Ketchup. Catsup. Catch-up.

Random thoughts. 

I had a guest speaker today at work.  He is a therapist and he talked about the people he sees in his marriage classes.  Most of the arguing stems from this one fact: wife likes to work and then play, husband likes to play and then work.   Uhhh, light bulb.   This makes so very much sense.   All this time Caden thought I was boring for wanting to do dishes before playing outside and I thought he was just being silly for not putting away the laundry before he went longboarding.   Well, this makes so much sense now.    Thank you free marriage counseling.   

Yesterday was my first day as a real honest nurse.  They have me orient two shifts on every floor for the entire month of November.  Yesterday the nurse thought I could handle it and let me take three patients all by myself.  She didn't follow me into the rooms, she didn't watch me give meds, she didn't tell me what to do.  She just let me be a nurse, and it was such an incredible, scary, exciting, worrying, thrilling day.   I didn't manage to kill anyone.  Only cut my finger once.  And didn't forget anyones medications.   Pretty much a rockstar.

We signed a year lease on our cute apartment.  The lease is up in March.  It's now November.  We haven't even considered moving or looking or buying or renting or anything.   Slightly stressed.  Mostly  concerned that I'm not really concerned.   Things have just kind of worked themselves out for Caden and I and I feel like that might be the case again come March.  Maybe, just maybe, this awesome house will show up in the perfect neighborhood and only be $20 to buy.   Here's to hoping.

Speaking of big plans--Caden takes his GRE test in two weeks.  This is similiar to an SAT in that it's a bunch of general information that he is tested on: math, reading, history, geology, science, etc.   He must to well in order to be accepted into the graduate program that he chooses.  In real life scenario, I would be stressed out of my mind for this test.  However, Caden is the best test taker I have ever met in my entire life.  He studies for an hour and can pull a 90% without breaking a sweat.  I could study for 7 hours straight, 7 days a week and be lucky to pull off an 80%.   That boy has testing gifts.    I pray that he rocks it and may the odds forever be in his favor.

Things are happening in the Hall house.  Lots of testing, new jobs, new schooling, new houses, new plans.   All this growing up and getting older.   It's such a fun time.   And such a new experience. 

Cheers to new things.
Kudos to change.
and good thoughts for my Caden on his test.