| Nov. 30th, 2008 @ 09:20 pm Round up post |
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Current Mood:  bouncy
Current Music: "One Dozen Monkeys" - They Might Be Giants
My poor puppy is hurt. She jumped off my brother's lap to get at a toy and tore some ligaments in her back legs. We had to give her an acid reducer, and two pain pills twice a day. She loved us. Then, about five days later we had to take her back to the vet because her leg was getting better but her ear was full of goop and smelled like ass. Turns out she has something stuck in her ear and it caused a yeast infection in her ear. Yay! So now we have to give her ear medicine everyday too (and they shaved part of her ear hair to look in there, she looks so silly) and after two weeks we take her back to see if the swelling's down and they can pull out whatever she has stuck in there. And then she stopped eating. She ate less over the past two days or so and today she hasn't touched her food. We'll wait and see how she is tomorrow but we may be making ANOTHER call to the vet. Poor puppy.
The Christmas season is upon us. Greg has invited basically his entire extended family to his house for the holiday. This means he and I will be playing host to his mom and dad, his brother and his wife, his twin brother, his aunt and uncle and their two kids, and possibly his Grandma. So basically we will be hosting our first family Christmas before we're even a married couple. It'll be interesting to say the least. But we have a tree, even if the lights don't technically work (Greg's going after them with his multimeter to find the problem, I love my dorky engineer), we decided on a Nativity Set (After I explained what a Nativity set was and why I wanted one) and it's super adorable (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3150656) - It's Playmobil! I figure it's silly and fun and perfect for us and when I decide to buy a nicer set that's not technically a children's toy, our children can play with it! Heavens knows I've bought books for our hypothetical children (There's a Monster at the End of this Book and Z is for Zamboni) why not toys!
I need a present for my godson and his big sister. I'm definitely getting them "Here Come the ABC's" and "Here Come the 123's" by They Might Be Giants. Greg and I love TMBG so much, we HAVE to get my adorable cousins their kid CD's. I think maybe for Bella a flower girl dress for her American Girl doll since she's going to be my flower girl (one of them, I have two flower girls and two ring bearers because I have too many adorable small cousins) and Zach will probably get some sort of toy meant to make kids enjoy engineering at a young age because of Greg's influence. I want to get him Lego's, I've seen him play with them, but 4 and a half might be a tiny bit young for the big fun sets I want to get him. Maybe I'll get my dinosaur loving cousin Abby "The Land Before Time" I loved that movie so much and I got it for Bella last year. Hmmm... kids are fun to shop for. I also want to buy my mom a Nintendo DS and I'm debating between the ice blue and the metallic pink. I should buy it soon because they might sell out. Greg, meh, I'll figure it out.
Well my rotations are over for the year. Hooray! However I now need to do the project I procrastinated on for way too long by January. What I really need to do is call the FDA, the EPA, the state police, the local police, and the legal representative for the state pharmacy association. I really really hate calling people. Technically I could write up a slapdash report without a lot of references and get a B or even a C on it and be just fine because I have 15, probably 20 hours of A already this year to add to the ol' GPA. But I feel bad because I'm doing this for somebody else and I want to do a good job for them, but I don't want to work all through my break. Decisions, decisions.
Wedding's going, Grandma pretty much called me fat and told me I wouldn't fit in my dress. It's a good thing she's a crazy old lady and I know it, but it still made me feel really bad, especially when she kept praising my cousin's fiancee (he's the favored grandchild, but still) and how cute her figure is and how much more prepared and organized she is compared to me. Funny, she has a church and a reception venue and that's it, and said she felt like she was way behind compared to us. Anyways, long story short, Grandma's crazy.
And last but not least, the job hunt is underway. Walgreens will totally hire me and give me a sign on bonus. Schnucks seems interested, but I need to call them to set up an interview (I got my first interview suit, I feel like such an adult! Also it's ridiculously cute, even if I need the pants hemmed and the jacket let out a bit in the boob area. But the skirt part is adorable!). Wal-Mart St. Louis has no openings right now but they'll be reevaluating in January. I'm like, well since I won't be licensed until probably July or August, that's cool) Wal-Mart Metro East just called me when I was out of town for Thanksgiving so I'll call them back tomorrow. And hospitals won't be starting their hiring process until January most likely and I want to wait to hear from Children's, Cardinal Glennon, and St. John's Mercy (preferably their new Children's Hospital) before I accept any offers. Though one of the big chain retailers would be pretty nice if Greg were to get transferred...
I'm attempting to be a good class officer too. I need to come up with an inexpensive class gift we can give to the school as a kind of legacy from the inaugural class. We have a medicinal garden and I found a fairly nice concrete bench that can be engraved with a message from us for well within our budget. I also like the idea of planting a tree with a plaque from us. Other options are a stepping stone for the garden (I like the utility of a bench more), a stained glass window (pretty but expensive, and what to put on there?), or a "trophy case" to showcase honors and awards the school has received (which we have quite a few already for being a brand new school. Our first year a student placed in the top ten for the National Patient Counseling Competition, our third year a student placed third in the nation in the same contest, two students won the National Clinical Skills Competition and we've received awards from APhA for our involvement and all sorts of junk) but unfortunately a crappy case is about twice our budget and we don't want a crappy curio cabinet looking thing, we'd like something nice.
I need to write an entry about work and the crazy you can encounter on a Saturday night at your local 24 hour Walgreens. Maybe I'll do that later tonight if my Benadryl doesn't kick in before then. |
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