My wonderful fiancé loves to get domain names for random purposes. He snatches some up thinking they they will be useful for something...one day. A few months ago, he snatched up just such a domain name and finally decided on a use for it. Both Jon and I have done blogging on our own for quite awhile. Mine is obviously here while his has been here. This is one a few he has jumped between in the last few years, but it's the most current.
Anyway, he suggested to me that we combine our blogs into one blog for both of us to use. He entitled it "Adventures in life" as we are getting ready to embark on a huge and new adventure called marriage. So, with that, I think this blog might have seen its last days. You can continue to see me blog, along side of my soon-to-be husband, at http://www.jonandsuze.com/.
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
About me
I stole this from a friend's blog (Kim). She stole it from another friend. I thought it was cute -- and it will give you a chance to learn a bit about me!
I am: a child of God, a fiancée, a paramedic
I think: in totally random thoughts
I know: I'm excited about getting married in 47 days and a handful of hours!
I have: the most amazing fiancé ever!
I wish: I was done with school for forever.
I hate: having bad calls at work. I don't like seeing people hurt.
I miss: the beach. I haven't been in several years.
I fear: hearing strange noises when I'm alone at night
I am: a child of God, a fiancée, a paramedic
I think: in totally random thoughts
I know: I'm excited about getting married in 47 days and a handful of hours!
I have: the most amazing fiancé ever!
I wish: I was done with school for forever.
I hate: having bad calls at work. I don't like seeing people hurt.
I miss: the beach. I haven't been in several years.
I fear: hearing strange noises when I'm alone at night
Friday, April 15, 2011
Slow blogging month
It has (quite obviously) been a slow blogging month for me. It is not for a lack of things going on, that's for sure. I have been busy with school and packing and wedding stuff. It has been a busy month to say the least. We'll start with the first weekend of the month:
I dragged my fiancé back to where we will be living in a few months. It's "home"...sort of. It's where both of us spent the majority of our time growing up. It's where our parents and most of our friends live. But, it's not really "home" right now. Boone is our home, for now. (That changes in a few and short 3 weeks.) Anyway, Friday was an all around good day. I spent time with my wonderful fiancé. We went to see the "new" Narnia movie since it was at the $1.50 theatre. It was good -- quite a few laughs from it. I really enjoyed it. We also went for dinner at Chipotle, one of Jon's favorites restaurants. I quite like it too. For that weekend, I also found myself working for a whole 24-hour period. The day wasn't too bad of a shift...until about 11am. We didn't run a single call throughout the first 4 hours. I got myself a little nap in there (which was of great benefit later that day). Then, everything broke loose. There were structure fires and cardiac arrests everywhere. I found myself working a structure fire at a nursing home. We have jokingly talked about how this particular one should be burnt to the ground. Well, a portion of it tried. Something in the laundry room (presumably the dryer) caught on fire. Thankfully someone had the forethought to build the laundry room as a separate building from the main nursing home. However, as this building has a U-shape to it, they did put the laundry room in the middle of the U. The day was super-windy and we were worried that the wind might make the fire jump to the main structure. It didn't and the fire department got it under control rather quickly. The rest of my day was pretty much steady straight through until 6am the next morning. That was pretty much the extent of that weekend.
I dragged my fiancé back to where we will be living in a few months. It's "home"...sort of. It's where both of us spent the majority of our time growing up. It's where our parents and most of our friends live. But, it's not really "home" right now. Boone is our home, for now. (That changes in a few and short 3 weeks.) Anyway, Friday was an all around good day. I spent time with my wonderful fiancé. We went to see the "new" Narnia movie since it was at the $1.50 theatre. It was good -- quite a few laughs from it. I really enjoyed it. We also went for dinner at Chipotle, one of Jon's favorites restaurants. I quite like it too. For that weekend, I also found myself working for a whole 24-hour period. The day wasn't too bad of a shift...until about 11am. We didn't run a single call throughout the first 4 hours. I got myself a little nap in there (which was of great benefit later that day). Then, everything broke loose. There were structure fires and cardiac arrests everywhere. I found myself working a structure fire at a nursing home. We have jokingly talked about how this particular one should be burnt to the ground. Well, a portion of it tried. Something in the laundry room (presumably the dryer) caught on fire. Thankfully someone had the forethought to build the laundry room as a separate building from the main nursing home. However, as this building has a U-shape to it, they did put the laundry room in the middle of the U. The day was super-windy and we were worried that the wind might make the fire jump to the main structure. It didn't and the fire department got it under control rather quickly. The rest of my day was pretty much steady straight through until 6am the next morning. That was pretty much the extent of that weekend.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
March Madness is over...but it sure doesn't look like April out there
Yesterday, the final game of what is known as "March Madness" concluded. From what I watched of the game, it was pretty bad, and by bad, I mean pathetic. By the half, Butler had a mere 22 points while Connecticut had only 19. By the conclusion, Connecticut had 53 points, enough to triumph over Butler who had only 41. Connecticut's score beats only 11 teams (UT-San Antonio: 46, St. Peter's: 43, Texas A&M: 50, Hampton: 45, Tennessee: 45, Bucknell: 52, North Colorado: 50, UNC-Asheville: 51, UC-Santa Barbara: 51, University of Alabama: 52, USC: 46) in different games throughout the tournament, from round 1 through the championship game. It tied one other (Boston University). Butler, however, managed to have the lowest score of the tournament, period. (It was not the lowest scoring team in the history of the tournament games, however. That award would go to none other than UNC-Chapel Hill in 1941 with a score of 20. Since the shot clock was introduced, the lowest scoring team was Mississippi Valley State with a score of 29 against UCLA in 2008.) So, as I said, it was rather pathetic to see these 2 teams, supposedly the top 2 in the country, would play so poorly. The score definitely reflect that.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was asked to participate in the completion of brackets for the tournament games by my fiancé's family. Out of the six of us, I did not place last. I was nowhere near first either. Overall, fifth place. For my first year of doing it, I was pleased. Maybe I'll improve next year if I do it again...
Leaving March Madness should mean that it's April, right? Well, when I looked outside my window this morning and saw snow falling from the sky, I had to seriously question that. Yesterday was quite beautiful! Sun, breeze, warm -- the lovely combination that is known as spring. Today, cold, snowy, windy -- the ugly combination that we call winter. Ugh. I'm ready for this stuff to be done. I am ready for some nice, warm weather that gives a gentle breeze to keep it from getting too hot. And no rain...not at home, anyway, until after Saturday. Bridal portraits coming up. Don't want to have it wet out there!
As for now, I need to finish getting myself ready for my long day of class. 4 weeks from today, classes will be finished and exams will be over after my last one at 6pm. Can't wait to be done! (And 8 weeks from Saturday...wedding!! :-) )
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was asked to participate in the completion of brackets for the tournament games by my fiancé's family. Out of the six of us, I did not place last. I was nowhere near first either. Overall, fifth place. For my first year of doing it, I was pleased. Maybe I'll improve next year if I do it again...
Leaving March Madness should mean that it's April, right? Well, when I looked outside my window this morning and saw snow falling from the sky, I had to seriously question that. Yesterday was quite beautiful! Sun, breeze, warm -- the lovely combination that is known as spring. Today, cold, snowy, windy -- the ugly combination that we call winter. Ugh. I'm ready for this stuff to be done. I am ready for some nice, warm weather that gives a gentle breeze to keep it from getting too hot. And no rain...not at home, anyway, until after Saturday. Bridal portraits coming up. Don't want to have it wet out there!
As for now, I need to finish getting myself ready for my long day of class. 4 weeks from today, classes will be finished and exams will be over after my last one at 6pm. Can't wait to be done! (And 8 weeks from Saturday...wedding!! :-) )
Monday, April 4, 2011
Relieving frustration
Today ended up being a rough day.
For starters, I woke up tired. Never a good thing. (The good thing was that I slept through most of the night. Not something I did any night last week. Must have been being up most of the night for work on Saturday that reset me.) After I got up, I had little motivation to do any schoolwork/studying. Instead, I cleaned a little and unpacked from the weekend. I made me some brunch and found other things to procrastinate with.
I headed to campus to (unfortunately) do some cramming for my exam. I did not get to study as much as I wanted to over the weekend because it ended up being much busier than I was planning on (isn't that how it always is?). I hate cramming. Absolutely hate it. But I did it for this exam. Grades are now posted for that exam and I'll go find it on my professor's door. At this point, I'm praying that did better than I feel about it. Skinner, Chomsky, Vygotsky, Piaget -- they all blur together.
Then, after leaving my exam, I had a sinking feeling. I didn't bring my workbook to campus for my second class. I quickly pulled out my calendar and, yep, we were doing an assignment out of there today. So, I tried to run and catch the bus. Fail. As a result, I decided I would try to walk home, get the workbook and make it back downstairs in time to catch the bus. Again, fail. I was hiking the final hill up to my apartment when the bus was going by.
For starters, I woke up tired. Never a good thing. (The good thing was that I slept through most of the night. Not something I did any night last week. Must have been being up most of the night for work on Saturday that reset me.) After I got up, I had little motivation to do any schoolwork/studying. Instead, I cleaned a little and unpacked from the weekend. I made me some brunch and found other things to procrastinate with.
I headed to campus to (unfortunately) do some cramming for my exam. I did not get to study as much as I wanted to over the weekend because it ended up being much busier than I was planning on (isn't that how it always is?). I hate cramming. Absolutely hate it. But I did it for this exam. Grades are now posted for that exam and I'll go find it on my professor's door. At this point, I'm praying that did better than I feel about it. Skinner, Chomsky, Vygotsky, Piaget -- they all blur together.
Then, after leaving my exam, I had a sinking feeling. I didn't bring my workbook to campus for my second class. I quickly pulled out my calendar and, yep, we were doing an assignment out of there today. So, I tried to run and catch the bus. Fail. As a result, I decided I would try to walk home, get the workbook and make it back downstairs in time to catch the bus. Again, fail. I was hiking the final hill up to my apartment when the bus was going by.
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