A joyful melody

I sat on my futon this morning, reading about Diabetes Mellitus, when all of a sudden I heard something coming from outside.  It was something that I haven't heard for a while and I didn't realize I missed it.  It was the sound of a bird.  It was outside our apartments singing and I loved it.  The sound of birds is a very summery, very homey feeling for me.  It is one of my favorite sounds in the whole world and I never realize how much I miss it until it comes back.  Instantly it just makes me feel peaceful.

Forever and Always

Texting while Driving

This is pretty powerful...

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964

Change the World

I want to change the world.  Basically, that is my goal in life.  That's the reason I decided to go into nursing.  I felt like I could use nursing to change the world.  Today is one of those days where I am spending my energy trying to find a way to change the world without having to have a degree.  I don't like school.  I don't like Flagstaff.  I don't want to be here anymore and I feel like I'm wasting my time here.  My school work is frustrating me like crazy and it's making me want to quit school and travel the world, changing it.  The problem is, I don't know how to do that without a nursing degree, or a degree in general.  I don't care about APA format, or grammar, or anything that goes along with it.  Yet that is what I am doing in one whole class for one whole semester.  I hate it.  All I want to do is change the world.  Isn't there some way I can do that without having a degree??

Forever and Always

Journey

Music is something that no matter what puts me in a good mood.  It doesn't matter what kind of a day I'm having or how I'm feeling, just the right music will lift my spirits.  Today it was my new "Journey" Pandora station.  I LOVE Journey and I was in the mood for them this afternoon so I put them in my Pandora and have loved every song that has come on.  I feel great and am loving the day.  It helps that the sun is out, but either way the music changed my mood and I love it :)

Forever and Always

The Jungle Book

One of my favorite movies when I was growing up was The Jungle Book.  I used to watch it all the time!  I've been trying to find a DVD copy to own but the only ones out there are the anniversary ones or the one that isn't a cartoon so I decided to rent it from Netflix.  I just love this movie and it makes me feel like a kid again :)

Forever and Always

"Health"

I've known for a while that my body doesn't work quite like it should.  I can't remember a time when I didn't have something going on with my body physically and it has been quite frustrating...and the newest one has begun.  It looks like I may be in possession of one of these devices in the near future...

It's called a Holter monitor and it's for your heart.  It's a portable device that can monitor my hear in a EKG type system.  I may be in the pre-stages of the heart condition that my mom had.  At this point I have seen a general physician and he has gotten blood work started and referred me to a Cardiologist.  He wants me to get a Holter monitor but we'll have to see what the Cardiologist thinks.  I have experienced a progression in heart palpitations and irregular heartbeats that come sporadically.  Hopefully this device can monitor when an episode happens, since a resting EKG will show nothing.  I can't get into the Cardiologist until March 7th so I have to wait until then, but it seems pretty clear what may end up happening.  Luckily, at this point, I'm used to these kinds of things.  I'm not worried about it at all and I know things will get worked out.  If I have another episode before I get the monitor I will probably have to go to the ER to get it recorded, but I will face that when it comes.  It's just another day in the life of me.  I just pray for answers.

Forever and Always