Dentist/ Christmas Decorating/ Crazy Weather

As you can guess from the title, few big things have occurred over the last week since Thanskgiving.
So for the first thing, I was dealing with a tooth ache for about a week before Thanksgiving. I went to the dentist the wednesday before thanksgiving. They figured out that I had a deep cavity under a big ugly grey filling in my last lower molar(right in front of my wisdom tooth) on my right side. He went over all of my options at that point. He could try to carefully take off the ugly grey filling and clean it out and place a new filling on it but he was concerned since the decay was close to the nerve that the decay might have gotten into the nerve. He explained that I could opt for a root canal or have the tooth extracted at that point. He explained all the prices and everything he could do. I opted for trying to place a new filling and if the decay was too bad to go ahead and extract the tooth. Since, it was Thanksgiving eve and he was super busy and short staffed. I told him I could schedule an appointment the next week. He prescribed me some Hydrocodone(Vicodin) to get through until then. I took one that night. Then the tooth hurt some the next day, but I took some otc pain reliever and i was fine. It didn't hurt the rest of the week. So i went back this past wednesday, nov 30.  I was given one injection of numbing agent that was good until he got close to the nerve then he gave me another injection because I was wincing in pain. He drilled out the ugly gray filling and was able to save the tooth. He filled in the the tooth with the new white fillings. After about hour, I was able to go home. It was numb for the rest of the afternoon, it was aching and throbbing once the numbness wore off. I was able to eat though. I took another prescribed pain reliever that night tues night. He prescribed me 16 tablets and as of today I have 11 tablets left. The pain has lessen, it does usually hurt until the evening. So hopefully, by next week, I will be able to stop taking the tablets.
Yesterday, saturday I was finally able to decorate our place with the christmas stuff. I really like everything. Here some pictures.

The last week has been crazy weather. The last 2 weeks before thanksgiving it was in the single digits with some days the wind chill was in the negative double digits. It was so so cold. I stayed inside as much as possible. I didn't go outside for my lunch break. But this last week, it jumped up in just a few days from the teens to about 30-40 degrees. Now, a horrible rain storm with really high winds(like 50-60mph) has settled in. This is making the roads a slushy mix. So much so, that we could not get out to go to church this morning. As, the temperaturees go down tonight, everything will freeze over making it very slick and very thick ice. But, thankfully, I think this is the worse part of the storm will be over after today and then we believe will get another snow storm by next weekend. Lovely AK weather:)

Thanksgiving

Wow, I really can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving.  Graham and I are still eating candy from Halloween. This year I feel a little different about it.  This is the first time during this time of year that I have not been in school. So, I am labeling this my first "grown-up" thanksgiving. I don't have to worry about studying for tests or finals within weeks from thanksgiving. The down side is that I no longer have the school breaks for thanksgiving. I have to work my normal schedule this week(since I normally get thursdays off i don't really get any extra days off this week). I do have to go into work on saturday from 9am-12p. But, I am excited about thanksgiving. Even though this isn't my first thanksgiving away from home, this is the first year in the last two years that I have no planes tickets already bought to go home. It is funny to me for the past few years my parents have been saying each thanksgiving/christmas that times are changing and the time is geting closer when we all as a family won't be able to gather together for the holidays. Sorry Mama and Daddy, but I won't make it home for christmas unless God works some things out. But on the bright side, we have the lovely internet to talk to each other(that is why I sent that link to ya'll a few months back) and I will be able to have my first WHITE christmas! But i am hoping to come home sometime in march.
I don't have pictures of the food from last year thanksgiving, i didn't cook much because I didn't have time, but I made pumpkin ice cream-it was ok not the greatest, but i do some pictures from the year before when I cooked my very first thanksgiving meal by myself

Here's hoping everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting this, and here it is! Sorry, It has taken me a little while to sit down and type this.  I know everyone is wondering how my new job is going and how I am doing since I have been a little slanked on the communciate department for the last month or so. I haven't even called my parents(But I plan to call tommorrow-probably by the time they read this:P) I finished up my last night at PET on Oct 31st! Man, was I never so excited to leave a job before! But, let me back up a little, on saturday oct 29( a rare sat night,  happened to have off) Graham and I were able to go to a Hay Day party. I dressed up as a Indian(or to be PC- a native american).  Heres a pic
I didn't have as much time to invest in this years costume as I did to invest in last years two costumes

Heres the pics from last years costumes





For those who don't already know... I was an x-ray film

This is the party I went to last year in CO, I was Mrs. Potts(you know from Beauty and the Beast)

We had a good time at the party. It was thrown by some friends from church. It was fun for me to finally get a chance to get to know these people. The next day which was sunday- it started to snow! That was the first snow of the season. So I worked sunday night and monday night and I started my new job wednesday morning. I worked all day wednesday, and since I have thrusdays off I was able to rest on thrusday. I also cleaned and sanitized the kitchen, went grocery shopping, and did laundry. Then I worked all day friday, and then saturday morning. Once I got off work on saturday, I went to a christmas food and fun festival which was held in denver last year- I went and really liked in Denver so I wanted to check it out here. It was not as large as the one in Denver, and there was not any really good booth so this one here was okay- but if there is another one next year then I will probably check it out. There is art and crafts festival next weekend so I will check that one out too. Sunday- I was able to go to church service for the first time in several weeks(I was able to attend one service in oct, but I slept the whole time, so I decided to wait to go back until I started my new job).

Now I have officially worked there a week, I really like it. The people are great and so far there has been no drama. Everyone seems to get along. I enjoy going to work and I enjoy meeting all the clients and pets. I am pretty worn out when I get home, and I am going to sleep pretty early. But thankfully, I am not waking up around 2 or 3am any more. Usually by 9pm, I am falling sleep. I am usually asleep by 10pm-which is so nice! I am slowly catching up on all the hours of sleep I missed working at PET. Now, with the time change it gets dark close to 5pm and for now the sun rises about 9pm. We will continue to lose about 4 minutes a day making the day(number of sunlight hours) shorter, until the winter solstice, then we will slowly gain minutes again until the summer solstice when on that day we will get 24hours of sunlight (and thus the cycle continues). We have gotten alot snow lately we got about a foot at the end of last week and we got about 8 more inches this week. So there is alot of snow!:) The temperaures have been in the steady 20s and teens for highs then dropping in low teens and single digits for the lows. So it is pretty cold too! I got my last paycheck from PET on friday(11/11/11) and I get paid this friday from this new job. So, we will have a little extra this month. We have been invited to a Thanksgiving dinner by some other members of the church so we have to figure out what to bring to that and now that I am no longer at a emergency clinic- I will have the day off. I think there is plans for a thanksgiving meal on thrusday and friday. Possiblely, some snow playing activities for the weekend too! I also will have Dec 24-26 off. I am excited about that. Today, I was able to go out and get more scrubs and few more long sleeves so I don't have to do laundry every week.

I am happy. I enjoy having free time to have hobbies again. It is also nice not to be tired all the time.

In the words of Porky the Pig.... Thats all for now, Folks!







GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

I have some great news to inform everyone of, I want to apologize for being late with this post. I was busy all day yesterday with no access to a computer. When Graham and I did get home, I was so exhausted. I fell asleep around 8pm. I finally woke up around 10am. But, I needed that sleep. Yesterday, I went into a working interview at Alaska Veterinary Clinic. I really enjoyed the people. They already knew my name, knew that I am working at Pet Emergency Treatment, and they knew that I worked nights. I was immediately impressed. This were things I had told the office manager last week at the sit down interview.  Of course, it was busy when I walked in at 9. Monday morning at a veterinary office, that's normal. So, it took me a few minutes to figure out who I was going to be following around that morning. But, once I was up to speed with everything. The morning went good. They were impressed that I knew how to work their computer system, they were kinda blown away I could do so many things on the computer so quickly. They repeated themselves so many times, saying, "man you are so fast," when they were showing me the computer system. I was introduced to several of the doctors, they were very nice. I think we can get along really well, once I get to know them better and I get familiar with their routines and how they like to work things. The whole office had a family atmosphere and everyone seems to like each other. Close to noon, when the interview was suppose to be over. The head doctor(aka medical director) said, "we want you to work here." they said they were excited to meet me and really want me work with them. So, we discussed when I could start and my pay. I will be starting on Nov.2. I will be working mon-wed and fridays-7am-6pm with a hr lunch break. Then about 1 saturday a month from about 9a-12p. I will get 14/hr. So 40hrs a week plus few extra hours a month for the saturday. So, no more nights for me!! I do have to finish my month at PET, but after that no more. All I could think after I left was, "thank you Lord and no more PET"
 I will be able to have my weekends back!
I am looking forward to having a normal schedule, getting to know my co-workers, and getting to know the clients that use this clinic. It will be so nice to be able to see a person walk-in and know them.
 Thanks everyone for their prayers!

And the story continues.....

So, Heres what happened today,
I had the phone interview for Alaska Veterinary Clinic. It went really well I think. The office manager wanted to set-up an in person interview for next week. We arranged it for this coming tues at 10am. She said that she was really excited to  meant me.

Last night, thrusday night,
 I was dwelling on all the events of the day and everything that happened at my working interview. I just had this strange feeling in my spirit that clinic(VCA Alpine) was not where i needed to go. I had this feeling once before when concerning a job back in Denver. God was telling me not to accept a position at a store, even though at that point i was trying to desperately to find a part-time job. Within, a week I had accepted a job at a veterinary clinic that was that best schedule a student could ask for. I stayed there for a liitle over a year while i finished school. I trusted God then and He worked everything out then. So why am i unsure now? I think God is trying to tell me to not accept that position. I was just in shock that I could have gotten a call from other clinic that very evening that I got home from a working interview at somewhere else. Even though, i think i made a god impression at my working interview at VCA Alpine and the people were really nice. The schedule would be alot nicer than what i have now. Something inside me is saying "no" that this is not the "right" place for me. I know I want to run from my current job as soon as i possiblely can.  i am trying my hardest to make october my last month at PET ER. The Alaska Vet Clinic has even better hours, better equipment, but the down side is that there are several doctors working there instead of just a couple.  But, I got a really good feeling in the phone with the office manager.
Just keep praying that God opens the right door for mr and gives me wisdom on making the right decision.

TWO Possible new open doors.....

Today I had a working interview at another veterinary clinic. It is called VCA Alpine. I was there from about 8am-3:30pm. I really liked the people. It was a much more relaxed environment. I think I made a good impression to the doctors and the office manager. They have their techs work 4- days a week, for 4- 10 hr shifts. Their office hours are 7a-7pm mon-fri and 8am-6pm on saturdays. They are not opened on sundays so I would always have sundays off. I really liked the way the schedule was designed. The only "cons" about the job would be that alot fo their equipment is out-dated including their computer system. They are running on a "DOS" based program. It is going to take me a while to really know how to truely work that computer system, but the employees are really great. They know that the computer system is very outdated and can be confusing on how to get through. All in all, it was a good day. I had a good time. They really sympathesized with me on working nights. They very impressed that I could work them in an ER environment. The office manager said that they had another interview with other candidate and that they were thinking of making "call backs" as soon as Monday!

Then, this evening- I got another call from another vet clinic. They wanted to set-up an phone interview for tomorrow morning, This one is called Alaska Veterinary Clinic. Their hours are 7:30a-6pm Mon-fri and 9a-12p on saturday. So, I'll give an update on that if everything goes well.
Just keep praying!

The light is growing brighter

I am sorry this is late, but I want to say first that we did get our car back the next day. It is running great. A new technician took over the next morning it "magically" started back up.. huh uh... I was at work all day that day so I didn't have to deal with the mechanic so I was happy just to have the car back. They didn't charge us for what they had to fix to make it "magically" start working. So I know this is really late, but here is our car:)

We are happy with it.

As for some other news

job wise: I am looking for another job. I am trying my best to make October my last month there at PET ER. I have gone by lots of places and dropped off my resume. I went by five places(one doesn't count because I went to walk-in and I saw a sign on the door that they were closing for business on sept 30.) So I went back to my car and scratched that clinic off my list. I did get a call-back from a clinic and set-up a working interview for next week. Which I thought was super great because, I am skipping a step, I have not had an actually "interview" with anyone there. I just went in and dropped my resume off. One clinic today seemed really interested, but could only offer my part-time. I said I would be interested in whatever they could offer. Anyway, we'll see what happens for that. Please be praying, God has to open up another door for me. I talked with my boss and she finally agrees with me that I am not made for emergencies.  I tried to tell her that last month but she wouldn't listen to me. She wants me to focus on findings a new job by the end of october. I honestly want to leave for even more reasons than i have talked about before. There is starting to be the beginnings of gossip and drama and back-biting. I don't want to be apart or around that. I will keep everyone updated, but just keep praying that God will open of the new "right" job opportunity for me. With the right people and right environment, and as a plus better hours. Unfortunately for me, I am going back to nights in Oct.

Church: As most everyone knows, I have been working weekends, so I haven't had a sunday off in months so church has been an impossibility for me to get to. But, by the hand of God working, I only have to work two out of the five sundays in oct(those two i have to go in at 9pm so church is still possible) The another three I will getting off at 9am and church starts at 10am- our church has breakfast so that will help me to stay awake. I usually can stay awake until about 12p on days that I get off at 9a when I don't have to go back in the next evening. I am excited to be able to go to church again! This past monday I went and checked out a new young adult group. It was really good. The people were really great. I plan on going back a few more times to really get a good feel for the group.

Graham just got a HP tablet today. We both have played with it. It is pretty cool. It is going to take a few more days for us to really understand how to use it.

I finally have a saturday off this saturday(oct 1st). I am torn on what to do. I know i have to get laundry done that day and i really need to stock up our food cabinets so i was thinking of going to the grocery store, But I dont' want to waste a good saturday by running errands and doing laundry.