Christmas Shopping

It is finally Thanksgiving break and I am so excited. This means that we only have two more weeks in the semester. YAY!
Today Ben and I went to Wal-Mart. We had our cute little shopping of about three items and left with about twenty items. We would have stayed in budget, but Ben suggested getting Christmas lights for the tree. So we went over to the Christmas section and lights just didn't seem justice. We had to get the little round ornaments, then that didn't seem good enough so we had to get the icicles (you know, the really messy ones, otherwise it's no fun). We just had to get a candle. It's my moms rule, if you have a fake tree you have to by a smelly candle to compensate. There wasn't a pine sented candle so we settled for vanilla. We decided that we need a little more than a tree to decorate this year to make up for our lack of decoration last year, so we got window decorations. After all that we realized we didn't even have stockings so then we had to get those. It was so much fun! I wanted to keep going, but we decided we better wait for next paycheck. Oh yeah, we also got a nativity set. I really embarrassed Ben over that one. Ben told me not to post the story on the blog, but it's kind of funny. Ben and I were in the same isle, but at opposite ends of the isle. I was looking at the nativity scenes and I saw this nativity scene with a black wiseman. In all the nativity scenes in my life I have never seen a black wiseman. So I said, "Hey Ben, come look at this nativity scene. There is a black wiseman." Ben was so embarrassed and ashamed of me. He came barreling toward me telling me to keep it down or I'm going to get us beat up and on top of all that he told me I was being racist. In my defense I just have to say that I love people of all shapes, sizes, and colors. I didn't mean anything bad by the wiseman scene, I just haven't ever seen a black wiseman in a nativity set before.
That's about the excitement of this week though. We went to the doctor earlier today. We heard the babies heart beat answered a few questions and that was about it. Ben and I will post pictures next week when we put up the decorations.

Two dates in a week!

This week has been a really good week for Ben and I. We went out on two dates if you can believe it. We never get to go out. We only see each other on Sunday and Tuesday nights. Ben is very good though. My mom calls him my wife because he does practically everything. I have been so busy with the nursing program. I only work one shift a week, but I have so much studying and clinicals in another city on top of it that it feels like I can't find time for anything. Ben puts me to shame because he is doing really good in his classes and he works 32-40 hours a week and he cleans the house, on top of all that he helps me with my homework when I can't keep up. Lately he's been in a cooking cooking mode too. He is a hard worker and he never complains.
Ben asked me out on a hot date Tuesday night. He's such a big hunk of man love that I just couldn't resist. He took my to my favorite Chinese restaurant. It was so good. There was so much food that neither of us could finish even half of it. We also went to the video store and rented a couple movies and stayed up late watching them.

Thursday I had clinicals again. Only two left now (YAY!). Clinicals has been good for me as much as I whine about it. It has helped me learn a few things. It has helped me learn that as crude and vulgar as some people are they are still good people. It has desensitized me. I always thought that it was bad when someone gets desensitized to things, but I think there is good in it because for one you are really hard to offend and it makes you less likely to place judgement. Those are two good qualitites to have because people are going to be who they are going to be and there is not a lot you can do about it. If you get offended all the time nobody wants to be around you because that is the kind of person who can give it, but can't take it. If you judge people too soon nobody wants to be around you because any private thing they confide in you they are afraid you are going to tell others.

After clinicals I was on my way to Rulan and Kathy's so I could register Ben for fall classes, but then Ben called and told me he was skipping class so I had him do it. I hear I missed out on a great dinner though.

Saturday was an awesome day. Dallin came over. It has been a very long time since we've seen him. Ben and I set him up on a blind date with Allison, one of my nursing buddies. It was so fun. We went to Outerlimits and played blacklight golf. We played two rounds and the girls won both games (and p.s. for those doubters out there, I did not cheat, Dallin and Ben wouldn't even let me hold the score board). When we were finished we came back to our apartment and ate chicken nuggets for dinner. It was delicious. We played a couple games. Ben and I lost both games, one we lost by two points. It was so fun to have a group to play with. We haven't played with a group for a while. I think Dallin and Allison had a good time too. I called Dallin after he took her home and he told me he got her number. Hopefully there will be a second date because I am a pretty good people matcher if I do say so myself.

Here are a couple pictures back from Halloween (I still have to get my sisters dancing pictures posted, when I get their dvd I will post it).

This is one of Ben's masterpieces. They were sure yummy!

I would like to say that this is what we did Halloween, but we were both really sick and in bed all day, but we still had a pumpkin to carve and we didn't want to waste it so this is the week after Halloween.

This is just an in-the-dark picture. Kind of cool.

11/16-11/22

Not too much happened last week, but I am bound and determined to make a new post each week so that we don't get behind again. Ben and I were both very busy this last week. Ben had a few tests and so did I so we didn't see each other very much. We did, however, manage to find time to do our patriotic duty and vote on election day. We went over to Center St. and cast our ballots. It was pretty worthless though. Ben was feeling sympathetic and voted for Ralph Nader and I voted for Rulan Cook and neither won. Don't worry Rulan, I won't give up on you. I will vote for you again 2012 and if Ralph Nader is still alive I'm sure Ben will vote for him.
I went to Idaho Falls Wednesday night and went to Chelsie and Angie's Dr. Slaughter DARE awards. The girls have been working really hard since July learning dances with the Dr. Slaughters DARE 'vampire dance team' and volunteered their time and energy to the DARE program. DARE puts on a spook house every year and these kids volunteer to help. They spend 5-9 hours six days a week just in the month of October to help raise money for DARE and they don't get a cent of it. I could never do that. DARE gave gave them a dvd of them dancing at the spook house I will load it on the blog for anyone who wants to see them dance.
Thursday I had clinicals. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate clinicals? If I haven't then now you know I do. After clinicals was over I went to Rulan and Kathy's. Ben was jealous (as he should have been). He was in Pocatello at his biology lab while I was eating steaks and playing skipbo with his mom and dad. I know I shouldn't rub it in, but I know he would if it were him so I have to get a jab in every chance I get.

Weekly Events

This has been a long week for both Ben and I. I have had morning sickness everyday this week and not one day has gone without me throwing up. On top of all of that I brought a lovely cold home that I think I caught from one of the little nursery kids. I started getting sick from the cold on Tuesday and it was in full effect by Friday. Ben was even sick. We both layed in bed until noon. Ben was funny. He was really sick and he was laying in bed and I was in and out of the bathrooom throwing up and I said to Ben, "I hate today, I feel so awful" and he said, "I know how you feel" so I said, "Oh, are you pregnant too". I was just being a smart-aleck, but there was a lot of truth to it.
Poor Ben had a bad day Friday all in all. He was sick and he had to work at 2:00 and his shift was awful because all the residents were acting up then after his shift he called me on the phone (or so he says, I do not remember this conversation at all) and it woke me up and he asked if I wanted him to pick me up something from the store. He was being so nice and thoughtful, but apparently I told him that he was a jerk for something or other and then I hung up on him. I don't remember the phone call at all. I don't even remember him coming home, but I remember him getting into bed and he was so grumpy and I asked him why he was so grumpy, but he wouldn't talk to me and so I got mad at him because to my knowledge I hadn't done anything and then in the morning he told me what happened and I felt bad, but at the same time I told him I was sleep talking so he shouldn't take it personal. Poor guy.
Earlier this week Ben and I went to the monthy check up. We kind of got to hear the heart beat. The nurse turned on a monitor and noise was coming from it, but I've never seen one of those things before so I didn't know what the noise was and the nurse didn't say anything so I just thought it was the machine. Then Ben asked if the noise was the babies heartbeat and the nurse said yes and then shut it off. I wanted to choke her because she didn't explain anything and I have never done this before so how was I supposed to know what it was, so it kind of took away from the moment, but at least we know for next time.