2017

I got contacts today. My eyesight has been getting worse. And can I saw how lovely it is to sit at the kitchen table and be able to see the time on the microwave. Letting the babies out to potty I was smitten with this view of my neighbors trees. Its all about the lighting! By the way... Contacts feel weird and itchy.

Spending the week off between Christmas and New year I filled my time catching up on house work. I even cleaned the baseboards. Yesterday we came home from picking up dinner, I noticed a little white box on the table. I opened it up to find this beautiful gold necklace with a paw print. I asked Mitchel about it and he apologized he didn't give it to me but it was a thank you for all the hard work I did and taking care of the furr babies during my break. Naturally my heart melted and am so grateful for my sweet husband. 

I've been giving the boys vaccines at home for a while. So I continued the same with miss Gemma. Her second vaccine/ the first one I gave her went fine. So her third last night should have gone without a hitch. I gave Gemma her third vaccine last night after dinner and no problems. Except mitchel held her differently and it made me nervous of sticking him with the needle.... I stuck myself. Other than that it was fine... Until 30 mins later give or take when Mitch took her to snuggle. Apparently all her rubbing and rolling on the carpet was an indication of her itching and her face blowing up because of the allergic reaction. When mitchel walked back to me in the kitchen and brought her poor face to my attention, I may have freaked a bit. It was easily 3 times her normal size. We immediately gave her benadryl. Looked on Google and called the emergency 24 hr vet in Orem. Our main concern was her having her airways close. We got in the car and headed south. The roads were awful and t

2016 was one hell of a year for me. Anatomy, mental breakdown, two new jobs, sticking with one of the two jobs, a colonoscopy, work drama, endless hours at school, Faith moved in with us, i got another piercing, a week away in Cancun, more work drama, Physiology, volunteering in the anatomy lab, mono, more depression, 2 plus months of mono, more work drama, survival, change at work, more survival, bringing home our baby girl Gemma - she's a cockapoo, thanksgiving, finals, passing of my classes, and a grinchy christmas. I've never been more excited to kiss a year goodbye. I'm hopeful for 2017. I'm looking forward to writing for myself daily. losing weight and feeling better in my body. passing the teas test getting an A in math 1050 applying to the  nursing program at UVU (hopefully getting my acceptance letter) managing my depression and anxiety making some real progress in the yard drink less drink more water garden. corn, pumpkins, tomatoes... cook w