About Me

Spanish fork, Utah
I've been married for 29 years. I have 5 children, 4 boys and a girl. My oldest is married with 4 sons. My daughter is also married. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, a runner, a nurse, a student and a friend. I am currently working on my Master's degree in Nursing Education through Western Governors University.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

First the Awesome...

My dad's CT showed "marked improvement"  which means the chemo is working!  Next check is 2 months.  With the recently approved treatment maybe end stage pancreatic cancer might be fightable after all, at the very least we have gained time, and hope, and those are great things!

2 Superdays this week!   Ever have those days when you feel everything went right and you did everything you should have and possibly could have done?  I had a couple of those amazing days this week, and it feels good (of course they are generally followed by a couple days watching NCIS marathons and accomplishing nothing, but hey, the days are great when they happen!)  Perhpas there are some of you that are able to have superdays everyday, but I usually am very unrealistic in my scheduling and I schedule much more for myself than is humanly possible to do, every once in a while I surprise myself and get it all done.

The weather!!! not sure where it came from, but it looks like summer is finally here!

I missed last weeks awkward and awesome so I have to add that the garden party I planned turned out great, people actually came.  A big thanks to those that help, couldn't have done it alone!

Awkward
This is a recurring awkward.  Getting used to working in daysurgery and pacu.....still don't feel comfortable, I question simple decisions that really should be no brainers because I lack confidence in those areas.  I need to get over that, cause it really is awkward.

Giving away a bunch of blackberry jam then discovering that the top part of the jar where the seeds floated to is nastier than I thought, scoop that out and it's good, but it is awkward to think about what people thought when they opened the jars:)  It truly is good at the bottom of the jar.

Doing sealings at the temple with a couple that is obviously unhappy with each other, or unhappy to be there, or both,  or maybe just plain unhappy, whatever the reason, it was written all over their face and in their attitudes. 

Gonna finish with an awesome shout out to my husband for takin me to the Portland Temple last week and following it up with a visit to Joe's crab shack, never been there because I don't like seafood, but it was good food, and the patio we sat on was nice and warm with a beautiful view.  This week he is taking me up to Solduc to go camping, gotta love summer!

Hope everyone can have a super awesome day this week like the ones I did this week!

Motivational quote

"To hate is easy, to love is courageous"