Well, I'm happy to say that my visit to my childhood church went very pleasantly and I was able to see and talk to many people I know. Was nice to get caught up with them, see how their children have grown. My friend Tracy's little girl, Megan, is just a little angel. She's got the most beautiful little face, with big blue eyes, and tiny white-blonde curls all over her head. She's so cute!
Was fortunate to sit in the row in front of a friend I used to go to another church with, there with her son, who is the same age as Dartagnan. She gave me some sad news about her marriage and I really feel for her. She's facing a lot of challenges right now and we exchanged numbers again so we can get together and talk sometime this week. She is just such a sweet, kind person, that I really hope that her future holds something very positive for her soon.
Visiting was a better experience than I thought it would be. I do like the church music there better (no hymns; pretty much all current Christian worship music). The message was also particularly good; it was all about transformation, as the senior pastor is retiring and passing the mantle to his son. He referenced the children of Israel crossing the Jordan into the land of Canaan, Elijah leaving Elisha.
Delaney wanted to run all over the church and it took me, my mom, and Dartagnan to corral her and keep her from running wild. She wanted to explore the balcony, so I walked up one set of stairs with her and brought her down another. She thought that was fabulous. Kids are so easily entertained. It's awesome!
Delaney ran a slight fever last night. Saturday and Sunday she's had a bit of a runny nose and a cough. She woke at 3:30 am and was warm and needed a drink. Got her settled back down, but had a little trouble falling back to sleep myself because my neck was really stiff again. Microwaved the heat pack and used that for a bit. Helps relax the muscles. Was able to get back to sleep pretty quick after that.
Jon arrived home last night from Orlando around 9:30. Was good to have him home. He was excited because he made some good contacts with doctors in the field, two who offered to mentor him. This may lead to a short associateship or preceptorship while I finish Palmer after Jon graduates. If that would happen, it would be a blessing.
I just have to say that with how cold it has been and the persistence of the ice to not melt away, I am just really ready to move to a warmer climate. Florida would be very nice right now, indeed.
Got adjusted this morning in between classes and it was exactly what I needed. I feel so much better now, although a little sleepy (this is normal for me, because I always feel a little sleepy after an adjustment - maybe because it relaxes me so much after I've been tense from being subluxated). After the adjustment, I had to hurry up and finish my Cervicals homework, two worksheets.
Going to move my car and switch out my books for my next class, my favorite, Phys Di.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Saturday, November 6, 2010
1st Weekend
I was very happy to receive a phone call yesterday from Dartagnan's grandpa in MN. He said he'd be coming through Rochelle, IL, if we wanted to meet him there and pick up some of D's things that he had left at his Aunt Steph's house. He went up and stayed with her and went to school in Minneapolis in the Spring for the 4th quarter of 8th grade.
Dartagnan and I got on the road to meet Dick around 5:30 pm and reached Rochelle by 7:30. It was our first time seeing Dick since he lost his wife to cancer this summer. It was good to see him. I think he really misses Dorthe and so do we. I think about her often and how sometimes certain people really are the glue that hold a family together and she was that for their family. She loved children. I mean, she loved spending time with kids and was really great with them, too. She preferred them to adult company. She'd been a foster mother to several children through Lutheran Social Services and many of the children were special needs children. She was just excellent with them.
It also seems to me that Dick has taken over her role of keeping communication going between everyone too. He calls and asks about Dartagnan now; something he didn't do much when Dorthe used to do it. He's really seemed to become more social and talkative, too. We had a pleasant time chatting at the diner there at the truck stop where we met.
We've been back in class now for 4 days, since Tuesday. I found out the first day back that I would not be able to take the classes I had planned to take because I failed PNS for a second time. So I am now on Academic Warning, which means Palmer limits how many credits I can take this term. This is fine, because I was a little nervous about the schedule I'd planned to take, thinking it may just be too much for me to handle, especially adding PNS back in on top of it. So I am enrolled in PNS, Toxicology, Cervicals, and Physical Diagnosis. My favorite so far is Phys Di. I have Dr. Littrell and she is making the material so interesting. Her teaching style is very engaging. The class is so interesting because we'll learn how to take vital signs, interview the patient, etc. Feels like really getting into the stuff of practice!
I've been wrestling with which thermometer to purchase. Jon had already purchased all of our diagnostic equipment last term, so I didn't need most of it, but we have only a thermometer that is not terribly accurate, so I was doing so checking this week to see which I wanted to get to replace it. Found one for $20 at WalMart that goes in the ear (a tympanic thermometer) and does not need covers (you just clean it with an alcohol wipe after each patient). Hopefully it is a good model. The Welch Allyn one I really wanted is $300 at the Palmer Bookstore and I'm not sure we are ready to spend that just yet on our office equipment.
Toxicology will be interesting. I like the subject and Dr. Ansari is so nice. I enjoy Dr. Schmiedel, our PNS professor, however, I really didn't want to take his class a third time. This time, I'm going to attend the PNS tutorial as well. Perhaps that will help me out this time around.
Cervicals is moving at a very brisk pace. I'm planning to attend the tutorial for it and to also practice palpation on my family so I can start "teaching" my fingers what to feel. I practiced on Dartagnan the other night and he loved it. Delaney loves it too, when we just palpate her. Both sit very still as both are used to seeing a chiropractor. Lani's first adjustment was when she was 1 hour old!
Today we worked hard on the house and yard. I painted siding in the garage and got about 28 boards painted. Jon worked on putting the siding up and Dartagnan caulked it. When D and I were done with our work, we worked on raking and bagging leaves and weeds because this is the last week of free yard waste pick-up in Bettendorf (normally, you must put a sticker on each bag and the stickers cost about $1.50 each). So tomorrow I want to get the rest of the yard tidied up as much as possible. We are planning to get up early and head to church and then work on the house and yard the rest of the day. Fun!
Time to go and read some Phys Di!
Dartagnan and I got on the road to meet Dick around 5:30 pm and reached Rochelle by 7:30. It was our first time seeing Dick since he lost his wife to cancer this summer. It was good to see him. I think he really misses Dorthe and so do we. I think about her often and how sometimes certain people really are the glue that hold a family together and she was that for their family. She loved children. I mean, she loved spending time with kids and was really great with them, too. She preferred them to adult company. She'd been a foster mother to several children through Lutheran Social Services and many of the children were special needs children. She was just excellent with them.
It also seems to me that Dick has taken over her role of keeping communication going between everyone too. He calls and asks about Dartagnan now; something he didn't do much when Dorthe used to do it. He's really seemed to become more social and talkative, too. We had a pleasant time chatting at the diner there at the truck stop where we met.
We've been back in class now for 4 days, since Tuesday. I found out the first day back that I would not be able to take the classes I had planned to take because I failed PNS for a second time. So I am now on Academic Warning, which means Palmer limits how many credits I can take this term. This is fine, because I was a little nervous about the schedule I'd planned to take, thinking it may just be too much for me to handle, especially adding PNS back in on top of it. So I am enrolled in PNS, Toxicology, Cervicals, and Physical Diagnosis. My favorite so far is Phys Di. I have Dr. Littrell and she is making the material so interesting. Her teaching style is very engaging. The class is so interesting because we'll learn how to take vital signs, interview the patient, etc. Feels like really getting into the stuff of practice!
I've been wrestling with which thermometer to purchase. Jon had already purchased all of our diagnostic equipment last term, so I didn't need most of it, but we have only a thermometer that is not terribly accurate, so I was doing so checking this week to see which I wanted to get to replace it. Found one for $20 at WalMart that goes in the ear (a tympanic thermometer) and does not need covers (you just clean it with an alcohol wipe after each patient). Hopefully it is a good model. The Welch Allyn one I really wanted is $300 at the Palmer Bookstore and I'm not sure we are ready to spend that just yet on our office equipment.
Toxicology will be interesting. I like the subject and Dr. Ansari is so nice. I enjoy Dr. Schmiedel, our PNS professor, however, I really didn't want to take his class a third time. This time, I'm going to attend the PNS tutorial as well. Perhaps that will help me out this time around.
Cervicals is moving at a very brisk pace. I'm planning to attend the tutorial for it and to also practice palpation on my family so I can start "teaching" my fingers what to feel. I practiced on Dartagnan the other night and he loved it. Delaney loves it too, when we just palpate her. Both sit very still as both are used to seeing a chiropractor. Lani's first adjustment was when she was 1 hour old!
Today we worked hard on the house and yard. I painted siding in the garage and got about 28 boards painted. Jon worked on putting the siding up and Dartagnan caulked it. When D and I were done with our work, we worked on raking and bagging leaves and weeds because this is the last week of free yard waste pick-up in Bettendorf (normally, you must put a sticker on each bag and the stickers cost about $1.50 each). So tomorrow I want to get the rest of the yard tidied up as much as possible. We are planning to get up early and head to church and then work on the house and yard the rest of the day. Fun!
Time to go and read some Phys Di!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tri is nearing the end...
I'm not doing well in PNS and after tutoring only got me 6 points higher on the second test (which I cannot blame on the tutor, because I didn't study enough on my own), I decided to see what I can get done on my own again. It is hard to set aside the time to study when so many other things/people are calling out for my attention. But I must. I must pass it this time.
Over the weekend, I worked on getting us organized in our filing again. So much was out of order and I had a stack of papers to sort (seem to build up over a month). Spent some time sorting out old files, shredding, putting together new files. Feels good to know where things are and have a system that makes some sense. While I was working on that and other things (did some cooking, cleaning, 3 loads of laundry, took Lani to her swim lesson), Jon was hard at work on Dartagnan's bedroom, priming and painting the trim. He alternated that with working outside on our berm. He's remodeling the earth to form really cool yin-yang type patterns (ariel view) so that there will be gravel pathways between for easy access to weed and plant and prune, etc. It is "shaping" up really nicely.
Sunday Jon and I dropped the kids to my mom & dad's and went on a 10-hour road trip. Jon's mom asked us to meet her in Milwaukee to pick up Jon's sister, Jani, and take her back home from her visit to Washington Island. Was so good to see family and have a leisurely lunch together. Jani was so animated on the way home and catching up with Jon. I was studying, mostly. :) Got quite a lot of studying done in the van that day, actually.
Before we left Sunday morning, Jon had finished the final touch-ups on Dartagnan's new room's paint. So when we arrived home Sunday night, Jon put together D's bed frame and we got his mattress moved from our sunroom floor downstairs. He finally got to sleep in his new room!
Had a test in Systems Pathology yesterday & am still feeling a little exhausted from it. It was a tough test. There was an entire section that I didn't review because I thought it was on the last test. Not sure how I did, but felt confident on the material I had reviewed.
I've had too much cheese/dairy products the past few days and feel a bit yuck. I think I'll make a double batch of waffles tonight to freeze and have for dinner.
Jon had to leave for Peoria late last night. A relative had a stroke and is in the hospital. Jon wanted to be there to support his family, of course. He will be back home this afternoon; I miss him, which is a little silly, since we are together almost all the time! But really, he is so laid back and great to be around, that when he's not here, it is weird. I was single for so long and never thought I'd feel that way about anyone, not even Dartagnan. Although I really do miss Dartagnan when he's not here too, even though he doesn't talk much now that he is a teen.
Time to head back to class. Systems Path. We'll see what funny stories Dr. Taylor has for us today. :)
Over the weekend, I worked on getting us organized in our filing again. So much was out of order and I had a stack of papers to sort (seem to build up over a month). Spent some time sorting out old files, shredding, putting together new files. Feels good to know where things are and have a system that makes some sense. While I was working on that and other things (did some cooking, cleaning, 3 loads of laundry, took Lani to her swim lesson), Jon was hard at work on Dartagnan's bedroom, priming and painting the trim. He alternated that with working outside on our berm. He's remodeling the earth to form really cool yin-yang type patterns (ariel view) so that there will be gravel pathways between for easy access to weed and plant and prune, etc. It is "shaping" up really nicely.
Sunday Jon and I dropped the kids to my mom & dad's and went on a 10-hour road trip. Jon's mom asked us to meet her in Milwaukee to pick up Jon's sister, Jani, and take her back home from her visit to Washington Island. Was so good to see family and have a leisurely lunch together. Jani was so animated on the way home and catching up with Jon. I was studying, mostly. :) Got quite a lot of studying done in the van that day, actually.
Before we left Sunday morning, Jon had finished the final touch-ups on Dartagnan's new room's paint. So when we arrived home Sunday night, Jon put together D's bed frame and we got his mattress moved from our sunroom floor downstairs. He finally got to sleep in his new room!
Had a test in Systems Pathology yesterday & am still feeling a little exhausted from it. It was a tough test. There was an entire section that I didn't review because I thought it was on the last test. Not sure how I did, but felt confident on the material I had reviewed.
I've had too much cheese/dairy products the past few days and feel a bit yuck. I think I'll make a double batch of waffles tonight to freeze and have for dinner.
Jon had to leave for Peoria late last night. A relative had a stroke and is in the hospital. Jon wanted to be there to support his family, of course. He will be back home this afternoon; I miss him, which is a little silly, since we are together almost all the time! But really, he is so laid back and great to be around, that when he's not here, it is weird. I was single for so long and never thought I'd feel that way about anyone, not even Dartagnan. Although I really do miss Dartagnan when he's not here too, even though he doesn't talk much now that he is a teen.
Time to head back to class. Systems Path. We'll see what funny stories Dr. Taylor has for us today. :)
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