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Sesame Street just made my day... 
Enjoy, friends!





I hope you're all having a wonderful Monday.
And, and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the RunningDoc. Congrats on your newest PR :)


Keep smiling,
Damaris

It's been s while...

Hello friends!!

I've been slacking a bit, but it's not entirely my fault. I swear. My wonderful MacBook took a poop back in January, so I've been using my iPad for everything. Unfortunately, i haven't found a blogger app for the iPad that allows me to upload photos and do other fun stuff. So, I haven't blogged. Lame, but true.

I jut finished another unit of PA school!! It was our endocrine and OB/GYN unit. Lots of baby stuff and thyroid stuff. Very interesting, but I'll tell you honestly. I've never seen anything more disturbing than live, vaginal childbirth. Ugh. One the other hand, I don't think anything has made me smile quite like an ultrasound of a 20 week fetus. Absolutely heartwarming. She had the hiccups and you could see her wiggle with each hiccup. It was absolutely thrilling. Almost makes my biological clock start ticking a little louder. And then I remember the video of childbirth and i gag a little bit!

Anyway. It was another long unit and I'm glad it's over. Just one more unit to complete before the year of rotations begins. Right now we're doing seminar week where we get to learn all kinds of cool hands-on stuff. On Friday we learned knot tying, suturing (on pigs feet!), how to start an IV, IM/SubQ injections, NG/OG tubes, and catheters. There's a ton more we'll be learning throughout this week. :)

Next Sunday I'll be boarding a plane to Miami to hang out with my family. I can't wait to see them. I plan to just hang out with them and spend lots of time in my parents' backyard soaking up some sunshine. Can't freaking wait.

I hope everyone is good. :) Till next time!

a funny blog my roomie stumbled upon...

I hope you find this to be as amusing as I did. I think I laughed for about 20 minutes straight while perusing this blog. Enjoy!

P.s. Beware. Some of the content is rather crude.

COPING WITH AROMAS
When the bathroom air has been slain in an epic battle with someone’s ass, besides exorcising those reeking demons with all that modern technology has to offer, let’s warn each other about what lies on the other side of the door with the faux gravitas of a Lord of the Rings character, because you know how that cracks me up. 

http://tomyhusband.tumblr.com/

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Oh my goodness. Where do I begin? The park is absolutely amazing. Its all the way at the back of Universal Studios Islands of Adventure and there's actually a lie to get into this part of the park. The first thing you see is this sign that says "Please respect the spell limits" and then you see the Hogwarts Express. It was soooo exciting!! :)

THe Hogwarts Express!!!

Hogsmead covered in snow

Chocolate covered frogs at Honeydukes Sweet Shop!

Quidditch gear

Please excuse the crazed look on my face. I was VERY excited about getting my Gryffindor robe and my Sirius Black wand!!!! (P.S. I already know I'm a dork!)

The Three Broomsticks

Yummy lunch at the Three Broomsticks and a delicious Butterbeer (get the frozen kind instead of the carbonated kind!)

Hogwarts Castle entrance

Hogwarts crest

House beads  - I was really excited about this! 

Tapestry Map of the Castle grounds

Dumbledore's study 

The Sorting Hat!

Hagrid's Cabin

Buckbeak the Hippogriff

The Castle from the Flight of the Hippogriff ride

I wish this had been an actual shop with custom parchment, but I was able to get cool stationary and stamps at Dervish and Banges. 

I would really like a self-stirring pot ;)

The flying Ford Anglia

Honeydukes Sweet Shop

Chocolate Cauldron Cakes from Honeydukes.

Mom and I having a great time at the park

A view of the castle 

Have you seen this wizard?! I LOVE Sirius Black :)

The Triwizard Rally

 So, these are just a handful of the pictures I took. We had a fantastic day and the best part was that I got to share the experience with my wonderful husband and my beautiful momma. It couldn't have been better... Plus I had two Butterbeers and got my robe and wand!! What a day!

Do yourself a favor and make your way to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure on Orlando, Florida!!!

The end is near...

... Isn't this title cryptic? I think I dig it. The end of the year is drawing near, so let's talk.

I obviously passed my unit 3 finals. Hehehe. I made Neuro my biatch. I actually received my highest comprehensive test score on this unit, so that was really exciting. After finals we had a great night in Carbondale with dinner and then drinks and dancing. Then it was time to come home!!!

This Christmas has been really nice. I've spent a lot of time a at home since the semester ended. It's been nice just hanging out around the house with the boys. I've caught up on this season of Law and Order: SVU and I 'm reading Pride and Prejudice on my iPad. Life is good. We hosted Christmas day at our place, which was really nice. Jill made Dutch babies for lunch (very yummy baked concoction of eggs, ham, powdered sugar and I'm not sure what else) and then later I made dinner (baked chicken, spicy green beans, stuffing, and homemade mashed potatoes). Then we just lounged around and watched all of the Harry Potter films. My favorite kind of marathon! All in all, it was great. Nice and relaxing.

It's been a real blessing to just be home with Justin. I've missed him like crazy since I've been away for school, but now I really find myself taking the extra few moments to hug him or kiss him or just hold his hand whenever possible. It's bananas the things we take for granted. Now I'm really enjoying every opportunity to snuggle or be beside him.

Early on January first we'll be jumping in the car and driving down to Miami to spend some time with my family. I can't wait to see mom, dad, and Jason! And I can't wait to love on my Bella! Lucien's coming with us, so he's getting all dolled up at the groomer's tomorrow. He's gonna be so excited to see Jack and run around his old yard! I also get to meet little Kaden (I'll be his godmother as of Jan. 2)! We're gonna take a trip to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios toooooooooo! I'm pretty sure you can all gauge my excitement level on that last part. WOOOHOOOOO. Very exciting business.

On to important news. I think i just got the most exciting Christmas gift ever from my roomie : it's a 2011 day calendar.

Are you as stoked as I am?! Cause I'm pretty dang stoked! On top of this awesome gift, I got to shadow her at the ER today and I drew blood for my first time. It was very cool. :)

I'm so blessed. I also got a lovely physician bag to hold all of my medical equipment, a hand mixer, some gift cards to Panera, and a copy of Eclipse! Not to mention the iPad that I got a few weeks ago.

It's been a GREAT December. I hope all of you have also had a great December and that the new year brings all kinds of positivity and love. Be blessed!

Toys & Finals

So... it's finals time again. Geeze. I feel like it's ALWAYS finals time.

We've been studying like fiends and also trying to get into the Christmas spirit.

We're been listening to cheezy Christmas music on Pandora and I absolutely have been

loving it!!

Good news. I took a big step and ordered myself an iPad earlier this week. It was so exciting anf it actually arrived today! We're finally taking a break from studying while we eat some chili that I just made, and I'm finally gonna get to play with it for a few minutes. YAY!!!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic December and is getting ready for all of this Holiday cheer.

I'll be home with my boys in just 1 week!

I'll leave you with this awesome video...

Sounds of Relaxation

So, I've got a lot on my mind lately, and sometimes it's hard for me to fall asleep. For the past 2 months or so I've been listening to rain sounds to help me fall asleep.

I usually listen at RainyMood.com. Last night I was looking for other nature songs and found this site where you can actually make nature sounds that are perfect for you! You can use combinations of up to four sounds and create you own files/links. I'm currently in love.

I made this one:

http://naturesoundsfor.me/float-away

It makes me think of lying by the beach back home. Perfect for sleeping!

Here's another one I found that I like...

http://naturesoundsfor.me/Beautiful_Field