How to Spell Cleveland

So I drove the 7 hours to come and visit my Boo. Its been a nice visit, relaxing, catching up, eating lots, visiting the zoo and shopping. Since clinic has ended, this summer has been a hodgepodge and will continue to be so until I settle down in September. Still, traveling around spending time with friend and family has been a good time and so hopefully this will continue. :)

She is Love

Think of love personified...

"I've been beaten down, I've been kicked around,
But she takes it all for me.
And I lost my faith, in my darkest days,
But she makes me want to believe.

They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
She's all I need.

Well I had my ways, they were all in vain,
But she waited patiently.
It was all the same, all my pride and shame,
And she put me on my feet.

They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
She is love, and she is all I need.

Cause when that world slows down, dear.
And when those stars burn out, here.
Oh she'll be there, yes she'll be there,
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
She is love, and she is all I need"

...but really I just love this song :)

Look Both Ways

So I feel as though things in my life are going too well for me not to be hit by a bus or something else equally horrific. I'm engaged to be married to the sweetest (in a "generic off beat Italian sort of way"), most obnoxiously amusing and snuggly person I know. I just decided to accept a job that is going to pay me well and give me great vacation time and job options for the future. I no longer have to work for free. My clinical instructor wrote some of the nicest things about me as a professional, which coming from her is a big deal, as she is a tough cookie. She also gave me fun goodbye presents. I'm just bursting at the seams with happy thoughts and hope that something cataclysmic does not occur to ruin this fun ride.

Engaged :)

So on Friday night Brian proposed to me!!!! It was really unexpected but 100% welcome. Its a new chapter in our life as a couple, and I cannot really begin to express my happiness, excitement and feeling of peaceful calm. My ring is beautiful...see below.

Yesterday was spent breaking the news to my parents, cousin and her fiance, Brian's dad and then Brian's grandparents. We will slowly be telling other friends and family, but for now I just wanted to put something happy here :)

Gone in 2 Weeks

The changes that have occurred this week have been quite big and small. There was the arrival of the puppies, followed by barking, panicking and, my personal un-favorite, fleas. There were the job interviews. There were more job interviews. Then report cards from my clinic placement that were very very good. Then of course there are other happy thoughts to be shared at a later date. Needless to say, I was happy before 6:10 pm and now I'm not sure what to do with all my joy :)

Hodgepodge

So this has been my new favorite word. Hodgepodge. If you have ever seen the Honda Element commericals, you would know what I think of when I think of this word. The punch line is something like "Where does a platapus learn a word like hodgepodge?"

But really, this word appeals to me lately because it means a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but in a more positive way that mess, crazy, insane or ridiculous could describe. So instead of saying my life is a mess, I can say its a hodgepodge. A bunch of weird occurances and feelings all in once place.

Pleasure in the job...

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

Although acute care uses maybe 30% of my PT skills, I have to say its so gratifying. Compared to working with little kids, who used about the same percentage of skills, at the moment, I have to say old people are winning. Why?

Pros of Old People

A little kid cries when its annoyed, scared or frustrated, which makes you look bad.
An old person curses, tells you hilariously delusional things, and even while they do these things, everyone else in your workforce understands and continues as usual.

A little kid does not want to go to PT unless you make it really fun.
An old person considers going from the bed to the commode PT and loves you for it.

A little kid will sneeze in your face.
An old person is more likely to pee on the floor.

Little kids will try to hug and kiss you which makes you get sick.
Old people are happy to just hold hands.

Cons of Old People

Little kids pee and poo in diapers, and they're accidents are generally unmessy.
Old people accidents are messy and smell much worse.

Little kids only flash you every so often.
Old people are bound to flash you 7 times a day.

Little kids can't hurt you too much physically.
An old person could potentially sqaush you.

Little kids therapy is like playing all day.
Old people therapy involves the bathroom a lot.

Little kids are not generally in excruciating pain.
Old people sometimes are.

Little kids usually have parents or caregivers and a good support system.
Old people are often sad, lonely and left to care for themselves when they really can't.

The similarities:

Often they both wear diapers.

They get cranky when woken from naps.

They like to be smiled at.

They like to talk about pets.

When you make them happy its a happy thing.

When you make a connection, you would do anything to help make them feel a little better if you can.


Either way, I'm happy to be a PT.