours.... and only one person showed up to be taught. This IT person took calls about computer problems all day, so carrying on a conversation didn't really work. I finally gave up and read an entire book. Good thing we were in a library.
This one was probably more awkward for my dad, and he will kill me for putting it on here, but he had a "sore" on his butt....I had to look to make sure it wasn't infected (it was just a cyst, I am sure he is happy for everyone to know that), I am a nurse so I look at peoples bodies all the time, but telling my dad to drop his pants so I could see his butt was a little awkward. Thankfully he doesn't have a gross, dirty or hairy butt, that would have been REALLY awkward.
Awesome
My mom had an idea for geoduck icecream a while back and it was a hit! Yeah mom!
I got my assignment turned in early so I could go to see Pirates of the Carribean with Bob:) always fun.
Making plans for the kids to come next week!!!!! That is actually MORE than awesome!!!!
Only 2 more assignments (after the one I am turning in today) and I will graduate with my BSN!!!!!
Signed up to run the Tacoma Sound to Narrows on Saturday!
Listened to several hours of my Time Out for Women CD, and remembered why I am so glad there are events like that to lift me, and other up, what a blessing, I felt totally optomisitc and ready to take on the world after that!
Overall lots more awesome than awkwsard this week, which is always a good thing. Time to knock out my second to last assignment, a powerpoint so I can relax with my husband tonight, and work on some of the cleaning I need to do before my family arrives. I have given up on getting it as good as I have in the past, but they are here to see us, not our house, right? If I am wrong that will be in next weeks Awkward section.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
goeduck icecream
Wow, who would have thought geoduck icecream (pronounced goo-ee duck) would be such a hit? Olympic Mountain icecream, a chef and my mom's shop, kayaks & Kones in Allyn WA, worked together to produce 2 different geoduck icecreams, one with a lemon base and one with a lime base, for the geoduck festival and they were a hit. They sold so much Olympic Mountain dairy had to work overnight to make another batch for the second day of the festival! Reviews vary from "what sick person thought that up" to "love it" and everywhere in between. Some say it leaves a unique aftertaste, personally I am not a seafood person, so I don't anticipate trying it, but my husband can't wait. My mom's shop is now "Kayaks & Kones-home of geoduck icecream! I think it started out as fun, but it looks like a genious marketing strategy because her business was incredible the last 2 days. Yeah Mom! Looks like Bob and I will be heading up there on the 4th of July to help out, we expect it to be another big day! If you have never seen a geoduck google it, they are huge, weird looking clams.
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