It's a girl!!

Heck no! I'm not pregnant. It's the truck... the one we got this weekend. We haven't named her yet, but I'm open to suggestions. My Probe that I had a while ago- well her name was Roxy. I'm not sure what this one should be. But for sure, she's a girl. Work was long today. I'm tired. I went to bed late last night. Not a smart thing to do when trying to learn a new job. So, I'll be in bed early tonight. My trainer is getting sick. I really hope I don't get anything from her. I've been really careful with had washing and stuff. Well, I gotta go get a new iron to iron my scrubs. Seems our puppy chewed up the cord on the iron I had. I'll take it out of her ration of food. lol!
Happy Monday to y'all! Chow.....

Nurse!!! Nurse!!!!!

Well, so the story goes something like this...
I'm walking around the ER trying to find the ice machine and the cups that I'd been shown on my "tour" of the ER back on day one. Well, it wasn't really day one, it was the day I had the interview and got hired. So anyway, I am walking down the hall and I hear this really loud, "NURSE!!! NURSE!!" I'm NOT a nurse, YET. So, I just keep going. She see's that I keep going and screams, "Ma'am"! I am one of those so at this point I had to respond. I turnded back around and went into the room where this loud voice was coming from to find a young lady in the bed there. I asked her what she needed and she says, "Quick! Can you untie me?" Hmmmm... so I am pretty sure even though I haven't yet been briefed on the ER's rules on untying a patient without a nurses' consent... but I was pretty sure she had to be tied at the wrists to the bed for some good reason. So, I said "Oh honey, I need to get the nurse for you then because I'm not a nurse". She said, "I don't care who the hell you are, now untie me NOW!" Aparently our little friend here was visiting us for psychiatric reasons. So, I just said you know what- I'll get you someone right away! And off I went like the wind! Interesting stuff goes on in there. I thought, well oh yeah! This will be pretty cool being an "Admitting Clerk". Dude, no! It's like that and then some. The job description itself is like 4 pages long y'all! So, we are the ones that get to do different jobs different days. One day we may be in scrubs sitting in the ER at the front door greeting people and taking their very basic information just to get them in and put a bracelet on them. Or, we can be the one in scrubs in the ER who go into your room and ask for your address to be verified along with all the other stuff like your social,phone numbers, emergency contacts information, living will info etc...
Or, we could be in the actual admitting department where we have to wear skirts and nice blouses. There, we admit the patients to actual hospital rooms for a stay that's at least a night, and also schedule patients for procedures, financial assistance, insurance billing, etc... So, that pretty much sums up what I do there. I love it!!! It's a really cool job, and I thought I would maybe not be able to handle "life in the ER" but it's awesome! I've yet to have my stomach turn and I even got to hear the worlds loudest and longest puker! It was impressive. I think the poor guy literally vomitted for about 3 hours. They finally got it under control somehow, but it was awful. The flu is going around and is taking people out like crazy! I've seen lots of things so far. Drug overdoses, domestic violence victims who got the snot beat out of them and even ended up with a colapsed lung, car accidents, 18 wheeler that rolled over and the poor guys neck broke, and all kind of respiratory things. The guy who broke his neck made it by the way! He ended up in surgery for a long time but he's still with us. So, as you can see- I have a really fast paced job that I know will keep me busy and want to stay there for a good long time. Also, since I know I can handle the ER.... maybe I'll be a nurse there whenever I finally get to be at least an LVN.
On another subject, it's like 77 for a high here today and it's supposed to be only 47 tomorrow. The wind is blowing like crazy and my head is killing me from the stupid barometric pressure. I think I caught it in time though before it became a bad one.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow too. Oh, and we got a new truck. We traded in the Xterra that we had and got a Chevy Colorado. The payments are way better and the insurance is less. We really like it too. It's a 2WD, black, 2 door, 4 cylinder, cruise control. No CD player though. I wish I had noticed that before we bought it. I'm sure we can put one in one day down the road though.
I hope your weekend is off to a good start too. I'm gonna go watch some CMT and relax on the couch with the puppy. Our squirrel is at a birthday party for a girl that's in her class room. She's been there for a couple of hours and I already miss the little booger.
Chow!

Time to fill the house right??!

Yeah, I know that it looks pretty foo foo. I really like it though. This is not exactly the one that I've chosen, but it's kind of close. The sofa, chair and a half, and ottoman is at Ashley's furniture. The one I am looking at is more of an oriental feel/look. Not too over powering though. The style itself is different than this picture. Anyway, it's been fun looking at the different stores for stuff. The first place we went to was Ashley Furniture, and the couch that's there right as you walk in is the one I want! The first house we looked at is the one I want. Are we noticing a trend here? Seems lately since I hit 30 that my tastes are changing. Anyway, gotta go spend time with the fam. We're in Shreveport tonight but will be back to the grind tomorrow by noon. Chow...

Friday the 13th sucks!

To top off the fact that it's Friday the 13th., I think it's a full moon too! Oh, well. I hope next week goes better on the job hunting. Wish me luck. And, have a good weekend.

Home sweet HOME y'all!!!!!

Yeeee haw! We got it! It's ours. I don't know the details, like when we get to move in and all that. I just know they took our offer, and we're pre-approved. Life is sweet. Oh, did I mention... I LOVE THIS FRIGGIN' HOUSE!
Gotta garden area that's huge out back and stuff called grass and trees! Whooo hoooo! Hope you and yours are doing well! Oh, and the puppy there to the left is Daisy. She's the most recent permanent family member. We had to get rid of the other puppy that was just before her. Katie was her name and dumb was her game. No, really- she was just a terrible dog. Pee'd everywhere, etc. So isn't this border/aussie mix a cuttie!?

This is it y'all!!! I'm gonna have to get this house!

So, of course the first one is of the kitchen. It's got tiles on the walls bordering the countertops. Every other one has some really cool decorated shiny tile. It's really neat. Then here we have the house from the side view a little. The shutters are black. It's very popular around here, and luckily I happen to love that too. The front has really open windows on the corner there and on the inside, that room has wooded floors and built in book shelves.









The next red room here is the master. It's got a vanity with a beautiful antique looking morror. The color in the picture is not exactly what it looks like, but it is a very rich red. I'm loving that too.








This next one is just a straight on shot of the house. It's winter, so of course all the grass is dead. We just love the look and the double garage.

This is the squirrel's room. In fact, she is in that cabinet on the bottom- hiding while I took the picture and didn't want her Uncle Lane to see her.
Well, hope you like it like we do. We're going to start seeing about all that we need to do to get it. YEAHHHH. Hope there's not a bid on it already. Wish us luck!

What a couple of faces huh??

What a couple of cuties huh? This is my squirrel and her friend from next door at our house in A's room. We got her that pink mesquito net looking thing that's Barbie for a Christmas present. It's really cute. Is it bad that I want one now?? Well, hope y'alls week went well. Mine's been every bit of interesting. Chow.