Porcupine

I guess I will start out by letting everyone know that doesn't already know, that Carson and I are expecting. I am 15 weeks along, and my due date is January 14th, 2 days after my birthday! So that is the most exciting news since the last post. Other than that, I preparing to finish up with school in about 2 weeks. I have been doing my externship at Three Rivers Family Medicine, and it has been really fun. I am no looking for jobs, not so much fun, but am excited to start working and making money again. Carson is still enjoying his motorcycle, he sadly had to leave it for 5 weeks in May and June to go to Oklahoma for the Marines. Other than that we are doing great. We did have an interesting experience this past Sunday. At 4 in the morning I was woken up by the sound of scratching on my bedroom window and kitty hissing at something. When I looked outside I saw a large fury animal trying to escape the window well. As it was 4 in the morning I could not tell what it was so obviously I took a picture of it with my camera phone and texted Carson, since he was away at drill. He thought it was a muskrat... boy was he wrong! Turns out it was a porcupine, it weighed probably a good 30 pounds. By the way, if a porcupine ever gets stuck in your backyard you should know that it is your problem to deal with, animal control will not come and get it for you because it is considered a nuisance and not dangerous?! Anyways, our neighbor had a trap so we trapped it and let it go out by the Yakima at the Richland Y. It was good times all the neighbors had to come and see it, because who knew there are porcupines in the Tri-Cities, I sure didn't, and how the heck did it get into my backyard but couldn't get out? Oh well here are some pictures of our prickly friend! So I have a better picture but it is not currently working, so I will post it when it is.

Catching up

So Carson got a motorcycle yesterday, and he is like a little boy with a shiny new toy. Anyways, I am kind of so-so on the subject, I know it makes him happy but at the same time I have the thoughts in the back of my head of motorcycle accidents. He is however required by the Marine Corp to take the course before he can get his endorsement and actually ride the thing around, so that is good, I am also requiring that he take the intermmediate class when he is eligible for that. Beyond that we are doing good, we chopped down 3 trees in our yard last weekend and one more this weekend, then ground out the stumps with a stump grinder. So that brings us up to a total of 6 trees chopped down since we moved in a year ago, not to mention the 8 little pine trees we dug out for Trevor. I know what you are thinking, man that is a lot of trees, and to think we still have 6 more trees to go. And they are not small trees either, 2 more big pine trees, and 3 more big locust trees, and a pear tree. Did I mention that we only live on like a quarter acre lot in Richland... Anywho, school is going good for both of us, Carson has one final tomorrow then he is done for the semester, and I am just into the second month of the quarter. It is going good and I am really looking forward to externship in the summer.

On another very important note, my sister Tara and her husband Jason have been trying to get pregnant for about five years now and haven't been able to. Last year they began the process of adoption through the LDS adoption agency. Tara and Jason are amazing people and are really great with our nieces and nephews and would love to have children of their own, so if anyone out there reads this and knows of anyone who might be considering giving their baby to a loving family please have them go to this website http://www.beta.itsaboutlove.org/ and look under Washington state for their profile (Jason and Tara). Hopefully we will have a facebook account for them as well so look for that in the near future on this blog. Thank you so much!

March Already!

Well it really has been a while since I have written, last time a wrote it was the beginning of the quarter, now it is the end of the quarter. A lot has happened lately, first off our cat had kittens and they are adorable! Also, school has been going great, we have learned how to do so many things, one of my favorites I would have to say is venipuncture, my teacher says I am a vampire because I like drawing blood. It was so exciting because I actually drew blood on the first try. Other things that have happened include my 24th birthday and Carson's 25th birthday. I am looking forward to our 2 year anniversary this upcoming Tuesday. I can't believe it has been two years already! Sorry there still aren't pictures of me doing something cool from class, but here are some pictures of the kittens!

24

Well, my 24th birthday was this last Monday and it was a good day. Robbie and Megan threw a birthday party for me since it was Carson's first day of classes. I had lots of fun playing with the nephews and watching 24 with Robbie and Megan. Thanks for the party. On another note, school started up again on the 5th and it has been a blast getting down into the lab and starting vitals and injections. I successfully gave my first 5 injections this past Wednesday and it was scary but at the same time amazing. We learned how to do intradermal shots such as TB tests, we start venopuncture in two weeks so that should be fun as well. Kitty is doing good, she was in heat a couple of weeks ago and hasn't gone back into heat yet so we think she is pregnant, that should be interesting. Also my niece Evelyn turned 1 on the 9th and she looked so adorable in her Little tutu. Well that is pretty much it, I should get some pictures up of me giving injections once I get them from my teacher so look out for those!

Winter Break

Well I am happy to say that I passed all of my finals with flying colors! Carson and I had a great Christmas with my family and his. It was a lot of fun to have the whole Sant clan together, it is always a good time with them, never a dull moment. I must say I got Carson some pretty sweet gifts, including a new camera and my favorite cologne, Aqua di Gio. Kitty got a sweet toy she never plays with, however she does love her catnip. Also she is in heat right now so she is a bundle of fun, not really she comes in and tries to wake us up at three in the morning. I am looking forward to school starting up again next week, I bought a stethascope and blood pressure cup this past tuesday and immediately went home to play with them. I hope everyone has a happy New Year!

Almost Christmas!

So Carson and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our families, it was some good eating. Tara, Jamie, and I went to Michael's on thanksgiving and I must say we found some pretty cool things. I am happy to say that I am done buying presents for Carson until his birthday, which is nice because now I just need to get some presents for the nephews, Jamie, and my parents. Well classes will be out in two weeks and I am so excited that my first quarter of the med. asst. program is almost over, I am looking forward to a break from the homework for a bit, but I am really excited to get into the lab next quarter and learn all of the clinical stuff. Life has been pretty boring these past couple of months for us since we pretty much just work and go to school, but I am looking forward to Christmas, YAY!

The strangest day of my life!

So this past thursday was the strangest day of my life. On my way to work I decided to stop at the sell gas station on G-way and grab a soda, as I was checking out an elderly gentleman fell off the curb and hit his head. The lady checking me out rushed outside to help him, he was bleeding from his head and had a bad laceration on his arm, so of course I called 911. He happened to be 91 years old, I am not sure what happened after he was taken to the hospital but I think he is ok because his car wasn't at the gas station the next day. That is the first thing. Then about 15 minutes before I am suposed to get off of work I my co-worker tells me to look out the window, and what do I see a cop car. I look closer to see 2 cops with their guns out and pointed at the car they had pulled over. Shortly there after 5 more cop cars pull up and anotehr cop pulls out a shotgun. They go on to get 6 men out of a early 90's ford escort. Anther co-workers husband is the chief of police- and she got the story for us on what was going on. Apparently all of the guys in the car were 18-19 years old and they were in Richland and apparently one of them flashed a gun at a pedestrian. The pedestrian called the police but hte richland cops didn't get them however they called the other police stations and the west richland police pulled them over. It was a huge ordeal the police stopped traffic for a 1/2 hour and no one could leave the dentist office until all of the men were hand cuffed and in the police cars. So that is a synopsis of the strangest day of my life!