Busy Few Weeks

I feel like I have been super busy the past few weeks. I know I only work 3 days a week, but when you pair working with errands, family time, cleaning, cooking, and small trips: things get crazy.

John has been keeping steady work. This week he has working 9 to 12 hour days. He got to stay local and today I think he is in Burlington as well. We have gotten to spend quite a bit of time together lately and I love it.

We are taking our family trip next week to the Dominican Republic. It will be John's side of the family. Trisha, Jeremiah, Anitra, Cully, their kids and Johna and I will be making the long trip starting at 0655am next Saturday. Wish us luck on the travel :)

I will leave you with a few pictures from the past few weeks.











This summer has gone by fast, but it has really been a good one. John and my first year together has been so blessed so far. We have a few weeks left until our anniversary, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for our future!

Duke is AWESOME!

So I need to brag about my Employer for a moment. We ranked 10th on the US News and World Report. The only hospital in NC to make it on there. So go us :) The NICU where I worked ranked 19th, so we have some room for improvement there. Here's the article, so check it out.

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/healthcare/best-hospitals-2010-11-honor-roll

A few thoughts...

**Working would be so much easier if you could pick your hours. I don't mind 12 hour shifts, because I only work 3 days a week ;). But getting up at 5am and getting home at 8pm is kinda hard. If I could get up closer to 6am and get home still around 8 that would be awesome. I can't complain though, I have a great job. I work with some really interesting and helpful people. I can tweak my schedule to have 8 days off with out taking any PTO.

**I love spending time with my family. I know Sundays are a time for God, but I also love going over to my Memaws and seeing my family, playing with my cousins and EATING.

**I really need to clean our apartment. I let things get kinda dusty, dirty, grimy over past few weeks. I worked last weekend, then went out of town for 4 days, and now I'm working this weekend. So needless to say, I need a good cleaning day. I think that day will be TOMORROW!

**I love my husband.

**I really want a puppy, one of my parents. I know that now isn't the most appropriate time, but I still want one.

**Chinese food sounds really good right now.

**I need to take a new primary at work, but I also need some new experiences after having a primary for 8 months.

**I miss my friends, I haven't seen any of them in months.

Well those are all my thoughts right now, except that if I get an admission today I hope it goes well!

I love my husband :)

John is a great guy, look what he bought me!



But let's face it I'm a pretty darn good wife. Look what I made him!!



We had some leftover sauce from our weekend dinner with Roh, so I made some more sesame chicken, broccoli, and John bought some sushi. I must say it turned out really good ;)

I'm going to the zoo tomorrow with 3 lil cousins and my lil sister. It should be a blast, there will be pictures.