well here I am

I'll bet you all thought I had fallen off of the face of the earth, didnt you? No such luck, LOL here I am.

I have been active on face crack and even thought about deleting my blog because I keep thinking that I am not holding up my end of the deal by not posting here much anymore, then I realized that I built this blog to talk about Breannas journey with the Air Force, and since she is venturing that way again someday maybe I should keep it up.

I have had it brought to my attention though, that someone has "borrowed" a pic or two from my blog to publish on another blog online, so I wont be posting too many pics of Bre anymore because I would like to choose where MY pictures are posted.

I know the internet intimately, I know how easy it is to right click and "save" pictures, but It still makes you feel weird when you see your pictures posted on someone elses website...

I am still mulling around the idea of making this blog private, what do you guys think?

I got my answer!

Thanks to all who commented, I guess there are still some of us out there who read blogs. It was a great feeling to see that others are still reading.. Facebook has not completely taken over.

Just a few random things to talk about: We are trying to get my dad situated in a long term care facility. He is currently wheel chair bound and living in a transitional care wing of our local VA medical center. what an amazing place! it has been a real saving grace for us, since my dad's health is declining pretty fast and he cannot live alone.

His desire is to return to Oklahoma and live in an Oklahoma vets center down there, and we intend to honor his wishes. I think its important to be able to live in a place that you love, and he deserves to live his last days in his home state.

So, another trip to Oklahoma is probably in my future. unfortunately, we cant get him to fly..

Breanna is doing well, she is working hard at her job and planning a trip with 8 or 9 of her closest friends to Los Angeles in 2 weeks to attend a huge anime convention. What a fun trip this is shaping up to be! We are going to let her drive Dana's Escape, so she is in a more dependable car than her 12 yr old 150,000 mile used car. And one of her friends was raised in LA and he is used to driving their freeway system so he will help he with driving. All of the kids (their are 2 car loads) are staying in the same hotel and 5 of them have never been to California, so it should be a great time. I wish I had been able to do something like this when I was in college.

I have the next 3 days off from work, woo hoo! I hope to post a few blog posts so you all know I am still here! thanks for reading!

Is anyone reading blogs anymore?

Just checking, I have had so few comments from people that I am wondering if anyone is still really reading blogs. If so, let me know by a comment, even if it is a small one.

If not... maybe I wont feel so bad about missing posting now and then.

Where in the hell is Matt?

Breanna told me about this guy, who quit his mundane job to travel the world and dance.. 42 months in the making, all over the globe, let me introduce you to Matt:

Sooo.....

Here I am without a lot to write about. Life as I know it is pretty boring.

I have worked most of this week, with the little "mandatory" things that I have to do with my job, I end up in the hospital 4 or 5 days a week, which, to most of you is probably nothing. But since I work almost 40 hours in my 3 required days to work, anything else is added on.

And I live for my days off. I have worked way too many years in the ER to live for my job, thats for sure. I saw the new Showtime show "Nurse Jackie" and it is freakishly realistic. Someone on that shows production staff has actually worked in an ER, or at least they have a relative who has.

All I can say about work this week, is that is sure was a full moon!

Breanna is loving her job, and planning a trip to California around the 4th of July with a bunch of friends, they are going to attend a huge anime convention in Los Angeles, so all of you who live in CA, BEWARE!!

Dana is being considered for a new job here in Grand Junction, he has gone through 3 of the required levels for employment, please keep your fingers crossed for him. The company he currently works for is going to be closing at the end of this year and paramedic jobs are not very plentiful.

Ok! more to come! I will try to be more imaginative tomorrow!

Lets try this again..

I tried to post some pics last night of our trip to Moab Utah, but I am still learning how to do things on my computer so it didnt quite work out. Lets try this again.

Sunday morning Dana, Bre and I went to Moab to check out "Newspaper Rock", which is a large display of native american petroglyphs out in the middle of nowhere. It is pretty awesome, about 20 feet tall by 30 feet wide and literally covered with drawings. 

Can you see the face in this rock? It looks just like an indians face to me, I wonder if this is the reason why they chose to write in this area. Newspaper Rock is at the base of this formation.

Just a few pics of the Eastern Utah scenery...

Here are some examples of the petroglyphs. I love the ones with the footprints on them, all of the feet had 6 toes!

Some of the drawings are from different tribes, and include wagon wheels, and men on horseback. This one even has a buffalo in it.

Hope you enjoyed the little tour, stay tuned for more in the future!

I am an Apple head!

We went to Best Buy last night and I bought a new laptop! It is an Apple MacBook Pro, and the most amazing thing since ice cream was invented!

I am totally in love and never thought I would be an Apple Head, but I am. And I am learning quickly.

My Gateway is only just about 1 1/2 yrs old but the CD ROM just went out and the keys are almost worn off! I am going to wipe it clean and then sell it on ebay.

So, news from here? Not much. I worked 4 days this week, spent 3 in the ER and one in diabetic resource training. I even had to go and be "credentialed" in giving and reading TB tests! Ohhhhh Kaaaayyyy.... I have probably given upwards towards 1000 TB tests in my career and read probably double of that, but if the hospital wants to pay me to learn to do it, then I guess I will take them up on it. LOL

We are still experiencing a huge influx of unemployed patients in the ER. Its a sad deal, but most of the people arent really having problems with it, they pretty much seem like they enjoy not working. whats wrong with this picture?

Tomorrow, Dana, Bre and I are going to take a day trip to Moab UT and visit "newspaper rock", which is an area full of petroglyphs from the Ute indians. I am looking forward to it, hopefully it will be a beautiful day!

I will post pics as soon as I can! Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Random Thoughts

Just a few random thoughts for today.

For starters, I have something to say to "Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad". Just WHY do you think that you can drive up to a military recruiting office and open fire on our soldiers?? These men are serving their country, something that you are obviously too chicken-shit to do. You arent good enough to even breathe the same air that they breathe, you murdering sonofabitch. I hope you rot in hell. Or better yet, come visit me in our ER for one day, I promise that you will not forget your experience!

OK, now on a much lighter note. Dana has another job interview this week! Please wish him luck! I dont remember if I posted about this, but his job is ending this year, and so he is being forced to find a different job. This is not an easy task for a paramedic in Western Colorado, because the vast majority of the jobs are filled with "dual service" paramedics (these guys are firefighters and paramedics all wrapped up in the same package).

He was interviewed last week for one job, and he has a psychological eval this Friday for that one, and now he has another interview! WOO HOO!!!

We are thinking about planning a cruise for our 10th anniversary in January. Any recommendations for the best place to cruise to in January? we have never been on a cruise, so all suggestions will be appreciated!

And last of all, I am now a member of our local SANE program, its time for me to get back into forensic exams again. I have taken a break for almost 2 yrs and I am ready to go back. Summer is a busy time!

Have a good week everyone, I have to work for the next 3 days straight. I will try to post, but who knows how successful I will be. LOL

I have my own TV show!!

Bre has seen the premier episode of this new Showtime series "Nurse Jackie" and she has already told me. The main character is me. LOLOL

I am getting ready to watch the show, but after seeing this trailer, I think she is right. Take a look!