The picture is dark, but its the only one I have on the computer so far. I have some more on my camera but havent gotten them to the web yet. Leave me alone... IM BUSY!! Anyway, I met Ian at a party I did NOT want to go to... I had on a Penn sweatshirt, my hair was greasy and pulled back and I had on no make up=not my A-game. But we were introduced and hit it off... he got my number... and the rest is history. He's been in Florida on vacation this week but I am picking him up from the airport tonight and I can't wait to see him :-) I work all weekend... so we won't get to see one another until his superbowl party... but you know what they say about absence! He's a really sweet guy and he makes me laugh a lot... tammy and brandon went out with us last saturday so they could meet him, and they liked him too. He's shy... which was a bit of a shock to Tammy. But I talk so much that I need a quieter guy so I can make sure I get all the time I need to be heard, right?!?! Anyway, things are going well. We're trying to take it slow... but... you know how that goes :-) He was born and raised in Missouri but his fam moved to Idaho a few years ago. he loves east texas though and hates the cold. he invited me to go with him to missouri to meet his sister and best friend in a few weeks for his birthday... which I'm looking forward too :-) for our first date, we ate really good mexican food and then went bowling... after he came to my house to meet my parents and pick me up. Randy's requirements. He wanted to put the fear of God in him :-) Not sure if he succeeded, but he tried and Ian got the point... i'm important and if you f**k up, you have a lot of people to answer to!

Im starting my ICU course on tuesday, which I am excited about, but I go back on orientation and can't go at my own pace anymore. Back in the "student" seat. I am not terribly excited about that... but we must jump through hoops to get where we want to be. such is life.

Hope all is well! More pictures to come!

Love,

Cas

Ummm, hello? Ahem? Is this thing on?

Hi family! I am not dead, but rather, alive and well :-) I have been going 90-to-nothing since i moved back home in october. I am working at a Neuro ICU/Intermediate stepdown unit and learning a lot. The hardcore ICU class starts in Feb, but I take 4-5 intermediate patients on my own after a 6-week psuedo-orientations. I look stupid a lot :-) And only one doctor has made me cry... but I hid it well and was not found out. I learned that no one will go to bat for you if taking responsibility for their own actions may cause consequence for them. They will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat. Not my kind of world, but the one in which we live :-/

So work is good. My little 2008 Toyota Yaris was running just fine until a sports car ran me over from behind on christmas eve. He was going about 50 and I, ony about 15, and he was looking out the window to the left. So, he threw me into the car in front of me but after I skidded a ways. I had two impacts but the worst part is that my coffee went everywhere. My sister Jamie (randy's daughter) was there in a heartbeat because mom was out of town and she walked me through the process of after-accident-bullshit. You always remember your first time, i guess :-) Or so I'm told!!!!!!!!

the last bit of news i have is that i am falling in love :-) hardcore. But dont tell him that because i dont want him to run for the hills! never felt this way about anyone and he... he... i don't know. he's just great. his name is ian. he's 26 and handsome as the day is long? Wanna see a picture? I thought I would take a poll. Anyway - that's all from me for now... life is good. I am on the right track and plan to keep moving in this direction... it's serving me well!

LOVE!
Cas