I can't believe time is passing so quickly. In just a few more weeks I will be on my own. Yikes. There is so much still to learn! I am finally starting to feel like I am getting the hang of things. I am still pretty nervous when I have to call a doctor or when a family member asks me a question I don't know the answer to. I still feel like I am behind all day, and I am rushing to get things wrapped up in time for shift change...and I am usually leaving 30-45 minutes late. On Saturday I actually sat down for about 20 minutes and I didn't have anything to do. It was an odd feeling.

We went to Dollywood on Tuesday with the middle school students. It was so crowded, but we had fun. I rained toward the end of the day, so we got rain checks and we are going back next tuesday.

I've been on a gluten free diet for about 3 weeks now. Not seeing much of a difference. I don't know if I'm happy or sad about that. Happy because maybe it's not Celiac's Disease. Sad because if it was Celiac's Disease at least I would be in controll of fixing it....and if it's not CD...then what is it? I finally found a GF bread that is kind of normal. It's $6 for a small loaf, but I think I will try to make some croutons and bread crumbs out of it. I'm not much of a sandwich eater anyway. I want to try to make one new recipe per week, but our schedule has been so busy we haven't had much time. We have made GF Crepes, GF mac and cheese, GF cornbread, and Shepard's pie (which is normally GF, but I found a awesome recipe for a crock pot).

Story Time: laugh and giggle night

When I was a small tot I had this awesome bed that had a trundle bed that everyone and their sister was jealous of. In case you don't know, a trundle bed is a bed that is on rollers and it stores under another bed. Everyone that spend the night with me thought it was so cool. ;)

Anyway, my twin brother Allen and I loved to camp out in each other's room (he shared a room with my older brother Christopher). He didn't mind my pink walls because of the aforementioned awesome trundle bed. So I would always ask my mom if Allen could sleep in my room. My mom would say yes,then we would get in trouble because Allen would always make me laugh because he would do crazy and goofy things. My mom would say "You guys can not laugh and giggle all night or you'll have to sleep in your own rooms." And so Allen and I asked if we went to bed earlier then would we be able to laugh and giggle if we wanted to? She said YES...and thus we called this night LAUGH and GIGGLE NIGHT. We would ask if we could have a laugh and giggle night and my mom would say yes if we went to bed 30 minutes early...and scramble to get ready in time.

I hope I never forget this memory...that's why I'm putting it here.