Things I am looking Forward To

Over the next several months I have many things that I am looking forward to doing, seeing, and getting. To start out tonight I have my first date since Seth and I called off our engagement, I am going ice skating with a guy in my ward that Rebekah has been telling me I should date since the first day I got here, she has been thinking of different ways for that to happen, but didn't have to use any of them because he asked all on his own, which was pretty impressive. So details on that will follow tomorrow after work, or after a I take a nap because I am sure I will be exhausted from the date and then from having to get up at 5 tomorrow morning to go to work. Next is my Aunt is coming to DC this next week and I am going to be able to spend next weekend with her and one of my cousins. There are many nice things about this, first I haven't seen my cousin since she was 2 or so, second I get to see some family which I am excited about, and third I was supposed to work next weekend but it was moved up a week due to reasons at work, so I wasn't going to be able to see them, but now I can spend all weekend with them. Next, around the first week of June or so my Dad is going to come and visit me for a week or so, my mom will come to if she doesn't do summer school. So I am slightly wishing she doesn't have to do summer school so she can come see my but I will understand if she isn't able to do so. The only sad thing about when my dad comes is that I will still have to work while he is out here, but maybe I can work something out so I can do some exploring with him and actually spend time with him since he is traveling 3,000 or so miles to come and see me. Along with my dad's trip I also get a car! With my sister going on a mission my parents are lending me the car that she has been using, so this will be nice so I don't have to keep asking for rides, or using John and Rebekah's van. Later on in the summer, I am not sure when yet though, I am planning on going back to California to visit, I'll be able to see Anya and Megan, my nephews, and my parents, and best of all, I will get to see MY KITTEN!! So those are the major highlights of what will be going on, I am sure I will do other things and they will be fun and everything, but right now these are the things that are keeping me happy.

Everything but the Camera

Well last night I went camping with a very small group from my ward here in Virginia, and it was nice to get out, and get to know people here. I know your thinking, oh pictures, and I am sorry to break your heart but I FORGOT the camera last night as I was packing to go. The sad thing about forgetting the camera was the fact that I was sitting here in my chair packing and I looked over and saw the camera sitting there on my book shelf and said to myself grab the camera and take it with you, well I think about the moment I looked away from the camera I forgot about it till we were half way to the camp site. So I am sorry, just know that I thought about it and pictures aren't a completely forgotten thing in my head. I actually wish I had the opportunity to take more pictures but I don't.
Anyways camping was fun, I was a little nervous that I wouldn't sleep to well, but I slept great it was amazing, I don't think I have ever slept that well while camping before. Yesterday at work I was passing by people having a conversation about the weather and one of them was talking about how it was supposed to rain and have a thunderstorm, and when I heard that I was thinking, Oh Great, I am going camping tonight, but it turned out pretty nice. It did end up sprinkling, maybe even raining for a little bit but for the most part it was pretty good weather, and it didn't get extremely cold! I have never been camping where I haven't been frozen when I got out of bed, it was pretty nice. I was able to get to know the few people that went and I ended up having a great time. People may think that I really didn't enjoy myself because I was quiet and all, but I did.

Compiments

I know all of what I have been talking about lately has been about work, well that is all that I really have to talk about, I wake up go to work come home then go to sleep, with the occasional FHE or institute spread out through out the week. Well there are Pros and Cons to my job of course, but luckily more Pros then anything else, and the best Pro of all is the compliments I get from my residents. Now some of my residents are picky and aren't always the nicest but my floor is full of sweet loving old people. I absolutely love my residents, yes I have a few that creep me out, or I could really just live without but they are still for the most part extremely kind. Today I witnessed an adorable and fun conversation between two of my residents that has kept me laughing all day. I also have residents who when ever they see me tell me that I am beautiful and they go on and on about how pretty I am. In fact I even had a resident tell me they loved me today. So I guess you can see how you just can't help loving these people. If you do your job right and well then they will just love you and they aren't afraid to show it to you. It makes going to work and the day at work a happier time.

A Day of Firsts and Age

Well today was full of firsts for me at work today, and I tell you I had no idea what to do for either of them that happened. First, one of my residents died this morning, now this is the first of what I am sure to be many that will die on my floor, it is just apart of where I work, but since this was the first one and the way it happened made it awkward for me, I hope it isn't always that awkward. Now your probably wondering what made it awkward, well it was awkward because I was in the room when her daughter decided to try and wake her, and she didn't wake up. I had asked if it was alright for me to go in and clean and she told me it was, so I started cleaning and the daughter did a few things, then went and tried to wake up her mom, and she didn't wake up. I wasn't sure what to do, I offered to go get someone for her but she wanted to do that herself, and then I also didn't know if I should stop cleaning, or just keep working, well I decided that I should stop cleaning and wait until someone came to tell me what to do. So I did. Well I didn't have to clean the room, so I was one room down so it was nice. The main problem was I didn't really know how to feel about the whole situation.
The next first was we had a test fire drill today because I along with a few other people had never gone through a fire drill there at work. Well my boss told me what to do, make sure the residents that were located on my floor were in a room and that all my doors were closed. Well all of mine were closed to begin with so that was no problem, the problem was figuring out what to do with myself, I felt odd just standing in the hallway, but at the sametime I didn't know what to do. Well one of the nurses told me and another newbee what to do so we were running down the hallway, to get the fire extinguisher and back to the room, which happened to be on my floor, with it as fast as we could.
Lately since I moved here between work and church activities, I have had several people wonder about my age, for people in the ward I am in, I guess I look older then 19, or something, but they all think I am in my twenties. Then there was a time a couple weeks ago that I was at a stake activity with Rebekah and I was asked if I was a 13 year old, I don't think someone has asked me that since I was actually 13. At work since everyone there is getting up there in age, I guess I just look young, I have had several people tell me that I look like a child, I even had a lady on my first day that said I couldn't work there, I was just a child. Well I am not 13, and I am not a child, but boy it is sure nice to think that people think I am that young, I guess it means that I am aging gracefully.

Dead Blog

Sorry it has been awhile since I last wrote, since I started work the only thing that has really happened or gone on, is of course work. I have now been working at the Caton Merchant House for to weeks, and still love my job. And after about a month of training, counting the time I spent at Home Depot, I am finally working on my own!!! Of course there are a few things here and there that I need help with but I am on my own, I do things when I can, and I don't rely on other people to be there, it is pretty nice. The only thing is now, if anything goes wrong or I miss something, its all on me.
As for when I am not at work I am usually at home, unless I have a church activity. I continue to go to FHE and institute, and lately we have had several amazing lessons that everyone there has been able to participate in, it has been great. Also last Friday night I went Ice skating for an institute activity, well I didn't know this but the institute here has over 300 people in it, the only thing is we all meet at different buildings, and at different times. So you would have thought I would have had talked to a new guy by the end of the night, but I had no such luck. On the brightside, by the time I was done skating I could skate away from the wall so it was a successful night.