Summer flying by so quickly... forgetting to blog

I have felt like something has been missing from my life.... oh yes.... my weekly entries summarizing my adventures.
I don't even know where to begin. How about with today? I rode my bike to work... on the road no less. The past couple of weeks I felt a combination of lazy and anxious about riding to work. I have had a lot of people yell at me for riding on the sidewalk but I am so scared to ride on the road but today I did it! Someone even stopped to let me merge in my lane... how fabulous!!!!!

Yesterday.... worked with Kevin at the Freeway... bought a Mac and got a free IPOD. This is how it worked... "Kevin, which computer shoud I buy?"...

"This one"

"Ok... let me get my VISA card"

and there we have computer shopping with Kaelyn... all on-line... in the twinkling of an eye.

Also, I was able to get an engraving on my IPOD for free. Kevin suggested "Kaelyn loves vegetables" I said, "sure". He proceeded to laugh so hard he must have almost herniated his intestines. However, I edited my engraving to "Kaelyn loves trees and vegetables".

Sunday.... felt the joys of womanhood and did not want to do anything but b&c (bitch and complain) But I trekked to the Freeway and lead a discussion group on Israel-Palestine. I was nervous. I am so sympathetic to the Palestinians and sick of Pro-Israel ideologies because of my extremist family members that I was scared that I was going to be the odd one out. But, it was a mature, balanced, inspired discussion where everyone contributed. I was also quite pleased to connect with Rachel and we ended up having very similar view points on many issues which is just so encouraging especially for me; one who has for the past year or so been so disillusioned with Christianity.

Saturday: Brother's art opening; 47 people in total showed up, worked with Erin; she got to meet my parents, so did Kevin.

Friday: Ron Sexsmith at the Festival of Friends in Gage Park; Adrian and I rode the scrambler (cost 4.50$ each (HS!!! = holy shit!!!!) Cotton candy and fries, yes!!!!!

Hmmmmm..... where to now???

The past 2 weekends before the last one we celebrated my dad's 50th birthday. The first one was a family party so all our relatives on my dad's side came. So this was the party where there was no drinknig because my dad's relatives are very conservative but we played PHASE 10 and Adrian got to meet a lot of my family which was quite fun. We also gave my dad a new mountain bike (a present my brothers and I went in on) complete with a pink basket, a duckie horn and pink streamers. Yipeeeee

The second party involved my dad's work friends and family friends and it was definetly the more wild of the two. It had rum!!!!! and of course delicious food.

What else have I been up to? Well Adrian and I are still great; we do the usual things; go on hikes, go out for icecrean, awwww so pathetically sweet.

Now I am preparing for school mode and I actually read all the things that I am going to be expected to know and learn during my first placement which begins in Febuary after my "intensive" where I will learn lots of things but some of the more hands on things include:

drawing blood from veins
knowing when and how to catherize
Auscultating fetal heart rate
Reading electronic fetal monitors
Performing a vaginal exam and knowing what to look for
Obtaining vaginal swabs
Performing uterine exams
Palpating the uterus; determining fetal size; measuring fundal height
delivering the placenta
Sampling umilical cord blood and gases


Wow, thank god that I don't have to learn how to suture (give stitches) yet; I think I have enough on my plate and to tell you the truth I am excited but scared shitless. Me, little old me, having the knowledge to do all those things? eeeepppps. I suppose I have all fall to mentally prepare.
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!