Our week

Well now that the flu has come and gone we are now experiencing the "cold". It so far has started with Jared, and I am hoping that because he keeps to himself for the most part that it doesn't spread around the whole house. Stacie is fighting some kind of bug too, she missed a day and a half of work during their big "convention" and she really didn't want to do that.
We also have a new puppy in the family, not mine but Stacie's and Jon's. They brought home Evey, or is it Evie? Anyway, she is an adorable part Sharpie and part chocolate Lab. She has beautiful coloring and the cute little ears. I get to have her at my house during the week when Jon is working out of town because Stacie works very close to my house and it allows her to come over on her lunch break and see her. She is being kennel trained, at least until she understands the whole potty training thing, and she doesn't even whine or bark while she is in her kennel. She stays in Jared's room so it is away from the rest of the animals and people in the house. When I am not working I take her out for a bathroom break about every three hours, this time will get longer as she gets older I am sure. The hardest part for me is that I just want to play with her, come on a PUPPY!! But I do respect Jon and Stacie's decision on how they want to train her because it is what is going to be what is best for them. I sound like a grandma huh?
If I haven't said this already at some point, Casey is playing AAU again for the fall season. This way when they start basketball for school he will just be finishing up and will have played quite a bit which should help out! At this time he is just practicing, not sure when he is going to have any games but I will send out an e-mail when this information is given to me. I know that he won't be having any tournaments during this AAU season so at least we won't be going out of town like we had to do last season.
Work is well, work a dirty four letter word. I am still at the hospital and things aren't looking much better than they have been since we have moved to our new unit. The moral is so low right now and at times it seems like a hostile work environment. Everybody is always mad at somebody else over things that are beyond their control so alot of it is nonsence. We have an outside facilitator coming in to help us with "team building", and so far that isn't working either. The sad part is that we have had to hire so many new people to try to staff our new unit, and about 80% of the people that have just started are already looking for different jobs.
Shane is staying busy, as a matter of fact I just found a week ago that he is framing a house for one of the new nurses that I work with, I guess she is going to have to stay around now huh? He is also framing in the valley which is kind of nice because he leaves his work trailer at his parents house so he sees them more often when he works down there. I can always tell when he is working down there because all these stories about his family come around and I know he doesn't talk to too many family members. I am glad that he gets to see them though, it seems like we are worlds apart from Prosser to here.
I got to see Madisen and Kennady play soccer this weekend, I was looking forward to watching Noah too but I understand that he was misbehaving so he didn't get to play. I probably won't be at any games this coming weekend, it is the only day off in my 3 on 1 off and 3 on stretch. This stretch of work kills me just about!
Time to go let the "grandpuppy" out!

The Flu

Just wanted to share with you all..........there is a bad flu going on around right now. Some of you have first hand knowledge of this flu, and we have been fortunate enough to now have it at our house. It sticks around for about a week, and the smell isn't pretty. Casey was vomiting so bad last night it was coming out of his nose too! Just try to be extra careful, and use precautions like hand sanitizer and lysol to not help spread it around and to keep it away from you personally.

"News Reporting"

I don't know about many of you but I have my favorite station to watch the local news on and it is KNDU. After last night I may have to change which station I watch though. Their top story was about the accident that two young people tragically lost their lives, and the third person is in critical care. A motorcycle driven by a 19 year old ran a stop sign and somehow landed in the back of a vehicle which a 10 year old girl was riding in. Both of these two lost their lives at the scene and the driver is still hospitalized. This girl was the only child in her family which makes the whole thing more devastating! The reported went on to say that her mother wasn't available to comment........WHAT?????? Seriously what were you going to ask her, how are you doing? How do you feel? The questions could only be idiotic and hurtful, this woman is now having to think about a FUNERAL for her only child and is wondering if she has to plan a second for her husband too. I was so upset I sent an e-mail to the news station and I am still waiting for a response to it. How is somebody's grief news? I understand that the accident is "news worthy" but trying to get a statement to me is way over the line! Let me know what you think.