I may be crazy...I decided that I really wanted to get my BSN. So I have started a program online from Western Governors University. I am excited to get this done but I'm not so sure how excited my family is. Its completely online so I can do it on all those fabulous night shifts I work so hopefully it won't take too much away from family time. I finished the orientation and start my classes September 1. I am pretty sure I can finish it in about 8-9 months so it really isn't that bad and then I am pretty sure I am done for a while. But this will hopefully make me a little more competitive in the job market.
The girls and Wyatt just got back from Island park for the weekend with my parents and they had a fabulous time. Thanks mom & dad! I wish I could have gone but the new vehicle would have cost a lot more money to drive up there than we have right now so my parents took the kiddos with them and I stayed home with Olivia and Brad. It was super quiet around our place this last weekend, kinda weird.
And there is only 2 more weeks of summer left and the kids all start back into school. Mom is VERY excited and the kids are kind of excited. They are finishing up swim lessons and trying to stuff in as much play time as they can.
Life is pretty much the norm around here, same stuff, different day!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Hearts
I went to the cardiologist and it left something to be desired. The guy was a real jerk and had a God complex like most cardio docs do, but he was a doosy. Anyway, he basically told me that my EKG showed left ventricular hypertrophy but that because I was under 35 I wasn't meeting the criteria to diagnose it. Anyway, I totally didn't understand it either so I am going to go see another doc and have him assess it and see what he thinks, if I need to see another specialist about it or be concerned about it. So the story continues...
In other news, Brad took the kids fishing this morning...at 4:45 am!! Wyatt was suppose to go but he informed his dad that he wanted to sleep in his bed when he was woken up at 4:30, don't blame the kid, he's only 3. That's pretty early for anyone in my opinion. But the girls are troopers and got up to go with their Dad fishing. I hope they are having a good time!
In other news, Brad took the kids fishing this morning...at 4:45 am!! Wyatt was suppose to go but he informed his dad that he wanted to sleep in his bed when he was woken up at 4:30, don't blame the kid, he's only 3. That's pretty early for anyone in my opinion. But the girls are troopers and got up to go with their Dad fishing. I hope they are having a good time!
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Stuff
There has been some stuff happening lately at our little house...first the fun stuff. My mom called and ask if I would like to see Wicked and who says no to that? So she bought two tickets for me and my sister in law because both of us had never seen it before and my parents and my sister saw it in London. So JoDee and I went to Wicked. I wasn't totally sure what to expect other than everyone I have ever talked to says its wonderful, and...it lived up to the expectation. It was a very fun evening and I really enjoyed the night out with JoDee, she's pretty good
company.
Now for the not so fun stuff...Last weekend at work I passed out again. I have been doing this every so often for quite a while now, probably about 6-7 years, and every time I have been to the emergency department they tell me its a vagal response and that I'll be fine, no tests, nothing. Well this time the ED doc decided to run a EKG and found some abnormalities with my heart - Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Basically my heart is growing stiff and can't pump the blood like its suppose to. Could be caused from a few different things, High blood pressure is the most common. But it can also be caused from problems with the aorta and anything that can cause the heart to have to work harder to pump the blood. Anyway, left unfixed or not controlled properly and you will have heart failure, not such a great thing. So I was referred to a cardiologist to get it checked out and see just how bad it is and what needs to happen from here. My appointment is Monday so we will see...
Kinda has me a little freaked out, but I have "prepared myself for the worst, and am hoping for the best"
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Livvy baby
Thursday, June 28, 2012
My little Man
I got Wyatts picture done for his third birthday
I can't believe how big he's gotten.
He cracks me up everyday-love him to death!
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Wyatt-3 years old
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Bubba is 3!!!
Mr. Wyatt turned three last week! I can't believe that my boy is already three. He is such a handsome thing, but not so little anymore. He is kinda short and pretty stocky, just imagine a miny wrestler...maybe someday...we'll have to see
We had family birthday dinner for him on the friday before his birthday cuz I had to work on his birthday and it was also Fathers Day that day. Wyatt wanted donalds for dinner (McDonalds) so we made the grown up version, chicken skewers with an assortment of dips and fruit with dips and potato wedges with yummy creamy cheese sauce-it turned out to be rather delicious. I made his cake and we decorated it with cars and "dirt" it turned out pretty good too. I was rather quite surprised that I actually pulled it off. Working like I have been has burned me out pretty good and it takes me all my days off just to recover so not much happens in the way of keeping house or doing much of anything else. Someday I will have a job with normal waking human hours.
We had family birthday dinner for him on the friday before his birthday cuz I had to work on his birthday and it was also Fathers Day that day. Wyatt wanted donalds for dinner (McDonalds) so we made the grown up version, chicken skewers with an assortment of dips and fruit with dips and potato wedges with yummy creamy cheese sauce-it turned out to be rather delicious. I made his cake and we decorated it with cars and "dirt" it turned out pretty good too. I was rather quite surprised that I actually pulled it off. Working like I have been has burned me out pretty good and it takes me all my days off just to recover so not much happens in the way of keeping house or doing much of anything else. Someday I will have a job with normal waking human hours.
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| Wyatts most favorite-a sword and shield-he sleeps with them at the bottom of his bed everynight |
Happy Birthday Dude!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Life
Well we are into the swing of things at the Hyde house. I am working full time, or pretty close to it, Brad is working and the girls are almost done with another year of school and Wyatt is a crazy 2 year old boy and Olivia is still our petite little girl. Livvy has turned out to be a pretty easy baby as long as we keep her meds in her. It is amazing what happens to the sweet smiley baby when the meds wear off if we forget, so needless to say, we don't forget very often!
Emma and Maycee are so excited to be out of school for summer and are counting down the days. They can't wait to go to the lake and the pool everyday(so they say...we will be spending a bit of time at each, but not sure its going to be everyday like they think!)
Wyatt is crazy!!! Seriously I can't even begin to keep up with him. He is talking more but there are many things that he just doesn't pronounce very well so you really have to pay attention to the context and situation to get what he is saying. He still gets pretty frustrated but I've taught him the phrase, "show me" and so he says that when we can't get it and he will "show us" what it is he is trying to get or do. He is the cutest thing ever with his freckles and platinum blonde hair, poor kids going to fry this summer! Ya'll invest in coppertone cuz we'll be buying a ton and their stock should go up!!
Olivia weighed 12 pounds at her 4 month check up, which is still right where she's always been. We've got her on a microlipid(fat) that is added to her higher calorie bottles and she still is just burning more than she can take in. Her breathing is about the same, haven't noticed a change there yet. She still struggles to breathe but it doesn't seem to bother her quite so much so either she's just gotten used to it or something. She loves loves the cradle swing and that is really the only place she sleeps really well. So she spends her days there napping and then we try the crib for nighttime but she usually ends up back in the swing by morning. Seriously that is the best $100 purchase I have ever made in my life.
Brad is working with Okland still. He is on the Chemistry building addition at the U. It is so nice to have his job in Salt Lake. Close to home. He started with Okland in the summer of 1999 right after he graduated and has been with them ever since minus about 9 months in 2001 and another 9 months or so in 2006. So it will be 13 years this next month, and that's how long since we first met and we will celebrate 10 years of marriage in August too-its a little crazy to think about.
I am really liking my job at the hospital. I love nursing, it is a good fit. I am ok working where I'm at for now, but it is definitely short term and just a stepping stone to where I want to really be. I am going to start my BSN in the fall through Western Governors University. It is completly online program and it will help me be able to be more competitive in the job search and help me get to where I really want to be. I am wanting to go into oncology nursing eventually so I need lots of extra educational certifications and such so I am starting to work on them. So hopefully in a year or so I can start looking around for oncology nursing positions.
Brad is also looking to getting his pilots license. This is something he has wanted to do for a very long time but wasn't ever sure he could pass the medical exam because of his eyes so he never pursued it. But I decided that he needed to be doing something that he wants to do so I researched it and I'm pretty sure with what I found out from the FAA that he can pass the medical exam and be licensed so he is going to flight school in the fall as well. I know he will really enjoy it and it will make him happy. And he has another project that he is going to be starting on as well. His dad has an old boat that is need of some major TLC so Brad is taking it and redoing it all and the girls are beyond excited that we will have a boat. It will be fun for the summers for sure!
So we are busy to say the least, but I like it that way...
Emma and Maycee are so excited to be out of school for summer and are counting down the days. They can't wait to go to the lake and the pool everyday(so they say...we will be spending a bit of time at each, but not sure its going to be everyday like they think!)
Wyatt is crazy!!! Seriously I can't even begin to keep up with him. He is talking more but there are many things that he just doesn't pronounce very well so you really have to pay attention to the context and situation to get what he is saying. He still gets pretty frustrated but I've taught him the phrase, "show me" and so he says that when we can't get it and he will "show us" what it is he is trying to get or do. He is the cutest thing ever with his freckles and platinum blonde hair, poor kids going to fry this summer! Ya'll invest in coppertone cuz we'll be buying a ton and their stock should go up!!
Olivia weighed 12 pounds at her 4 month check up, which is still right where she's always been. We've got her on a microlipid(fat) that is added to her higher calorie bottles and she still is just burning more than she can take in. Her breathing is about the same, haven't noticed a change there yet. She still struggles to breathe but it doesn't seem to bother her quite so much so either she's just gotten used to it or something. She loves loves the cradle swing and that is really the only place she sleeps really well. So she spends her days there napping and then we try the crib for nighttime but she usually ends up back in the swing by morning. Seriously that is the best $100 purchase I have ever made in my life.
Brad is working with Okland still. He is on the Chemistry building addition at the U. It is so nice to have his job in Salt Lake. Close to home. He started with Okland in the summer of 1999 right after he graduated and has been with them ever since minus about 9 months in 2001 and another 9 months or so in 2006. So it will be 13 years this next month, and that's how long since we first met and we will celebrate 10 years of marriage in August too-its a little crazy to think about.
I am really liking my job at the hospital. I love nursing, it is a good fit. I am ok working where I'm at for now, but it is definitely short term and just a stepping stone to where I want to really be. I am going to start my BSN in the fall through Western Governors University. It is completly online program and it will help me be able to be more competitive in the job search and help me get to where I really want to be. I am wanting to go into oncology nursing eventually so I need lots of extra educational certifications and such so I am starting to work on them. So hopefully in a year or so I can start looking around for oncology nursing positions.
Brad is also looking to getting his pilots license. This is something he has wanted to do for a very long time but wasn't ever sure he could pass the medical exam because of his eyes so he never pursued it. But I decided that he needed to be doing something that he wants to do so I researched it and I'm pretty sure with what I found out from the FAA that he can pass the medical exam and be licensed so he is going to flight school in the fall as well. I know he will really enjoy it and it will make him happy. And he has another project that he is going to be starting on as well. His dad has an old boat that is need of some major TLC so Brad is taking it and redoing it all and the girls are beyond excited that we will have a boat. It will be fun for the summers for sure!
So we are busy to say the least, but I like it that way...
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