Grad Pictures

well I am officially an RCA!!

Last night was my graduation! It was awesome. I had so much family there! I was blessed with many gifts, which i was surprised! I got 2 dozen yellow roses from Travis' grandma, and a vase that has my name and Grad 2008 on it. I got a Necklace from Travis and some nice Hawaiian Ginger body spay, lotion and wash! I got a watch that goes on my scrub shirt, that has my name on it and grad 2008 from Travis' parents. A huge picture calloge from my moms family, Grandma and aunty trena and the girls! And a bunch more stuff! Travis' dad got up and said a speech! He made me cry. My mom even got up and said something! I was just so blessed to have all my family there. Mom is still here...snoring on the couch! We are all going to go for breakfast soon, then Travis' parents and mom are going to go back home. Travis called in sick today, so I can spend a day with him!!!

ALL DONE

YAY It's finally here!! I graduate tomorrow! Mom will be here tomorrow! So will the rest of my family!!!

exciting!

Well tomorrow is my last day of Practicum!! I can't believe it! 3 more days till grad! WOW, 6 months went by fast! Feels like yesterday I met everyone from class! I can't believe in 3 days I will be done!!! The last days of practicum are a little nerve racking though. I have been on this floor for 4 shifts now, and I am expected to get everyone up on my own tomorrow, with no help from the care aide! I was so frustrated at work today, I started crying. My instructor came in and talked with my care aide, and she told her I needed to be faster, and I wasn't doing good, so they wanted to hold me back for another couple days! BULL SHIT. Before I was moved I was getting everyone up and ready for breakfast by 9:00 AM..My old care aide is the best! I am really going to miss her! ANYWAYS...I have a lot of people coming to grad. Trav's parents are coming, my mom, both grandma's aunty Trena and the girls, and Katherine, Aunty Colleen and her girls, and then aunty Gail after she is done work! We are all going to go for Chinese food!! Well I gotta go clean up from dinner! I will post pics after grad!

Thank you!

Well today is Sept. 18th I graduate on the 27th! I can't believe it's coming to an end! I can't wait for grad. I have a lot of family coming! Grandma Russell is coming, then my aunty Trena and Grandma Armstrong and the 4 girls, my mom and Ross maybe, and then Travis' parents! I just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me in the last 6 months! It's been great! I am ready to get out and work as a Care Aid tho!

Travis' birthday was on Monday. We went to Tony Roma's. We got all dressed up and everything! I got some cool pictures that I will add when I get them on the computer. We had a great night! I got him a promise ring for his birthday, so he is stuck with me forever! (Hopefully)Our relationship has grown so much in the last 2 yrs, i can't imagine being without him! He is my other half! Anyways gotta go

Survey thing

The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things
about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning?
9:00
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
College Road Trip

4.What is your favorite TV show?
CSI Miami, Cold Case, According to Jim...Lots more

5.What do you usually have for breakfast?
Nothing

6.What is your middle name?
Rebeckah

7.What food do you dislike?
cooked veggies, peppers, squash, don't really like eggs...depends

8.What is your favorite CD at moment?
country mix, all we haveis burnt cd's

9. What kind of car do you drive?
none! but will drive a Mazda Protage 5

10. Favorite sandwich?
Egg salad, BLT...
11.What characteristic do you despise?
Slutty girls looking for attention!

12. Favorite item of clothing?
pj pants, my robe! LOL

13.If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Hawaii

14.Favorite brand of clothing?
Doesnt matter what brand, im not picky

15.Where would you retire to?
Italy!

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
my 22nd. I had a suprise party, last birthday I was sick

17. Favorite sport to watch?
hmm hockey

18.Farthermost place you are sending this?
Quesnel, Abbotsford

19.Person you expect to send it back first?
no one lol

20.When is your birthday?
July 2nd
21.Are you a morning person or a night person?
night

22.What is your shoe size?
9

23.Pets?
no:(

24.Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
I graduate in 12 days...dont think it's new tho

25.What did you want to be when you were little?
Nurse! Still want to...half way there!

26.How are you today?
Tired, hungry and excited

27. What is your favorite candy?
chocolate bars

28.What is your favorite flower?
roses

29.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Sept. 27

30.What is your full name?
Sarah Rebeckah Russell

31.What are you listening to right now?
Oprah

32.What was the last thing you ate?
Fries at the mall

33. Do you wish on stars?
ya with Travis

34. IF you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Red

35. How is the weather right now?
sunny and blue sky

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
my hunny! It's his birthday

37. Favorite soft drink?
Pepsi

38. Favorite restaurant?
East Side Marios

39. Real hair color?
light brown

40.What was your favorite toy as a child?
My dolls...I cant remember

41.Summer or winter?
winter

42. Hugs or kisses?
both

43. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate if it's food, vanilla if it's scent

44. Coffee or tea?
Tea
45. Do you want your friends to email you back?
Yes

46. When was the last time you cried?
not long ago...

47. What is under your bed?
nothing, there's no under lol

48. What did you do last night?
sat around bored. Watched TV

49. What are you afraid of ?
Losing Travis

50. Salty or sweet?
depends on my mood, sometimes both together!

51.How many keys on your key ring?

lots

52. How many years at your current job?
right now I don't have a job, havnt since April

53. Favorite day of the week?
weekends

54. How many towns have you lived in?
to many to count. Deroche, Quesnel, Airdrie, Kamloops


55. Do you make friends easily?
Not at all

56. How many people will you send this to?
who knows
57.How many will respond?
who knows

YAY

Nothing to exciting ever happening here! Went to the dentist today...TWICE lol once at 10 for a filling, then 3:30 for x-rays and cleaning ((I HATE CLEANINGS)) My dentist is WONDERFUL. We are going to talk about porcelain vinears which will make my front teeth strait!! I know they will be expensive, but well worth it! I will talk to him more about it on the 27th. I have to go back in and get 2 more fillings done. Then hopefully thats it.

Travis is leaving tomorrow for 5 days. He is going to Quesnel! I want to go with him, but I still have school. But his parents are coming down for my graduation, so thats ok! I sure miss them though, I was telling Travis I want to go with him, and wake up to mom's coffee and homeade muffins for breakfast, and late night talks!!! AHHH i miss them! lol

Anyways gonna go have some dinner, we got papa murphy's pizza Garlic Chicken!!! MMMM

nothing to much happening

Just thought I would post something small! Not much to say here. School is almost done YAY. I bought my dress the other day, it's nice and black, now I need shoes and a shawl to go with it, cause knowing me, i will be cold!! Now I don't have any fashion sense at ALL. So it is a black dress, all black I don't know what kind of shoes to get for it...Should they be white, or black? And what kind of shawl should I get, or a little jacket! Please someone leave me a comment and HELP me! LOL, I guess thats it for now, gonna go eat dinner now. Back to work for 4 days now! TTYL

My Trip...and more

Well I thought I would write about my trip to Fort Nelson! We didn't do very much, but it was a lot of fun. I loved being with Mercede and Braydon! Mercede loved having me there too. I got lots of good pictures as you can see! I had a nice visit with Ashley, and Jason when he was home! She taught me how to cook!! She is an awesome cook, so one day I wrote out a bunch of recipes from her! Now I have to try and make them! I had a hard time leaving. I wish they didnt live so far away. When Jason dropped me off at the airport he stayed for a couple mins. I had to wait about an hr for my flight. He gave me a hug and then left. I had tears in my eyes. So I went and sat down at waited. About 5 mins later Jay walked back in!!! He called his boss, and stayed with me till my flight left! I felt so special! I am glad me and Jason are so close! Its cool talking to someone that knows what I went through as a kid, because he went through it too! I talked to Ashley the other day, she said Mercede still looks for me calling my name! I was going through Mercede With drawls lol. I am getting used to it now! Braydon was pretty cute too, but needed his mom a lot, next time I see him he will be big and different! Hope you all enjoyed the pictures! I love them!!


Well I finally went to the dentist yesterday to get my root canal done. Took 3.5 hrs to do it. My jaw is sore today! But it's worth it. I found a new dentist! He was awesome. And did it in one shot! I am glad my old dentist didn't do it.

Back to work on Monday till the 24th of Sept. Then 2 days in class, then Grad on the 27th! I was checking the Kamloops Obituaries for some reason the other day, and found out that one of my residents passed away 2 days after I left for my 2 week break:( I know that that's why they are in there, but it's still hard to say good bye! When I left he was doing great. Oh well, may he R.I.P

Well thats all for now. I will post again when I feel like it ! lol

more

pictures

Well I am home from Fort Nelson! I had a great trip. and Flight!! It is nice being home though. I got home to 2 dozen roses and dinner on the table!!! It was so nice. I am going to upload some pics right now, and blog later, I am making cookies!!

UGH to the heat! YAY for the holidays!!

Well it is extremely hot here this week. It's been between 30-36 here. Today was muggy and about 36!! Today is finally the 15th!! That means my 2 weeks break starts today!! We all went out for a drink after work today. I get to go to Jason's in 3 more days! I know for a fact I will get homesick, but it will be fun! And nice to be back, for another week off!! It's nice to wear normal clothes again for once. I got home today and jumped in the shower! Ahh that was nice! Tomorrow I am going to go to chilliwack with a friend to pick up her kids, then coming home and going to dinner at another friends place!! I HAVE FRIENDS!!! HAHAHA I am going to go and relax with Travis now. If I don't post before monday, i will take pics at Jason's and do a big picture post!! YAY

Happy Birthday my Angel

Today is dad's birthday. Just wanted to say Happy birthday to my daddy. I miss you lots, and can't wait to see you again one day! Next year he will be the big 50!! I love you my angel

YAY

YAY so the exam results are back! Our class has the highest passing rate yet!! 10% Above the average through the nation!!!! WOO HOO CLASS the highest mark was 94% the lowest was 71% I passed with 78% on my exam, and 91% in class work!!!! I am so happy. Today we started at a new facility, it looks awesome! Care aides are their for the residents, and have been there for a long time!

One more week then I get to go to Jason's and see my babies!! I will take some pics of the babies!

A friend of mine and I went to the wild life park yesterday, the weather was kind of crappy but it was fun! Here are some pics!

Nice weekend!

We had a good weekend. Travis' dad came up, and Travis Derek Dad n I went out to scotch creek and played mini golf and went to the beach. It was a nice day out, Derek (Trav's Brother) had us over for a yummy bbq. We had BBQ chicken and salad. Then dad came out to Karaoke with us. He enjoyed it...and his scotch!! Then Sunday morning we went out for breakfast and Dad went home:( It was a short visit, but nice. Scotch Creek was awesome. I want to go back, and hopefully camp. I get a 2 week break coming up soon. I am going to Ft. Nelson for a week, then hopefully Travis can take a week off and go camping! Crossing my fingers for scotch creek! Tonight we went over to a friends place, she made us dinner, and we sang karaoke! I actually sang too. It was fun...even though I sucked. Anyways just thought I would post for people that read my blog! Till i decide to post again! TTYAL!

I guess I should update...

Well I haven't posted in a while. Everything is going good here. School is good. Practicum is getting tiring, I have to get used to being on my feet for 8 hrs a day. I moved to a different ward. They are easier to handle. They are still total care, but can walk. But I miss my old residents. I think I might do my other part of the practicum where I first started. I just have to get used to everything up there, and get more organized.

Travis's dad is up here this weekend. We went for dinner last night, and we might go mini golfing in Scotch Creek if it's nice out.

I'm not sure who all knows, but my dad has joined the military. He left in June:( Now I don't know if I will ever see him again. Oh well. When I do get to see him, i will be happy!! Who knows, I could be married and have a family by then. Life goes on tho I guess.

Well I am going to go make some breakfast. Have a good one! Leave some comments!!

...bored

Well I started my practicum, and i'm really liking it. I love the ward I am on, and I love my residents. I am on the severe dementia ward. It looks very intimidating at first because the residents can not walk, and most can't talk. It is total care. But to wake them up in the morning, and listen to them talk and see the smiles on their faces, it's worth the hard work and more. Yesterday I took a lady outside and she loved it...Now remember they have severe dementia...She asked for ME this morning!! I have been there for a week now, and I know my residents really well. I can't wait to actually start working full time! We have our final exam on Monday! AHH wish me luck!!

This past weekend, Travis and I went to Quesnel for billy barker days. We got to see a band called Murquery, they sounded just like Queen. They were from Germany! We spent the whole weekend at the rodeo. I will add some pics. It was my first Rodeo, and I loved it!! I got really sun burned though UGH Anyways enough for now!

hmm I wonder

I have that new tracker on my blog. I noticed that someone looked at my blog from Kelowna. Please if you look at my blog Leave a comment. Not sure if it's you or not dad. But if it is my number is 250-572-1445 I know it's probably bad to leave my number on here, but I need to know if it's him. Thanks

Finally!!

Finally it's time for practicum. Tomorrow is our last official day in the class! I am so excited. I found out what ward I am working on too. I will be on 3b which is for the non ambulatory Dementia ward. So it will be total care. I was put with a friend of mine, Geneva. We will be good together, we are both quiet and will work good as a team. Tomorrow we are having a big luncheon and the school administer is getting us gifts! I am excited. We are also getting our picture taken for grad. Everything is coming to an end so quick! I am amazed on how fast it went. 7 more weeks till grad! Which means 7 weeks to lose as much weight as I can! I am going to have to get used to getting up early again. Well I better get to bed, morning comes fast! Have a good rest of the week, and weekend everyone!

Almost done!

Well we officially have 3 days of theory then we go into practicum! I can not wait to be hands on and meet my residents! The last 3 days have been kind of hard because we have not had an instructor. She has been very sick with the flu. So we have mostly been studying for our final. Yesterday was like high school drama all over again though. Wasn't very much fun. I can't wait till it's all done though!

I booked my flight to fort Nelson the other day! I am excited about that too. Can't wait to see my family. I am kind of upset with my family...My grandmother called the other day to come see everyone. She also told me to leave Travis outside...So if everyone is wondering why we didnt show up this weekend...ask grandma! Oh well I hope one day we can put everything behind us.

Gotta go for now, dinner is done, have a good weekend everyone!!