Lance and I are going to a meeting at our church tonight to get some information about our upcoming mission trip to Peru. After today I'll have a better idea of what we are getting ourselves into. I've been forewarned by Lauren already of some things to expect as far as clothing!
Have you ever been on a mission trip before? If so, what did you take, wish you had taken or could have lived without for a week!
I'm really excited, but I feel like I need lots of advice! I'm so glad we have 3 more months to prepare!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day! I'm usually not very romantic nor do I really care about Valentine's Day, but I thought I might share my favorite V-day memory anyway!
Last year, about a week before Valentine's Day, I found a flyer offering Golden Retriever puppies for sale. Lance and I had been discussing getting a puppy for a long time and I thought this flyer must be fate! I called Lance to see if he was still interested in getting a puppy and he told me only if they were a good price and he only wanted a boy puppy. It definitely was fate when I called and asked the woman who answered if she still had any puppies left. She had only one and it was a boy for $150.
My best friend Anna offered to go with me to look at the puppy that night. The first thought that came into my mind when I saw our puppy was the fact that he was HUGE! He was 11 weeks old and already gigantic which honestly made me a little hesitant about getting him! I immediately fell in love with him and took him home! Then the panic of being unprepared for a puppy set in! I remember talking to Lance on the phone and saying, "but I have nowhere to put him when I'm in class and I don't know what kind of food to feed him! Why did I do this?"
Trust me, getting a new puppy is much more work then I thought it would be and neither Lance nor I slept for several months because the puppy had stomach issues, but it was all totally worth it! Even though he can still be the biggest pain and he still jumps on us and bites us, it is all worth it when you are laying on the couch and he comes and puts his head in your lap or gives you wet kisses because he's so happy to see you. Finn is the sweetest baby anyone could ask for. When Lance and I go away and leave him at home, whether it's for the night or a weekend, I miss him so much and I worry if he's cold or lonely!
He was the best present I ever got for Lance and I'm so glad we decided to get him! I love you Finny the Pooh! Happy Valentine's Day!
Last year, about a week before Valentine's Day, I found a flyer offering Golden Retriever puppies for sale. Lance and I had been discussing getting a puppy for a long time and I thought this flyer must be fate! I called Lance to see if he was still interested in getting a puppy and he told me only if they were a good price and he only wanted a boy puppy. It definitely was fate when I called and asked the woman who answered if she still had any puppies left. She had only one and it was a boy for $150.
My best friend Anna offered to go with me to look at the puppy that night. The first thought that came into my mind when I saw our puppy was the fact that he was HUGE! He was 11 weeks old and already gigantic which honestly made me a little hesitant about getting him! I immediately fell in love with him and took him home! Then the panic of being unprepared for a puppy set in! I remember talking to Lance on the phone and saying, "but I have nowhere to put him when I'm in class and I don't know what kind of food to feed him! Why did I do this?"
Trust me, getting a new puppy is much more work then I thought it would be and neither Lance nor I slept for several months because the puppy had stomach issues, but it was all totally worth it! Even though he can still be the biggest pain and he still jumps on us and bites us, it is all worth it when you are laying on the couch and he comes and puts his head in your lap or gives you wet kisses because he's so happy to see you. Finn is the sweetest baby anyone could ask for. When Lance and I go away and leave him at home, whether it's for the night or a weekend, I miss him so much and I worry if he's cold or lonely!
He was the best present I ever got for Lance and I'm so glad we decided to get him! I love you Finny the Pooh! Happy Valentine's Day!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mysterious Romance
One of my dreams came true tonight! haha! Well... it's not really that big of a deal, but I still think it was sortof miraculous! One of mine and Lance's favorite places to eat in Tifton, Asahi, has been closed for weeks so it could renovate and tonight it finally opened back up. Of course that means we were craving it and so was everyone else in Tifton! When I say everyone, I mean everyone!
First we decided to try going through the drive through, but when I saw a girl I work with go inside and move easily through the line as we sat still for 15 minutes, I thought going in might be the answer. I jumped out and left Lance in the drive-through line just in case that started to move. The more I waited in line inside, I realized that it would probably be a better idea to just get him to park, come inside and save a table for us while I was in line ordering. I called him quickly on my phone and told him to come in, but while I was waiting for him, I was scared we would lose the table I'd been eyeing. Andrea, the girl I work with, was a sweetheart and sat down to save the table for us until Lance came in. Shortly after he got there Andrea got her food and left.
And then the miracles of miracles happened! For the last three years Lance and I have been dating, I have begged him to sit on the same side of the table with me when we were eating out alone. Tonight was the night my friends! After Andrea left, Lance didn't move to the other side of the table. That's right! He stayed on the same side as me! He would never, never, never do this before because he thought it looked weird and he needed space to eat. Don't get me wrong, I don't want Lance sitting on the same side of the table with me all the time, but once, just this once, it was nice to sit close!
Ah what a fantasy! This my friends is what happens to people after they date for a few years. Sometimes just the little things satisfy! This year for Valentine's Day I'm taking Lance to Mellow Mushroom so he can try all the flavors of beer they serve! How romantic! And you want to know what I asked him to do for me?!? Take my car to have the oil changed and then get it washed and cleaned out! Oh yes, we are sohoho romantic! haha!
Happy Valentine's Day!
First we decided to try going through the drive through, but when I saw a girl I work with go inside and move easily through the line as we sat still for 15 minutes, I thought going in might be the answer. I jumped out and left Lance in the drive-through line just in case that started to move. The more I waited in line inside, I realized that it would probably be a better idea to just get him to park, come inside and save a table for us while I was in line ordering. I called him quickly on my phone and told him to come in, but while I was waiting for him, I was scared we would lose the table I'd been eyeing. Andrea, the girl I work with, was a sweetheart and sat down to save the table for us until Lance came in. Shortly after he got there Andrea got her food and left.
And then the miracles of miracles happened! For the last three years Lance and I have been dating, I have begged him to sit on the same side of the table with me when we were eating out alone. Tonight was the night my friends! After Andrea left, Lance didn't move to the other side of the table. That's right! He stayed on the same side as me! He would never, never, never do this before because he thought it looked weird and he needed space to eat. Don't get me wrong, I don't want Lance sitting on the same side of the table with me all the time, but once, just this once, it was nice to sit close!
Ah what a fantasy! This my friends is what happens to people after they date for a few years. Sometimes just the little things satisfy! This year for Valentine's Day I'm taking Lance to Mellow Mushroom so he can try all the flavors of beer they serve! How romantic! And you want to know what I asked him to do for me?!? Take my car to have the oil changed and then get it washed and cleaned out! Oh yes, we are sohoho romantic! haha!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Poor Little Lance
Apparently it's hard working in the cath lab these days. Lance has had a terrible week and it started yesterday when I called to ask if he could take my car to be serviced since he gets off of work two hours before me. He told me it was the worst day he's ever had at work and although he didn't go any further into detail then, he looked just miserable! Poor thing! He got home today by about 4 and then was called in again about 5 or 5:30.
It usually takes them about 2 hours to finish up a procedure when they get called in and then one of the on call people has to go back a certain number of hours later to check on the patient and remove a sheath (I have no clue how to spell that word). I thought the second part was a piece-of-cake until Lance told me that the nurses have no clue how to remove these themselves and that after Lance, or the other on call person, removes the sheath they have to give the nurses instructions on how long to apply pressure to keep the person from bleeding to death! This also means that if Lance messes up this procedure, then they either have to call someone from the cath team in, or try to get a doctor up there to help them stop the bleeding! That's some serious stuff!
I know Lance loves his job, but now I really understand why it can be so stressful. People get frustrated when I don't do my job correctly, but no one will die if I mess up and trust me, I am so thankful for that!
I guess we'll be waiting until next weekend to go see the new play being put on in town!
It usually takes them about 2 hours to finish up a procedure when they get called in and then one of the on call people has to go back a certain number of hours later to check on the patient and remove a sheath (I have no clue how to spell that word). I thought the second part was a piece-of-cake until Lance told me that the nurses have no clue how to remove these themselves and that after Lance, or the other on call person, removes the sheath they have to give the nurses instructions on how long to apply pressure to keep the person from bleeding to death! This also means that if Lance messes up this procedure, then they either have to call someone from the cath team in, or try to get a doctor up there to help them stop the bleeding! That's some serious stuff!
I know Lance loves his job, but now I really understand why it can be so stressful. People get frustrated when I don't do my job correctly, but no one will die if I mess up and trust me, I am so thankful for that!
I guess we'll be waiting until next weekend to go see the new play being put on in town!
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