copy cat

So in my sister's footstep, I am going to post a top 10 list of my favorite things. She has an excellent blogg to follow too....insearchofcanaan.blogspot.com check it out!

Kristen's Top 10 List (randomly placed, of course)

1. Grande 2 shot Americano from Starbucks

2. Grey t-shirt from the GAP

3. Cuddling up on the couch to watch mindless TV

4. Crossword puzzles and word jumbles

5. Full tank of gas

6. Smell of Gain Fabric Soap

7. NOT getting the last of the cereal (all those loose crumbs---blech)

8. Target shopping

9. Watching funniest home videos with Sloan and Kevin

10. Listening to NPR

you're going to need staples....

FYI, not very therapeutic to a 6 year old who just fell off of the monkey bars at school, hit her head on a rock, and is covered in blood, and scared to death. Needless to say, it took 4 adults (me, kevin, the nurse practitioner and another nurse) to hold Sloan down in order to clean the back of her head and put a staple to keep it from bleeding and promote healing. Poor baby. She is home now, sitting up in bed (she refused to lay down) and watching television.

We call her...grass stain

Play ball....T-ball season is officially under way, the mighty Chili Peppers played their first game last night and number 5 was our little MVP of the game. Sloan came home from school and was ready to get dressed to for her 6:40pm game. Kevin bought her the real deal white socks with the red stripe of up the side, and she had white pants from last season, she looks like a little Jennie Finch (one of the best softball players in the world). Her goal last night wasn't to hit one out of the ball park, or make amazing plays, but to see how many grass stains she could get on her pants. If a ball made it from the "T" then she went after it, by sliding. Sometimes she was feet away from the ball, yet we still slid. When we were up to bat, we slid to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and yes...home as well. We can hold our head high and say, "goal accomplished". See pictures below!

Family

I just wanted to share how special my family is to me. This week started off with a test over the cardiovascular system and oh so many diseases/disorders and so on....I have dedicated much time and effort into studying for this test. Unfortunately, I did not preform as well as I had wanted. I came home Monday night in tears and shut myself up in my room until the next morning only to still be in my "funk", very emotional.

As I am sitting on the couch sobbing, Kevin tells me he has never seen me like this. I told him I was tired, emotionally tired, physically tired, just plain tired. I was tired of having to pick myself up and get back on the horse only to be knocked down again. I was tired of not being able to spend time with my family, go to t-ball practices, Texas Ranger games, having hobo breakfasts on the weekend with Sloan and Kevin. He encouraged me, reinforcing that he and Sloan (and everyone else) is behind me 100% and believe in my dream.

My mom calls and I am too emotional to even talk to her, I am just so disappointed in myself, all my efforts seem for nothing. I have never felt like this before, I even emailed my advisor telling her I am not sure I am going to be able to feel motivated to go on, my drive is gone. This is where my mom initiates "no herring left behind". I can just see her sending out a APB text to the family "kristen is down, she needs encouraging" and so the calls and text messages begin. I am doing a clinical in the ER and my phone is blowing up with encouraging messages, prayers, and even Kaleb is telling me about this girl in his class who Shusshed him and called him an asshole...poor guy.

Needless to say, I met with my advisor, I am back on the horse (with drive) and ready to conquer High risk OB/pediatric congenital heart defects/ hematology and more. Thanks to my wonderful family, who I would be so lost without. I appreciate your encouraging words and absolutely needed them, I know I can accomplish my goal and its so nice to know you think so too!