um-yet again!

So...I'm moving again! A huge deal basically fell into my lap and there was NO way I could pass it up. First of all, I have the master bedroom. Now, if you all recall, my room right now is a tad bigger than a cave in the deep dark mountains. My new room is quite large and spacious (not to be confused with the building). I have a balcony--which means that Romeo can now find me and begin reciting poetry my way! Also, it is a brand new house- never before lived in! YEA!!! Count your many blessings- I am so excited. Here are some pictures- ENJOY! :)


I know its a little blurry- I just couldnt keep my hand still! I guess I am just too excited!


















My room! LOOK AT ALL THAT SPACE!







THE BATHROOM!





My balcony!






Upstaris livingroom













Downstaris livingroom #1



Main downstaris livingroom #2












Kitchen





Backyard with porch (perfect for a hammock if you ask me! and there is a little swing set as well. I didnt ask so I dont know!)





When we pulled up tonight to unpack there was a perfect full rainbow! Its a sign! The heavens are smiling down upon us!

We'll move in tomorrow so I'll get some updates with actual furniture in it! Yea for me! "I'm so happy!" (Name that movie!)

Ticksy little Hobittses!

The hospital that I work at has many wonderful people that donate money to help keep it going. One of these people is a retired General that recently turned 95. He has donated and is continuing to donate millions of dollars to the pediatric department itself. So- how do we thank him? With some carrot cake a little party with the kids on the unit! This is a great plan if you're in a regular hospital. However, when you have 4 kids on the floor and they are all teens- the "lets decorate cookies with the kids" has a different feel to it.

The other part is that I was supposed to have the kids make birthday cards for the General during the last couple of weeks. Well folks, we haven't had kids that could do that. I had a few make them, but it was ultimately up to me to do it. I put on my little kid hat and went to work. They were all fine and dandy, but not exactly what I was picturing. Then it came to me. I put the marker in my left hand ( I am right handed mind you) and then closed my eyes. I thought of a the many pictures I have received from my nieces and nephews and went to work. Then, I got out the stickers and closed my eyes as I plopped them down. When I opened my eyes, I was quite proud of myself! It looked great! I think I even had a few tears of joy in my eyes. But the test was on. Would it fool the others?

I put up the cards around the lobby and sat back to watch. All I have to say was it was really hard to keep the giggles in. I would ask people what they thought of the cards and they would look around and then go right to the one I did with my eyes closed and say things like "oh! look how sweet!" or "this one is so cute!" Or they would get a little laugh and say "oh look at this one. Its priceless". I, of course being so proud of my accomplishment, couldn't keep it in. So I told them, "I did it!" They would get the best shocked faces I had ever seen and then we would laugh together. Of course, we didn't tell the General. What he doesn't know wont hurt him!

I think that that should be enough to say that I am a REAL child life specialist eh? I don't think I should have to take the certification test in November. Do you think the child life counsel would agree?

Well here it is the moment you have been waiting for! I took a picture with my camera phone right before the General took it home!



So what do you think? Could I pass as a toddler?

Getting out!

This weekend, my roommate Sarah and I decided that enough was enough! It was time to get out of the heat and head off to the mountains for some much needed rest and relaxation! (kind of). So off we went to go camping with her little brothers. It was beautiful- but like always--an adventure! I learned a little thing about camping in the white mountains. They dont have designated campgrounds like the ones that I am used to. You find a nice piece of dirt that looks good and settle down. Here is what we found. It was beautiful!!!


The best part was that if you stood at the face of the tent and looked forward- this is what you would see--

You might not be able to see unless you click on it- but they are cows. Yep. Cows roaming free right across from the dirt road! So funny! I told them that if we woke up to cows grazing around us I would probably freak out!




The other funny thing that happened was that all the wood that he had was soaked due to the unusually large amounts of rain that the mountains had received. We tried, but to no avail- all we got was smoke.










Thankfully we live in a wonderful day of technology and we could call their dad (who was coming up later to drop off their other son) to bring up DRY wood.

Therefore, not having a fire what else are you going to do? How about work on your golf swing. I have to say I've never done that while camping before but it was fun!



Dont be fooled. I know I look like a pro, but keep in mind that I left out the many pictures of me missing the ball.





The next day we went on a hike. There are no pictures on the way up because my focus was on breathing and not dying. However- It was worth it once we got there.

Once back at Sarah's house we hung out with the cutest puppy ever. I fell in love with Brody! So he deserves some pictures on here! You'd have to agree he's pretty darn cute!


I had a great weekend. It was nice to get away from life for a little while. I definitely recommend it to all. Even take a golf club or two because its fun for all!



And a Happy Birthday to my cute roommate too! You're great!

Thank goodness for kids!

Yesterday I was working with a five year old boy in the hospital. This little guy couldnt leave his room to play in the playroom, so he was super bored and you can only imagine how his parents were feeling! I went in and introduced myself. I asked him if he wanted some things to do. His not so emphatic reply was "sure". When I returned with some activities his mom had left the room. She came back and we went for a walk (a "we have to keep our hands together so we dont touch anything" walk)and then I left him with some more things to do. A few minutes later one of the doctors asked me if I had worked with this patient. I responded "yes" and she started laughing. Apparently, when I was playing with him, his mom had gone to tell the doctor this really funny thing. After the first encounter that I had with him, and then left to get the activites, he said to his mom- "mom, you gotta get out of here because this girl is pretty!"

At least little boys love me! Now I gotta work on the older ones! :)