Life is something I know I take for granted. Life could be taken from me or someone I love any minute of any day. But I don't think of that very often.
Today at work I was going through my routine. I went out to the waiting room to get the next patient, we'll call him Jim. A little background; I've know Jim for about a year and a half (the amount of time I've been working there). I see him every two months when he comes into our office. I know little about his personal life, but I do know some. I know his wife and how many kids he has... I'm sure I've talked to him about books he reads, holiday traditions, weather etc more than I can remember. What I know most about him is how he is always smiling, happy, polite, and interested in me. Very few patients are this way. They just assume, that this is my job, and that's as deep as our relationship goes. Don't get me wrong, this is ok and probably how it should be... but you know it is nice to connect with some people on a personal level sometimes. I think everyone knows what I mean. So anyway... I'm babbling.
Jim is one of those who always asks questions about me. .... so today I took him back to a exam room and proceeded to "get him ready" for the doctor to come in. I said, "Jim, how are you doing?!"" "well, I've been better" he uncharacteristically replied. Kind of taken back I inquired a little more. He proceeded to tell me that 1 week earlier he had been diagnosed with a certain type of cancer which was untreatable... and the Doctor had said he had less than a year to live.
Bam!!!!!!! I wasn't expecting that, and I didn't know what to say. Trying to hold the tears back I eventually responded by asking more details about the kind of cancer he had, just unimportant things like that. What was I supplest to say. This is a "real" person to me, someone I "know" and love... not just someone I hear about who is dying.
And the day went on... the same menial tasks I do every day. Answering phones, taking x-rays, helping patients... stuff like that. But Jim stayed in my mind.
Life is precious, life is short, life is good. Why do I waste time wishing for what I don't have.
Carpe Diem.
We Live, We Love, We Learn...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Bangs are Back!
Well, at least for me Bangs are Back!
When I was in Boise a few weeks ago I had my mom cut bangs for me. The first thing she said to me after she cut them was... and I quote, " you look just like you did when you were in 5th grade!"
You be the judge.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Birthday Weekend in Boise
We spent last weekend in Boise! It was a party all weekend... literally. We celebrated mine, Jake, and Tess's Birthdays. We ate like royalty. Crepes, steak, fondue... to say the least. 
Jake made up some "fun drinks". Mojitos is the real name, i think. (Virgin of course)
Jake el barista.
I really Love this picture, Jake looks like a real cowboy. If only Apallo's head wasn't hidden behind the sagebrush.
Tess and Andrew took us out with the horses. Sean rode a horse for the first time in his life!!! I don't have any pictures, i'll have to get some from my Dad.
My Dad and his "highly obedient" dog. That is a joke by the way =)
Cute miss Clara (and Sean of course)
Trying to keep warm
All in all it was a fun weekend. We played lots of games, I got an injection in my jaw, went to Church... you know all the good stuff. We have and awesome family.
Jake made up some "fun drinks". Mojitos is the real name, i think. (Virgin of course)
Jake el barista.
I really Love this picture, Jake looks like a real cowboy. If only Apallo's head wasn't hidden behind the sagebrush.
Tess and Andrew took us out with the horses. Sean rode a horse for the first time in his life!!! I don't have any pictures, i'll have to get some from my Dad.
My Dad and his "highly obedient" dog. That is a joke by the way =)
Cute miss Clara (and Sean of course)
Trying to keep warmAll in all it was a fun weekend. We played lots of games, I got an injection in my jaw, went to Church... you know all the good stuff. We have and awesome family.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Life is good
Life is good for Sean and I right now. Of course there are challenges and and hardships, but overall life is good!
Sean is crazy and amazing. He is working 40 hours a week with ITS, taking a few classes that total 12 hrs a week, and volunteering 8ish hours a week. So he is busy and doesn't get much sleep. But he does it, and does it without complaining. He's a better person than me =)
Me, I'm still working full time for the Podiatrist here in town. I enjoy the work, (more the clinical side of things than the clerical). I enjoy working with and getting to know the patients. Of course there are some things I could do without, but that how it goes.
In our free time (if Sean isn't sleeping) we have gotten into a "Lost" phase. We didn't watch the last few seasons... so through Hulu we are getting caught up. It's kind of a bad habit, but nice to be detached from the world for a bit. We go down to Lewiston to visit my in laws and often time take advantage of their washer and dryer (=. We hang out with our friends and family here in Moscow. Sean got a card game called, Killer Bunnies for Christmas, that's our new game.
That's pretty much life right now... not much new going on.
So as I said at first. Life is good.
Sean is crazy and amazing. He is working 40 hours a week with ITS, taking a few classes that total 12 hrs a week, and volunteering 8ish hours a week. So he is busy and doesn't get much sleep. But he does it, and does it without complaining. He's a better person than me =)
Me, I'm still working full time for the Podiatrist here in town. I enjoy the work, (more the clinical side of things than the clerical). I enjoy working with and getting to know the patients. Of course there are some things I could do without, but that how it goes.
In our free time (if Sean isn't sleeping) we have gotten into a "Lost" phase. We didn't watch the last few seasons... so through Hulu we are getting caught up. It's kind of a bad habit, but nice to be detached from the world for a bit. We go down to Lewiston to visit my in laws and often time take advantage of their washer and dryer (=. We hang out with our friends and family here in Moscow. Sean got a card game called, Killer Bunnies for Christmas, that's our new game.
That's pretty much life right now... not much new going on.
So as I said at first. Life is good.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Update
I haven't posted anything for a few weeks, for a few reasons/excuses.
1) We lost our camera, pictures are my crutch. You see when I can post pictures I don't have to write as much, the pictures tell most of the stories. I am not a creative writer, nor am I very confident in my writing. Heck... with out spellcheck the world would thing I was an idiot!
2) My life seems pretty "boring"... in the sense, not much has changed as of late. Now I know this is a lame excuse because I could try to be creative and post about my blessings, my memories, the color of scrubs I wore that day etc. I don't know though... maybe I should though. Document who I am.
3)I'm lazy. I like going around and reading other peoples blogs, but then after 10min of that something/someone else asks for my attention and I procrastinate.
4)I'm selfish. I take the time to read others blogs and stay in tune with their lives and don't take the time to write so they can know what's happin around here.
So.... I should blog more.
For my family, my friends, my posterity, and honestly myself. I used to be faithful... I mean faithful about writing in my journal every single night. It was good for me. I really should pick up the habit again, for many reasons I won't go into detail about right now.
so.... please keep bugging me about posting more... and I'll be better at posting. (you notice I didn't say "I'll try", but I said "I'll" aka I will. This is serious stuff!
Love ya all,
Anna
1) We lost our camera, pictures are my crutch. You see when I can post pictures I don't have to write as much, the pictures tell most of the stories. I am not a creative writer, nor am I very confident in my writing. Heck... with out spellcheck the world would thing I was an idiot!
2) My life seems pretty "boring"... in the sense, not much has changed as of late. Now I know this is a lame excuse because I could try to be creative and post about my blessings, my memories, the color of scrubs I wore that day etc. I don't know though... maybe I should though. Document who I am.
3)I'm lazy. I like going around and reading other peoples blogs, but then after 10min of that something/someone else asks for my attention and I procrastinate.
4)I'm selfish. I take the time to read others blogs and stay in tune with their lives and don't take the time to write so they can know what's happin around here.
So.... I should blog more.
For my family, my friends, my posterity, and honestly myself. I used to be faithful... I mean faithful about writing in my journal every single night. It was good for me. I really should pick up the habit again, for many reasons I won't go into detail about right now.
so.... please keep bugging me about posting more... and I'll be better at posting. (you notice I didn't say "I'll try", but I said "I'll" aka I will. This is serious stuff!
Love ya all,
Anna
Monday, January 18, 2010
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Sad story, Sean and I think we lost our camera.
Ever since we got back from the Olympic Peninsula (after Thanksgiving) we haven't been able to find our camera. We just keep thinking it will "show up". You know how those things happen sometimes... you "loose" something, give it some time and in one of your cleaning sprees, or in the process of looking for something else you miraculously find it. Well, this has been our hope, but hasn't happened yet. The last place we can remember taking pictures was at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State park. It's an obscure out of the place park in WA. We stopped there for fun on our drive back from Port Angeles to Moscow. We never got the pictures off the camera... another big clue that that is were we lost it. The pictures weren't a big loss, the park was kind of a let down. If you're interested click on the link below. We were expecting to see these giant amazing petrified trees... but there was a trail in the desert with caged pits housing petrified stumps. Granted... to some this is amazing, not to me. Anyway... if anyone happens to be going to the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park anytime soon let me know and I'll send you on a wild goose chase through the desert searching for our lost camera!
http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Ginkgo+Petrified+Forest%2FWanapum+Recreational+Area
Ever since we got back from the Olympic Peninsula (after Thanksgiving) we haven't been able to find our camera. We just keep thinking it will "show up". You know how those things happen sometimes... you "loose" something, give it some time and in one of your cleaning sprees, or in the process of looking for something else you miraculously find it. Well, this has been our hope, but hasn't happened yet. The last place we can remember taking pictures was at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State park. It's an obscure out of the place park in WA. We stopped there for fun on our drive back from Port Angeles to Moscow. We never got the pictures off the camera... another big clue that that is were we lost it. The pictures weren't a big loss, the park was kind of a let down. If you're interested click on the link below. We were expecting to see these giant amazing petrified trees... but there was a trail in the desert with caged pits housing petrified stumps. Granted... to some this is amazing, not to me. Anyway... if anyone happens to be going to the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park anytime soon let me know and I'll send you on a wild goose chase through the desert searching for our lost camera!
http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Ginkgo+Petrified+Forest%2FWanapum+Recreational+Area
Monday, January 11, 2010
PA
Well, Sean and I misplaced our camera. But no fear, we'll find it the day we get motivated enough to do a deep clean of our apartment. So for now, I thought I'd document a little more of our trip to the Olympic Peninsula over Thanksgiving break.
We all met up in Olympia first. We got to take our family around to some of our favorite places from the summer we spent there when Sean was interning with Brown and Caldwell. We hiked a little bit through Watershed Park. Sean could tell you a lot more about it than I can, but it is in the middle of Olympia... but non the less it is a rain forest! Pretty cool. After work sometimes Sean and I used to drive around exploring. This was a park we happened on one time. Of course we weren't always so adventurous. Sometimes we would feel really lazy and go to the park a few blocks from our apartment where we could "use" free Internet. We were on a "Lost" kick that summer. It was a good summer though, we miss it. We have both said that if ever given the opportunity to move back there we would jump on it!
We also gave ourselves a tour of the Washington State Capitol. Elaborate!
Sean, Jake and I got to spend some time with Sean's Aunt Mick, and Jim that night. She is a wonderful person, and it was really good to see her. I really felt at home in her house... not a feeling I was necessarily expecting to feel to be quite honest. But a very warm one.
On a rare sunny day after Thanksgiving we drove up the coast from Port Angeles and hiked a short but beautiful trail to Cape Flattery. In this picture we are standing on the North Western most point in the Continental United States! Pretty cool. On that Island out there there is a Light house... looks like a very solitary life. I guess now days we do have modern conveniences like Internet,tv, and phones... but what would it be like to live out there 100 years ago?!
I love this picture! I caught the sun just right.
My awesome Brother
It was great to spend time with family, and enjoy the great outdoors. Tess and Andrew moved down to Boise after graduation in December.... so we don't get to see the much anymore. Sometime you don't realize how nice it is to have family around until they aren't so close anymore.
We all met up in Olympia first. We got to take our family around to some of our favorite places from the summer we spent there when Sean was interning with Brown and Caldwell. We hiked a little bit through Watershed Park. Sean could tell you a lot more about it than I can, but it is in the middle of Olympia... but non the less it is a rain forest! Pretty cool. After work sometimes Sean and I used to drive around exploring. This was a park we happened on one time. Of course we weren't always so adventurous. Sometimes we would feel really lazy and go to the park a few blocks from our apartment where we could "use" free Internet. We were on a "Lost" kick that summer. It was a good summer though, we miss it. We have both said that if ever given the opportunity to move back there we would jump on it!
We also gave ourselves a tour of the Washington State Capitol. Elaborate!
Sean, Jake and I got to spend some time with Sean's Aunt Mick, and Jim that night. She is a wonderful person, and it was really good to see her. I really felt at home in her house... not a feeling I was necessarily expecting to feel to be quite honest. But a very warm one. 
On a rare sunny day after Thanksgiving we drove up the coast from Port Angeles and hiked a short but beautiful trail to Cape Flattery. In this picture we are standing on the North Western most point in the Continental United States! Pretty cool. On that Island out there there is a Light house... looks like a very solitary life. I guess now days we do have modern conveniences like Internet,tv, and phones... but what would it be like to live out there 100 years ago?!
I love this picture! I caught the sun just right.
My awesome Brother
It was great to spend time with family, and enjoy the great outdoors. Tess and Andrew moved down to Boise after graduation in December.... so we don't get to see the much anymore. Sometime you don't realize how nice it is to have family around until they aren't so close anymore.
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