Helllllo bloggerland.

Well, for the first time in ages, I am in the mood to blog.  Not that there is really much to blog about, just in the mood to blog.  So bare with me for the most amazingly boring but motivated blog EV AH! (lol)

Work has been giving me the shits.  But today I had a "moment" or "realization" for lack of better words, thanks to some very kind and thankful patients who have been so kind and thankful today.   As a nurse, you do things that save lives on a regular basis, you feel good about it, sometimes have that "RUSH" that all the nurses out there know what I'm talking about.  But very rarely do people ever take the time to say thank you and appreciate what you've done.  It almost makes it feel more real, if that makes any sense?

Anyways (shiny red ball moment!)  I have decided that since I can't change the things at work bothering me, I have no choice... but to change my attitude.  I plan on just going to work, focusing on my job, and letting the rest slide right off my back. (ask me tomorrow how long that will last though! lol)  I have already informed Wayne that I will still, no doubt, bitch about work, but as women, that's what we do! lol  And luckily, he's learned that us gals have to get it off our chest and then we are fine (or at least he gives an awesome front that he has learned that! lol).

At the end of the day, I have a job that I love despite Hitler.

Oh yeah, Hitler.

So a few weeks ago a patient was on the phone apparently having a go at my boss.  I turn the corner and all I hear her say was "you are being rude.. and my name is NOT HITLER!"  I busted up laughing.. APPARENTLY she didn't find it as funny. 

As I was saying... despite Hitler, I love my job.  I am not breaking my back or changing bed pans.  I feel like I make an ACTUAL difference in lives.  I have a NORMAL schedule.  I sleep at night, and am off on holidays with family.  I have a desk with Internet radio (LOVE it) and am making damn good money.  No job is perfect, so time to focus on the good, baby!

In other news, I recently paid OFF a personal loan to my dad, and all my credit cards.  What a freakin' load off!!!!! 

So, since I'm in the blog mood.. I shall continue to blog. 

And tell you some Random Facts About ME.   (yeah, it's corny, but I felt like I would share the crazy shit about me that perhaps nobody knows... well, I'm sure my boyfriend knows em all).

• I can cross my eyes.. well, sorta... I cross the right eye, but the left eye stays straight.  Apparently, it's crazy looking.  (the boy on the other hand, makes great faces ATTEMPTING to... one of many fun memories from last weekend!)
• In the 9th grade, I had 3 friends.  Count them, 3.  I was extremely shy.  (what the hell happened?? lol)
• Once upon a time I wanted to be the FIRST NFL female player.  The only rule was nobody could tackle me (hey I was 6 and have never been a tom boy.  I'm a delicate flower, bitches....lol)
• Once upon a time I wanted 4 kids.. all boys.  The number has changed, but despite what I joke to my boyfriend, the boys hasn't changed. (but honestly, will be happy with whatever God grants us!)
• I am almost 32 with no kids, which bothers me.  A LOT.  But sometimes I think it will make me be a better mother, because I WANT kids so much now, and perhaps back "then" I wouldn't appreciate the wait?  Silly, but a thought.
• I love the taste of fish and seafood.. the smell however, makes me wanna vomit. 
• I miss my friends more than my family.  Which is not a negative reflection on my family at all.  Just show how damn important my friends are in my life. (although I do feel bad after typing that...)
• I feel bad more than I probably should (see previous random fact)
• Once upon a time, my dream was to buy a farm and rescue ALL dogs that were about to be put to sleep. 
• My favorite tv shows:  Friends, Sex and the City, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, ER, Nurse Jackie, How I met your mother... perhaps too many?  I'm sure there are more I have left out......  I <3 TV.  lol
• I don't have a creative bone in my body!  I can "see" crafty things, but I can't make them happen. 
• I don't remember the last time I finished a book.  I will buy books, start them.. DIVE into them.. then they sit and collect dust.
• I am a huge procrastinator.
• I am my own worst enemy.
• I have never been happy with my body. 
• At one stage I had 3 earrings in one ear and 4 in the other.  For the past few years I've only had one in each.  Last month suddenly the second hole works.. so now, I have 2 in each ear.  Happy medium. :)
• I own more black clothes than I should, and less than I wish.
• I have EXTREME anxiety.  Perhaps medication worthy.  In the past, I treated with booze...but 45 days ago, I gave up booze (minus a situation) (yeah, yeah..judge away.)  I am now learning to feel, think, etc without booze.  I still have the anxiety...
• I deal with anxiety with humor. 
• I fear death.  Wait, not death.  I fear dying alone (a note to my future kids.. be there and hold my damn hand!)
• This year I turn 32.  I look in the mirror and see someone late 20's, early 30's...but I sometimes soooo feel mid 20's.  So.. we are as young as we feel?????????????
• I love cheese
• When I am alone (shower, car, house work, etc...) it turns into a Karaoke event.  Seriously.  I use to do Karaoke a lot (but the whole not drinking thing killed that! lol)  But the whole singing thing?? I love.  I have a play list on my iPhone JUST for singing along!  (bows head in shame!)
• I have never loved anyone in my life or felt as loved as I do now with my aussie.
• No matter how happy I am, I wish misery upon certain people....  I worry that makes me a bad person, but hope thats human nature.
• My first car was a 1996 geo Prizm.  I've jumped more railroad tracks in that than Evil Kanevil (sp???)
• With no alarm or a reason to wake up, I'd sleep til noon daily.  Period.
• I love quotes and lyrics.  Far too much.

Guess since I've been working on this blog for like an hour now, I will stop, enjoy some trashy TV, texts with friends, and call it a night.

TTFN.

Where is time going?

Seriously, time seems to be just flying by.  It's so hard to believe it's almost the end of May!  It's hard for me for two reasons.... well, maybe three..

First off, admitting the month of May is almost past means admitting this year is nearly 5/12 complete.  Jesus.  How did that even happen?? Wasn't New Years like LAST WEEK???

Secondly, it's hard to believe because this means that I have been here in OZ for NEARLY 10 months... which also means my visa runs out in 2 months time.  Now, if work will stop stressing me out and get the visa I need to STAY here, I will stress less... about this at least? lol  Yeah, I admit I am a worry wart and over stress...but these things are important. 

Thirdly, for me, a "yank", May is the time that spring is in the air.  Flowers are in bloom.  Some days it is so warm you think it's summer.  Pools are slowly starting to open.  All the things that you are "use" to for "MAY" weather.  Welllll.. down here in the southern hemisphere... we are almost done with Autumn, and on June 1st (or 1st of June as they say here) we are officially in WINTER.  The southern hemisphere has TOTALLY turned me into a wimp!  I am wearing sweaters and coats, sweatpants and complaining of being cold when it's like, 50-60's.  HOWEVER it feel soo much colder!  The good thing about Perth in the Summer time is the nice ocean breeze off of the ocean.  Once that comes in during the afternoon (which it does MOST days) even on a very HOT day, it's tolerable.  The same breeze is here when it's cold.  And a COLD breeze when it's cool outside, equals down right FREAKIN COLD!  lol  So yeah, the southern hemisphere has turned me into a total wimp!  But, I'm ok with that.

We went down south this past weekend and used our 4wd and went exploring.  It was great fun.  It's amazing what you can find when you take the road less traveled, literally.  HEAVEN.

Today I had a salon girlie day.  Went and got a keratin treatment (aka Brazilian blow out) on my hair and an eye brow wax (that was super over due!)  So far I LOVE the keratin treatment!! I'll post a before and after picture!!!


                                          Before                                                                                             After

Time will tell if I am happy with it long term, but as of now really loving it.

In other news, Wayne's Grandmother, Babcie (dad's mom) has suffered a severe stroke and is in hospital not expecting to make it much longer.  So thoughts and prayers for her passing in peace are appreciated.  She is 95 and has severe Alzheimer's, and hasn't known anyone, including herself, for sometime (from the way I understand it). 

Anyways, that's all for now... ttfn.

Life has been....

BUSY!!!!  I'm sucking at blogging these days... but don't worry, you aren't missing much! lol.  Just been super busy.

Just checking in to say hi at the moment, so people won't think I died.  Who am I kidding.. nobody reads this! lol.  This weekend we are heading down South and I just can't wait.  I love it.

Since I'm being short and sweet tonight, I'll just leave with some good ol Seven Mary Three lyrics tonight.. no particular meaning, just listened tonight on shuffle and realized how much I like the lyrics.  :)   Will update soon, but again, not much going on!! Just work, life, and love down here in Paradise.  I love my job, life, and love... so, yeah, business as usual folks!

"Do you think that people get tired of themselves?
Is that why the T.V.'s on all the time?
It don't take much to get it right back on track,
but it won't fall from the sky right into your
lap.
I've made the most of Luck.
You get a brand new chance
in a brand new town.
And if I don't read what they wrote about me,
I might turn you on to something I've found:
Silence. Priceless. Silence.
The only way we talk.
What if people get everything they expect?
What becomes of hope?
I'll bet she's a nervous wreck.
What's the genius in a cushion on your couch?
You better find yourself something that drags you
out.
I've made the most of Love.
You get a brand new chance in a brand new town.
And if I don't hear what they whisper about me,
I might turn you on to something I've found:
Silence. Priceless. Silence.
The only way we talk. "

I suck at blogging these days!!!

My last blog was around Easter.  WHAT????  So much has been going on, and  we've been busy as heck, and yet I don't seem to be blogging much at all!  Which is a shame, because even though there haven't been any big events, there have been some good and fun memories that I haven't blogged on.  I should really get my ass back into this blogging thing.  Quick run down.. Koby (nephew) just turned FIVE.  Holy.  Crap.  Where has the time gone?  I still remember my Aussie friend emailing me (and blogging on Myspace) (side note...what's myspace?) that his precious nephew had entered the world.  That little man is now our nephew (hey, he calls me Auntie April, that's good enough for me!) and is FIVE.  Wow.  And soon, Zane will be THREEE?????   Wow.

Koby's bday falls on ANZAC day (google it, I'm too tired to link ya ;) ) so that required us getting up at 4 am for a GORGEOUS dawn service at the War Memorial in the city at Kings Park.  After that was breakfast with the immediate family, home to clean up, over to the brother's house for the family get together for Koby's birthday... then home.  I was EXHAUSTED and in bed at like 9 p.m.  And not only in bed, but in a COMA.  Wayne was packing his suitcase (I'll get to that next) and I'm pretty sure the suitcase at one stage was on my feet and legs and I didn't care enough to move.  lol.  I was just exhausted.  The next day, we were off to the East coast.....

A couple weeks ago, Wayne found out he was going to Brisbane (on the East coast) for about 10 days for work, and since it included a weekend and I was able to get some time off work, he invited me along.... and off we went for a nice weekend get away (thurs-sun).  So, our fun (but rainy) trip to Brisbane was good.  Was nice to see another part of this gorgeous country!!   There was shopping, sight seeing, LOTS of coffee breaks (umm...helllooooo Starbucks, how I have missed you!), a massive ferris wheel ride, "Annie" the musical (fifth row, baby!), Pancakes with REAL syrup.... and most importantly, just time away and alone.  Not that it was needed, but come on, when will you ever refuse time away and alone with someone you love?

Work has been super busy this week.  It's good because the day simply FLIES by.  The only bad is some days I feel like I'm missing/forgetting stuff.  But work is all really good.   The nights this week have been packed full.  Either dinner with a friend (three out of five nights were this) and the other two were catching up with Season 2 of Teen Mom 2.  Now, let me explain this.  In Australia, most sites that I can watch TV shows online, tell me "This material is blocked in your region".  Total.  Freakin.  Cock block.  HOWEVER, I've stumbled across a few websites that allow it.  So I've been having some major marathon's.  And the fact that our Internet seems to be working well lately (knock on wood!) has really been helpful. 

New bedtime routine... Chamomile Tea.  Yeah, I was leary, however it was in the hotel while in Brisbane so I tried it.  Perhaps it's all in my head and doesn't help me sleep, but it's a nice little routine to have a warm drink at bedtime, for sure.  I like it with a touch of Equal. 

Tonight I had dinner with a friend/family member (step cousin) of Wayne's.  Really nice good time.  Before dinner we saw the movie "The five year engagement".  Funny movie..really enjoyed it... perhaps not the best timing as I have some stuff on my mind lately (which I don't feel like going into here), however really enjoyable chick flick.  The guys seemed to enjoy it too, so it's not TOO much of a chick flick.  Still the predictable "and they all lived happily ever after" ending, but enjoyable.

Ok, off to bed I go.

Love, peace, and hair grease!