Hinting and Hoping

So I worked the 4th of July away at Children's. In honor of America, I made a Flag cake decorated with strawberries and blueberries. Matt was thrilled and almost immediately wanted a piece, but i was mean and told him no, and that he could have a piece when I brought it back from work.  

Well if anyone knows or works with nurses, you know that we will pretty much scarf down anything you leave on the break room table.  Which is what happened to the flag cake.

I came home with the empty, and I mean, not even crumbs for the dog, empty, and Matt gasped and pouted.  I told him I would make another cake for him, on my next day off.  I promptly put the pan in the dishwasher and ran it.

The next day, I worked again, and asked him to put the dishes away, which he did, because he is so good to me!

And this is what I come home to find:

Of course I lol'd.  

Well today was the first day I had off since then, I hope this will suffice

Happy Belated 4th of July!

Hinting & Hoping:  (v) A little known phenomenon where someone will beat around the bush with hints, hoping that you catch their drift.  That is something that My wonderful fiance doesn't do.  Which I appreciate ever so much!

TMI?

Today at work Katie informed me that she was really gassy, and "I've been tootin' 'n scootin' down the hallways a few times....I've even had to swallow a few"

TMI?  Perhaps to some, but in our friendship?  Never.

Our Furry Love Child

So My thanks go out to Katie for listening to my trouble about Mine and Matt's Furry Love Child, A.K.A.  Ava.

I dropped her off to get spayed this past Monday, and like the trooper she is she just trotted back to the Vet Techs, who fawned all over her, and promptly forgot about me.  I, however, didn't forget about her.  Walking out the door I called mom, near tears, whining that I already missed her.  She was appropriately sorry, until she asked how long it had been.  When I informed her that it had been only several seconds, she just snorted and I could almost hear her eyes rolling.

Matt missed her too,  I got texts throughout the day:  I miss Ava,  I bet She's so sad,  I hope she is ok.

That, of course, made me miss her even more!
So he gets home from work with a plastic bag, I look at it inquisitively, he pulls out a dog stuffed animal, and said:
I couldn't resist getting her a toy for being such a trooper and having such a big surgery!

I missed her all day, and since she had to spend the night at the vet's I missed her all night too!

But, to be honest there were two times that I didn't miss her so much:

1: When I got home from running errands, and it was pouring the rain:  I didn't have to take her outside

2: When I woke up for work the next morning, I didn't have to take her out.

But yesterday we got her back and she has been frisky and rambunctious all evening and all day today. 

So rambunctious, in fact, that this is what happens.



LOVE!

So I forgot how much I LOVE hot topic, especially for graphic, kid friendly t-shirts I can wear to work!
Matt and I made an excursion out and stopped in, and I got 4 shirts that I can wear to work for $40, aaand
a snap bracelet watch!  It's epic. LOL.

Needless to say I have been wearing them at work this week. 

Today is TMNT.

The joys of floating

As a nurse, it is a hazard of the job, that when your patient numbers drop, you might have the joy to be floated to help out another unit.

That is my lot today. 

I walk in at the crack of dawn to ses if I have my same lovely kiddos back from the previous day, but what do I behold?   I drew the short straw and have to go over to "The Dark Side" AKA: Bone Marrow Transplant.  lol.  So as I trudge over there quickly donning my grumpy pants.  I take a gander through the windows of the patients room to check IV fluid rates, and what do I see?!  They are both freaking adorable!!  Away go my grumpy pants

So as I am kicking butt and taking names over on BMT, and get one of my kiddos out the door, and finish up all of my work on the other, I learn that I am floating again, at 3pm down to the surgical floor.

This is another floor where it could be an utter disaster.  However as I am unpacking my grumpy pants, I am cut short by the fact that my other two kids are also adorable!!!

So today I have learned:

~ Floating doesn't have to be awful, so don't jump to conclusions

~ It can get you out of the crappy assignment you had the day before
~ Babies are snuggly and cute (well I didn't really learn that, but it reinforced that idea)
~ And last but certainly not least, it makes you appreciate where you work, while at the same time being a nice change of pace

An added perk:

~ If it's a slow day, you can catch up on your reading if you can find your book online <<cough>> <<cough>> and have a screen protector

Ahh Sweet Victory!

I have reached a milestone unmet in any previous dog training I have performed.

I have successfully taught Ava to Speak!  And On Command!  (Which is the tricky part)  Once we got her barking (by blowing over an empty beer  bottle {which we have plenty of}) it was not too hard to get her to bark. :-)

Video to follow soon

You know it's true love when...

You are laying in bed and you sneeze and fart at the same time, and you look at each other and start laughing...

Which Is what happened to me last night.

True Story