Well hello there blog...

Maybe I'll try and get back into blogging.  It is a good release, after all.  So I'll sum up each previous month.  Or something like that!

1.  January.

Nothing really exciting happened.  I got back into a good work out routine, only to discover that my tibia and fibula on the bad leg had reseparated due to some interosseous membrane tearing.  This lead to more surgery.  NOT EVEN KIDDING.

2.  February.

Well the first thing in February was the fixation/redo of the ankle problems.  Literally.  Because this happened on February first at about 9 o'clock a.m.  At about 10 o'clock a.m. it started to snow.  And it kept snowing.  The nurses in the hospital, at which I had to spend the night due to some bad nausea that was ensuing, were kind enough to open my blinds so that I could watch the snow fall down.  All 20 inches of it!! That's the most snow that I have ever seen!  And the next exciting thing to happen was school was cancelled the next day! So I didn't miss that much work.  

The rest of February was pretty uneventful.  I turned 23.  I studied.  Yup that's pretty much it.

3.  March.

March brought (somewhat) warmer weather and with that spring break.  My mother and I went to Disney World, even though I was on crutches.  Mom actually pushed me around the parks. We had a lot of fun though!! It was around 85 or 90 degrees and sunny the entire time we were there! After Disney, I had to go back to school...but I got to get my pins removed.  This time they even let me keep the pins! Which is pretty awesome.

This is me at Cinderella's fountain.  She is my favorite princess, and I think this is one of my favorite pictures from the trip.  And there's the crutches to prove that I brought them to Disney.  And yes, Disney workers, I can transfer from the wheelchair to the ride.  That's why I brought the crutches.

4.  April.

April really brought spring weather.  Yes, there were still some cold-ish days, but I was finally able to wear some warmer clothes. I got to go home for Easter time.  Which was a really nice break.  Even though we do that crazy block testing now at school, Easter fell during week two of the block, so I didn't have to study too much.  Other than that, I think that April was relatively uneventful.  There was some more studying that occurred.  As always.

5.  May.

May brought a wedding to the Majchrzak family!  Okay, it wasn't mine - it was my cousin Katie's wedding.  She was a beautiful bride, and it was nice to get out of Kirksville for a weekend/it was the same weekend as Mother's Day so I got to see my mom!  Fun stuff.  Then, we had the epic end of the first school year.  There was another finals week, and then our OMS-I testing and some other cool stuff.  And then the year was over and I did not fail out!  Which was great!

This is my cousin Katie (the bride), her sister, my cousin Chrissie (the maid of honor) and me (a bridesmaid).  We had tons of fun!

6.  June

June brought my two week preceptorship.  I got to work closely with a doctor for two weeks and this was an eye opening experience for me.  My preceptor's practice was in a lower-income area, and when I saw how much they did for their patients, I was truly amazed.  

I did get to have some fun in June.  One of my very good friends growing up got married, and then wedding was a good time!  My father and I went to King's Island, OH and rode a bunch of roller coasters.  This was the second awesome theme park in two years.  Then, I went to visit my brother in the D.C. and Baltimore area.  We went to a Cardinals/Orioles game, and toured around the various Smithsonians and other touristy things.  Finally, I went to Kansas City with my mom to see my cousin graduate from her Family Practice Residency program.  I just kept telling myself...six more years.  Heehee.

This was my favorite ride in King's Island, "The Beast."  It is the world's longest and fastest wooden roller coaster, at 7500 feet and I think close to 75 mph.  AWESOME.

My brother and I parked illegaly to visit this cool place.  Enough said.

7.  July.

Sure some cool stuff has happened so far.  Like moving to my new apartment and getting a new backpack.  And bumming around St. Louis doing cool things.

HOWEVER...something very very very very epic happened.  It involved going to a Midnight Movie Release with the awesome Whitney Cordray.  And watching the final Harry Potter Movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  And I may have seen it 3 times total in the weekend of its release.

Whitney coined this phrase (and made t-shirts): 7 books, 8 movies, 10+ years, 1 ending childhood.  This sums up more than one could possibly imagine.

I think this sums up everything so far.  If you made it through the whole post, YOU ARE AWESOME. 

The end.

Quarter 2!

Quarter 2 just began today.  I think that it's going to be good.

I've got my study skills in order and (although there will be adjustments) feel like they will work pretty good.  At least I hope so!

I don't have a lot more to say, but I haven't checked in for a while...so there's the short update.

As a side note,  there was this movie that just came out.  It was pretty awesome.  Here's the picture for those of you who may not be able to figure it out!

Let's just say that it was AMAZING.  And now I can't wait for July.   

Harry Potter and Church shouldn't mix.

Today was the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary time in the Roman Catholic Church.  The second reading was from 1 Cor 12:12-14 & 27.  (This was the short reading, for those who care). 

Brothers and sisters:
As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, 

so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Now the body is not a single part, but many.
You are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.

So first off, I was quite upset that we did not sing "We Are Many Parts" by Marty Haugen.  I really like that song and it has a really really nice Alto harmony part.  But anyways, during the homily, our deacon was talking about how the Catholic is church is one body, etc. and how all of us feel each other's feelings whenever things happen.  One of the examples that he gave was that of when people die each member of the Catholic church loses a little bit of soul.  I thought of how Voldemort, once all of the horcruxes were gone, couldn't have lost any soul because he didn't have any left.  And then I realized how horrible I am.  But I'm sure that this isn't bad, right?

I must not tell lies.

Well, well I have two things of interest today.

The first just happens to do with Harry Potter (as most of my days/posts seem to)!! So I received Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for Christmas. Having an inkling that I was getting it at Christmas, I decided to watch the other movies and currently am finishing up the Order of the Phoenix. However, after watching Prisoner of Azkaban, I decided to re-read the book, because I couldn't remember some of the specifics from the book, and that's very very annoying to me. So today at work, I was reading the book between phone calls from nurses and complaints from workers - talk about ridiculous - and I came to a realization that I had a long time ago and forgot about: the books are TEN times better than the movies. Just sayin.' And I'm not one of those people that hates the movies, I enjoy to see the visualizations that the directors/producers/J.K. come up with. Anyway, the books are great and are the real reason that I love this series of books. And it's not a "saga," like Twilight, it's a real series. So much more legit.

So there's the first order of business. The second order of business happens to deal with my ongoing injury.

I met with my new Orthopedic Surgeon today, Dr. Sigmund. The first thing that they did was take out my staples, which fortunately did not hurt as much as I thought it would, it was just like a little pinch or something. Then they took me to take X-rays, and Dr. Sigmund looked at them and then I received some bad news. I have to have surgery again. Blech. This has nothing to do with bad work from my first orthopedist, Dr. Bailey. He did everything correct, just my Tibia is not setting correctly, as the doctors would have hoped for and assumed. As Dr. Sigmund put it, I just had "bad luck." Pretty bad luck considering that I'm having surgery again and probably on Thursday. I was thus put on a no work order and am waiting for a call from the doctor's office tomorrow about when the surgery will be. On the upside, it will just be a little outpatient procedure and I may get a cast...probably not so I'm not trying to get my hopes up. But I'm sure that whatever happens it'll be for the best.

Gosh, I've been rambling on about my problems. I'm just so lucky to have the family that I do. My parents do not have to drive me around; they could just make me sit at home and do nothing all day long, but they help me as much as possible. So, here's to them...my mom and dad, for doing all that they can to help me!!

I'm just hoping for a successful surgery now!!!



On a side note - my new Scentbug works really well and smells quite good. That's all!

Well Well

It seems as if I'll be blogging now. This is all Whitney's fault. She got me hooked on Twilight because she forced me into reading New Moon before I saw the movie. And then I got hooked to this Twilight stuffs...and read the other two books in two more consecutive days. I did what I vowed never to do. But anyways now I'm more fascinated with the whole twilight thing (although Harry Potter will still and always be first in my heart) and we've been bored at school so here I am. I've started a blog. I'm sure I'll get addicted....for a few days at least, just like I did with twitter. ha.

We also created this super duper cool blog about what we think stars really do in their lifes. Namely the twilight cast. Check it out.