Well I had my first ever solo trip to the city this weekend and I survived. But I am a country girl and well the city isn't for me! Driving in 3 and 4 lanes of traffic had me on edge and freaked out. Road signs in Illinois stink big time I got lost a few times getting to my friends house and then a few times trying to get home on Saturday.
When I finally arrived at her house she handed me an envelope and said it was my graduation gift. I opened it to find a gift certificate for a 1 hour massage at a spa here in Rolla. I was shocked beyond words and was totally an unexpected but very amazing thoughtful gift! She knew I had never had a massage before and wanted me to experience it.
So Lesley, Amy and I got ready to go for girls night out. Lesley said we were going to a piano bar and well Amy and I were like um ok what the heck is a piano bar. It was totally not what I was thinking and ended up being pretty darn cool. My cousin who lives in St. Louis met us there and it was nice getting to spend time with her. The bartender at the piano bar knew us yes small world we happended to have all 3 went to school with him. The bar had a very small town feel which was nice wish I could have had my regular camera to take some pictures. We then walked down the street to another place and danced for a couple hours. I had never danced before and still think I must have looked like a goof out there but I wasn't going to stand there alone while my friends went out there to dance.
We got home and had literally two hours of sleep before having to be up and and ready to head back downtown for the race. We had a great time at the race but the drive home from Belleville was long long long. I stopped in Sullivan at Lowe's to look around they usually have some different things than our Lowes.
Got home showered and Kenny wanted to go to Best Buy in Jeff City to use a coupon. So we drove there shopped and ate dinner and got home at midnight I was one wore out girl!
Yesterday I got all laundry caught up finally felt so good to have all empty baskets! My hips are killing me from wearing heels Friday night and dancing but surprisingly my legs felt great.
Monday, June 25, 2012
My first 5K.
Saturday was my first ever 5k we opted to do the walk instead of the run which was fine and I am honestly glad we did. Doing the walk we were able to interact with other walkers see the sights and enjoy our time. Not to mention it was almost 90 before the race started at 9! We were walking for my friends mom who is battleing breast cancer for the second time. They had signs you could put on your shirt that said you were walking for and we saw one couple who were in their 70's walking and the back of her shirt said walking for me 47 year survivor. We saw several walking that were survivors and several who were walking in memory of a loved one it was very emotional to say the least.
There were people as far as you could see ahead of us and behind us. I had never seen so many people in one place at one time. But with all the people there was no pushing shoving everyone was friendly.
During our walk we saw a resturant who was selling hotdogs on the sidwalk so Amy (on the left) and I had to stop and have us a city hot dog Lesley (middle) laughed at us but we wanted a good city expierence so a hotdog on the street hey why not. Not to mention it was the first thing we had to eat that day and it was already halfway thru the race.
I saw a pink fire truck on our way to the race that morning and I told the girls I wanted to go find it again and get a picture.
Then I found one of the fire fighters and he had pink gear and well I was in love. I told him I think I needed to get a job there just to wear my favorite color daily! He wasn't very friendly or I would have asked him if I could try on his coat and helmet and get a picture.
The race was awesome and I hope that I can do it again with Lesley and Amy next year. But also doing my first race has made me want to find another race to sign up for and to run the next one.
The race was awesome and I hope that I can do it again with Lesley and Amy next year. But also doing my first race has made me want to find another race to sign up for and to run the next one.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
A misc. post
I have way to many things running around in my head to focus on one topic for one post. So I will just do one post with a lot of little things....
Update on School its done and over :( Last Thursday was the last day and she gave us our certificate of completion, I got a perfect attendance award and we got our final grades. I knew as of last Monday what my grade was but seeing it on paper well that was awesome. I graduated highest grade in class of a 99.9 I really figured that the girl who sat next to me would tie with me but I ended up being a bit higher than her. I worked my tail off for the last 20 weeks and put in over 176 hours of ambulance time. Which I also took the cake for most ambulance hours out of the whole class.
Last weekend was the first weekend since March 12 that I wasn't on an ambulance at some point during a weekend and it really bothered me a lot. I liked being home to sleep in and spend time with Nathan (Blake was at my mom's farming) but I felt heart broke that I wasn't going to be on an ambulance doing what I loved anytime in the near future.
I took my practical skills test on June 8th and passed and once we completed class I was able to go in and pay and schedule for my written computerized test... Logged in today and picked a date and I can say I felt like throwing up clicking the date time and then accept. I go to Columbia on July 7 at 4pm to take the final step in becoming an EMT. So now its time to kick back in study mode and study my tail off to be ready. Our teacher told us that all of the students that passed the written first time thru she would pay for their Missouri State license for the first year. Which I thought was pretty cool of her to offer plus once we are all done testing we are going to get together and have a big celebratory bbq.
This weekend I am driving to see one of my best friends it will be my first ever solo trip to St. Louis and past to her home in Belleville Ill. I am driving up Friday after work and spending the night with her and her sister. Then up early the next morning to meet the rest of the group to travel on in to downtown St. Louis to do the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer 5k. Its my first ever race and I cant think of a better friend to do it with and for a better reason. We are walking for her and her sisters mom who is battling breast cancer for the second time within two years. I have a feeling it will be a very emotional day seeing all the survivors there and those who are battling it and all the teams who came together to show support for such a great cause. Hope to have lots of pictures of our team and race to blog about first part of the week.
Our house is almost complete! We installed the stove and microwave over the weekend and the kitchen is completely done! All that is really left is paint interior doors which we took down Sunday and a friend is coming to paint them later in the week and then laying carpet. I went yesterday to a carpet store that was recommended to me and I was really pleased with how nice and friendly they were. I found a carpet I really liked and they are going to come out and measure and give us a price. I would much much rather go local thru this place than Lowes. The owner of the store was the one talking to me yesterday and he also is one of the installers so to go to one store and meet who is going to be working at the house laying the carpet is nice. Way better than Lowe's or Home Depot where you have no clue who will be coming and never get the same person twice in the department.
Update on School its done and over :( Last Thursday was the last day and she gave us our certificate of completion, I got a perfect attendance award and we got our final grades. I knew as of last Monday what my grade was but seeing it on paper well that was awesome. I graduated highest grade in class of a 99.9 I really figured that the girl who sat next to me would tie with me but I ended up being a bit higher than her. I worked my tail off for the last 20 weeks and put in over 176 hours of ambulance time. Which I also took the cake for most ambulance hours out of the whole class.
Last weekend was the first weekend since March 12 that I wasn't on an ambulance at some point during a weekend and it really bothered me a lot. I liked being home to sleep in and spend time with Nathan (Blake was at my mom's farming) but I felt heart broke that I wasn't going to be on an ambulance doing what I loved anytime in the near future.
I took my practical skills test on June 8th and passed and once we completed class I was able to go in and pay and schedule for my written computerized test... Logged in today and picked a date and I can say I felt like throwing up clicking the date time and then accept. I go to Columbia on July 7 at 4pm to take the final step in becoming an EMT. So now its time to kick back in study mode and study my tail off to be ready. Our teacher told us that all of the students that passed the written first time thru she would pay for their Missouri State license for the first year. Which I thought was pretty cool of her to offer plus once we are all done testing we are going to get together and have a big celebratory bbq.
This weekend I am driving to see one of my best friends it will be my first ever solo trip to St. Louis and past to her home in Belleville Ill. I am driving up Friday after work and spending the night with her and her sister. Then up early the next morning to meet the rest of the group to travel on in to downtown St. Louis to do the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer 5k. Its my first ever race and I cant think of a better friend to do it with and for a better reason. We are walking for her and her sisters mom who is battling breast cancer for the second time within two years. I have a feeling it will be a very emotional day seeing all the survivors there and those who are battling it and all the teams who came together to show support for such a great cause. Hope to have lots of pictures of our team and race to blog about first part of the week.
Our house is almost complete! We installed the stove and microwave over the weekend and the kitchen is completely done! All that is really left is paint interior doors which we took down Sunday and a friend is coming to paint them later in the week and then laying carpet. I went yesterday to a carpet store that was recommended to me and I was really pleased with how nice and friendly they were. I found a carpet I really liked and they are going to come out and measure and give us a price. I would much much rather go local thru this place than Lowes. The owner of the store was the one talking to me yesterday and he also is one of the installers so to go to one store and meet who is going to be working at the house laying the carpet is nice. Way better than Lowe's or Home Depot where you have no clue who will be coming and never get the same person twice in the department.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Catch up and a couple photos....
Wow way behind in posting not sure where time is going or where this week has gone. This will be a lot of random things all piled in to one post. I will start with a couple pictures from Monday night. We decided to do our class pictures at school Monday.
Yes that would be me strapped to the backboard laying sideways on the bench and yes I was a bit nervous that the two behind me would drop me on my face... We wanted to do an awesome class picture that was way cooler than years past and I think we achieved it. Hard to think that beginning of semester we had 20+ people and now we are down to this small group and I bet that the group will be smaller of the ones of us who end up going on to national testing.
Here is another picture from the same night.
This was one that another girl got with her camera I think when its not cropped you can see that both Nicci and I are suspended off the ground just hanging around.
I have been so busy with ambulance time studying for my practical skills test that is tomorrow that I totally forgot I need to be training for a5k that is June 23! Lucky for me I found out our team is walking most of it so I am not to worried. I am worried about it being my first ever solo trip to St. Louis and first ever race but excited to do it with one of my close dear friends and we are doing the race in honor of her mom who is battling breast cancer for the second time in two years.
Tomorrow is a huge day I go test for National Registry Level for practical skills and as I am trying not to be nervous I have eagles soaring in my stomach! I know that I know the material I just have to keep my nerves in check. After my test if I can get back to St. James in time I am going to spend the rest of the day at the ambulance base and hope for some good calls!!!!
Blake played in his first ever baseball game last Friday I will upload pics and do a post on it soon, he plays again tomorrow night and is excited that it's picture night. Maybe I can talk one of the ambulance crews in to going over there during his game so I can watch him play some.
Here is another picture from the same night.
The teacher liked this one because you could see that I was suspended several inches off the ground and well I can say that I had some bruising below my knees and below something else... But it was an awesome picture and some close friends of mine couldn't believe that I finally got the courage up to do this for a class picture guess it was time to step out of my comfort zone.
This was one that another girl got with her camera I think when its not cropped you can see that both Nicci and I are suspended off the ground just hanging around.
I have been so busy with ambulance time studying for my practical skills test that is tomorrow that I totally forgot I need to be training for a5k that is June 23! Lucky for me I found out our team is walking most of it so I am not to worried. I am worried about it being my first ever solo trip to St. Louis and first ever race but excited to do it with one of my close dear friends and we are doing the race in honor of her mom who is battling breast cancer for the second time in two years.
Tomorrow is a huge day I go test for National Registry Level for practical skills and as I am trying not to be nervous I have eagles soaring in my stomach! I know that I know the material I just have to keep my nerves in check. After my test if I can get back to St. James in time I am going to spend the rest of the day at the ambulance base and hope for some good calls!!!!
Blake played in his first ever baseball game last Friday I will upload pics and do a post on it soon, he plays again tomorrow night and is excited that it's picture night. Maybe I can talk one of the ambulance crews in to going over there during his game so I can watch him play some.
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