Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

A little feast without the calories!!   Please visit  Jodi's blog!   She posts these for us.   Feel free to play along for some yummy fun! She will post a new one each Thursday night.   JOIN IN!!!   Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions: Let's take a break from life and learn about each other!!!!!! 1. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER SOMEONE? Not that I know of. 2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?  When my sister had a stroke. 3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?  Not really. 4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?   Ham 5. DO YOU HAVE kids? Yes, BJ, Shandra, and Tasha 6. DO YOU USE SARCASM?   Only when necessary (which is quite often) 7. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?   Yes and no.  I had them removed, but they grew back. 8. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?  Not for any amount of money 9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Hot – Oatmeal, cold - Crispix 10. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?   Ye...

This week marks the start of a new semester at my school.  This semester I will be team teaching the Med/Surg I class and doing all of the labs for that class.  I will also be doing clinicals in the Labor and Delivery department in Salt Lake.  Always learning and gaining more education and skills.  It should be a fun semester. This is NOT me or my students! The reading exercises that Robin is doing seem to be helping a little.  She is still really slow at processing the words.  In fact her son, Corbin, has been listening to her read and said, "Is this what it was like when you listened to me learn how to read?  Because it is BORING!"  She will be seeing an ophthalmologist and physical therapy next week.  She is really struggling with anxiety - but (drum roll, please!) she has not smoked since her stroke.  I AM SO PROUD OF HER!  To refrain from smoking while she is dealing with so many other stressors in her life is nothing sho...