Insomnia or Insanity???

LOL hopefully it's not the latter. Ever since we've moved here, I've had trouble getting to sleep and I just can't quite put my finger on the reason. Our bed is comfy, I'm perfectly comfortable in this house, everything seems ok. I think my problem is that I think too much at night when I'm trying to sleep. I think about what I did that day, what I have to do tomorrow and all kinds of things. Maybe this is keeping me up? I lay awake for hours sometimes trying to sleep and mostly I don't get to sleep at night until after 1:00 am. *sigh* As a result, getting up in the morning is really hard and I usually end up oversleeping. This morning was the last straw, I slept through all 3 of my classes this morning, can you believe it? I was so upset and disappointed with myself. I guess I'm going to have to see a doc about getting on a sleep aid, to hold me over until then, I got some benadryl. I hope I can sleep tonight.

Grains of gratitude

1.I'm grateful that I made it through the first week of school after spring break and I'm that much closer to being done!

2.I'm glad that I made it through W being away for 3 days and I was responsible! I fed the cats when I was supposed to, made sure doors were locked/lights were on, you know the normal stuff people do that W usually does. LOL I'm really glad he's back.

3.Glad that I made it through the pharmacy Olympics which I regretfully signed up for. It went over an hour longer than it was supposed it and I had a whopper of a tension headache, but I'm just glad it's over.

4.Happy that Fred's pharmacy put on an awesome dinner at the Memphis zoo for us, it was nice to be able to socialize with friends and get a free dinner.

5.Lastly I'm grateful I made it out to the Kappa Psi formal last night, it was a blast and I was considering not going just because I didn't have a date. Well that's it for this week.

Kappa Psi formal

So last night was the Spring Kappa Psi formal and it was mucho fun, except that they ran out of alcohol after I had only had 2 drinks. It was fine though because I was driving home so I couldn't have a lot to drink anyway. Those 2 drinks were just enough to take off the edge. Anyway I spent most of the night dancing with my girlfriends and dancing partner Joseph. I'm also happy to report W came home today from his Chicago trip. He had a good time and he's sleeping peacefully on the couch next to me right now. Lastly I wanted to share some pics that I took of myself before the formal.

Crazy night at work

Last night I got to work at around 5 and didn't leave until midnight. It was crazy to say the least. Me and Matt worked about 6.5 hours straight making chemo for the kids. I LOVE making chemo, and it makes the time go by oh so fast. I feel really good about what I do. Matt is graduating in May and he's trying to decide if he wants to work at St. Jude as a pharmacist or go to Methodist hospital. I hope he stays at St. Jude, I'll miss him if he leaves! He's taught me so much. *sigh* But anyway I did get a nice surprise when I got to work, I thought I was supposed to work this weekend, but I don't work until next weekend! I was seriously happy to be able to sleep in this morning. I'm sure next weekend I'll be singing a different tune though. hehe. My little sister Janice is getting her hair cut and highlighted this morning and I so wish I could be there to see it. She LOVES getting her hair done at the beauty salon. After her hair is done my dad is taking her out to lunch so she's going to have a good day. My dad loves Janice so much, I think it's because of her that he decided to quit drinking and lose weight(he's hasn't had a drink in MONTHS and he's lost over 30 lbs so far!) Janice is definitely a happy girl and has my dad wrapped around her pinkie. It makes me happy to know she's happy, she deserves nothing less. Speaking of dad, he's turning 50 April 15 and were having a party in Missouri where most of his family lives on April 12. Me and W are going to make the 7 hour drive and I'm SOOOO excited to see everyone and especially my niece and nephew who are 3 and 5. I'm going to a formal for Kappa Psi tonight, I'm excited but I won't have a date as W is still in Chicago. I haven't gone to a function solo in a LONG time, but I think it'll still be fun. I wanted to share a few pictures because I think it makes blog entries mucho interesting. The first is of a church in St. Augustine, FL that I took on Christmas eve last year. I edited it a little bit. Can you believe I took this shot with a point and shoot camera? yep it was before I got my Canon 400D. The second pic is one I took of Madison jumping after a toy, don't you love the way her claws are outstretched and her mouth is open. Hehe she's crazy.

Walk on the wild side.......

First and foremost I'd like to lament that W left today to go on his annual "man trip" with some of his buddies from his Sigma Chi fraternity. *sniff sniff* He'll only be gone until Sunday so I'm pretty much being a big baby, but I've never slept in our house alone before so I'm skeered. LOL but I'll live. Fred's pharmacy hosted an event tonight called "walk on the wild side" at the Memphis zoo for pharmacy students. I debated going since I have an exam tomorrow, but I'm really glad I did. It was lots of fun, they provided us with a Mexican themed dinner, plus we got to see a sea lion show and I also saw the polar bears, an armadillo, a barn owl, and some sort of python. We also got goodie bags and door prizes were given away, sadly I didn't win anything. Unfortunately I'm suffering from a severe tension headache right now as I type, and my extra strength Excedrin has yet to work. I'm also a tad bit disappointed that I have to work tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday(I only work every 3rd weekend so I really shouldn't complain). I love my job, but it's still work. Well best get to studying.

Meezer Pleaser

W might rejoin the Army

The Army Reserves Nursing corps is offering RNs a $30,000 sign on bonus(well $10,000/year for 3 years) and $50,000 in student loan repayments which would totally pay off W's loans, we'd still have mine to pay off, but having his out of the way would be a huge relief. Also when he starts Nurse Anesthetist school, they'll pay him $1900/month for living expenses. That would pay all our monthly bills and we'd have some left over and W wouldn't have to work. Also it wouldn't be active duty either, he'd be in the reserves. He'd only have to work 1 weekend per month and 2 weeks per year. Also he'd owe them 1 year of service for every 6 months he's in Anesthetist school, so I think he said he'd owe 6 or 8 years. We'd also get to use Tricare insurance which is better than the school health insurance we use now(which isn't necessarily bad, just kind of pricey), and we'd have access to the commissary and PX where all the merchandise is tax free. The major con is obviously the chance of deployment, but we don't even know for sure that he would get deployed, especially if we elect a democratic president(I'm hopeful), but people deal with spouses being deployed on a daily basis, so I think I could handle it(I'm sure it'll be a different story if I get put in that situation, but I'm trying to be optimistic). W also said he'd enter in as a 2nd lieutenant(he'll have a bachelor's in nursing) and when he graduates anesthetist school, he'd be some sort of officer(he'd have a doctorate). All in all I think this would be a great opportunity for us. The extra money would be phenomenal as well as the other perks that come with it. What do ya'll think?
PS-I forgot to mention W already served 4 years active duty AND has been deployed to Iraq before so I'd be a piece of cake for him.