What another long week it has been. I honestly could not tell you what happened on Monday. One day this week our last goldfish died, so we were left with one pleco in the tank, which hides a lot so Coen lost all interest in his fish, until today when we got GUPPIES!! And a couple of neon tetras. The guppies are actually very pretty, I enjoyed picking them out and can't wait until they reproduce so we can have more color combinations.
Today was quite crazy because Coen had a fever last night so he wasn't suppose to go to daycare, well we didn't know that so we dropped him off anyways and they called and told us we had to come and pick him up. I had a seminar this morning, patient in the afternoon and Josh was at school for conferences. After calling some people and actually managing to make some plans Josh decided he would just come home. Coen was actually doing pretty well but by the afternoon was getting more and more whiny and his temp. kept going up. So we decided to take him in to get him checked for strep throat since its been going around his daycare. The rapid came back negative, but it turns out he has an ear infection. So he's now on antibiotics for the next 10 days. At least he's not contagious.
Tomorrow Josh and I are playing catch up. We are both so far behind in school work and studying. We are sending Coen with Maria to my parents for the day so we can have some time to get stuff done. Then tomorrow night I am going to scrap mania at Archivers and am sooo excited! I am planning on catching up on our family album and maybe even working on Josh's album, which I started in the spring and was hoping to complete by Christmas.
We are thinking of getting a babysitter for the next 3 or 4 Saturdays so we can have some study time, which I really need this next month since I am taking boards the first week in November, so if there are any volunteers who want to spend a fun filled day with Coen just let us know!
Friday, October 03, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Busy-ness
Everything has been moving so fast lately, I can barely keep up.
A few main points from the last few weeks.
My 1 hour glucose screen came back very high so I had to do the 3 hour. It was long and painfully boring but everything looks good. They told me I need to eat less sugar and exercise more. Funny they never said anything about exercise when I gained 60 pounds with Coen and now that I chase him around, walk every day, will be starting a pilates class, and have only gained 7 pounds so far they feel the need to tell me to exercise more. Go figure.
We bought fish, as most everyone already knows. We bought 5 goldfish, 2 plecostomas, and 2 snails, which is way too much for our tank I guess because they got sick, which happens when they are stressed and dirty. So we treated our tank, which ended up killing the fish that didn't even have the parasites. Then the one with the parasites really bad died. So now we are down to 2 goldfish, 1 pleco, and 1 snail. At least I'm pretty sure the one snail is still alive. I thought it was dead, then it moved to the wall, but now it is just sitting on the bottom again. The big one is still in the tank, I wanted to give it a couple of days to prove it was dead, but I should probably take it out soon before it starts rotting or something. If we can manage to kill these goldfish soon we will be switching to guppies or tetras or something not so dirty. Coen absolutely loves the fish though and I find them relaxing also, which is good, because life has been hectic lately.
I started studying for boards. Yuck. It is hard to find the motivation each evening. But little by little I will relearn everything I was once taught and hope that its enough to pass.
Clinic is going really well also. I think I managed to schedule my denture competency patient today. That was my biggest stressor, because they take so long to make and if you have to wait for extractions to heal then they take even longer and I really didn't want to be working on them in April or May or June. I still have quite a few competencies to complete, some composites, amalgams, and a crown, but those all take a lot less appointments to complete so even though I would love to get them done soon, if its spring semester and I am just starting it won't be that big of a deal.
I also volunteered to be the yearbook chair. What I was thinking, I'm not really sure but I really need to spend some time getting that organized so my committee members can start making their pages. It really shouldn't be much work after this initial set up- I hope.
Josh's teaching is going well. He has a lot of students that don't show up regularly which is frustrating to him. There is talk of him being "promoted" to .8 time. Which would be pretty sweet for the checking account.
Only 2 more months to go before baby #2 is here, which will only make life crazier, but exciting.
A few main points from the last few weeks.
My 1 hour glucose screen came back very high so I had to do the 3 hour. It was long and painfully boring but everything looks good. They told me I need to eat less sugar and exercise more. Funny they never said anything about exercise when I gained 60 pounds with Coen and now that I chase him around, walk every day, will be starting a pilates class, and have only gained 7 pounds so far they feel the need to tell me to exercise more. Go figure.
We bought fish, as most everyone already knows. We bought 5 goldfish, 2 plecostomas, and 2 snails, which is way too much for our tank I guess because they got sick, which happens when they are stressed and dirty. So we treated our tank, which ended up killing the fish that didn't even have the parasites. Then the one with the parasites really bad died. So now we are down to 2 goldfish, 1 pleco, and 1 snail. At least I'm pretty sure the one snail is still alive. I thought it was dead, then it moved to the wall, but now it is just sitting on the bottom again. The big one is still in the tank, I wanted to give it a couple of days to prove it was dead, but I should probably take it out soon before it starts rotting or something. If we can manage to kill these goldfish soon we will be switching to guppies or tetras or something not so dirty. Coen absolutely loves the fish though and I find them relaxing also, which is good, because life has been hectic lately.
I started studying for boards. Yuck. It is hard to find the motivation each evening. But little by little I will relearn everything I was once taught and hope that its enough to pass.
Clinic is going really well also. I think I managed to schedule my denture competency patient today. That was my biggest stressor, because they take so long to make and if you have to wait for extractions to heal then they take even longer and I really didn't want to be working on them in April or May or June. I still have quite a few competencies to complete, some composites, amalgams, and a crown, but those all take a lot less appointments to complete so even though I would love to get them done soon, if its spring semester and I am just starting it won't be that big of a deal.
I also volunteered to be the yearbook chair. What I was thinking, I'm not really sure but I really need to spend some time getting that organized so my committee members can start making their pages. It really shouldn't be much work after this initial set up- I hope.
Josh's teaching is going well. He has a lot of students that don't show up regularly which is frustrating to him. There is talk of him being "promoted" to .8 time. Which would be pretty sweet for the checking account.
Only 2 more months to go before baby #2 is here, which will only make life crazier, but exciting.
Monday, September 01, 2008
4th year
Tomorrow is the start of my final year of dental school! I am looking forward to no classes and only 2 patients a day. Hopefully this year I will gain a lot of experience and improve my skills along with pass all of my boards. It should be more relaxed than the past three years. Fall will be busy, with some studying for boards in early November, but no classes to study for this year!
Josh on the other hand is looking forward to a very busy year. Even though his job is only part time, he will be taking 2 classes for his masters along with RCIA classes. He and Lindsey will be taking RCIA together and Kendrick and I are encouraged to attend so hopefully we can arrange a babysitter for most Tuesday evenings (any volunteers?) so that Josh and I can have a "night out".
Today has been a pretty lazy day. We took a short walk with Coen's new (but used) wagon, which he loves, and we might go out to dinner to say goodbye to the last day of summer vacation.
Josh on the other hand is looking forward to a very busy year. Even though his job is only part time, he will be taking 2 classes for his masters along with RCIA classes. He and Lindsey will be taking RCIA together and Kendrick and I are encouraged to attend so hopefully we can arrange a babysitter for most Tuesday evenings (any volunteers?) so that Josh and I can have a "night out".
Today has been a pretty lazy day. We took a short walk with Coen's new (but used) wagon, which he loves, and we might go out to dinner to say goodbye to the last day of summer vacation.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Subway game
So I decided today that I am going to participate in the Subway Scrabble game. I have been to Subway 4 times since it started and have been an instant winner all 4 times, so maybe my luck will continue on to the online scrabble game too. Today I entered in a bunch of codes and was not an instant winner on any of them, but I do have a lot of letters so far so maybe I will win a vacation or something.
Anyway, if anyone goes to subway and is not going to participate in the online game, I would love to have the codes on your game piece. You can feel free to email them to me at ande8262@umn.edu.
Maybe if I win I'll even share the prize!
Anyway, if anyone goes to subway and is not going to participate in the online game, I would love to have the codes on your game piece. You can feel free to email them to me at ande8262@umn.edu.
Maybe if I win I'll even share the prize!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
so disapointed
Well family, I am a little disapointed in all of you. Josh has officially been a part of the family for 3 birthdays, unofficially for 6 and yet no one wished him a happy birthday. I know he doesn't have facebook or update his blog any more but that doesn't mean he is totally unreachable. He does on occasion still answer his cell phone.
At least I remembered and even showered him with gifts for the big 2-6. Josh is now the owner of The Office season 1-3 (and soon to be 4) and of Heros season 1 (and soon to be 2 also). He also got the standard gift for dad, a tie. Well three actually, to match his new brown shirt and a whole drawers worth of dress socks. Back to school shopping is now complete for Josh.
So if you get a chance, wish him happy birthday soon. It sucks getting old and its even worse when no one remembers.
At least I remembered and even showered him with gifts for the big 2-6. Josh is now the owner of The Office season 1-3 (and soon to be 4) and of Heros season 1 (and soon to be 2 also). He also got the standard gift for dad, a tie. Well three actually, to match his new brown shirt and a whole drawers worth of dress socks. Back to school shopping is now complete for Josh.
So if you get a chance, wish him happy birthday soon. It sucks getting old and its even worse when no one remembers.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
back to work
Well my week of vacation sure went fast and I am now back for another week at the CUHCC clinic. Yesterday was rough. The patients were difficult, the instructor in my face, and my hands not quite done with vacation. Today is going much better. The patients have less involved lesions, the in my face instructor is on vacation the rest of the week, and I seem to have regained fine motor control in my hands.
Next week I will be on the mobile dental unit, which is a lot of fun. And as an added bonus I get to spend Wednesday at the state fair giving tours of the RV! I will also have some free time, and can stay at the fair as long as I want, so if anyone will be there Wednesday, let me know.
Coen started daycare yesterday and had a really good first day. The instructors (they consider it a school) said usually if a child has a good active first day the second and third days are more difficult, but when we dropped him off this morning he jumped right in with no hesitations. I think Coen might be an exception to the rule. He absolutely loves playing with the other children. I've been really worried that he is behind other kids his age socially, and physically but from the little I have observed of the other children his age he is right on schedule, if not a little ahead, especially physically. Socially he does pretty well too, but I'll feel better once his vocabulary improves. Josh and I think daycare will really help his language develop.
Friday Coen gets to take his first fieldtrip to the Children's museum. He will even be riding a bus! Its hard to believe how grown up he is already, this past 16 months went so fast! I think I really am ready for another baby in the house because Coen just really isn't a baby anymore.
Next week I will be on the mobile dental unit, which is a lot of fun. And as an added bonus I get to spend Wednesday at the state fair giving tours of the RV! I will also have some free time, and can stay at the fair as long as I want, so if anyone will be there Wednesday, let me know.
Coen started daycare yesterday and had a really good first day. The instructors (they consider it a school) said usually if a child has a good active first day the second and third days are more difficult, but when we dropped him off this morning he jumped right in with no hesitations. I think Coen might be an exception to the rule. He absolutely loves playing with the other children. I've been really worried that he is behind other kids his age socially, and physically but from the little I have observed of the other children his age he is right on schedule, if not a little ahead, especially physically. Socially he does pretty well too, but I'll feel better once his vocabulary improves. Josh and I think daycare will really help his language develop.
Friday Coen gets to take his first fieldtrip to the Children's museum. He will even be riding a bus! Its hard to believe how grown up he is already, this past 16 months went so fast! I think I really am ready for another baby in the house because Coen just really isn't a baby anymore.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A big day for the soon to be dentist
Today I shadowed a dentist and then we sat down and talked business. Basically I have a job. Hooray! There will be an official contract in January, after he buys out his partner so nothing official yet, but still very very exciting.
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