It's Been Awhile

I have never thought of myself as too dramatic, but I will openly admit that I do worry a little too much.  My mother tells me that I love to complain.  I won't argue that point either.  Over the past few months I have had enough things occur in my life that it feels a little too dramatic for my taste.  All of the drama has been so tiring that I just haven't blogged.  I would love to give a little update though.  Who knows how long it might be until I blog again.

I am currently at the end of my semester in my doctorate.  I was not sure if I was going to make it through, but I am thinking it is likely I will pass.  I had to do 200 clinical hours at one of the local children's hospitals.  It has been great to be doing patient care with kids again.  I really do love it!  Plus, it doesn't hurt that I run into many people that I know...and that they like me and love to talk to me.  I love to feel like I am a competent care provider.  I have really enjoyed it.  In fact, the emergency department was trying to attempt to get me to apply for a job.  Although, I think that I should continue teaching until I finish my degree.

I have been teaching.  I love the classroom part, but don't really love doing the clinical portion.  I don't really have a choice at this point.  It is a lot of fun to see the students that I have taught graduate, pass their nursing boards, and get jobs.  I feel like I make a difference.

Harley and Duke keep me busy.  Harley has picked up some bad habits as I have been gone too much.  He has started pooping in my basement, which luckily is cement.  Duke is busy rearranging and destroying bits of my house.  I am taking him to the "Doggy Psychiatrist."  It is actually a behavioralist veterinarian, who is going to help me to get a handle on his crazy behavior.  He is so sweet when I am home that I think that getting his behavior under control would be great!  Overall, life is good!
 

Paid for Doggy Daycare

I know that there are some of you out there anxiously awaiting my post about Duke.  Today I had just a minute, so I thought that I would let everyone know that I gave in.  I paid for doggy daycare today, because I have been unable to clean my house properly, or get any homework done without both of the boys in my way and preventing any success.  So, I paid for doggy daycare, so that I could thoroughly clean the front living area (and especially get a very clean space at the dinning table) so that I could do homework undisturbed.  It was too hard to type on the couch with two dog snouts covering both keyboard and screen on the computer.  Plus, yesterday I attempted to let Duke out of the crate while I went to church and came back to a bed filled with Trisket bits throughout, chewed up toilet paper, the trash spewed all over the house.  It is a good thing he behaves when I am home and is really sweet.  So, doggy daycare so I could clean up the mess and make a working space.  Plus, I got my taxes done.  Yay!  So, I suppose it was a good investment.  Now back to cleaning the house.  I only have another house before I go and pick them up.