Still a kid at heart...

So, I flipped on the TV this morning... and...

VEGGIE TALES IS ON THE TV!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!

I love Veggie Tales. Do you love Veggie Tales? You should love Veggie Tales.

Plus I have to love Veggie Tales... it's made in Minnesota.

You should all love Veggie Tales.

Job Offer!!!

I have an offocial Job Offer with Gunderson Luthern in La Crosse... and I have to say, it's a pretty dang good offer, hard to even consider turning it down. The job consists of living in or near La Crosse, and floating between the rural clinics surrounding in MN and WI, up to an hour drive, or as little as 10 minutes. Living in La Crosse because it's pretty central. So... I have to decide in a week's time... But I'm really leaning toward yes since I haven't really interviewed with anyone else who seems promising. I have some others pending... but I need to be hired somewhere and have an offocial supervising physician before I can apply for state liscensure in either MN or WI... so this would make the process much easier. So... if all goes as planned (I pass my boards in 2 weeks, I get certified in both states as quickly as possible, and I pass hospital credentialing, which there's no question really in anything but the board exam since I've never gotten in legal trouble...) Anyway, if all that happens as planned... I'm moving to La Crosse, WI in January to start my first real job! Yay!

A little humor...

One of my study books has an occasional humerous question, humerous mostly because it probably happens more than you think... this was my favorite today.

How can Krazy-Glue be removed if a patient has stuck their eyelids together?

This does present a problem... the two common ways to remove Krazy-Glue are acetone (finger nail polish remover) and ethanol (an alcohol)... both which can under no circumstances be used on the eye...

The answer, incase I got you curious... Irrigation with water immediately... then mineral oil. But sometimes you still have to surgically seperate the lids which is a very difficult and risky procedure.

That's your lesson of the day.

Hmmm...

Last night I attempted to make my first Rachael Ray recipie. If you don't know who that is, especially since most of you have real jobs, tape her, she's great - NBC at 11am central time. ANYWHO... I tried to make the Turkey Tetrizini she made on the show yesterday. It sounded wonderful. But... when I made it, it was just kinda bland. I have two theories...
1) Rachael Ray's food isn't really that good, she just makes her guests say it is...
2) Rachael Ray is a far better cook than I am...
As much as I want #1 to be right... more likely it's #2. I need more practice I guess!

Rose & Korey... or is it Korey & Rose...

The Saga of my relationship with Rose & Korey...

1997
*When I met Korey, we were both 15 and weird not cool in high school kids... but we wer cool in 4-H, so that worked.

1998
*A year later when he brought his new girlfriend Rose with to 4-H stuff, I swore I hated her... not because I had a crush on Korey, but because guys don't have as much time for friends when they have girlfriends, and therefore, I had to hate the girlfriend...

1999
*In July, Rose and I went on a 4-H trip to Washington DC together. She introduced me to her friend Jerry... yay. ;)
*I believe this was the summer that Rose & Korey PROMISED me that I could be their flower girl if they ever got married some day.
*That summer, Korey wasn't at the fair, and Rose & I were practically inseperable, she slept at my head.
*Not only did she sleep at my head, but she liked me enough to know I hated getting up early, so every morning she'd get me a bowl of cereal and a carton of milk for me and wake me up at like 9:30am after she had eaten breakfast and everything. Yay Rose.
*Becuase she also woke up earlier than me every day, she got the news that some fellow 4-H friends died the night before... and she had to be the one to wake me up and tell me.
*We grew up a lot together that summer.
*In the fall Rose & Korey attempted to bring Jerry to a 4-H artsie party in Mora without telling me ahead of time that he was comming... but oops, I found out. But yay for them making it possible for me to see him!
*I made the bowl in socks at Mora Lanes. I won. They all fell down.
*I stood in Rose's field in the middle of the night looking at stars or something, and we almost got stampeeded by cows.

2000
*Korey and I graduated! Yay!
*Rose e-mailed me a lot with problems she and Korey were having. The same problems most couples have when one's still in high school and one went to college. I figured that would be the end of them and my dream of being a flower girl...
*Korey's parents sold their house in Henning so he didn't have a house where he grew up anymore.

2001
*My friend Nick and I took a road trip and suprised Rose by showing up at her high school graduation party... she didn't expect me since I had just gotten home from Isreal the day before, PLUS they live 3.5 hours from me.
*Rose ended up going to Moorhead State instead of the U of M because she'd be closer to Korey.
*They started visiting me in Duluth. At least once a year I think.

2002
*In the spring - he proposed... she said yes.
*Rose and Korey got married in September at the ripe old age of 19 and 20. I didn't get to be the flower girl... something about being too old to be a flower girl... I got to be their maid of honor instead... I guess it's a cooler job... but I still give them crap about it. :)

2005
*They became home owners - and I have a room in their house. :)
*They visited me in Philadelphia! Yay!!!
*I helped Rose learn how to make pillow covers to make cool pillows for their living room.

2006
*On Labor Day they came to see me IN MORA since I got home from Bolivia so late I didn't go to the State Fair.
*Rose and Korey are currently on their first real vacation alone together since they got married. Yay for them!

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 - HAPPY 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ROSE & KOREY!!!!!!!!!


There's a ton more cool stuff about them, but I'm gonna stop now. :) If you know them - share fun stories here.

This post was going to include pictures.... but, blogger is refusing to upload them. Sorry.

Panic

Ok, so I panicked... I decided October 6 was coming too fast - so I changed my Board Exam date to October 12... 3 weeks from tomorrow. A little more time. I really need to get my butt in gear and STUDY... I so do not feel ready. STUDY STUDY STUDY.

FINALLY!!!

Finally... All my Bolivia pictures are up. And my pictures from Leah's Bachlorette party and wedding. Now I can quit worrying about, they're there. Yay. Now I can buckle down and study. Sigh... I hate studying. Nothing interesting to tell you about. Sorry.

Except for this little tidbit from Heather... it's "Talk Like a Pirate Day." So... Argh matey... where's your parrot?

What the heck?

So, I have a textbook size bag that I carry around most days... today I had it with me when helping with school pictures. When I got home and I was looking for my keys, in the bottom of my bag I found a large bread knife. Why did I have a large bread knife? I really don't think I put it there... I haven't even USED a bread knife lately... I don't get it....

Aleathea's life...

What has Aleathea been up to?

*Playing with silly Bolivia pictures trying to get them online (151 are now there of over 500... more to come tomorrow night). Check them out: www.kodakgallery.com/aleathea
*Helping organize children for school pictures days!
*Helping with volleyball and football team pictures
*Applying for temporary jobs at Target and Mernards... waiting on that...
*Working on getting a full time job as a PA... say a little prayer please...
*Studying for the PA board exam... more prayers please...
*My dad advanced me some money, so I owe him 20 hours of work, mostly on his rental properties... mowing lawns, trimming along houses and such, pulling weeds from the sidewalk and driveway cracks... manual labor
*Went to my friend's bachlorette party last weekend
*I met my friend Sheree's little boy Zach... pictured below... he's super cute.

Grrr...

I'm having some mild problems uploading pictures and it is taking much longer than I thought... so some will be up today, but probably not all. Sorry. I have over 500 pictures and it's being really slow.

Settled in back at home...

Hey everyone. So, I finally made it home on Sunday night. My luggage followed about 8 hours later. But, it was at my front door by the time I woke up Monday morning, so all was well. I would have written earlier, but my blogger has been acting up and not letting me post. Wednesday I gave my final grad school presentation and I'M DONE!!! Well, I don't have my paper diploma to proove it yet... but hopefully I get that soon. You need it to get state liscensure. So... in the meantime, I'm studing for the national borads (which I take on October 6)... and I'm dead broke, so I'm working part time doing whatever people will pay me to do. My dad is paying me to do yardwark and painting and such at some of his rental properties. My mom's boss, Linda, is paying me to help with school pictures and such at the photo studio. And I'm thinking about getting a part-time job at the new SuperWalmart about 20 miles from here. I hear they'll hire anyone for whatever hours you say you'll work. Oh, and I'm also applying for jobs and interviewing and such. So, I'm mostly keeping busy. Tonight I'm going to see Sheree and her 6-month old Zach, who I haven't met yet. I haven't even seen Sheree in a year! Then, I'm going my other friend, Leah's, Bachlorette party. I'll be back around sometime tomorrow. So, that's me. As I type I'm working on uploading all my Bolivia picutres to Kodak Gallery... so within the next couple hours you'll be able to check them all out at www.kodakgallery.com/aleathea (along with all my other pictures). That address is also on the right of this post.

Almost done!

SO... last night I was having dinner with Korey and Rose and we were discussing a random topic and...

I said, "I'll have to google it... What did we ever do before Google?"

Korey, "Yahoo."

Anyway...

I finally got home from Bolivia 28 1/2 hours after origionally planned...
I was at home for a day...
Now I'm in Philly to give a presentation on Chagas' disease tomorrow - last hurdle to graduation...
Then I will be home studying until October 6th when I take the national board exam... and at the same time I will be working part time...

On my way home

Hey everyone. I finished out my last week in Bolivia very busy. I'll share more later. I am currently sitting in the VIP lounge in La Paz, waiting for my flight to Miami, which should board soon. I hope. I'm in the VIP lounge because after this flight got delayed... then I wouldn't make it through customs in Miami to my next flight. So he tried to change my ticket. But he changed it wrong. Then when I went back and showed him, he fixed it. Now it should work. I hope. So, because of the hassle, he stamped my ticket that I could sit in the VIP lounge. It's nice in here. Did you know that they supply free beverages, including bottles of water and soda in the VIP lounge. And CNN. I haven't seen news in a month. And comfortable chairs. It's nice. Yay. Ok, our pilot is in the VIP lounge now, so I should be on my way... See you all soon.