Spring has Sprung!

Despite not being able to go outside as much as I wanted to this weekend, I have to be grateful for the rain. Rain brings flowers and the first real bursts of color in spring are a very welcome sight because it means that winter is at last over.

This is some of the forsythia in our garden.

Free at last!!

Two more exams to go then I'm free from the PA program for two whole weeks. Two weeks is the longest vacation that I get over the next 2 years, so I'm pretty stinkin excited. You may be asking... what's a girl like me going to do with all that freedom? Well, I'm going to buffalo to visit my best friend, and I can't wait!

After that who knows... maybe I'll take over the world... in my spare time of course.

Grandpa

"Death is at once
The end of the body's
Old journey
And the beginning of the soul's
New journey"

Easter weekend

So Easter weekend didn't turn out as anyone had planned. On Friday morning my grandfather had a massive MI and was rushed to the hospital. They resuscitated him, and although he had a heart beat he wasn't breathing on his own, so they intubated him. My grandmother made the decision to make him a DNR because she didn't want to put him through more pain and the doctors thought he might arrest again. Since then she as well as her children have made their peace and were ready to let him go, so they disconnected the life support rather then prolong what would be a slow downward spiral. The doctors said it might be minutes, or hours... since then it's been 16 hours and counting. Now we are just waiting.

Zoe!

This is my baby Zoe. She just turned 3 months old on Thursday. She is a German Shepherd/Rottweiler mix, and I think she is the most adorable puppy to ever walk the face of the earth. She is very smart and is learning fast, already she comes when called and will sit on command. She does have a fairly strong stubborn streak, but according to my mother, Zoe takes after me in that regard.

The First Post

I'd like to dedicate this blog spot to Jamie. Without her telling me that I needed to make a blog spot so that she could stalk me, I never would have created this blog.... so Jamie, this one is for you!