I know, I know, I'm a bad blogger. Sorry. A lot has been going on; we have been staying pretty busy around here.

Church: We continue to be amazed by what God is doing at our church. We love our North Ridge family, and I am so thankful that Brad is able to do what he loves full time!

Work: I love being a nurse! Some days are crazy. Some days are so crazy, I cry on the way home. Some days I feel like I am dealing with most selfish, ignorant, or stubborn patients in the world. Some days I can go in to one patient's room and they tell me that they hate our hospital, and they think I am being difficult or slow or complicated, and that I look too young to be a real nurse. Then I can go into the very next room and my patient will tell me they have gotten the best care, and that they feel loved at our hospital, and that I am the nicest nurse they've ever had. I just try to tell myself that I'll never make all my patients happy. But I can try. I can try to nicely explain [for the 9th time] that going out to smoke while your blood sugar is 37 is not a good idea. I can agree with your delusions to keep from arguing. I can try my best to hit your vein on the first time, I don't stick my patients with needles for the fun of it. I may forget to get your coffee with 7 sugars and 3 creams because I have 3 other patients asking for a mountain dew, peanut butter and crackers, Jello, a new pair of socks, and a calling card, and I have one patient having a heart attack and he trumps my waitress duties. I know you hate hospital food, but it is 4:15 and I haven't eaten lunch. At the end of the day, I just have to tell myself that I did everything I could and that I truly love helping people...and that I can never make everyone happy. One day, I'll be ok with that.

Diet: I was on a gluten free diet because of a possible diagnosis of celiac's disease. I went 6 months with out a touch of wheat! I wasn't seeing much of an improvement, and I had actually scheduled an appointment with new doctor to get some different opinions. At the same time I had stopped a medication I had been taking for a couple of years, and all of the sudden all my GI problems went away. It was the strangest thing, and it still doesn't make sense because I had been taken the med for a long time before I started having symptoms. ANYWAY, the important thing is I started eating gluten again it is going great. I don't think I will ever take wheat for granted again!