Dear January, you can leave now....

HOLY SMOKES!

January has been a month in which I cannot wait to be over! I've been sick three times now, work has been an absolute ZOO and all in all it seems like the new year made people crazy!

So yes, i'm getting through my third time being sick in ONE month right now. I've decided that my immune system is officially sick of me working in all the germs that a nursing home can have and has decided to give me hell. My first time being sick was a chest cold, second time was a version of the flu (Noro Virus) and now i'm dealing with a head cold like none other. As long as all of this ish is out of my system by April I'll be good. 

I can't go into details on work but it's been tough! Three of my most favorite residents passed away quite quickly this month. Three people that went from being perfectly healthy to declining so fast that they left us within two weeks! I LOVE where I work, but losing residents is certainly the most difficult part of being there. But, it's the circle of life right?  I have never been the most religious person around, but the other day a resident told me that she believes that life on earth is really just our purgatory and that when we pass away is when we move on to the better life. I find alot of peace in that for some reason. Maybe life on earth is just a test of who we are and life after reflects how we did. Elsewise work has just been alot of employee relations, people resigning, people breaking policy etc etc...which makes my job busy! But truthfully at the end of the day, I love my job and I would take it over anything else I could be doing.  

Time Out...is it nearly February? HOLY SMOKES (again). Just a little over two months until JAMAICA! It's probably not good to say but at this point I am SO ready for the 10 day beach vacation that the wedding is just an added bonus! My butt will be at the swim up bar or on the beach with a pretty little umbrella style cocktail in my hand for 10 days, that's right...be jealous. But, on the wedding front.... thanks to my incredibly super dooper totally radically awesome Mom we have nearly EVERYTHING lined up for the wedding. This includes some pretty fun (or I think they are fun) gifts for our guests :) Most importantly I am so looking forward to having some of our greatest friends and family there as we make a life time commitment to each other, we truly could not be more lucky. 

I'm trying to think of some other incredible things to tell you...but I really don't have much. Like I said this month has been a tornado and i'm ready for February to go into more of a snow storm (I like snow). 

I do want to give a huge thank you to my best friend Hally. Thank you so much for always giving me the right words to help me through the tough times. Hally helped me get through a pretty tough eye opener in regards to some family health concerns that came my way in the last year. Hally is my friend that doesn't judge me or tell me i'm crazy but instead she reminds me of the size of my problem in the big perspective of life...she helps me see the bigger picture. This gift she has is something I will always cherish about her. Hally Berg I love and miss you, Bozeman can give you back now!

Also, I wish I was in Vermont right now so I could see my biggest sister Kitina. I LOVE YOU KITINA! I'm thinking about you every day :)

Anyways....ramble over. 

Make it a great day!