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[Apr. 26th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
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today was a long day. It started out with work and finding out I was the therapist in charge for the day. yikes. I think I said I should have stayed in bed all day like 2084017349015295802 times. It ended by finding out my dad is in the hospital. He's at Palms West. He is peeing out straight blood. Has been since 3 am. delicious. hopefully, I will work tomorrow and flex off to spend Tuesday with him. Before i left tonight, I told his nurse to ask the doc for a PT eval and treat order. I tried to explain that I know she has a billion patients and whatnot, but I am a PT. If my dad does not get up to walk at least twice a day in the hospital, he will leave the hospital in a wheelchair and that will be the end of his walking days. It is scary. That's all I can think about right now. It makes me cry, |
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| the end of an era |
[Apr. 25th, 2009|04:26 pm] |
Miles, the little blue Neon.
February 2006-April 2009
Miles went to be in that used car lot in the sky yesterday, after giving his owner 3 years of driving love. Miles was originally purchased to replace Auto, the Nissan Altima, after Auto met his untimely end at mile marker 146 on the Florida Turnpike. After the crash of Auto, I swore I would never get behind the wheel of a car again. Most of you are aware that I did not get my drivers license until I was 21 and a half and was terrified of driving, to the point where I would drive across the street to Justin's apartment so he could drive to Publix for groceries. Auto helped me overcome my initial fears. Then, on a fateful October evening in 2005, Auto got turned upside down by a tire tread on the road and ended up driving into a concrete divider. At almost 80mph. In December 2005, Sarah and Jason went to Chicago and left me with Jonah and Asher, and Sarah's Hyundai Sonata. I got back behind the wheel but was not 100% certain about the whole driving thing. Enter Miles. In February 2006, when I knew driving again would have to be an eventuality, we found the little blue Dodge Neon I had always wanted. Now he could be mine. Mom bought me a Gator tag. We fixed his brakes and took him home. He made me feel safe again.
Unfortunately, Miles spent a lot of time in and out of the repair shops. He was fixed repeatedly, although we kept asking at what point do we stop trying life sustaining measures. Mom, Dad and I all decided that if Miles could get me through graduate school and my first few months of working, everything would be awesome (I would have money for a new car with a j-o-b). Miles was a workhorse. He did his job. He got me through graduation. He got me through 9 months of work. But he got tired. His AC stopped working in July, although we were able to recharge him periodically and he would blow cold air for a couple of days at a time. He stopped starting. These last few weeks, I had to put the car in neutral, push it out and perform a rolling start. It was pretty fun sometimes, but not always.
John and I had been car shopping for the better part of a month. I test drove (Toyota: Corolla, Prius; Ford: Focus, Fusion; Dodge: Caliber; Nissan: Versa, Altima; Honda: Civic Hybrid, Civic). I researched. I read everything Edmunds.com could offer me. It was exhausting. I negotiated my ass off.
Yesterday, I reached my end. I talked and negotiated as low as I had the energy for. The guy agreed to my price. I met mom at the dealership (technically, she owned Miles). We sat for almost 5 hours (mind you, I did not have to test drive or pick out my car or negotiate). They offered me 500 for Miles. I wanted 1800. We settled on $600. (sad)
But in the end, I have Junior! He is an atomic blue (duh!) 2009 Honda Civic. I am excited for our future together! I am hopeful that he will bring the same kind of excitement and love of driving to my life that Miles did. In fact, his name is Junior because he is of a similar color blue, has a sunroof and is grey interior, just like Miles! And, the dealership ordered him a Gator tag! oh! a-n-d, mom negotiated an orange pinstripe for his sides!
I cannot wait to share him with you all! In pictures and in stories! :) Here's to our future together, me and Junior. |
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| woohooo |
[Mar. 27th, 2009|09:46 am] |
happy birthday, birthday twin ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) moomily! hope it is a great one for you! :) |
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| Caleb Davis |
[Dec. 20th, 2008|11:13 am] |
So, yesterday was a whirlwind of a day... but at 8:32am, my newest nephew came into the world! Caleb Davis Z was 10lb and 14 oz (so the ultrasound was not too far off ;)) and 23 whopping inches long! Caleb is happy and healthy, Jesse is doing well, and Eric is settling into his job as daddy!
(for those that do not know, my older sister's first child was 10lb 2 oz. basically, my sisters are pretty much ensuring i will not be having children ;) )
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| For all interested parties: |
[Dec. 19th, 2008|07:57 am] |
Jesse is being taken for an unplanned c-section to have what appears, on ultrasound, to be a baby over 11 pounds. omfg :)
keep ya posted! |
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| For all my Gators out there!!! :) |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|04:49 pm] |
(if you are not a Gator, please either disregard, forget you saw this, or put your other allegiances aside and vote Gator!)
"SportsCenter" has been traveling to 20 communities this summer before letting SportsNation make the call on the city deserving the name TitleTown USA. Vote on this page starting July 24.
if you need to see the video and get hyped up about why Gainesvegas is the BEST and most deserving TitleTown USA, watch this! you will not be disappointed, promise!
and don't forget to vote. your friendly gator alum will keep posting reminders! :) don't you worry! |
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| tag! |
[Jul. 16th, 2008|04:05 pm] |
I wasn't tagged, but moomily had this in her journal and it seemed fun!
A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.
B) Tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. [Actually, you can refuse. I don't mind.]
I tag swanrat, tikifreak, lovebug24, gatorlinds18, tinkerfairie, lisita (to whom I would also like to wish a very happy birthday!)
I kept all of the questions the same...
1. Which celebrity would you like to meet and why?
Lance Armstrong. hands down :)
2. What do you do before bedtime?
brush my teeth, wash my face, set the sleep timer for the tv, drink a glass of water.
3. What is your worst prejudice?
I used to be totally guilty of giving people who parked in a handicapped space but looked totally healthy dirty looks. Until my dad needed to start parking in handicapped spots even though he still looked healthy.
4. What is the city of your dreams and why?
the city of my dreams is well-planned with streets that actually have names (so I don't have to remember which direction blvds and streets go in...), pedestrian and environmentally friendly, with happy, courteous people living in it. and there must be a baseball and football team based in my city.
5. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Introvert
6. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
oreo cookies!
7. Do you trust easily?
unfortunately... it seems to backfire on me lately...
8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
I wouldn’t do anything except to go on secretly liking. <-- me too! i do this a lot!
9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
it's been well over a month since someone or something made me unhappy. time heals all wounds :)
10. Do you have a good body-image?
I have been trying really hard to feel good about my body.
11. Is being tagged fun?
Yes!
12. What websites do you visit daily?
Gmail, LJ, facebook, myspace, webmail, and assorted blogspots :)
13. Have you ever committed a crime? (Aside from so-called victimless crimes like drugs or working as a prostitute or something. Okay, I guess if you worked as a prostitute I’d like to hear about it. )
Meghan and I put our initials in a piece of wet cement on UF's campus one night. I am immortalized as KC MM 02!
14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
we have the same birthday and we both run marathons. how can you beat that kind of coolness? :)
15. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head?
lollipop. I heard it while I ran last night and then again on the radio this am.
16. What’s your favorite item of clothing?
i am most comfortable in a gator shirt and running shorts... but i think im going to love my scrubs
17. Are you messy or neat?
Messy!
18. What's the first thing you notice in people?
smile.
19. Would you have 100% safe sex with a stranger for $10,000,000?
Absolutely! it's time ;)
20. What were your parents going to name you if you'd been born the opposite gender?
Jeremy Brett |
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[Jul. 2nd, 2008|11:23 am] |
thank (insert your higher power here) that the state of Florida is merciful and swift with their license reporting! I am now officially FL PT24130! Everything (apparently) went as expected and I am licensed!
the relief is immense. Imagine being done with 8 years of school and having 2 months of vacation and not being able to enjoy them as fully as you could have (Christina, I know you are living this now too!). Today I cleaned my room (the living room) and I am debating putting Guitar Hero on my credit card as a congrats present to myself. I deserve it, right?! ;)
just waiting on the official job offer from Pinecrest now! I got an email from the Rehab director this morning congratulating me and saying that it is time to move me from Pinecrest student to Pinecrest employee! hooray!
and now I am off to find milk because it is 11:28 and I've been up for 5 hours without breakfast...
thanks also LJ world for all of your kind well wishes yesterday! I know they helped! :) |
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[Jun. 30th, 2008|10:17 pm] |
tomorrow is part 2 of the biggest test of my life. the NPTE. How can 4 little letters determine the rest of my future? sigh
I am about as prepared for it as is humanly possible and that should bring me some comfort :) send me some good vibes between the hours of 1 and 6 tomorrow. yep. 5 hours.
today was not so bad. the one hour Florida Laws and Rules exam - jurisprudence. there were 50 questions, 40 of them scored (the other ten are to test validity for future questions). As far as I know, in a week or so, I will get the score in the mail, but by then I will already know if I am a licensed PT or not (I guess I get an email or call pretty soon after the NPTE is over?!) Tomorrow's test is 250 questions, 200 of them scored. Hopefully, I find out soon because I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep much tomorrow night knowing that my potential livelihood is hanging in the balance. wait. that was a little extra melodramatic. :) hehe
so anyway, I am off to sleep. In an attempt to stay mostly stress-free in the hours leading up to said test, I am waking up early to run, and then a shower and a meet-up with Meghan will happen and by that time, it will be time to get to FAU again and then, really, in no time, the whole thing will be over and I will be able to party and relax and FINALLY call myself a physical therapist. because, you know, chp 486 Florida Statute, chp 456 Florida Statute and rule 64B-17 in the Florida Administrative Code prohibit an unlicensed person to call him/herself a physical therapist or use the letters P.T. after his/her name.
yep. I am a nerd. peace out! |
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[Jun. 29th, 2008|01:31 am] |
how did no one tell me NKOTB was back together!?!?!?! I had to find out at 4:30 in the morning!!! oh boy. I am 8 years old again. I love life! :) |
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[Jun. 10th, 2008|12:13 am] |
I can't stop listening to this song tonight... oh well.
"Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5
I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen
She left before I had the chance to say
Oh
The words that would mend the things that were broken
But now it's far too late, she's gone away
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe that
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
The taste of your breath, I'll never get over
The noises that she made kept me awake
Oh
The weight of things that remained unspoken
Built up so much it crushed us everyday
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe that
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
Of all the things I felt but never really shown
Perhaps the worst is that I ever let you go
I should not ever let you go, oh oh oh
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you |
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[May. 29th, 2008|12:22 am] |
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just putting it out there that I switched to blogspot journaling. I felt like stuff was showing up on google from here and didn't want to have to deal with that. Also, there were people that didn't need to be reading my journal, reading my journal. So, i can now be found at: www.themightykc.blogspot.com it is a friends-by-invite-only kind of deal (i think/hope anyway) so let me know if you want in. I will not be offended if you don't - promise. I just needed to get more shit out in a non-threatening, non-invasive atmosphere and that happened to be it. so there. |
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| wii would like to play |
[May. 21st, 2008|10:04 am] |
this morning was an adventure! I had no idea getting 3 boys ready for school and out the door was as much fun/work/an endurance fest/etc as it was ;)
Jonah got up first and got dressed. then I woke up Asher and he got dressed while I made breakfast for everyone. Then breakfast in shifts. Then I got Toby up and changed while Jonah brushed his teeth. Then Jonah got Toby's shoes on while I sang the alphabet song for Asher to brush his teeth. Then we piled in the car and I saw my mom parked behind us. Then I woke mom up and got her to come over and move her car. Then, we made it to Jonah's bus stop with time to spare (go me!) Next, we drove Asher to Wellington Elementary and brought the pink cookies into his classroom. Toby and I RACED over to Target and got there by 8:07 at which point I was certain there would be no more Wii Fits left. Boy was I wrong. I carried him in as I ran and when I saw the display, there were like 20 of them. So I took 2 - one for me, one for the Smiths. we paid, walked out like two proud dudes, me and Toby. We dropped pink cookies off at Jonah's school. Now we are back here watching 'the movie about cars' which is really Cars for another couple of minutes before it is time to get Ashie from the bus stop. wow! then some play time, lunch, Jonah from the bus stop and back to Boca to visit mommy and Miriam!
but now I have Wii Fit. And I was all worried that I didn't pre-order it. worked out for me this time ;) |
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[May. 20th, 2008|07:41 am] |
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Miriam Elise was welcomed into the world this morning by her loving parents Sarah and Jason at 5:21am. She weighed in at a tiny (by Sarah's standards) 8lb 1 oz and was 20 inches long. I am having a yummy breakfast with the boys and then we will get dressed and visit them! :) |
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[May. 20th, 2008|03:10 am] |
i got the phone call about an hour ago that put me on Kiki patrol today and tomorrow! :) Sarah and Jason are on their way to Boca, where Miriam will make her grand entrance in the world. Hopefully there. When they called the midwife, she said, "hurry! someone else has already delivered on 95 tonight!"
as an aside, all three of the boys were born on full-moon Tuesdays :) At 2:30am, so long as Miriam comes within the next 21:30, that would make her just like her big brothers! |
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[May. 7th, 2008|03:58 pm] |
as if this week hasn't been exciting enough, I got an email today from my evidence professor saying my final paper is being considered for publication in the Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Practice Journal. wow! |
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[May. 6th, 2008|04:24 pm] |
You are certified to receive the following degree(s):
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
AWARDED DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
GRADUATED MAY 04 2008
MAJOR PHYSICAL THERAPY
that is what my transcript says now. I guess it's really official! :)
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class graduation picture
UF DPT class of 2008 |
this was a crazy weekend! Thursday, we had to defend our final paper. There was a poster presentation and question and answer defense and when it ended, all of us were like, WOW! It was amazing and a little sad all at once. I was supposed to drive to Wellington right after to be in the WPB area for pre-wedding stuff (Beth and Patrick), but drove as far south as Micanopy before deciding that I really needed to spend the night partying it up with the DPT kids. I changed, met the crowd at Chilis, had dinner, went back to Drew's, hung out, and then we met up with EVERYONE (just about, literally) at Market Street. Time was spent there and at Nellys and then I crashed on Drew's couch.
Friday morning, I snuck out of his apt early early (6:30 after a 3:30am arrival) and began the drive to WPB. Spent the day doing some pampering of me (mani and pedi) and then got Jonah from the bus stop. Pre-wedding fun-ness began at Bear Lakes CC at 4pm. Rehearsal and then dinner. yummy! After dinner, B and P handed out wedding party gifts. Everyone else got a bottle of wine or something like that, but I got a Wii messenger bag seeing as how I am always carrying it around in the box. Then, they made me close my eyes and they brought out the most beautiful orange and blue triple mat diploma frame I have ever seen (Patrick's mom owns a framing shop) and said that it wasn't just a special weekend for them, but for me as well. I am really supremely lucky to have friends like that who in the middle of something so beautiful and special as their own wedding, thought of me in a way like that. I hope they enjoy the trip to Disney I got them ;)
I drove home and got some sleep knowing that the rest of the weekend was going to be whirlwind-ish. Saturday morning, I had my hair cut and done for the wedding and met the rest of the girlies at the hair salon (I will post pics, but my hair has been cute and short since donating 10 inches in March and there wasn't any updo in my future). We had lunch at Panera (well, they did, I had a milk and cookies shake from cold stone!) and then headed over to BLCC for the getting ready. It was a wonderful wedding, the bride was more beautiful than anything I have ever seen and happy to boot, the groom was handsome and lively, the company was magnificent and the whole night was magical, really. I had an excellent time, saw the happy couple off in their limo and went home to crash on the couch.
Sunday I was probably the happiest girl in the whole wide world. scratch probably. I was the happiest girl in the whole wide world. I woke up at 5:15 with the biggest grin on my face and it never went away! We were on the road by 6am and with 2 stops, made it to Gainesville just before brunch. We had Dr. Paris from the Univ of St. Augustine speak to us about what it means to be doctors of PT and it was amazing. They had Albert and Alberta the alligators there and called our names to walk across a little stage and have our pictures taken with them and some faculty. When it was all over, we went back to B and P's house and mom and Kyle took naps while Dad and I hung out and waited for Jesse and Eric to get back from visiting Rachel and Adam after brunch.
At 4, Eric took me and dad to the O'Connell Center so I could line up with the other grads. Being the PHHP graduation only, it was a nice, short and sweet graduation. We marched in at 5:45 and got finished by 7:30ish. I wish I had the words to describe my emotions. They did all the silly awards first and then we were the first recognized graduates. They asked us to stand and then talked about being the first graduating class and the significance of the DPT and then conferred the degree on us and we all cheered and then we walked across that stage. I smiled and Dr. Bishop said my name right and I shook hands with the right people and smiled more. When it was all done, we walked around saying congrats to each other as, job well done, Dr. so-and-so. it was AWESOME!
As a family, we drove around campus and took pictures in all the right places. We did a lot at BHG Stadium. Then we went to the fountains by Criser and finally, we found a "Congrats Gator Grads" sign on campus and I jumped out of the car to stand by it while Jesse snapped away. We met my friend Albert and his family for dinner and enjoyed some not so great food with some really awesome people. As we were leaving (Albert and his family were going on a cruise the next day and after, his family is going back to South Africa and he is moving to Charlotte, NC with his now fiance Brenda), Albert took me aside and said, "it would have been a totally different experience if you weren't sitting next to me these last 3 years" and I couldn't have agreed more. |
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