I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted something on here. I've been very busy trying to wrap up school. I did it! I'm finally done with school! I'm happy to report I never missed a day and I stayed on the Director's Honor Roll the entire time!! I'm very proud of myself! It wasn't easy at all, especially this last sequence. We learned about the instruments and procedures and it was A LOT to absorb!! I had a hard time in the beginning of this sequence, I'm not sure why? I think maybe it was because it was coming to and end and I was a bit worn out and overwhelmed at the same time. I just wasn't getting it at all and then I sucked it up and ended up getting the highest grade in my class! I got a 100%!! I honestly think it was pure luck! My last day was February 18Th and it was a sad day for me. I've made some GREAT friends along the way and I had a wonderful instructor that I will dearly miss. I truly owe my doing so well to her because she made learning fun and the material interesting. I know I wouldn't have done so well if hadn't had her as my teacher. She's a very wise and humorous woman that I will greatly miss seeing every week.
Last week I started my externship. It was a VERY LONG week!! My externship is literally right down the street from our house so that's a huge plus. I get to come home for lunch every day which is a nice escape. Everyone I work with is very nice and has been very helpful........even if they lose their patience with me once in a while. The Dentist is very young (only 27! Just a puppy!) but a very good dentist. I can tell he prefers an assistant with experience to help him but when it's slow he lets me get some practice in and he's very patient with me. Friday I got to assist him as he did 2 fillings on a 7 year old girl. All week I mostly did sanitizing instruments, cleaning and took xrays on patients. Most of the patients are nice to me, I tend to take a bit longer because I like to chat them up a bit before I shove my fingers in their mouths! I will say this, I LOVE taking xrays on full grown men because they have much bigger mouths and a bigger mouth means less room for injury and error! I also got to work up at the front desk a bit as well, I thought this would be my forte and what I would enjoy most but to my surprise I almost fell asleep up there! I can't honestly say at the moment if I like the front or back more. The day goes by much quicker in the back and you're constantly doing different things and I like that. I won't fool you, it hasn't been all rainbows and sunshine, I had a very rough day on Thursday but I held myself together until I was done and sitting in my car......then I started sobbing uncontrollably. I went home and drank 3 glasses of wine that night and then I was fine! LOL! We will see what the next week brings......hopefully each week I will get better and better and like it more and more.
As I started on my adventure of re-entering the work force and tackling a new career Zach too started his own journey. He started preschool. Actually he went for 2 half days the week before I started my externship, just to get him used to the idea. Last week he started full time, and it's been a bit of an adjustment for him. He has his good days and bad days but for the most part he's enjoyed it. I take him in and Dwayne picks him up. I kind of have to peel him off of me in the morning and when his teacher trys to console him he screams at her to not touch him but he eventually comes around. It's really good for him to be around other kids, I know he was bored staying home with lazy me. Of course he's already sick! He wasn't there 3 days and he picked up some cold/cough thing, but so far he's been OK.
Calvin also started going to safe key after school every day. He kind of likes it because he can get some of his homework done before he gets home, so that leaves him more play time after school. I recently gave him one of our old video cameras because I got sick of him asking me to video tape him. He really gets a kick out of it, he and Zach have made a few movies with Dwayne's help. If we ever get the program to transfer video to digital I will post their movies here, they're pretty amusing. His newest obsession is the Titanic (or TitanTic as he calls it). I'm not sure where it came from but now he wants to learn all about it and has been building models of it out of his gazillion Legos.
Both boys start spring baseball soon. Calvin just found out he's on the A's this time. Zach will be playing T-ball in a different league. I'm sure he'll LOVE it. He's already very excited about getting his own bag, bat and helmet. I myself can't wait to see him in his helmet because I'm sure he's going to look like a little bobble head out there! I'm not sure how Dwayne is going to pull this all off, both boys expect him to help coach their teams and they're in two different parts of town! I know he's SUPER DAD but he just may be pushing it this time! We haven't found out what Zach's schedule is going to be like yet, we're crossing our fingers it's different than Calvin's.
As you can see from the above slide show I've finally gotten around to posting some photos of our house! The inside is all done except for my "wall of fame". I will probably work on that next weekend, it's a weekend project. I have to get it all looking spiffy because we have some company coming this month! We have The wonderful Waddells joining us in a few weeks for a few days. Then on my birthday my lovely mother in law Lynn and sister in law Lori will be in town over spring break. Last, over Easter weekend we will hopefully be visited by The Swarm family whom we haven't seen in about 6 years or so! It's going to be a busy busy month of March for us! To top it all off I will still be doing my externship through all of that so be fore warned my future guests.........our house may not be as spick and span as usual ;0) unless my dear husband hires a maid for my birthday present to spiff it up! Phffffttt! What are the odds of that happening?!
Well, that's it for now! It's getting late and since I am now a working woman (although it's for FREE!) I need to get to bed! It's hard for this night owl to hit the sack early but I've made it so far. I make sure I take lots of vitamins in the morning to help me stay awake! I'm pretty exhausted by the time I get home. I will keep you all posted about my progress in the field of dentistry! Until next time remember to brush and floss!!
