Blogging Maniac

Watch out ladies - I've become a blogging maniac. I've been so terrible at blogging this year, so I intend to make up for it. I don't have much new to say, and certainly nothing as exciting as Abby S's news.

Last weekend Kate, Randy, and Max came to visit. They flew in from Detroit on Friday, so I skipped class to pick them up. We toured the Arch (the day before it broke down stranding hundreds in the capsules!!), and Grants Farm and the Brewery. Robb joined us for supper and Ted Drewes custard afterwards. They all stayed at my apartment and enjoyed having a personal tour guide of the city. Max has learned a new trick. Not only can he say "abby", but every time he does he grabs his back and acts like he is in pain (either from chiropractic or he's in need of chiropractic). Then his dad laughs hysterically and Max gets the cutest little ornery grin on his face. He has been trained to be rotten and he doesn't even know it! We all had a good weekend and then they flew back home on Sunday.

Tomorrow I have tickets to the Cardinals game. I'm actually going to go on the field and sing God Bless America at the game (with 50 other people from church). Robb is going with me, but not singing. Actually, he has to close tomorrow at work, so he'll probably miss the singing part and the 1st inning. They are playing the Brewers, so they will probably loose, but Cards games are fun either way. 24 oz. beers for $8 - who can beat that...OK, pretty much anywhere can beat that price, but the atmosphere makes it worth it!

Robb and I are still at a loss about what to do with our kids. We talked with a priest last week hoping to get some words of wisdom, but instead just got, "Yup, the rules say you have to raise them Catholic". We are still praying about it. This will be my last weekend singing with the youth band at mass. That way Robb and I will be able to attend both his church's service and my mass together. I think that is what we need right now. It's hard to quit singing because I love it so much, but we are getting nowhere trying to live our faith lives seperately. Please pray for us, because we aren't getting engaged until we figure this out.

Alright, I should go to lunch now. Have a good day ladies!!

The Dirty Roommate

Remember that one time at Bluffton when Reba found maggots all over her room because of Ruth's food? Sadly, we too have been having bug problems. It started on the 4th of July with our BBQ and we had all these gnats afterwards. We figured it was because we had tons of leftovers on the counter. As we ate the food, the gnats weren't leaving, so we cleaned the counters. That didn't help. So we cleaned the sink and garbage disposal. That didn't help. We emptied the trash daily. That didn't help. I kept assuming my roommates were dirty and leaving nasty stuff in the house. One day I was making soup and I opened a sealed package of saltines and to my surprise found a little white worm crawling out through the holes at me. It was awful and I nearly puked. My crackers were infested. I looked in my cupboard and realized that there were a LOT of things infested. (Including a year-old box of crutons that Robb likes to snack on!) The more I looked, the more I found. We have a nasty popcorn ceiling and they were everywhere hiding up there. I threw out all of my food and cleaned everything with Clorox wipes, and now the gnat population is much smaller. They aren't gone yet, so I'm still super paranoid, but I think the worst of it is over. But now I'M THE DIRTY ROOMMATE!

A day in the life of Abby

Yesterday I woke up at appoximately 6:30 and took a shower. I slept through morning prayer with my roommate, but the need for extra sleep covered over the usual guilt. I didn't have time to dry my hair, so I went with the wet, semi wavy but not curly look. I ate some Ritz crakers in the car for breakfast. I attended 2 hours of lecture about the abdomen and 2 hours of lecture on X-Rays. It was dull and I fell asleep periodically, all the while studying for an exam later in the day. During lunch I went to a meeting of the Christian Chiropractic Club where we listened to a sermon that was awesome. I had leftover chicken, potatoes, and green beans for lunch. the sermon was all about how much we need God in our lives and as much as that makes a person feel unworthy and pathetic, it was needed. I went to an hour of eyes, ears, nose and throat lecture and finished up memorizing the procedure for abdomen and heart exams. After that I got gowned up and performed the abdomen exam on a classmate of mine and I missed 2 points for forgetting rebound tenderness and hand placement while examing the spleen. She examined my heart perfectly. After that I went home to talk to God and think about the sermon i heard. It was so good. then I slept for 3 hours until Robb came over and woke me up, told me how cute I am when I'm sleepy because I dont' talk back, and then we went out for pizza. Pizarellis is disgusting - a guy was picking under his nails with a fork right on the pizza making surface in front of us, but darn that is good pizza! While we waited we left and went to shoe carnival. I bought 2 pairs of shoes for clinic (in less than 5 minutes) and spend $60. After eating our pizza we returned to my apartment and watch a bit of "don't forget the lyrics. The girl was an awful singer! then robb couldn't stand it so he went home and I watched Greys and Brothers and Sisters on my computer for 3 hours while I wrote letters to Reba, Joseph - my Bangla pen-friend, and Harriet - from Uganda. I fell asleep at 12:00 and set my alarm for 5:30 AM for mass. No wonder why I sleep in class. How was your day?