nobody makes me bleed my own blood...
a lot has been going on lately.
Vacation Bible School was this week at church, and i helped with the third grade. they're a good group of kids-no real problem at all.
my aunt had surgery Wednesday. one of her ovaries was enlarged five times its regular size, and they needed to see if it was just a cyst or something more serious. they saw that the other one was enlarged also, so they went ahead and took it out just in case. she went home today, after many hours of waiting for the doctor to come see her to write out her prescriptions. she's doing extremely well for just having surgery, so that's awesome.
*on a side note: i must rant for a little while on some of the nurses we have in hospitals today. some of them could absolutely care less about the patients. they are so rude. the girl in my aunt's room had had surgery, and she felt like she was going to vomit, but she didn't have one of the little pink containers (i have no idea what they're called). i started freaking out because i thought she was going to puke all over herself, and then i would puke because of her, so i went to grab the trash can. my mom went out to tell the nurses that the girl needed a container, and they said, "ok, we'll get her one in a minute," and the poor girl was lying there, dry heaving and on the verge of tears, and some nurse took her time walking down the hall to some supply room and then walking back to our room to hand the girl the container. i wish she would have thrown up, just so they would have had to clean up the mess because they were so slow. i was so mad. i need to be a nurse. there need to be more nurses with compassion.*
a friend of my family's is also in the hospital. well, she's my aunt's best friend, but she's also our friend. she has Crohn's disease, which causes her to have kidney stones, but the doctors don't think that is what's wrong this time. they're not really sure, actually. all i know is that she's in a lot of pain. and she hasn't eaten since Tuesday. they won't let her eat or drink anything in case they may have to do emergency surgery. there are also certain doctors that she needs to see who can't come to the hospital she is in. her husband said it has to do with "hospital politics." i feel so bad for her. she's just there suffering. and the woman in the other bed is smelly. that makes it even worse for her.
what else?
i finally started reading the Harry Potter books. i've heard mixed opinions on them. some people loved them, and some drilled into my skull that they were of the devil. but something my children's lit teacher said kinda stuck with me. she said you can't really put down the books or decide you don't like them until you actually read them and know what they're all about. well, let me say, i love Mr. Harry Potter. i used all my spare time last week reading the first book, and now i am on the second one. i'm not moving as quickly through this one because i haven't really had the time, but i love them! i haven't seen the movies yet, but i'm thinking about renting the first one, possibly this weekend. they are so good and so addicting. i must go read now. but i will later.
i am an idiot. i figured that out in the past few weeks. i have no common sense at all. i could maybe be called an airhead. not sure. on Memorial Day, my aunt's "boyfriend" came into the living room to perform a magic trick for some of us. he asked us what color red, white, and blue makes when mixed together. i confidently yelled, "BLACK!" everyone stared at me and started laughing. i then learned that red, white, and blue make purple. hmm, who knew. then he went on, and he showed us at the end that he had on a fake thumb. and i asked, a few minutes later after i finally realized what he had done, "you mean you had that thumb on the whole time?" again, everyone stared at me. and then just last week, i went down to my grandma's to go swimming. my cousin was with me, and we were helping my grandma get the pool ready. my cousin grabbed some of the strips that test the water, and my grandma was reading to bottle, telling him to swirl the strip around a few times in the water. well, i thought she was talking about swirling the water, so i grabbed the cleaning net and began stirring up the water, saying to myself, in a British accent, "i'm stirring my witch's brew." too much Harry Potter, i guess. i don't know what my deal is. it's like i have no brain at all. oh well. at least my family gets some laughs from me.
i want to see Dodgeball. it looks so hilarious. my cousin wants to see it too, so i'm going to drag him with me. maybe we could call Nathan because he's freakin hot. umm, yeah. he's a friend of our family, and he comes to our get-togethers. he's a year younger than me, and i like when he's there because it gives me someone close to my age to hang out with. well, we hang out with Travis (my cousin) and Whitney (his sister) who are about the same age (15 or 16). but it's better when he's there and not just because he's hot. he picks on me quite a bit, like my cousin, but it's ok. not just anyone can pick on me. did i also mention he's hot? well, i think he is. i like his hair. it's longer, about to his shoulders or a little past. it's niiice. i think it's about time to call him up and make some plans to go see Dodgeball. hecks yeah. soon, very soon. my cousin seems to think that he likes me. i don't see it, but he said he just had a feeling about it. i asked him how he got that feeling, and he said, "well, he looks at you." hmm, Travis, a lot of people look at me, but that doesn't mean anything. but if he notices, maybe something is up. i wouldn't be complaining. Nathan's a good guy. we shall see though.
i'm not sure what else there is to talk about. school is finished for the summer, thank God, so i'm free to pretty much do whatever i want. i'll probably be staying with my aunt since she can't really do anything. i'll have to do her laundry and grocery shopping and such, but because i'm a good niece, i'll do it. plus i'll get to use her pool. hecks yeah. it'll be a good bonding experience. we'll get to spend some quality "girl time" together.
i think it's time for bed. i'm exhausted from loss of sleep this week, so i need to go make up for it.
Vacation Bible School was this week at church, and i helped with the third grade. they're a good group of kids-no real problem at all.
my aunt had surgery Wednesday. one of her ovaries was enlarged five times its regular size, and they needed to see if it was just a cyst or something more serious. they saw that the other one was enlarged also, so they went ahead and took it out just in case. she went home today, after many hours of waiting for the doctor to come see her to write out her prescriptions. she's doing extremely well for just having surgery, so that's awesome.
*on a side note: i must rant for a little while on some of the nurses we have in hospitals today. some of them could absolutely care less about the patients. they are so rude. the girl in my aunt's room had had surgery, and she felt like she was going to vomit, but she didn't have one of the little pink containers (i have no idea what they're called). i started freaking out because i thought she was going to puke all over herself, and then i would puke because of her, so i went to grab the trash can. my mom went out to tell the nurses that the girl needed a container, and they said, "ok, we'll get her one in a minute," and the poor girl was lying there, dry heaving and on the verge of tears, and some nurse took her time walking down the hall to some supply room and then walking back to our room to hand the girl the container. i wish she would have thrown up, just so they would have had to clean up the mess because they were so slow. i was so mad. i need to be a nurse. there need to be more nurses with compassion.*
a friend of my family's is also in the hospital. well, she's my aunt's best friend, but she's also our friend. she has Crohn's disease, which causes her to have kidney stones, but the doctors don't think that is what's wrong this time. they're not really sure, actually. all i know is that she's in a lot of pain. and she hasn't eaten since Tuesday. they won't let her eat or drink anything in case they may have to do emergency surgery. there are also certain doctors that she needs to see who can't come to the hospital she is in. her husband said it has to do with "hospital politics." i feel so bad for her. she's just there suffering. and the woman in the other bed is smelly. that makes it even worse for her.
what else?
i finally started reading the Harry Potter books. i've heard mixed opinions on them. some people loved them, and some drilled into my skull that they were of the devil. but something my children's lit teacher said kinda stuck with me. she said you can't really put down the books or decide you don't like them until you actually read them and know what they're all about. well, let me say, i love Mr. Harry Potter. i used all my spare time last week reading the first book, and now i am on the second one. i'm not moving as quickly through this one because i haven't really had the time, but i love them! i haven't seen the movies yet, but i'm thinking about renting the first one, possibly this weekend. they are so good and so addicting. i must go read now. but i will later.
i am an idiot. i figured that out in the past few weeks. i have no common sense at all. i could maybe be called an airhead. not sure. on Memorial Day, my aunt's "boyfriend" came into the living room to perform a magic trick for some of us. he asked us what color red, white, and blue makes when mixed together. i confidently yelled, "BLACK!" everyone stared at me and started laughing. i then learned that red, white, and blue make purple. hmm, who knew. then he went on, and he showed us at the end that he had on a fake thumb. and i asked, a few minutes later after i finally realized what he had done, "you mean you had that thumb on the whole time?" again, everyone stared at me. and then just last week, i went down to my grandma's to go swimming. my cousin was with me, and we were helping my grandma get the pool ready. my cousin grabbed some of the strips that test the water, and my grandma was reading to bottle, telling him to swirl the strip around a few times in the water. well, i thought she was talking about swirling the water, so i grabbed the cleaning net and began stirring up the water, saying to myself, in a British accent, "i'm stirring my witch's brew." too much Harry Potter, i guess. i don't know what my deal is. it's like i have no brain at all. oh well. at least my family gets some laughs from me.
i want to see Dodgeball. it looks so hilarious. my cousin wants to see it too, so i'm going to drag him with me. maybe we could call Nathan because he's freakin hot. umm, yeah. he's a friend of our family, and he comes to our get-togethers. he's a year younger than me, and i like when he's there because it gives me someone close to my age to hang out with. well, we hang out with Travis (my cousin) and Whitney (his sister) who are about the same age (15 or 16). but it's better when he's there and not just because he's hot. he picks on me quite a bit, like my cousin, but it's ok. not just anyone can pick on me. did i also mention he's hot? well, i think he is. i like his hair. it's longer, about to his shoulders or a little past. it's niiice. i think it's about time to call him up and make some plans to go see Dodgeball. hecks yeah. soon, very soon. my cousin seems to think that he likes me. i don't see it, but he said he just had a feeling about it. i asked him how he got that feeling, and he said, "well, he looks at you." hmm, Travis, a lot of people look at me, but that doesn't mean anything. but if he notices, maybe something is up. i wouldn't be complaining. Nathan's a good guy. we shall see though.
i'm not sure what else there is to talk about. school is finished for the summer, thank God, so i'm free to pretty much do whatever i want. i'll probably be staying with my aunt since she can't really do anything. i'll have to do her laundry and grocery shopping and such, but because i'm a good niece, i'll do it. plus i'll get to use her pool. hecks yeah. it'll be a good bonding experience. we'll get to spend some quality "girl time" together.
i think it's time for bed. i'm exhausted from loss of sleep this week, so i need to go make up for it.