Weekend Trip

John and I went to Morehead City/Beaufort/Atlantic Beach this weekend. Our friend Rochelle got MARRIED Saturday. They had a beautiful ceremony at a church. Roh wore a tea length white dress with purple peap-toe shoes. At the reception afterwords she changed into purple chucks. It was awesome. They had these nice little white mints with sugar on them that were delicious, oh and OREO COOKIE BALLS!! My favorite :) That night John and I went for a walk in Beaufort and ate at a restaurant were we had flaming cheese :) Literally they lit our cheese on FIRE!

The next day was rainy and chilly. We went out to the ocean for a little while but it was cold and very windy. We didn't stay there long. We went to the aquarium as well. There was a neat exhibit where they went diving with the sharks. John really really wanted to go diving with them. My new camera is kicking butt. It took some really good pictures of the jellies :) We ate lunch in Beaufort, walked around a little bit and then headed home.



Over all it was a WONDERFUL weekend. We need to get away more often.

On a sad note, when we got home our eggs were MISSING! I mean gone, no shells, goo, anything. I will kill the snake that swallowed them whole!

Working

I've been working for the past few days, and I'm tired. I haven't had really sick patients, just constant days. HIPPA is getting on my nerves. I know patients have their right to privacy, but it has gotten so strict, that I risk breaking HIPPA just by talking to my co-workers about my assignment. They don't even want us to post where we work on Facebook because it can lead to violations. We aren't allowed to be friends with patient's or their parents on Facebook, or to give them our numbers to keep in touch. It has just gotten crazy.

John and I went out to dinner last night with his Dad and his wife. We went to the Saxapahaw Grill. I HIGHLY recommend it. It is at a General Store, but the food you get is gourmet. I had Apple and Mango pork chops with mashed potatoes and collards. It was amazing, the sauce was awesome. They are opening a Pub right next door and I can say John and I will be eating there as much as we can afford :)

I work again tomorrow and then Saturday we head to the Beach for a wedding. Our wedding photographer is getting married. She is an amazing artist. I can't wait to see her again, and get to spend sometime with John at the beach.

We have Doves ;)

So as some of you may know, John and I have a dove nest in a flower pot on the porch. I tried to get rid of it, a couple times. But the doves were insistent. Now they have laid eggs and become very very protective of the nest. I couldn't even water the flowers yesterday for fear of being attacked by the birds. I do admit they are starting to grow on me. I find myself checking on them throughout the day. I think I will continue to shoot pictures of them until they eggs hatch and the babies fly away. Here are some I took today. She guard her next well, until I shoo her away with my camera strap.














I am still a little sick, but I think I will go back to work tomorrow. My fever broke, and all I have is some chest congestion. So I feel like after today's rest, I should be good to go for tomorrow's shift. I'm off Monday, so maybe I'll have another day to get better. John and I have a wedding to go to next weekend at Morehead. We are staying the night Saturday night, so I'm hoping to get some sunning in on Sunday :)

And on a more mushy note, I love John. He has really done his best to look after me these past few days, even though he has been a little under the weather himself. He has made sure to get me whatever I have wanted including snuggles :). He works so hard himself. Long hours, bad bosses, and lots of driving, but he doesn't complain. He just comes home and makes sure his wife is happy :)

I love you John.

Sick Day

I took a sick day today. I'm pretty sure all I have is some sinus problems, maybe allergies, but since I had a fever last night. No work for me. I do feel kinda bad, because when I checked in with my manager this morning she informed me the unit is pretty crazy. Hopefully all will be better tomorrow. I felt bad yesterday. I slept all afternoon and used half a box of tissues. Thank goodness John and I own a lot a movies. It def. helps to keep me less bored. I also like the feature on DVDs where when the movie finishes and you do not stop the dvd, it automatically restarts. Harry Potter kept me very relaxed yesterday.

John had another very late night. He didn't get in until after 8. What sucks about these long days is he doesn't get paid overtime. He works on average 10-12hrs a day. Most days he leaves a little before 8am and doesn't get home until after 6. It sucks for him, because he is exhausted and still works 5 days a week. He was told he was getting a raise a couple weeks ago. On his first check with a raise, it was about $175 less than what they originally said it would be a week. I can't wait until he finds another job, with more honest employers.

Well hopefully after laying around another day, I will start feeling better and make it back into work. I miss my babies. (Especially one of them.)

Overtime

Did you know that on-call pay for nurses was started over 30yrs ago? For those of you who do not know, on call pay is when I get called early in the morning and told I am not working but put on call. (Excuse my run-on sentence.) I have to stay near home, so that if I get called in to work I can be there as quickly as possible. Guess what I get paid? Guess!?! It's $2 an hour. So a total of $24 dollars a day, and it's taxed. The amount hasn't been adjusted since its in-statement. So I can't really leave home ALL day and I get paid $24. I mean seriously!

My morning started at 0500 when I woke up to get ready for work (OT shift). At 0515, work called to let me know I was on call. I went back to bed. It probably took me about 30mins to get to sleep, and then another call at 0635. They needed me to come in for an admission. Okay, no big deal I got to lay in a little while longer. TEN minutes later, they called back. They needed me to still be on call. Well I was already dressed, and John was in the kitchen making coffee and breakfast. So no going back to bed for us!

So here I sit waiting on a call, that probably will not come for my $24 dollars. I guess I shouldn't complain, it's more than I would have made if I had not signed up for OT at all.

John, of course, is working today. He left about 0745. We had cheese toast and coffee for breakfast. Since we were both up early, it was nice to sit there and drink our coffee together! We don't get to do that much. It seems like every weekend we are busy. Por ejemple: This past weekend we spent the night with KatyKJ Friday night and then headed straight into town for errands Saturday. This Saturday I'm working. Next Saturday we have a wedding in Morehead and are driving down that morning. See? No relaxing coffee mornings for us!

Hope you enjoy the pic of me in my new scrubs! And as John would say, Peace and Love Y'all ;)

Spring Cleaning

John is gone out of town again, so my spring cleaning got put on hold yesterday due to anger. I restarted today by changing out sheets and washing. It's ridiculous how much I enjoy cleaning, organizing, and straightening. It has to be my mothers' fault. She always kept things neat. She would re-straighten magazines that I just cleaned ;)

John and I have a really nice apartment, but as with all apts storage is an issue. We have a lot of things that we want for the future, but with no place to keep it now. The closet in our guest bedroom is filled to the brim with stuff. John has a lot of art supplies, that we do NOT want to get rid of. I just need a better way to store it. I have a lot of craft/sewing supplies, with no where to put my sewing machine. (BTW I need a new one.) I want some attic space to put decorations from Christmas, extra art supplies, and books. We have a lot of things stored at my parents house in their basement. I want a basement :). Actually I would love a house.

Speaking of houses, we are in the process of saving for a house. We have looked online for houses within our budget, but we are nowhere near ready to buy. We would like to put at least 10% down. (More would be better.) We are actually doing pretty well saving, about 1/3 of the way there. If you have suggestions on saving or house buying, please let us know!

Well I really need to keep cleaning. I know this was kinda a boring blog, but it's my first. I'm sure you will hear plenty of drama and fun coming out of this posting int he future.