We killed a tree among other things

Last week Eric told me that he got his cell phone bill and I bet you cannot guess how many pages it was!  It was 51 pages long! Well now you might be as confused as I was from this news.  So I asked him..."why the heck was it so long?!" He preceded to tell me that his phone company prints off all of the text messages that are sent or received and because we text so frequently the bill was 51 pages. I was then relieved to find out that it was an electronic bill and he did not receive a hard copy of the bill which would have killed a tree for sure.  How crazy is it to print off all of the texts a person sends and receives!? I just hope that people around the country who have his phone service are not wasting this paper and have electronic bills as well. What a waste of paper every month!

So me and Eric have been up to many other things since my last post about us.  Eric's mom graduated from WCTC and she invited me to her graduation and her party afterwards.  It was a really nice ceremony and day.  I was able to meet some of Eric's family which was really nice and I felt like I really fit in well with them. I was included in some of the family pictures which was really sweet and it made me feel like a part of the family.  I don't have these pictures yet because Eric never sent them to me ( hint hint Eric...you should send me those pictures!)  We played catch phrase for a little while and also had a small fire.  It was a nice day and I really enjoyed it.  Here are a few pictures from that day. 

Eric thinks that this face is better than smiling. 
I will say he looks pretty cute in this picture
but I like when he smiles. :)

Eric really likes cake...look at his face!  I think he is about to devour the whole cake in one bite!

Eric had to drive me home, a little early because I was exhausted! We seem to be making a habit of that because he had to do the same thing after the brewer game we went to.

Eric picked some great seats hey!? Let me just inform you that this was the first brewers game I watched at miller park.  I remember going and watching a game when I was 8 and my mom tells me that I hated it.  But I really enjoyed this game on this day and Eric has gotten me like baseball.  He has taught me a lot, but I did know a little bit when I cam in to following this sport.  For example, I know that there are three strikes and your out, three outs and it is the next teams turn to bat, and three balls and you walk to first.  I think that is all right.  The night we went to the game it was dollar hotdog night! The hotdogs were very good! Eric and his friend Colin made a pact that they would eat a hotdog for each strikeout that the opposing team got.  Well, they were getting a lot of strikeouts so they switched it to the the number of strikeouts the brewers got.  I think Eric ate 5 or 6 hotdogs and Colin ate 4.5.  This game, the brewers had around 12 strikeouts.  Needless to say, they didn't really hold their pact and failed a little bit.  It sure was funny to watch and listen to them try to do it though.  

Me and Eric, taken by Colin.  The picture is a little blurry cause Colin doesn't have steady hands.  Also the shirt I am wearing is the first brewers shirt that I have ever owned!

Me and Eric have been having a lot of fun together.  We have been working through how to balance both of our work schedules and other commitments and spending time together.  We are doing a pretty good job so far.  We will be hanging out the next three days so I cannot wait to share some more of our adventures! 

Oh and if you are keeping tabs, the first things we crossed off of our list was the brewers game, and we plan on going to many many more.

This link is for Eric.  He will understand the significance.  I apologize for the inside joke, but it is a funny clip nonetheless. 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zqhnCrQhjPA

The Big Bang theory is priceless!

Okay that is all for now.  

I love my new job <3

I know it's been awhile since I have posted, but it's been a busy week.  I started my new job last Monday and I love it.  It was busy, stressful, and an information overload the first few days.  But after three days I was doing it all on my own.  My trainer was very helpful and I love the doctor I am working with.  We have seen a lot of interesting patients and my favorite part is that my doctor sees kids! I love kids!  Due to HIPPA laws I obviously can't tell you all the details about who I see with the doctor but if any interesting cases come up I will let you know without giving you the nitty gritty details.  My doctor is really great because he will explain things to me and give me his opinions and let me ask all of my crazy questions about what different diagnoses and medications are. He has really also showed me the joys and wonders of family practice and being able to control your own hours as a doctor.  He has a family and two young kids who he is able to spend a lot of time with; he even can coach his kids softball, baseball, and basketball teams.  I love this because this is the type of parent I want to be! 

After working a few days and spending over eight hours a day staring at a computer, I realized I was straining to see the words and letters on the screen. For those of you who don't know, I have worn glasses for 11 years.  So anyways I was very grateful that I had gone and got my eyes checked only the week before and was only waiting for my new glasses and prescription to arrive! 

These are what my new glasses look like! These were just the trial pair in the store, but you can see how they look.  I love them, and best of all my mom thinks I look like a nerd and Eric thinks they are sexy!  I can't wait to test them out at work tomorrow!!

Summer 2013

Well today, after Eric finishes his last exam (GOOD LUCK ERIC) it is officially summer for the both of us.  We decided to create a list of things that we wanted to do this summer.  This is our list.:

 It is not a comprehensive list.  In fact, we have already went and got coffee, and babysat my cousins kids, which are things not on this list.  But these are all of the things that we have thought that we would like to do this summer.

On Tuesday, I went and got coffee with Eric and wished him luck on one of his exams.  It was so nice to be able to see him so easily and not be 90 miles apart anymore.  Eric got his usual Hazlenut latte, but I introduced him to a Frappuccino and he loved it!  I love introducing him to new things and i like that he is introducing me to new things that he likes as well.

I got the new mocha cookie crumble frappaccino.  It was good  but I like the normal mocha frappaccino better.

Yesterday, we spent most of the day together.
My cousin needed me to babysit two of her kids and Eric joined me.  Eric drove to my house in the morning and then we went and got coffee again, and then Eric bought us all donuts! Once we got to my cousins house we sat around, ate our donuts and sipped our frappuccinos, and Ayden, who is four, played video games while little Brian, who is two, ran around the house.  I told Eric that i do not want my kids playing video games at such a young age.  I just feel like four is too young for video games, especially violent ones.  We then went to the park right before lunch time.  It was a lot of fun and the kids loved it and they enjoyed playing with Eric.  I love seeing Eric around the kids and I love that they like him!  It really makes me smile and I enjoy the time that we spend together with them.  Eric pushed the kids on the swings and helped me keep an eye on both of them.  He also pretended with Ayden that the creepers (taken from Minecraft video game)  were going to get them when it was night time and once it was night time they had to go to sleep and their beds were the slides pictured here.  It was so funny to see Ayden yelling at Eric to go to sleep!  Eric was so good with them, playing along and kind of being a kid again.

All the boys at the top of the slide.

All smiles at the bottom!

Literally two seconds later, Hammy was on the
ground eating dirt and wood chips.

Hammy, the youngest fell, a few times and they were hard falls.  I was so nervous that he was going to get really hurt, but he didn't cry at all.  Me and Eric talked about what a nervous wreck I am going to be when I have my own kids because I was freaking out a little.

The Picture on the left has Hammy (aka Brian Jr.) whose nickname comes from Hand-me-downs cause he is the youngest.  Ayden is on the right of Hammy.  And then me and Eric are in the picture on the right.  Its our first picture of our summer adventures.

After watching the kids, we spent some time helping Eric's mom get ready for her graduation party on Saturday and then we went to Olive Garden with his parents.  It was a nice day and I was exhausted by the end of it.  I even fell asleep texting Eric and forgot to say goodnight...oops!

Official graduate and working adult...oh my!!

GRADUATION!!!  (I am saying that like the celebrate song where it goes celebration!! Come on and celebrate and have a good time-- just wanted you to know how that was happening in my head).  So yup that is right, I graduated last Sunday. It was a really great day.  My mom and my uncle and aunt and his kids and their kids, and my amazing boyfriend were all there.  I was a nervous anxious reck as usual though.  It was so weird to finally by graduating.  I still remember going to graduation my freshmen year to see one of my really great friends at the time graduate, and a few seconds later, or what felt like only a few seconds, I was the one graduating.  I never thought I would actually get there!  So like I said I was so anxious. On my way up to receive my degree, I was shaking, yes literally shaking, I don't know why, just a lot of nerves and such I guess.  But I made it across the stage...without tripping...and got that wonderful degree. It feels great!!

So it's been awhile since I have written.  I start my onside training for my job next Monday.  All last week I was doing my online training. I am a little nervous, but definitely ready to get started at a real job.

Also, me and my boyfriend Eric have been spending a lot of time together.  He was at my graduation and it was so nice of him to be there, especially cause it was mothers day.  He really helped me relax and calmed me down that day.  We were caught kissing up on the hill, where the graduates line up before the ceremony.  These are the picture the reporters captured.

I have been picked on by my family so much for these two pictures, it has been crazy, but it is why I love them.  Also, my cap says "I love you mom"  cause I love my mom so much and she has been there for me and supported and believed in me the last four years and I do not know where I would be without her.  So Happy Mother's Day again MOM!  I love you!

So I have decided to write my blog about the adventures and times that me and Eric spend together this summer.  I have a few activities that we have already done that I will write more about tonight or tomorrow.  I can't wait to share some of them with you.

Keep Your FINGERS CROSSED again!

Well it is official, I am a working college graduate.  Well I am technically not a graduate yet, and I am not working yet...  but I got offered the scribe job today!  It is really fantastic.  I had my first phone interview on Monday, a second phone interview on Wednesday, and was offered the job today!  It couldnt have been a more perfect sequence of events.  I am so happy, and this job is perfect.  I cannot wait to tell you all more about it once I start.  Next week I will be going through 50 hours of online training and after that I will have 50 hours of on the site training and then I am officially an employee.  I am very excited to start this part of my life!

Tomorrow are my exams and since all of your fingers being crossed and good thoughts about me getting this job worked our so well, I am asking you to cross your fingers one last day for me.  I have two exams tomorrow, and then I am done.  I have been studying a lot, so I really do think I am ready but they are still going to be hard.  I just need to get through the next 24 hours and then I coast until graduation next Sunday!

Thank you all for crossing your fingers and praying for me.  I am so happy!