Alive?

Hello! This is Christine! I am alive! I have not had a lot of time to update our blog and when I do have time, I usually don't feel like doing much. My internship is almost over so I hope to start updating more. I hope everyone is having a happy Easter! =)

Oh and we are pretty close to getting the grant so we can start the IVF! We just have some more paperwork to fill out! Hopefully one day the paperwork will stop! ;)

Best day ever!!! (Well one of them!!)

Today was my first day at my internship for recreational therapy!! I am working on a psychiatric unit at the hospital that I work at already. I was really nervous and excited all at the same time! I got there and found out that Jaimie (the lady I am working with) doesn't get in until 9:00 am on Wednesday! Oops! Luckily, the other recreational therapist was there and I was able to follow her around for the first little while. When Jaimie got there we did a group where they watched a movie about addiction. We went on a fresh air walk with the patients. We walked outside for a minute and came back in. Then we went to lunch and came back and did stretches with the patients. After that, a nurse that works on the floor did a group where we talked about thinking errors. It was an excellent group. She talked about how we get into cycles of negative thinking. The last thing we did was go on another walk with the patient.

It was such a wonderful day. I could not stop smiling all day. I knew that I had made the right decision to make recreational therapy my career path. School has been so difficult for me and I wanted to give up so many times. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband, fantastic family and friends, and great mentors that have helped me get to this point. Now I know that it was all totally worth it. I hope that I can perform well and become a great recreational therapist!!

I am so excited to see what will happen in the next 4 months. I will try and keep my blog updated with how it is going! =)

March Madness!

This month has been absolutely crazy! School, work, Adam, family and friends have been keeping me busy! At the beginning of March, I went to a team leader meeting for the Great Strides walk coming up in May! (Don't forget to sign up for the walk!) I will have more details about the meeting on my other blog, so check that out too! We will hopefully be doing some fundraising stuff soon! More info to come! =)

Work has just been absolutely insane for the most part. Every time I am at work it seems like we have a million deliveries and people going home! It takes so much out of my sometimes! And school hasn't been too bad but sometimes doing both work and school becomes overwhelming. I have spent this month wanting to sleep and relax. I haven't felt like doing too much. Hopefully spring break will bring some R&R.

Also, I have been trying to do my internship but that has just been a joke. But today, I finally figured out what the problem was and will hopefully be able to start! Yay!

Anyway...so I have been looking for a new place for Adam and I to move into because the place we are in is a little too small for us it seems.Well a couple weeks ago, one of our friends from church approached Adam and said we should try and move into the place next to them. They live in a triplex type deal. So we went to look at it and fell in love with it. We filled out an application and are still waiting for the people to give us an exact answer. They have called and asked us questions about whether we would be able to afford it and if we had given our 30 day notice to our current landlord. We are hoping to hear from them today! *Fingers crossed*
Adam and I saw Alice in Wonderland, the day it came out! And we saw it in 3D and it was awesome! I totally loved that movie! I loved that they took a classic and added to the story. Not just redoing it! Yay!

Adam has a doctors appt at the end of this month! I am nervous to see how is PFTs are! Hopefully they are still good and hopefully he will be feeling good. They are going to start him on a new medication  called Cayston that he will do through a nebulizer!  He does a medication called Tobi and he does it every other month so this medication will be every off month of Tobi. Hopefully it will help some! We are trying very hard to keep him out of the hospital! And so far it has worked! Yay!! He hasn't been in since October!! I am so proud of him for working so hard!

Other than that nothing else is going on. Hope everyone has a great St. Patty's Day!! =)

Back into the swing of school!

School started up again on the 11th! Adam and I are both taking classes. Adam is taking some at SLCC. He seems to like them for the most part even though he is in class all day on Tuesday. I am very proud of him and I know he will do well. I am taking 3 classes but only one of them is technically on campus! It is pretty crazy for me to have such a light load but it is kind of nice for a change. The one thing I am really excited about is that this semester I actually have an internship! =) Yay! I will be at St. Mark's Hospital working with a recreational therapist and patients on physical rehab. I am so stoked! =) I start the being of February!

Other than that life has been pretty good! We are still getting used to married life! And that definitely isn't easy sometimes but I love it! I wouldn't trade it for the world. We are just enjoying each other and the time we get to spend together! We took some pictures with Tanya in our wedding clothes! We went to the Salt Lake Temple. It was a lot of fun! We love to take pictures! =) If you want to see them, go to Tanya's website at tanyagarside.com. Our engagement and my bridals are also there too! =) 


 I am very excited for our first Valentine's day together! I am not sure what we are going to do but we plan on celebrating the day before and then we are spending Valentine's day with Adam's family. It is my brother-in-law's birthday! Hope everyone enjoys their Valentine's day! =)