I am now a full time employee!!!! Paid vacations, paid holidays, and benefits! Yay! I have been a part time employee (the last three years, full time hours) I just pray that my kids (especially Anna) are ready for this.

Can I get a "woot woot"!!??

I PASSED!!!

I was so scared that I would not pass my certification test for Pharmacy Tech....but I did!! I am so glad that I studied as much as I did though. Especially the math/equations for compounds and I.V.! And if I'm reading my results correctly....I did pretty good! Yay!!!

To celebrate my accomplishment, Jere and I went to lunch at Red Lobster. Yummy! I haven't been there since I took my mom (just before she died). It was always her favorite place to go out to eat. Then later, Jere and I went out with some friends for dinner at Goog's...yummy as well. Wow, eating out twice in one day! We usually don't eat out that much in a whole year! Good times were had with Wade and Heather, found my new favorite drink!! Heather has a way of getting me in some serious trouble with the drinks. Saturday was a good day!

Well, today (Sunday) we have to make a trip into town and get a few groceries, but other than that...not too much else. Maybe we will get the kids a couple of supply items for school??? We will see.

Ooops!

Yay!....so much for keeping a journal of our vacation! We did how ever thoroughly enjoy ourselves and had a wonderful time with family. My uncle Jon is just as I always remember him....a hoot! And his wife Shay, well let just say "We love her!"
We swam in the ocean and learned to boogie board. We went to the Virginia Aquarium and petted stingrays. And we had a personal tour of the USS Vella Gulf. Wish we had more time to spend with family.
One of the things that I became very aware of....I saw a lot of my mom in spending time with Uncle Jon. I don't know quite how to explain it. Sometimes a look in his eyes, the way he would smile, and mostly when we talked and shared stories. I am so glad we went. The only things that would have made it better....was if she was there with us. In a way she was. Her spirit was there.
I miss her so much lately.

Well, this week I take my certification test. I am petrified!! Everyone says I will do fine, but I want to ace it!! And that isn't gonna happen. The hospital crap is gonna kill my chances. But I figure that if I ace the other areas....I should have a relatively decent grade/score. So I have been boning up on drugs and studying my myself insane. I am quite a bugger to live with right now!!!
Speaking of studying...I should get back to it!