Shade

Today, or maybe it was yesterday either way it doesn't matter, I got really creative and served Haylee chicken nuggets for lunch (don't worry though, they were the fat free, trans fat free, cholesterol free, 100% organic, whole wheat ones...yeah right!) Anyway, they were a bit hot when I gave them to her. A minute later, she had her hands held just over them, nice and still. When I asked her what she was doing, she answered that her "chicken nuggets would cool off faster in the shade, right?"

The Big 1!

A bit late, yes, but I am still going to report on Cambree's first birthday. Mostly with pictures though so don't get too excited about another long narrative from yours truly. :)

We just had my sister Mindy and her family over as they are both of our girls' favorite playmates anyway and it was a fun little party. Presents (unwrapped by everyone but the Birthday Girl), cake (and a cute one at that if I do say so myself), ice cream, lots of slobber and more than one messy face. That pretty much sums it up!

Oh, so about the cake...I was trying to think of something meaningful and the best thing I could come up with was a bee. Why, because Bree (the bee) is so incredibly busy! She works overtime at what she does, that's how busy she is. And another note, the credit for the message on the cake goes to Alvin, not either or us. It was a potential name for our blog back when we first started it, thanks Alvin!

Vacation at the Beach

Marianne and our niece Sami came out to visit us here in NC last week (yeah, visitors!) and the highlight was our 4 day trip to Myrtle Beach. The girls had so much fun getting extra attention (wait, who am I kidding, BJ and I did too!) and relaxing at the beach, well relaxing as much as you can while trying to convince your almost-one-year-old to leave some sand for the shells!

One thing that made this beach trip a little different was the fact that our hotel had a pool and a lazy river and "SC's only swim-up bar!" (I tried to convince BJ to swim up and get a drink with me at the bar but to no avail.) We spent many a conversation trying to convince the girls to come hang out at the beach instead of the pool but they preferred the pools. Lucky for us, the 2 were so close we were able to set up "camp" at each and go back and forth during the day.


This was our first night at the beach and no, she is not sleeping, this shot was mid flip... I think it was around 11pm and she was rolling and flipping and jumping all over her dad, giggling the whole time...


We buried Sami and turned her into a mermaid!


Sami broke her thumb a week or so before they came out but luckily, she had this waterproof vacuum cast cover thing, a bit cumbersome and a pain to get on but it allowed her to play in the water!



Unfortunately, this picture isn't close enough for you to tell how covered her face was in animal cracker slime which acted as an excellent paste for the sand...

Midweek Report

So BJ is at scout camp this week and we are surviving at home without him, although Haylee seems to miss him a bit...

I didn't think I'd hear from him till Saturday but he surprised me and called to check in tonight.

His report? He's having more fun than he thought, the boys think he stinks, they fed him baked beans (maybe I should change the order of those), and he got sunburned. Why did you get sunburned? (I asked, when I made a point of sending him with plenty of sunscreen) His answer? Because he couldn't get any of the boys to apply the sunscreen to his back!

Please note: Neither of the above pictures is actually BJ.

Personality

Can you say "chubby bunny?"


She thought, no, she knew she was so funny!

Dr. Beege visits a retirement community

This month brought me to Glenaire, a retirement community that has 3 levels of service, independent, assisted living and skilled nursing (nursing home). Since I always thought I would like long-term care I was looking forward to some experience in the field. I wasn't expecting an experience like this though...

Our "office" which I will be reffering to as our closet (because that is what it was before it became the clinical pharmacy) is very small. In it fits Dr. Peoples, my preceptor, and two other students, Keri and Crystal. The closet is located at the end of one of the skilled nursing halls. One day I came back to my office to find one of the residents seated in my chair. This resident has dementia and is usually not all there if you know what I mean. So I decided to go get a coke and hopefully she would be gone by the time I got back.

Upon my return she was still there chattin' it up with Crystal, Keri, Dr. Peoples and two nurses. They were all trying to convince her that she needed to go back to the lounge. So when I showed up they used the excuse, "BJ needs his chair." This actually worked, however, as she was on her way out of the closet the nurse asked her, "Do you know what BJ stands for?" I was bracing for the worst as this isn't the best question to ask some people but her reply made us all roll with laughter. She looked at the nurse with contempt at having been asked such a silly question and replied, "It stands for Bull S*@%!" Needless to say that story made it around the whole facility and has become the theme of the month for us. Dr. Peoples and the other students like to come up with other things that BJ could stand for such as, Big Stinker (where they got that one I don't know) and other such nonsense. This makes for a fun game during our down time (not that we have down time).

Despite the unusual meanings that have been suggested for BJ, I have really enjoyed working in this long-term care facility and think I might look into this as a career. Old people are on a lot of meds and it provides many opportunities to teach them about their meds as well as suggest changes that can greatly improve their lives. 2 down seven more to go.

Sweaty Biker Girl