I have been busy with work or too tired to write a blog lately. But, I am finally found time to update everyone. My work is going very well. I assisted in CPR of an animal, but that story ended sadly. Sometimes it is hard to keep up with all the paperwork, but somehow I am able to get everything done before the end of my shift. I am getting to know my coworkers and become friends with them. Because next monday is Memorial Day and I am working I will get time and half. So more money is always nice:)
I do really enjoy that fact that I only work three days out of a 7 day week. In June, though, I will be working fri-sun so I won't have any weekends free. But, I will be able to check out more college-age groups because I haven't be able to check them out this month just do to schedule conflicts. We haven't found one that works with both our schedules that we both really like.
The weather is great up here. It has been mostly in the 60's during the day and in the 40s at night-but we haven't had much night. The sun rises about 4am and is setting close to 11-11:30pm. Next month during the summer solstice the sun will not set. It is called the longest weekend of the year. After that point the length of sunlight will decrease until the winter solstice when we won't get sunlight for a while. So, with all this sunlight, sleeping at night really has not been a problem for me on the nights I dont work. Because I sleep during the day on those days, the sunlight doesn't bother me. Sometimes I do have a problem waking up and having a problem going back to sleep because I have been awake during those times before on previous nights. But, I have found a way to help that problem so i am getting enough sleep on the nights I am not working and enough sleep during the day when I am working. I am studying for my national exam for my vet tech license. I should be able to take the test in July. I think I will get a pay raise after I get my license. I am ready to take it and that will be the last test in this area for awhile.
I am looking for  a car, furniture for our apartment, and a desk and a bookshelf for my bedroom. I am waiting for the best deal on everything, and gathering up the money for those things.  I want to be wise and use my money wisely.
Life is going well and everything will fall into place.

A Week of Many Firsts

This week at work I had lots of firsts. I helped/assisted in a c-section on a yorkshire terrier. I rubbed the puppies. She had three puppies-2males and 1 female. I rubbed and suctioned until the puppies were whining and squirming around. Everything went well, and about a hour or so after the surgery which included a spay-the whole happy, healthy family went home. It is good when the story has a happy ending.The next night, I helped assist the doctor with porcupine quill removal. It was a very scary sight. I wish I took some pictures, but I didn't have a camera. But, the dog tried to eat the procupine, because the whole roof of the dog's mouth, the lower jaw, all the lips, and the tongue were covered. I was so scared to intubate the animal because I was afraid of pushing a quill down as I pushing the tube down. I couldn't see pass the quills down the throat, so the doctor having done lots of quill removals, intubated the dog. It took the doctor about a hour and half the get all of them out, and she couldn't get all of them out to prevent further tissue damage. But, the dog did well. He went home later on in the morning. That same night, we also did an anal gland abscess cleanse and drainage on a cat, and we bandaged a golden reterievers pads which were torn. So, we were pretty busy that night. On tuesday night, my boss let me and other tech use her cats as "pin cushions." We placed catheters, drew blood, and attempted to do a cystocentesis(place a needle through the skin directly in the urinary bladder). I learned how to work the ultrasound and position the scope. Then, I tried to poke the needle in, but I couldn't hit the bladder. But, it was fun to see the bladder on the screen, plus we got to see the arteries pulse on the screen. My work week went well this week.
Tommorrow, I am checking out a big festival/ market thing downtown while Graham is at work.
Next friday, me and Graham are going to check out the midnight showing of the new Pirates of the Carribean. Things are going well. Our favorite store, Fred Meyer, which we can walk to has been having a super big sale this week. So we have gotten several things a great sales prices.
I am going to check out some more college groups next week on my days off so hopefully we can meet some new people.

I know it has been a little while since my last post. So, heres the update so far. We have moved into our new apartment last friday. We really like it. It is in a good neighborhood in the good part of town. We went to church last sunday and the pastor gave us a air mattress and a pad to use since we were sleeping on the floor until we could find our own beds. The pastor also gave us two chairs and a table. They are in good quality and pretty nice. Then the next day, another member of the church gave us a microwave, and gave me a queen-sized mattress and boxspring with sheets, and a dresser. I was thinking to myself that this week I was going to the store and get some more pairs of scrubs, but the God provided me with two free pairs. My boss gave me two pairs of official work scrubs that have the office logo on them. SO now, I have almost enough scrubs to get me through 2 weeks of work. That way, I don't have to do laundry every week after only working three days. We had to wait until wednesday to get our mailbox key so I could pick up my debit card from the new bank account I opened. So yesterday, Graham and I went to Fred Meyer and went shopping. I got mixing bowls with lids(which I am excited about!), cookie sheets, other small kitchen things, plus- we were able to get groceries to fill up our cabinets. Oh, and speaking of cabinets, There are some many cabinets in the kitchen that I am actually having a hard time figuring out where I want to put everything. I was able to go back today and find a few more things on sale and some even on clearance. I found some really cute dish towels a small tv tray, and a small bath rug all on sale. I stopped by Safeway and found a toaster, and ice trays on sale too!
On sunday, we stopped by a thrift store and found a nice older tube tv for a good price so we got that. But we are looking for a flat screen but that will be after we get more on our feet.
We are still need of a couch, tables, lamps, and other furniture, but we are slowly getting that. We are in no real rush.
We did get our internet, cable, and home phone service up and running on Monday so it is nice. I found a home phone at a thrift store a few weeks so we are able to take advance of all the services.
 At the same thrift store Graham found a working Nintendo 64 with a remote, and a Playstation with a remote. Then, he found a game for the playstation at another store we checked out. He was really excited!

Last week, we went hiking along the Turnagain trail. It was really nice day, and it was a nice hike. We got some really good views of the mountains and the ocean. It is called Turnagain because it is where Capt Cook the explorer tried to get through, but had to "turnagain," to turn around.

I started working nights on sunday. It is an adjustment, but I actually kinda like it. It slows down and there are not people and animals running around like crazy. It is kinda nice. I can practice all my techniques for the procedures and not feel like I am in a rush. I can learn from the doctors and the other technique in a more relaxed way. I am not stuck on nights for the rest of my work career with this office.

Graham was able to start working at Office Depot today after a long wait on a background check was delayed in getting here. So, he is pleased to be working again and be able to have a paycheck again.

I think that is everything, so heres a few pictures