So today, we did something totally unlike me. I went to the girls' school, picked Candyce up, took her out for lunch, and went and watched "Bolt". I decided I really wanted to take the girls out one at a time and do something special with them. This seemed like the best way to do it. We had a great day, and Bolt was a pretty good movie for being animated (not my fav type of movie). There was nothing that was at all offensive to me, and that's pretty huge, because I am VERY picky with what I think is offensive. I hate innuendos and almost-swear-words in kids movies. This one had none of that - not even questionable content or words - that's rare. We had lunch at the coffee shop. I LOVE visiting coffee shops, and think I could do it several times a week and never get bored of it - either with a friend or with a good book. So now you know 2 more things about me. I enjoy super-clean movies and coffee shops. 

Now I have to study for my final final of the semester which takes place tomorrow morning. Oh yeah, and I'm going to the Plaza with our church group tomorrow night. Saturday morning is LPN graduation and a party and work at the gym.Then all next week I get ready for vacation. Whoo-hoo!

You are now up-to-date on me. More some other time.

People. Hmmm. The things people feel free to talk about just stop me in my tracks. But then, I guess that's how nursing is. Somebody will go on talking about their sex life, their marital problems, their kids who have been locked up... and I'm thinking, lady, I just needed to know how many kids you had for this database! Funny. I do love to hear people, though, and I know a lot of them just need somebody to talk to.

This past weekend was trauma weekend at the hospital or something. My floor is a post-surg/trauma unit. It was more trauma than post-surg this weekend. MVA's all over the place. It was kinda nutty. Then of course, a major part of my job is taking vital signs. I had one lady who could barely keep her BP higher than 80/50, another who's RHR was anywhere from 130 - 160, and another lady who we got post-op, so VS q15 min, then 30, then hour, etc. I think I took VS more times in the first 4 hours of my shift than I have in my whole life. Then the nurses are like, "Hey do you remember what that BP was?" Uh, no, I've taken it so many times, how am I supposed to remember the last one?! Oh brother. I guess it showed me I'm not quite ready for ER yet! Need a little more experience at being smooth under stress.

I gotta run now. I'm off to look for a car. The one I have has a tranny problem, acting like it's in neutral on a regular basis - like when I'm pulling out onto a hwy where other cars are going 55 - 70! The turning signals don't work, and yesterday it started this thing that sounds like I'm on the sleepy bumps at the side of the hwy when I'm just going down the road! Oh, so not good. And I don't want to end up the next MVA on my unit, so I had better just get this taken care of sooner than later.

PS I just saw my actual site for the first time in a really long time. It's so pretty! I have or had good taste! LOL!

I had free movie passes that I got at Christmas from one of my gymnasts. Yeah, I'm a little slow, so we just used them right before 4th of July. Everybody keeps saying that Walle is a great movie, better than Kung Foo Panda, and we should definitely watch it. Now, before I go any further in this story let me explain that I don't do cartoons - I mean, I'm OK watching them with the girls, but they wouldn't be my choice at any other time - and I can't stand futuristic sci fi. Walle is both. Yay. Didn't know that before we went. It started out really, really lame in my opinion. This trash collector in space who finds things from earth and doesn't know what to do with them, so does all the wrong things, saves the ring box, throws away the ring type of thing. Then he meets a girl who has the same no sense about human things. It was reminiscent of the Little Mermaid using a "dinglehopper" to brush her hair, etc. This goes on long enough that I was bored. I rarely get bored in a movie, but I was bored enough to walk out. The girls were enjoying it, though, so...

Finally, a story line evolved! Wonder of wonders - a plot. So it ended up being OK after all. As least there was something to think about with the story. What was amazing to me was all the little life lessons that were packed into that ridiculous movie. I probably read way more into it then there really it, but there were so many persuasive speeches/inspirational messages/life sermons that I could have "preached" tucked into that thing. Again, maybe I'm going way too deep, but this is some of what I could teach lessons about from what I saw:

• Recycle
• Eat healthy
• Get up off your tushi
• Human contact vs computer contact (though I do love my bloggy and facebook friends)
• Kids getting out from behind computer screens
• Machines/computers/electronics running your life
• Stand up for what is right, not for what everybody else is doing around you
• Stop and smell the roses - or jump in a swimming pool

So do I recommend it as a great, worth your time movie? Contrary to what everybody else says, no, not my fav. Their was almost no talking for the first like hour, of the movie, then of course the cartoony sci fi aspect of it. So not my thing. No, I'm not a movie critic - for obvious reasons. Many people obviously thought this movie was just great. Besides, I don't watch movies very often. I'm just trying to point out that it was kinda cool that in the middle of a silly little movie, all kinds of subliminal messages - and not the ones Hollywood is usually trying to get across - were tucked in there. Almost too much to try to review with the girls, which we usually do after movies.

Anyway, back to pharmacology homework...