Certified Pharmacy Technician

...that is what I now am!!!

I was so nervous 2 nights ago, studying last minute (as always) for my test the following morning. So much of what was on my practice tests came from working in a hospital or compounding pharmacy & as I went to bed, I felt so hopeless. I woke up bright & early, made it there on time, & finished 90 questions in less than half an hour. It may seem dumb but I'm always oober excited when I finish tests quicker than everyone else. At the end of the test, the word "PASS" appeared. I couldn't believe it. Everyone told me I could do it but I had so little faith in myself.

When I got to work later that day, they had ordered pizza in my "honor" I guess you could say. I am so relieved to have that test behind me & to now be a CPhT. I am also glad to have done something to make my parents & big sister proud of me. I have never been the greatest at college but this is something I achieved on my own :)

vacation - all I ever wanted

Being a newlywed while in college & working full time makes planning vacations/family time a lot more difficult. I try to plan everything in advance to reduce problems so here are my plans so far:

• We go to Nashville every free weekend we get to see my family & friends because we don't really have much of that in Cleveland. I also hope to celebrate my sister, mine, & my best friend's birthday there :)
• We are planning almost an entire 2 weeks in Florida to visit family, relax, get away, swim, & welcome our new niece into the world.
• Last Thanksgiving was with the Joplins, so this Thanksgiving is with the Taylors.
• Our first Christmas together will be with the Joplins, then we will go to Florida to have a week with Joshua's family as well.
• While in Florida for New Year's, we want to go spend our 1 year anniversary on the beach alone together ♥
  

When we first got married, we thought "we'll never see a vacation or our family. We'll be too tied down to do anything else." However, I'm extremely dedicated to any form of vacation & am very proud of myself for planning this all out. YAY me!
In this week's news...
I may have called a man a "d bag" on the phone & may have not hung it up all the way before doing so. However, when he called back & said "I'm the d bag & I'd like to speak to your pharmacist," he told my pharmacist he realized afterwards that he was being rude & having a bad attitude because he was in a hurry. He showed up with a much better attitude, I learned to hang the phone up completely before releasing my ugly anger, & no one got in trouble. Working in a pharmacy is a lot harder than people understand & people are a lot more hateful than I ever thought.

I also have to work all day every day this week & am praying for my time at CVS in Cleveland to be short & sweet. I have a great job, but I can't take hours on end on my feet. I want to be out doing what I'm called to do & I'm too exhausted from my job to squeeze anything else in, including sleep :(

Lastly, I would like to be able to relax this weekend & just enjoy time with my Husband. I see him every night when I get off work if I don't pass out upon coming through the door, but I want time awake with him!

I'm done whining now. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about things despite hating working 24/7, school, & being away from the people I love the most. I'm just so sore! Hope everyone is having a great week & that mine gets better as it progresses :)

dear "president" obama

I appreciate that you won't recognize or take part in our country's National Day of Prayer (in a time when our country needs it MORE than ever) but that you say that you are praying privately on this day.

It's so sweet of you to straddle the road on every major issue our country faces. A country built on Christian values & in God we trust, but you can't pray with your nation. Then, when chastised, you say you did pray but by yourself. You may say you aren't personally for gay marriage, but you aren't man enough to stand up against it & for your own supposed values because that would be stirring the waters. You won't say straight forward that you love God & are a firm believer but you won't say that you don't believe either because then less people will follow your foolish & empty promises. For the Muslim people you like to be called by Hussein but here you are known for your black heritage. Your life, your values, your beliefs, your battles all depend on who you're around at the present moment. Why did we allow the simple minded to band together & listen to one word, "change," and allow them to bring such a man into power? A man that won't even pray for his country & had men arrested outside of the White House on NDOP for their praying. "But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father in heaven." - Matthew 10:33

You can't lead this country, especially for the fact that you honestly believe you're in charge now. God has always & will always be in charge & there is no way around that. My hope is for the Christian majority of this country to band together & pray for you, your family, & the men that sit with you. That your minds be exposed to the great lengths the Lord has gone to to provide everything for everyone(including those unborn babies that you are allowing to be "terminated" because you are pro-choice...life is not a choice unless your next big move is to legalize murder of any kind). That you see that He is willing to forgive you for all you have done & for the legalizing of sins in this Christian nation. That you realize that this nation needs God, not you.
Our prays are with you, obama.