here i sit desperately trying to keep my eyes open and Grace tromps around the hard wood floor at my parents house in my mother's shoes, that of course have heels on them so the little clip clop clip clop sound is hard to miss. She does not like wearing her own shoes right now she prefers something with at least a 1.5 inch heel. She takes after her auntie pie I guess.

Overwhelmed?

Things are more than a little stressful at the moment and there are so many more questions than answers.

Everything I say and/or do is wrong.

My opinions have no consequence.

I can't seems to make anyone happy.

The emotional ups and downs that are my life are insanely irritating.

So if your coming over to attack me and tell me how horrible I am (again) please just pass on by because I may snap.

Consider yourself warned.

Welcome to the ER how can I help you?

I have recently started working at the local ED (emergency department) I am in registration and I am utterly and completely amazed at how different people handle different situations. I have seen some really gross things and I have seen some things that leave me wondering WHY on earth you could go to the doctor for that!?

I have been training for the last couple of weeks and I'm nearly completion of the training and am being prepared to be left on my own to fend for myself against crazy mothers whose children are "DYING" *two stitches later they are fine and people coming off of new "energy pills" that swear the world is ending!

Gleek!

I adore this show. The music, the stories, the fascinating hair.

Living History

Mr. Chase had a job interview in downtown Ogden this afternoon so we got to spend the afternoon in Ogden. Daisy and I wandered around the town square and played at the park while Mr. Chase interviewed and then we headed down to Union Station to grab lunch at

After lunch we wandered around the station and and climbed through some of the old trains that they had to look at. It was so fun!

Then we wandered through Fat Cats arcade and watched people "surf" on the flow rider.

Question:

is there anything better in the world than holding a small baby?

How I Spent My Morning

I have always been a dreamer, not so much a planner, I tend to plot quietly.

Instead of doing what I SHOULD be doing this morning (homework, getting dressed, having grand adventures with Daisy) I have spent the morning watching PBS and plotting the ultimate roadtrip. Mr. Chase spent some time in Charleston, SC and he talks about it like its this magical beautiful place and since I've been fascinated with the Carolinas thanks in part to Nicolas Sparks and partly to the fact my father was born @ Ft. Bragg, they have always been this mystical place. So wandering through travel sites today I discovered that for the 3 of us Mr. Chase, Daisy (since she's now 2 and would need her own seat) and myself to fly would cost well over $2000 (and that's JUST THE FLIGHT)!!! I couldn't believe it we could do NYC AND DC for that cost, and that's flights, food and lodging!!!

So being the creative traveler that I am have plotted the ultimate roadtrip. Logan to Chicago, Chicago to Charleston, Charleston to New Orleans, New Orleans to Phoenix, Phoenix to San Diego then LA to Home. Its just a measely 6000+ miles. 18 States, and the opportunity to see the vast expanse that are these great United States. And the places we would get to visit along the way by default...Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Houston, & NASHVILLE just to name a few. {that would be somewhere we would HAVE to stop} I figure gas would cost roughly the price of ONE round trip ticket to SC. Now you add in staying at a variety of seedy motels, and dining at delicious dives along the way, I'm STILL $700 below the cost of the flight.

I have always dreamed of driving route 66 from Chicago to LA in a convertible but this trip would satisfy that desire. We would get to see amazing things and the food... oh the food, Alton Brown from Food Network does a summer road trip (for the last two or three years) called Feasting On Asphalt, and we could liken our trip after his.

The reality of getting to do this is slim to none but getting to plot this grand adventure has entertained my imagination for the better part of Dinosaur Train, Word World and DragonTales :)