Skills Lab!!

Well this week I have my Skills Challenge!! It kind of sounds like something from American Gladiators...SKILLS CHALLENGE...Bum, bum, bummm.

My skills challenge is literally me standing there doing something perfectly for my instructor. This includes stuff like, giving an IM (intramuscular injection...a needle), Trach care, naropharyngeal suctioning, Chest tube care, butterfly needle access, and Total parenteral Nutrition. Yes, all this sounds so complicated, at least I'm only tested on 1 of these several skills. But wait, I don't know which one it is until I roll the dice. (literally I roll a dice and what ever number it falls on coincides with a list of skills that are numbered)

Therefore, I have to know each one of these skills inside and out! Because if I don't, I don't pass. And if I don't PASS, I won't be able to go on to 4th year, won't be able to graduate, won't be able to get a job, and won't be able to move out of my house, live on my own, find out what it's like to be independent, and create a life for myself. My life would be ruined because of one test or as they like to call it *Challenge*!

Well if I have a challenge coming up, I better go study for it...Anyone want to volunteer to practice on...I now know how to take BLoOd?? Anyone??

This is OH so cute

I borrowed this from someone else's blog...I just thought it was oh so cute!

Details on How to Win Over That Hopeless Romantic Girl Of Your Dreams(an insider perspective on the female mind)

1) When you ambiguously say "I'll call you, or you call me," Always always always make sure you call her first, even if you have to tattoo her phone number to the bottom of your foot.

2) If you actually like her, do NOT leave it up to her to arrange dates. You should take the initiative and suggest outings for the two of you. Yes, you may be a shy little mouse, but she is too and you'd seem like a hero for making the first move.

3) Unless she is absolutely, 300% sure that you are madly in love with her, the only hand-holding that she is going to initiate is to playfully grab your hand when she wants you to go somewhere with her. Take this as a HINT! Girls don't touch guys unless they want to. If she grabs your hand for practically no reason, chances are she'd much rather be holding it.

4)The first kiss. Don't be discourages if she doesn't try and kiss you. Please don't be afraid to kiss her; even if it doesn't work out it won't kill either of you. A little hint, if she's joked about kissing your various bumps and bruises better, then it's most likely she'd like to kiss much more than your hurt finger.

5) Win her heart: it's the little things that count. Bring her a daisy in the morning, take her for breakfast. Show up at her place of work after she's pulled a 9-hour shift, if only to walk her home.

6)Girls are silly. Laugh with them when you tease, hold them when they seem sad, and let them cry on your shoulder when something tragic happens.

7) We're not fragile, and you're not dating an invalid. She would love to have a snowball fight sometime, or have you wrestle her to the ground, and doesn't mind having her hair messed up while you flirt shamelessly with her.

UCLA is smart!!

UCLA STUDY (very interesting and short)

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that
the kind of a face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with duct tape over his mouth and a spear lodged in his chest while he is on fire. No further studies are expected.


This will seriously make any woman laugh outloud!!

James and Dolly

The Day I Fall in Love-James Ingram and Dolly Parton

Just an ordinary day
Started out the same old way
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today would be a first for me
The day I fall in love

On the day I fall in love
Sky will be a perfect blue
And I'll give my heart forever more
To someone who is just like you
The day I fall in love

People all say love is wonderful
That the bells will ring
The birds will sing
The skies will open
I wonder where's that great big symphony
Roll over Beethoven
Won't you play with me
And I'll never promise to be true to anyone
Unless it's you
Unless it's you

The day I fall in love
Just an ordinary day
Started out the same old way
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today will be a first for me
A first for me
The day I fall in love
I know you'll be there
Ooh....I know...The day I fall in love

Hmmmm

"The best thing about loving and being hurt is that you get to know what true love really is. For as gold is tested in fire, and so will love be perfected in pain."Marvin Jay M. Torres

"True love doesn't just fill your heart, it overflows into your whole body and soul."

"If you are willing to trust in a person when all others tell you to go against it, if you are willing to risk getting your heart broken because you believe in that other person, Then that is true love."

"When true love comes, it is like flying upon wings above all else on the ground."

"If you ever had your heart broken or hurt, and you forgave that person and still was able to love them like before, that's true love!"

"A true love every spirit will crave."

"True Love is something you share with someone... a journey that takes a lifetime to complete."

"Everytime I see you, every time I hear you my stomach rolls around and around, like butterflies. And, I found out he feels the same way. Then, it must be TRUE LOVE"

"It takes a second to say I love you, but a lifetime to show it."

"A relationship is a two way street. It's never all your fault or the other persons. You go into the relationship together and work through it all together."

"Once in awhile right in the middle of an ordinary life love gives us a fairy tale."

"If he is the first thing you think of when you wake up, the only thing you think of when you're awake, and the last thing you think of before you go to bed, then he is really somebody special."

"Whatever it is I am looking for, I still don't know. But I do know that where ever it is, I want you to be there with me."

"Loved you yesterday, love you still; always have, always will."

"Sure, there are some things about you that upset me, scare me, embarrass me and just plain piss me off, but the good things outweigh them infinitely."

"Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time."

"Love is like a favorite song; no matter how many times it plays again, you never get tired of it!"

"Passion is not having sex; it's making love forever."

"Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly."

"I would give up everything for one moment with you; for one moment is better than a life time of never knowing you."

so there's a few quotes and to take to heart...

Walk Away

I was driving home from school today, and this song came on...I love it right now.

You've got your mother and your brother
Every other, undercover, telling you what to say (say)
You think I'm stupid
But the truth is, that it's Cupid, baby
Loving you has made me this way (way)

So before you point your finger
Get your hands off of my trigger, oh yeah
You need to know this situations getting old
And now the more you talk, the less I can say

I'm looking for attention,
Not another question
Should you stay or should you go
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Just walk away (just walk away, just walk away)

I waited here for you like a kid waiting after school
So tell me, how come you never showed (showed)
I gave you everything and never asked for anything
And look at me, I'm all alone (alone)
So before you start defending, baby
Stop all your pretending

I know you know I know
So what's the point in being slow
Let's get this show on the road today,

heyI'm looking for attention
Not another question
Should you stay or should you go
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Just walk away (just walk away, just walk away)

I want a love, I want a fire
To feel the burn, my desires
I want a man by my side
Not a boy who runs and hides
Are you gonna fight for me
Die for me Live and breathe for me
Do you care for me
Cause if you don't then just leave

I'm looking for attention
Not another question
Should you stay or should you go
Well, if you don't have the answer
Why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Just walk away

If you don't have the answer
Just walk away
Just leave
Walk away, walk away





There ya go...you know what I mean Lindsay *grin*

A Kiss

This post is a tribute to something so simple but has so much meaning behind it. A KISS! A kiss is a symbol of something truly special, something that everyone longs for and needs in their life. There are several different kinds of kisses, a parent/child kiss, an innocent kiss, a family love kind of kiss, and a romantic kiss. All show a symbol of love.


First off the kiss between a parent and a child. It's beautiful, in that kiss there is so much, the love, a need to protect, joy, it shows their pride in their child, that one kiss is a symbol of the oath a parent makes to their child. Anytime I see a mother and her child it puts a longing in my heart for that kind of love myself. The first time I kiss my child will be a grand moment.




Innocence is a percious gift and should not be taken. Children are innocent, they show their love easily, through hugs and kisses. Think about it, can you remember seeing children play, and when they have to say goodbye they wrap their arms around each other and give a great big kiss. Innocent, but has so much love in it.



Sibling love, it's a special love, a bond created by blood. I can remember kissing my little brother right on the cheek and of course like any little brother they have that initial reaction of ewww...gross, but then they get that little smile on their face or grin outright. They do that cause they know that it's a way of showing love. Sometimes siblings just don't say it enough, so a kiss, a small kiss shows that love.



Now...there is another type of kiss, a kiss between two people that's a symbol of passion, sentiment, and love. The romantic kiss! I know you can all remember a kiss from someone you love, especially from someone that you fell in love with. Can't you remember that firt kiss you got from a boy that was absolutely perfect. Funny thing is, that kiss can happen anywhere--On your porch, in a doorway, in a car, on a walk, under the stars, in a school, at a party, under mistletoe, or even on a couch. I can remember a first kiss that was absolutely perfect, it was a simple kiss, but when it happened I could feel the butterflies in my stomach, and it was like a shock went from my head to my toes. When a kiss happens with the right person, you never forget it.


So a kiss...two body parts touching, it's nothing spectacular...but in reality it's something magical!

What do you think about kissing...tell me a story about a kiss you remember...MUAH!

somewhat post

You'll never believe what just happened to me...I wrote an AWESOME post, and as I was nearing the end, and just finishing it up, my wireless connection went out. Therefore erasing my post and leaving me with NOTHING!! It was a really good post to...I worked nearly an hour on it....grrrr. So instead you get my angry, I can't believe that just happened post. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a little time to try and post my extrordianry post again. Have a nice night!

The CheeseWhiz effect

The title of my blog has a purpose. This morning I was up, and ready to go. Showered had everything ready and I was going to go out the door at 8:00 am. Well I had taken my toast out of the toaster and was going to put one of my favorite spreads on top...the cheesewhiz, and when I opened the fridge door there was no cheesewhiz, I was PO'd! and it ws 8:05 by this time so I didn't have a chnce to get nything else for breakfast. I then realized I had forgotten a book and had to go back in to the house to get it. My car has frost on it when I get out to drive to school (because I forgot to start my car like I usully do). Therefore holding me up more. Anyway I get to lindsay's at about 8:12 and leave for the university. And of course I hit morning traffic!! I HATE morning traffic.

It is now 8:31--I walk through the university doors, and for the life of me I can't remember what room my class is in. This makes me very upset, and I storm into the computer lab making me even later.

8:45--I finally walk through the doors of my first class, which is just jammed packed, so I can't really sneak in. I then have to survive 3 hours of this class...in HARD metal chairs. I look over the syllabus, and all I can think is this is a lot of work...my first test is the first of february.

Class finally ended at 11, that was nice, got out a half an hour early. I then got to eat and relax, for 2 hours, that is a really long break to be inbetween two 3 hour classes. Anyway, I hung out with Lindsay and watched a movie, which I didn't really get to finish...oh well. It was still lots of fun. I was starting to feel better and get into the day, I was actually looking forward to my next class. HAHAHA...looking forward to it!!!

1:00 pm--The start of class, again I am squished into an itty bitty room with all these students. Originally I thought this class wasn't going to be all that bad...I thought that I may enjoy this class, it's about families, and family nursing which I find interesting. IT'S ALL ABOUT THEORY!! Lindsay can back me up, before I left her I said, this class better have case studies, if not, well then it's not going to be a fun class.

Now to explain a few more things, I feel as if I'm taking 6 classes:

Class #1- Microbiology
Class#2- Nursing in complex situations
Class#3- Family Nursing
Class#4- Lab to Family Nursing (Which has assignments all on their own, because it is connected but completely on it's own, I wish you all could understand how mad that makes me)
Class#5- Lab to Nursing in complex situations
Class#6- Clinical!

Well this is my life for the next semester, I know it will go by fast, but seriously it looks oh so overwhelming when I initially look at it! I probably would have had a more optimistic outlook on all this if my day hadn't started out the way it did...IT'S ALL THE CHEESEWHIZ'S FAULT!

Firsts and Lasts!!

I saw this and liked it!!

FIRST REAL BEST FRIEND:
Sara Drost (when I lived in Fredericton)

FIRST SCHOOL:
Barkers Point Elementry School

FIRST CELL PHONE:
Aliant Motorola, given to me for christmas, I didn't care what it looked like

FIRST FUNERAL:
Uncle Dick (who wasn't really my uncle, he was my mothers best friends uncle)

FIRST PET:
Mijo, My chocolate brown poodle...but I did have a pet rock, he was green with red eyes. He was named rocky, he stayed on my floor holding y door most of the time.

FIRST BIG TRIP:
Czech Republic flew out of Toronto to get there.

FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH:
I had a big thing for Nick Carter from the Backstreet boys. I can remember arguing with my friend Josie about which Backstreet boy was cuter.

FIRST TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY?:

FIRST JOB:Babysitter...but first real job working at the Aquatic Center as a swimming instructor.

EVERYONE HAS THEIR LASTS:

LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED: My Memere

LAST CAR RIDE: Today, going down to get pizza, but then again, I was driving so should that count. So last time I went for a ride...hmmm...oh probably went somewhere with Andrew

LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: Today...during a movie, it was really sad, her husband died. What was I supposed to do, be heartless.

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED:How the Grinch Stole Christmad

LAST FOOD YOU ATE: Pizza

LAST ITEM BOUGHT: I bought several items today...Let's go with my Curling Iron

LAST SHIRT WORN: My yellow boat neck shirt.

LAST PHONE CALL: Andrew

LAST TEXT MESSAGE: Adrienne

LAST THING YOU TOUCHED: A rubix cube

FUNERAL: Tim Furrow

LAST TIME AT THE MALL:Yesterday Afternoon, With Lindsay shopping for christmas gifts, it was an awesome time!!

LAST TIME YOU WERE EXCITED OVER SOMETHING: Getting my new cell Phone, and getting to pick it out!!

LAST PERSON YOU SAW: My brother...as he was begging for the computer

LAST THING YOU DRANK: A glass of water.

LAST PERSON THAT BROKE YOUR HEART: Andrew technically, but it was only a little tear...and he was able to fix it!

LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY HONESTLY HAPPY?: Thanksgiving Weekend, seeing everyone, including Family and Friends

Life is so Fragile

You don't realize how much of a miracle birth is until you realize that 60% of pregnancies end in miscarriage.

Takes life into a new perspective doesn't it. The fact that a woman can get pregnant is amazing sometimes, especially if there are fertility problems, or if the woman is older. But then for that woman to realize she is pregnant and then have her world dropped out from underneath her...it's hard. I've never experienced it, and I really never want to. I've heard of so many women that this has happened to. I even have twin sisters and another brother in heaven that I never met.

I just know what a precious gift God has given me by being alive. I've made it this far, I hope I don't take it for granted and waste this gift of life.

my sickness

Well, since I've started blogging and psoting again, I figured you should hear about my lovely week!! don't worry It's very entertaining!! let's start with this last friday, Andrew asn I watched Jurassic Park 3, and I have to say, not my favorite. I think I like Jurassic Park 2 "The Lost World" more then the other two. But overall not a bad movie...raptors...a little scary, but not as scary as creepy girl crawling out of a well (for those of you who don't know, that is a reference to the ring, the one movie that I probably could STILL have nightmares about if I let it). Anyway...I worked saturday morning, only to find out that the nursing home has been contaminated, with what you might be asking...with NORWALK!! Well, It's not on the floor, I'm working on, so I should be fine. So what do I do that night, but work a night shift!! And of course, on one of my rounds, what do I do...clean up vomit.

This is fine...everything is fine...I sleep sunday, get together with people in my group to work on my project, present my project on monday. Realize that I have an assignment due monday that I have forgotten at home...ON MY BED!!! And it is due at 5 o'clock!! Guess waht time I realize this...at 4:30 pm!! So I come home (at peak traffic times) and drive back to pass in this assignment. I finally come home and crash on the couch, and not 2 seconds after do I hear my mother asking me to take Mike down to the dollarstore...I was going to say no, cause well I was just so exhausted, but she bribed me with Ice cream...I couldn't refuse!! By this time though, I'm not feeling really good, something just feels off. But I think nothing of it...hahaha, oh it makes me laugh.

It's maybe 7pm monday night, I crawl into bed fully clothed really not feeling well now. By this time I haven't eaten since 10 am that morning, and all of a sudden, I see again what I ate at 10am that morning. The bathroom became my best friend that night. I never realized how pretty a toilet bowl looks, how nice and white and shiny it is. Well I concluded that I had Norwalk. And since I had Norwalk, I am not allowed working at the hospital till I'm 48 hours symptom free. And well 48 hours will be on Thursday night!! Let me just say though...this was the most sick I have been in 4 years. Anybody remember Czech repuclic...mmm...I sure do!!!

Czech Republic...came home...couldn't eat or keep anything down for a week. Woke up in the middle of the night in a sweat crying for my mom cause I started dry heaving, I was completely dehydrated. So MOM (I love this woman, but at this moment I didn't) made me drink water. And of course I would throw that up...so she would make me drink MORE!!! I hated my mother that night!! But I survived...just like i survived this 48 hours norwalk virus, it comes and goes, but when it comes, it throws you a doosey!! Hope none of you get the aweful experience of it...and if you have all ready experienced norwalk...I truly feel for you.

Just a few things!

So I was just bored, not really doing anything...I was sick this week remember. therefor I am on isolation for 48 hours, or in other words I'm not allowed to work at the hospital till I'm 48 hours symptom free. And Well I decided to put together this blog!!

so here are a few quotes...just for fun!!

Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with the enemy. ~Henry Kissinger


It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.


Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage. ~Author Unknown


Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ~Joseph Conrad


Men think monogamy is something you make dining tables out of.


"It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who."
Joan Rivers.


"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac."
George Carlin.


Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ~Joseph Conrad



The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night.



A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual. ~Gloria Steinem


You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither!
-- Drew Carey


The only jobs for which no man is qualified are human incubators and wet nurse. Likewise, the only job for which no woman is or can be qualified is sperm donor. ~Wilma Scott Heide


I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality.
-- George W. Bush


Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be. ~Betty Rollin



You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'.
-- Chris Rock


Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. ~Marya Mannes


I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
-- W.C. Fields


The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. ~Maureen Murphy


Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend.


Well that's it...can you tell what kind of a mood I was in...lol...Good Night!!!

so much has happened...

Actually not that much has happened, I'm just doing school seeing people here and there. It all depends on my lovely schedule. I had a very busy, and enjoyable weekend. My parents were out of town, and oddly enough I didn't take advantage of that. You know, when you lounge around your house and do nothing. I was barely in my house the entire weekend. Watched a few movies and plays over the weekend. The were all enjoyable, except for The Break-up...That was the stupidest movie I have seen in a while!!! Usually I can find a good point in a movie, but that movie just left me feeling miserable. But ther then that it was a fun weekend. It's nice when nothing pressing is due, I now have one more big presentation/project, and after that, just exams!! 22 day people, only 22 days!!! I'm so very excited! You know, christmas is just right around the corner!! I've all ready started my christmas shopping!! yay!!

Anyways, I have some pictures left over from my weekend adventure in PEI!! I just look oh so cute...lol.

Air...I need Air!!

So I've decided to come up for AIR!! I can breathe again, I am no longer buried deep in school work so high over my head that it was cutting off oxygen. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have also started my countdown till i finish my exams. Which right now is 27 days!!! Very EXCITING!! I now have two jobs, here let me put this in another way for you...I now have 2 JOBS!!! 1 plus 1 makes 2. anyway, I know I'm crazy, and when I'm slowly going into crazy land, you guys can either join me, or pull me out for a short vacation. I know this christmas will be good. It will be a special christmas I think!

ok, well that's life in a nutshell!! Hope I was able to inform you as to whats going on in my life...even though I barely know myself. Just trying to get by...27, just 27 more days...

Happy Birthday

No it's no one's birthday except for this Blog, It's my blogs birthday today! It's two years old. And if you don't believe me check out my first post. It's called Normal Monday

WE should take a trip down memory lane, See if I can find some of my most memorable posts. I'm sure there are some, I do have 2 years worth!!

There have been several posts, some funny, some serious, some that just didn't make sense at all. But through it all I have been faithful, well somewhat faithful. There are a few months where there is just one post. Like the month of October 2005.

I've posted some interesting things like my car accident, my flu shot--twice, and of course there's always my crazy ramblings.

I've also talked about some very serious things, this would include my love life, which didn't exist at one point during this blog. But I wrote a few things about it. Like Secrets, and more recently Restlessness.

I've also posted loads of pictures, of many people too. Like Linny, Kelley, Kyla, Heather, and well others.

there's been post when you guys have been really great friends when I was depressed!!

I've also wrtten many lists:

100 things

Questions

Things I want

What makes me...me


Well that's the recap of some of my most memorable blogs, I'm sure there are a lot more, and there is an archive if you want to look at them all. Good luck, and happy searching.

Love You ALL

Jocelyn

So Much in a Song

well I'm going to take a lesson from Lindsay and Kyla and putting a song in a blog. Actually how it started was I was talking with Lindsay about how she has such insight to a song, usually when I hear a song, I just think: "oh, I like this" But driving home from school today that's not what happened. I actually felt something from this song, I understood what she was singing about and all I wanted to do was sing just along with her.

I've been tellin' my dreams to the scarecrow

'Bout the places that I'd like to see

I said, friend do you think I'll ever get there

Ah, but he just stands there smilin' back at me

So I confessed my sins to the preacher

About the love I've been prayin' to find

Is there a brown eye'd boy in my future, yeah

He says. girl you've got nothin' but time

But how do you wait for heaven

And who has that much time

And how do you keep your feet on the ground

When you know, that you were born, you were born to fly

My daddy, he's grounded like the oak tree

My momma, she is steady as the sun

Oh you know I love my folks

But I keep starin' down the road

Just lookin' for my one chance to run

Yeah, 'cause I will soar away like the blackbird

I will blow in the wind like a sea

I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams

And I will grow up where I'll wander wild and free

Oh, how do you wait for heaven

And who has that much time

And how do you keep your feet on the ground

When you know, that you were born

You were born yeahYou were born to fly

So how do you wait for heaven

And who has that much time

And how do you keep your feet on the ground

When you know that you were born

You were born to fly fly fly fly

Yeah, now why it really hit me. Lately I've been finding that I'm yearning to grow up, to pursue my dreams. I might be cause I'm in Pediatrics right now, and I absolutely love it. It makes me realize the purpose in my life, why I chose nursing. so it reiterates my dreams being just aroinf the corner.

And you know the verse about the parents, well that's me, I love my parents, I love them both ever so much. BUT...I want to be on my own, I want to be making my own descisions, deciding when things need to be done, deciding my own descisions without consulting with anyone. I know I have my car, and I have a whole lot of freedom, considering I can come it at 3 am and have my parents not say anything is impressive. IT's just not the same though as living on your own, living your dream. I find I'm just like this girl...my head is in the clouds cause I was born to FLY!!

Josh Groban Kick

so I'm going through a Josh Groban phase right now. I had his CD blaring in my car all day yesterday. And I'm addicted to the song "When you say you love me" I never realized how poetic that song is, and then sung by Josh Groban just makes it all the better. Some other Josh Groban Favorites include "My Confession", "The Prayer" (even though Celine Dion and Andre Boccelli do a better job at it) "When it rained" and of course "you raise me up" "Oceano" is very good as well. Ok, my whole Closer CD is just wonderful. But here are the lyrics that i find so poetic.

"When You Say You Love Me"

Like the sound of silence calling,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream.
Like the echoes of our souls are meeting,
You say those words and my heart stops beating.
I wonder what it means.
What could it be that comes over me?
At times I can't move.
At times I can hardly breathe.

When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
For a moment, there's no one else alive

You're the one I've always thought of.
I don't know how, but I feel sheltered in your love.
You're where I belong.
And when you're with me if I close my eyes,
There are times I swear I feel like I can fly
For a moment in time.
Somewhere between the Heavens and Earth ,
And frozen in time, Oh when you say those words.

When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
For a moment, there's no one else alive

[bridge:]
And this journey that we're on.
How far we've come and I celebrate every moment.
And when you say you love me,
That's all you have to say.
I'll always feel this way.

When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
In that moment,I know why I'm alive

When you say you love me.
When you say you love me.
Do you know how I love you?

My BBQ

Well yesterday I had my first Nursing Society event. I had a BBQ, and people actually showed up. I was impressed, and happy. I knew for sure a few would come, but some nursing students from other years came as well. It wasn't just my class. At first it was. But then more started coming, and then more, I 'm not sure how many actually came, but I only have 12 burgers left out of 72, and only a package and a half of hot dogs. I'm glad so many came. We were set up right outside Irving Hall by their parking lot. Two BBQ's going, one table with veggie trays, and some chips and pop. People just helped themselves, but atleast it was an event. Atleast we did something and it was a success. I know there will be more events to come. But what they will be who knows!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well, I had quite the busy go here, go there weekend. And I spent most of it with Andrew. That's not a bad thing either since I probably won't see him till his birthday. It was a jammed packed weekend.

First off I went Friday night, Andrew and I finished watching "The Mummy Returns" and I realized I didn't own "The Mummy". I had thought I owned both movies but I was wrong. We then went to a concert Starfield, they were awesome as usual, I have seen they 4 times. This time I actually bought their CD! Which I LOVE! Then I went home, later than I probably should of, but oh well.

I then worked the nest morning, from 7am till 3, yes it's loads of fun. I then went to Thanksgiving diner at Grammies (whichis really my great aunt, but I call her grammie. Saw the family. I saw Haily and Chloe, I haven't seen them in a while. They came right up to me and gave me a huge hug. I'm the oldest grand child, which makes me very cool in their eyes. Andrew came with me. I have no idea if he was scared out of his mind or not, but we got food, and pie for desert, that's not a bad deal.

That night we joined up with Nick, Andy, Bryan and Lindsay and went in town to sebastians and the Alehouse. Where we had some fun, we walked through town, there's a picture of me on a street corner with Andrew, it looks like he's soliciting my services, but sadly I don't offer any services and he was out of luck. Went home at a not to late time (3:30 isn't bad??)

The next day was sunday, that was a full day. Church, then diner at Andrew's grandparents house. I raked leaves, I'm so very proud of myself. I also learned so many little stories about Andrew. Being the oldest Grandchild is fun isn't it?? His family was great. After diner we went back to his house, watched a Jackson special (previously taped), and some other music videos, and finished watching Tango and Cash.

As you can imagine I slept in Monday morning cause I was exhausted. I then got another Turkey diner from my mom. She wanted to make it. and I ate it, I wasn't going to pass that up. So all around a good weeend wouldn't you agree. I didn't get any work done, but I did enjoy myself.