Holding strong!

So I've been making a few small changes in my life. Not a lot at once. Just a few small ones. First, I started snacking while I'm at work. Mostly I take almonds and raisins and things like that. I've also started drinking mostly water. This wasn't a huge change, but I'm making an effort not to drink sodas. I think in the last two weeks I've only had two or maybe three. I've also started walking again. Since the weather can be rather precarious in January in North Texas, I've started utilizing the gym on the property here. I'm not making myself walk on the days I work, just the days I don't work. I'm up to three days that I've walked. I've increased my time by 1 minute every time. I don't know how long I'll do that, but it's something.

I even cooked tonight. I know. Don't have a heart attack! :) I baked some chicken, rice, and sauteed squash and zucchini. It was all so good! I even have left overs for lunch tomorrow.

Work continues to go as smoothly as possibly. I'm still working mostly 3 days with an occasional 4th day thrown in. I have a hard time writing about work. Maybe one day I'll be able to find the balance.

For now, that's my update! I hope you are all doing well this January (what we have left of it anyways!). I'll update later, cjb

All clear! :)

So I went back to my GYN on Monday and my pathology came back CLEAN! :) My ovary was very cystic (which we expected), but it was clean! I really didn't expect it to be otherwise, but in the back of your mind, when they send something off, you always wonder. . . . Also, as long as this pap comes back normal, she doesn't want to see me for a YEAR!! Can you believe that? She wants me to be a normal patient? What's that about? Seriously, though, I do need a break from medical issues. I hope this year is easier on me than last year. I have established relationships with a few new docs and hope that we can keep it to routine checkups.

I'm mulling some things around in my head about moving my blog to a different server. You mostly won't see the changes (except possibly an address change and would be well notified of it before it happens). I want a little more freedom to add more pages and such to my site. I'm exploring my options and talking to some people. We'll see. I'll keep you updated.

Work is back in full swing. I've done three days. Yesterday was by far the busiest. I ran from the time I got there til the time I left. I've got to figure out my routine again. I need to try to start eating smaller meals more often, but it's so hard when I hardly have time to go to the bathroom. I really want to try to kickstart my metabolism.

I haven't been up to much more than crocheting. I know I haven't posted pictures lately. I'm going to try to get those up soon! :)

As always, thanks for reading! More later! cjb

Happy 2009!

Wow, I can't believe another year has passed us by. This time last year I was studying like crazy for the NCLEX and gearing up for my internship to start. Now, a year later, I am an independent nurse who handles 3-4 patients at a time on a daily basis.

I'm working on getting back into school this year for my BSN. I still have a few kinks to work out before I can start. I was hoping to get that done while I was off, but of course, the school was closed for the holidays.

I go back to work tomorrow. I'm feeling really good from my surgery. However, I came down with an awful cold yesterday. I'm trying to drug it out me today and just rest so that I feel good tomorrow.

I was able to get my eyes checked and got new contacts. I also got new glasses ordered. They should be in within 2 weeks. The eye doc says that I have some eye strain, so he put some prism in my glasses. It should be interesting to try to get used to it.

I had a good trip to OKC. Both of my nephews are doing good! :) It was good to meet the baby and see the big one! :) I can't believe how fast they grow. They will both be so much bigger the next time I get up there.

Can't think of much else. I'm going to try to be better at posting this year! :) Thanks for reading, as always and HAPPY NEW YEAR! More later, cjb