I have quite a bit to write about lately, but right now I am going to tell you all about what happened to me today.
I started my summer session of clinicals at a clinic on Maryland Pkwy and Vegas Valley today. It is right down the street from Sunrise Hospital. So far I really like the people that work there and even though they have really old machines, I like that I will know how to use any machine after this. I decided to go to lunch somewhere since we have an hour, but really had to go to the bathroom. So, I pulled into a 7-11 on Sahara and Maryland Pkwy and noticed a man lying on the ground at the front of the store. I put my car in park and as I got out I noticed there was a puddle of blood by the man's head. I yelled and asked a lady walking into the store if anyone had called 911 about this man. She finally looked over and noticed him and ran in to get them to call. I immediately called 911 myself and ran over to the guy. He was lying on his back and blood was coming from his head, his ear and he was foaming at the mouth. His eyes were open but he was not talking so I just kept encouraging him to breath and told him someone was on their way to help. He was choking on his spit and eventually threw up. I tried to wipe it away with some towels and I didn't want to turn him on his side in case he had a head or neck injury. I began crying right as the ambulance showed up. I went inside the 7-11 and washed my hands and started crying even harder. I went outside and filled out a police report and told them what I saw. I had blood on my scrubs so I went back to the clinic and asked them if I could go home. I came home and took a nap, but still felt like crap afterward. I can't stop thinking about this man and what I saw. How many people passed by him and did nothing? How long was he lying there before I pulled up? Who was this man and did he have anyone? I just feel shaken up still...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
70's Murder Mystery Party!
Megan Miller and I decided to throw a murder mystery party on Saturday. She has had this game since high school, but didn't remember anything about the characters. There were 8 characters in the game, so we had to be limited on who we chose to join us for the party. I was Chaka Moon and Megs was Angina Palpatory. I wore Mom's bridesmaid dress from Aunt Toni's wedding! All the names were a play on words. We did a four course meal in between each part of the game. First, we introduced our characters. Then we ate fondue cheese with bread and vegetables. We played round 1, which gave us more clues about what each character had to do with the murder. Then, we ate salad and garlic bread. Round 2 gave us more clues about the characters. We then ate baked zita, that Megs made and it was delicious! Round 3 we began questioning who the murderer may have been. For dessert we had fondue chocolate and cheescake. Then, in round 4 we found out who the murderer was... ME!!! I had no idea that I was the murderer until the end just like everyone else. Apparantly I married the man who was murdered a few weeks before and told him I had had his baby. It was not really his baby and when he found out he wanted to annul our marriage. Well, I was not having that! So, I killed him for all his money. It was a very racey game, but really fun!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
To all the mothers in my life, I love you more than you know! Thank you for being amazing examples to me.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
SPRING BREAK 2009
This year's Spring Break was not exactly what I was hoping for, but it was still fun. I worked the beginning of the week and requested off Thursday through Sunday. On Thursday I went with Matt and his dad to Nelson's Landing at Lake Mead to go fishing. Well we soon discovered, after arriving, that there are not many fish to be caught in Lake Mead. So, Matt and I just hiked around and explored while his dad hiked around too. That night, I went and saw the Fast and the Furious 3. It was actually really good.
Friday morning, Matt, Jen, Preston, Josh, and I left Vegas at 8 am to head down to Southern California. We went to Laguna Beach when we got there and ate at BJ's since I get my discount there. The boys played basketball while Jen and I people watched. We checked in at the Hyatt, where we stayed, and then decided to go to a Clippers game. When we got down to the Staples Center, though, the cheapest tickets were 90 dollars a piece! So, we ended up going to Hollywood and walking around. It was fun, but felt like the longest day of my life since we had been in the car most of the day.
Saturday Morning we found out the Angels vs. Red Sox game was at 1pm instead of 7pm. I mixed that time up with the Padres game. Jen and I really wanted to go to the beach so we opted to go to a beach on the way to San Diego and go to the Padres game that night. We went to Oceanside, since it was on the way and it was probably the worst beach to go to. There was tar on the beach and we all either got it stuck to our feet or shoes. The boys played frisbee while Jen and I tanned, then we headed up to San Diego for the game. We wanted to eat before the game so we didn't have to pay a ton for food in the stadium. I called Kara and told her we were going to be eating at Subway, down the street from Petco Stadium. She told me she wanted to come see me after she found out she no longer had to work. It was so much fun getting to see her and Hallie. After I said goodbye to them, we headed the game and stayed til the 7th inning. After the game we headed home and got back to Vegas at 2:30am.
Jen and I at Oceanside
Boys at Laguna
Hollywood Chinese Theatre
Padres Game
Petco Stadium
Friday morning, Matt, Jen, Preston, Josh, and I left Vegas at 8 am to head down to Southern California. We went to Laguna Beach when we got there and ate at BJ's since I get my discount there. The boys played basketball while Jen and I people watched. We checked in at the Hyatt, where we stayed, and then decided to go to a Clippers game. When we got down to the Staples Center, though, the cheapest tickets were 90 dollars a piece! So, we ended up going to Hollywood and walking around. It was fun, but felt like the longest day of my life since we had been in the car most of the day.
Saturday Morning we found out the Angels vs. Red Sox game was at 1pm instead of 7pm. I mixed that time up with the Padres game. Jen and I really wanted to go to the beach so we opted to go to a beach on the way to San Diego and go to the Padres game that night. We went to Oceanside, since it was on the way and it was probably the worst beach to go to. There was tar on the beach and we all either got it stuck to our feet or shoes. The boys played frisbee while Jen and I tanned, then we headed up to San Diego for the game. We wanted to eat before the game so we didn't have to pay a ton for food in the stadium. I called Kara and told her we were going to be eating at Subway, down the street from Petco Stadium. She told me she wanted to come see me after she found out she no longer had to work. It was so much fun getting to see her and Hallie. After I said goodbye to them, we headed the game and stayed til the 7th inning. After the game we headed home and got back to Vegas at 2:30am.
Jen and I at Oceanside
Boys at Laguna
Hollywood Chinese Theatre
Padres Game
Petco StadiumTuesday, March 24, 2009
New Nephew, New Fireplace, New Job, New Boy :)
I know it has been forever since I last posted! What can I say? I am a really busy girl. Last Friday, March 20, 2009, my beautiful sister, Emily Ann, gave birth to a baby boy named James Matthew. He looks just like Sarah did as a baby to me. He is so calm and has the longest fingers! I am so grateful we have Matthew and Emily living so close and we can see James so often.
THE FIREPLACE IS DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2009! Yes it is true we finally had the tile guy come and do the fireplace and it looks amazing! I got a text from mom yesterday and it said "The tile looks so cool!" It looks pretty amazing... now onto the next project.
I quit working at White Chocolate Grill as a server and am now a server at BJ's Restaurant. I love working there, but it is always stressful being a server. The food is great, management is cool and I have met a lot of new friends. I started dating someone new 5 weeks ago and he would not be happy with me if he knew I was blogging about him. I like him a lot :)
THE FIREPLACE IS DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2009! Yes it is true we finally had the tile guy come and do the fireplace and it looks amazing! I got a text from mom yesterday and it said "The tile looks so cool!" It looks pretty amazing... now onto the next project.
I quit working at White Chocolate Grill as a server and am now a server at BJ's Restaurant. I love working there, but it is always stressful being a server. The food is great, management is cool and I have met a lot of new friends. I started dating someone new 5 weeks ago and he would not be happy with me if he knew I was blogging about him. I like him a lot :)Thursday, November 27, 2008
The Most AMAZING People In My Life
My parents are the most amazing people I have ever known. I told them yesterday they are the best parents I have ever had in my life! :)
MOM is beautiful, loving, selfless, friendly, funny, generous, humble, hard working, virtuous, spiritual, encouraging, and supportive. I could go on and on with words that describe what a wonderful mother and person she is. I don't know a single person that dislikes my mother. Having eight children alone shows how amazing she is, and she still looks good too! Over the past four months that my car has been in Barstow, mom has let me use her car when I didn't have a rental car. She would drive the 1966 VW Beetle, that we have, to work everyday and allow me to take her car to school and work. She puts her children above herself in every situation and I never hear her complain about it. She does not care about having the newest car or clothes. She cares that we are all happy and living our lives in a way that will bring us back to our Heavenly Father. She is optimistic about life and never let's us see her discouraged. I love my mother more than life itself. I hope one day I can be half the wife, mother, and woman that she is. I love you Mommy!
POP is funny, handsome, encouraging, fiesty, opinionated, strong, powerful, athletic, spiritual, persuasive, and generous. My father is one of the funniest people I know, which helps when it comes to all the freak outs I have. He encourages me whenever I make a decision to do something and I can always count on his opinion whenever I am being indecisive. He has always provided for our family in every way that he could, which I'm sure was difficult at times with eight children. He loves children and I see it in his eyes every time he sees one of his grandchildren. He loves all of his children and always let us know it. If ever we needed anything, Pop would provide it for us, no matter what it took. He is selfless and gives so much. I understand more, now that I am older, what a task it must have been to have six daughters. He is such an example to me. Whatever calling he has at church, he gives tenfold and shows us what it means to be a strong member of our church. He loves our mother and shows us what a husband should be. I love my father more than life itself. I hope one day I can marry a man that is as incredible a husband and father as he has been to my mother and all of his children. I love you Poppy!
MOM is beautiful, loving, selfless, friendly, funny, generous, humble, hard working, virtuous, spiritual, encouraging, and supportive. I could go on and on with words that describe what a wonderful mother and person she is. I don't know a single person that dislikes my mother. Having eight children alone shows how amazing she is, and she still looks good too! Over the past four months that my car has been in Barstow, mom has let me use her car when I didn't have a rental car. She would drive the 1966 VW Beetle, that we have, to work everyday and allow me to take her car to school and work. She puts her children above herself in every situation and I never hear her complain about it. She does not care about having the newest car or clothes. She cares that we are all happy and living our lives in a way that will bring us back to our Heavenly Father. She is optimistic about life and never let's us see her discouraged. I love my mother more than life itself. I hope one day I can be half the wife, mother, and woman that she is. I love you Mommy!
POP is funny, handsome, encouraging, fiesty, opinionated, strong, powerful, athletic, spiritual, persuasive, and generous. My father is one of the funniest people I know, which helps when it comes to all the freak outs I have. He encourages me whenever I make a decision to do something and I can always count on his opinion whenever I am being indecisive. He has always provided for our family in every way that he could, which I'm sure was difficult at times with eight children. He loves children and I see it in his eyes every time he sees one of his grandchildren. He loves all of his children and always let us know it. If ever we needed anything, Pop would provide it for us, no matter what it took. He is selfless and gives so much. I understand more, now that I am older, what a task it must have been to have six daughters. He is such an example to me. Whatever calling he has at church, he gives tenfold and shows us what it means to be a strong member of our church. He loves our mother and shows us what a husband should be. I love my father more than life itself. I hope one day I can marry a man that is as incredible a husband and father as he has been to my mother and all of his children. I love you Poppy!
I am the luckiest girl in the world!
FINALLY!!!!
After 4 months and 6 days I FINALLY got my car back! It has been in Barstow getting fixed and has been the worst experience ever! I do not like cars anymore, but I definitely love having my car back.
High Desert Collision is the automotive repair company that had my car. I would call every week since I got in my accident and ask how the repairs were coming along. They would lie and tell me another week or two, or just one more part. I finally had Pop start calling and ask them about my car, about a month ago. They would lie to him as well about how soon my car would be done. He talked to Bill from the shop one time and told him that he thought him and Junior (the owner) were liars and we were going to have to get our lawyer involved. Bill told Pop to do what he needed to do, so Pop also told him he was going to make fliers about how horrible they have been and that they were both liars. Bill then told Pop to F*@! off! Seriously! I was like "Are you SERIOUS?" I started crying again because I didn't know when I was going to get my car back or how. Then, last week when I was supposed to go pick up my car, they told me that all I needed was a paper of Guarantee from Traveler's insurance and a copy of the last check that would be in the mail. My insurance agent did that for them and we were ready to drive down to Barstow. We were going to get a rental car to drive down there and right before we went High Desert Collision called me. They said that the Guarantee was no longer good enough and that we could not get the car until the check had arrived. Again another cry fest.
I wrote a complaint to the Better Business Bureau and the Bureau of Automotive Repair in California. Bill from the BAR called me last week and let me know he was handling my case and was going down to Barstow to check on my car. He checked out my car on Monday and called to let me know I would be able to pick up the car even though HDC did not have the check yet. I think he may have persuaded them somehow, or threatened I hope.
Tuesday, Pop got a rental car so we could drive down to Barstow on Wednesday. He told the guy at the rental place that he wanted something fun to drive around. So, we got a white convertible mustang! I think Pop was a little excited about it. We got to Barstow around 3:45 and talked to Bill at the shop. I signed the papers and we were off! I was really nervous driving my car home. I don't think I will be driving on any trips anytime soon.
I have cried more times than I can count when it comes to this whole experience. I felt like a nut case. It has been a whirlwind and I hope no one ever has to go through what I went through!
High Desert Collision is the automotive repair company that had my car. I would call every week since I got in my accident and ask how the repairs were coming along. They would lie and tell me another week or two, or just one more part. I finally had Pop start calling and ask them about my car, about a month ago. They would lie to him as well about how soon my car would be done. He talked to Bill from the shop one time and told him that he thought him and Junior (the owner) were liars and we were going to have to get our lawyer involved. Bill told Pop to do what he needed to do, so Pop also told him he was going to make fliers about how horrible they have been and that they were both liars. Bill then told Pop to F*@! off! Seriously! I was like "Are you SERIOUS?" I started crying again because I didn't know when I was going to get my car back or how. Then, last week when I was supposed to go pick up my car, they told me that all I needed was a paper of Guarantee from Traveler's insurance and a copy of the last check that would be in the mail. My insurance agent did that for them and we were ready to drive down to Barstow. We were going to get a rental car to drive down there and right before we went High Desert Collision called me. They said that the Guarantee was no longer good enough and that we could not get the car until the check had arrived. Again another cry fest.
I wrote a complaint to the Better Business Bureau and the Bureau of Automotive Repair in California. Bill from the BAR called me last week and let me know he was handling my case and was going down to Barstow to check on my car. He checked out my car on Monday and called to let me know I would be able to pick up the car even though HDC did not have the check yet. I think he may have persuaded them somehow, or threatened I hope.
Tuesday, Pop got a rental car so we could drive down to Barstow on Wednesday. He told the guy at the rental place that he wanted something fun to drive around. So, we got a white convertible mustang! I think Pop was a little excited about it. We got to Barstow around 3:45 and talked to Bill at the shop. I signed the papers and we were off! I was really nervous driving my car home. I don't think I will be driving on any trips anytime soon.
I have cried more times than I can count when it comes to this whole experience. I felt like a nut case. It has been a whirlwind and I hope no one ever has to go through what I went through!
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