HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I am thankful for:
-Salvation
-God's forgiveness
-Godly parents (Thanks guys and I love and miss you!)
-wonderful siblings (I love you Kevin, Katie and Kraig)
-my many friends who continue to encourage me and support me
-my job
-a chance to serve my country
-our townhouse and wonderful housemate
-my good health
-the good health of my family
-financial stability
-having micah and nikki with me
-McCloskey's inviting my sister home for thanksgiving
-katie being able to go home for christmas
-the safe delivery of Maddy Whisler
-the influence of Godly professors
-the opportunity to care for newborns and marvel at the miracle of life
-for co-workers who care enough for others to make sure we had somewhere to go for Thanksgiving
-a car that is totally reliable
-the little things of life that I am often oblivious to that allow me to enjoy my life...

THANK YOU LORD!!!

OSU kicked Michgan's butt!!! :-) No matter how bad OSU has played this season all is good now that they beat U of M. :-) Unfortunately I wasn't able to see the victory as the local ABC station decided two mid-west teams weren't interesting enough to show on the east coast. grr!!!

Pacer's game turns ugly in Detroit! Pacers were doing so well but this might ruin their season. :-( The ESPN announcers seem to think that the players will be backed up and the fans were mostly at fault. That would be an interesting outcome.

In other sports news today is the big day! OSU vs Michigan...OSU has stunk this year but maybe, just maybe they can win this game and perserve some of their honor. We'll see...

We're no longer interns but now orientees...in some ways I don't feel any different. But things have changed and we're now working on our assigned units and learning how we fit into the structure of that unit. Monday we learned that our schedule had been redone and so I no longer worked any nights this week. But I do work nights the next 2 weeks. This week I spent a day with the lactation consultant (you can imagine how much fun that was!) and a day with the ward clerk. Fortunately those days were only 8 hour days. Today I attend a neonatal resuscitation class. The class was a big joke! We flew through the material so fast that I didn't really learn a whole lot. I learned more by reading the book over the past few days then I did in class. I am fairly confident with the material as presented in class but would be scared to death if/when I have to do this in real life. But at least now I am somewhat prepared. And now I have the next 2 days off to prepare myself for nights...guess that means I get to stay up all night on Sunday night...not sure I can handle that. I've become little Kenny Jr. and have been in bed by 9:30 or 10pm most nights! :-)

oh...yesterday Micah and I went and picked up our cammies (required since we're part of the fleet hospital). We can wear them on Fridays which should be kinda fun...at least a break from khaki's. We actually don't have most of the uniform at the moment cuz they have to put our name, rank and insignia on it but we should have it soon. I not thrilled with the idea of ever going to the "Big Sandbox" to play but the cammies are kinda cool! :-)

And a shout out to Sarah and Eric...congratulations guys!! So when's the wedding? ;-)

I love my friends!! Thanks for the cards and notes, guys!! And katie...thanks for the gum and recipes too!!

On another note: I am done with my internship and start orientation on the Mother/Baby unit on Monday...yikes! Am I ready???

Saw Ladder 49 tonight...wow! Such a good movie...guess I shouldn't say more cuz I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't watched it. Oh, and saw Polar Express last night...also a very good movie!!

I am so excited that my Commander-In-Chief didn't change!! :-)

I stayed up until the wee hours of this morning following the election even though I didn't really think we'd know. And of course we didn't know by the time I finally went to bed but surprisingly we know already. I really thought it would be a repeat of 2000 and would take some time before a winner was declared. So after all the mud-slinging and criticisms a majority of Americans still favor Bush...good to know! :-)


I donated plasma again today. It didn't take nearly as long as the first time but is still quite time consuming all for a quick buck. Not that I am complaining about being paid for reading and giving away some of my plasma. I noticed that most of the workers at the Plasma care center aren't too friendly. I think it's because they are used to working with people who aren't very nice or polite themselves. They have to appear dominant and in control at all times so they aren't taken advantage of. Quite different from those I am usually around. At least this time I wasn't in uniform so I didn't stand out quite as much as before. If you've never donated plasma before I'd recommend getting the experience.