Blessings

Lately, I have been reminded of the constant blessings God is giving to me and my family. Often these blessing have been overshadowed by the overwhelming enormity of our circumstances, however, I have been making a point to focus on the good things in my life rather then on the bad of difficult. God has truly blessed my life with an amazing, supportive husband
(who is currently making dinner, YAY!!) who works incredibly hard to provide for our needs, a family that is literally right outside my window that I can rely on in times of need and who rejoice with us in good times, and house that I am often very ungrateful for but that provides me with shelter that many people go without. I am truly blessed and I am delighting in these blessings that God is giving to me.

On another note, I started my first job as an occupational therapist this past Friday. I love the setting and the atmosphere. I am slowly starting to feel more comfortable with the documentation and expectations of me. It has been a little overwhelming at first but I think as the days and weeks go on it will continue to become easier for me. I have also decided to start working at another facility prn at night and on the weekends to make up for the fact that I haven't been working for about 3 years now! :)

And I will leave you with a picture of my AMAZING husband as I go and eat the dinner my husband just made me.

President's Day events

I want to start off by saying that yes, I did go to work today even though I was home by 11am! I am still waiting for my Ohio license to go through so I went in for orientation and to get familiar with the staff and how things work. Hopefully, I will be official by next Monday! In the meantime, I will try and enjoy my last few days off.

On another note, Patrick had off yesterday which was a nice treat. We went to breakfast at First Watch! One of my favorite breakfast places! Then we drove to Hilliard (for those of you not familiar with Columbus, its about 30 min away from my house) to pick up some scrubs for my new job. On the way, I was driving and my lovely husband told me to go around a car that was going to slow so I did and shortly thereafter was being pointed at by a cop and being told to pull over. Fortunately it was the nicest experience I have ever had while being pulled over (and unfortunately that has been several times!) It was nice because usually they ask you, "why did I pull you over?" "where are you headed so fast?" blah, blah blah. I hate those questions and they are stupid. Just give me the ticket and I will be on my way. Well this guy did just that! no questions asked! I was so amazed. And the best part, Patrick even admitted if he was driving he would have gotten pulled over too, which is very surprising if you know Patrick! Anyways, so after that we went to the zoo because they had free admission since it was presidents day. then we went home and took a long nap, ate dinner, and Patrick did the dishes! So all in all a pretty good day I must say! Now I am off to hopefully schedule a dentist apt for this week to take care of this awful toothache I have!

Turning over a new leaf

Well I have finally done it....after constantly reading and checking other people's blogs (friends and friends of friends) for quite some time, I have finally created a blog of my own. Since I am on the cusp of starting my new career, I have correlated that with the start of a blog. I thought this would be a nice way to keep friends and family up to date on our lives considering we seem to always be further away from them then we would like to be.

I have officially passed my board certification in occupational therapy after two years of graduate school and 6 months of internships, now all I need is the paper saying I can practice therapy in the state of Ohio. I have accepted a position at a SNF (skilled nursing facility) working with older adults who require rehabilitation for things like hip replacements, shoulder, back, and hand injuries, CVA, brain injuries etc. I teach them how to do daily activities (e.g. bathing, dressing, toileting, cooking, shopping, banking) as independently as possible. I am really excited to start my career and cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. I am excited because I believe that this year, 2009, will finally be our year! I have already begun to see God working in my life and my husband Patrick's life and I am ecstatic to see where he takes us next!  

I will conclude my first post with a picture of my two loves Diego and Cleveland. *This picture was not posed! They curled up on the couch like that!