Helloooooooooo!

Hello friends!
It has been so long since my last post. So much has gone on since then..... Let's see, where to start.
Well, I've had two more sinus infections since my last post. My doctor's don't know what is wrong with me. Now, they think I have an autoimmune disease. Of course, I automatically think the worst, like MS. But, only time and lots of medical tests will tell.

School has been ok. I haven't really been "into it" like I should be or like I have previously been. I think because I have not been feeling well the majority of the semester, I find it hard to concentrate and am usually just really tired. I took my last test of the semester on Thursday and now all I have left is finals. This semester has really gone by fast. This is my last semester of class work and I am so excited. I am eagerly waiting to start my externship to see if I will actually be able to make it in the real world. For my school placement, I am going to Owasso public schools and for my hospital/rehab placement, I will be in Okmulgee at the George Nigh Rehab Center. I'm excited to work in rehab, not in Okmulgee. It gives me flashbacks to working in Claremore, which was quite interesting. I'm also whittling away at my thesis. It's taking a long time. I want to go on and get my doctorate and I keep thinking about why I would torture myself like that. We will see....

Robert and I have decided to put our house on the market-BOO, kinda. Our house has a myriad of problems, the main one being that we have some wood rot on the outside and need to repaint. That's hard to do on one salary. Because we are thinking about moving (I'll talk more about that), we thought our best option would be to put the house on the market now since it will probably take forever for it to sell. The market is so bad right now and of course, we chose to do it right before the winter season. Surely someone will want this house. It is a perfect starter home and is right in the middle of midtown, which is a popular area. Let's hope for the best! My mom and step-dad are moving to Houston soon and we will probably just live in their house, if our house sells. I'm not real excited about moving back in with my mom (pride thing) but we have to do what we have to do to get by. I also think we will be much happier in the end if I get offered a job out-of-state and we don't have to worry about selling our house then. That way we can just pick up and move.

So, about moving. I've interviewed for a few companies in North Carolina and I have an interview in Boston in November. Everyone I talk to about NC says what a wonderful, affordable and beautiful place NC is. I had no idea. The companies I have talked to seem great, but it's hard to know what to look for. You have to weigh benefits against pay and decide which one is more important. I wish you could just have both---maybe the right company will come along soon. I'll keep you posted.

This weekend, I'm not doing much. I have so much work to catch up on. I may go to a Halloween party later tonight, but I'm not sure. When I have things looming over my head it's hard to have fun and let loose because I always end up thinking about what needs to be done instead.

Lastly, I recently read an article in Newsweek that discussed the biological reason that positive thinking does make a difference. It was a great article. I'm guilty when it comes to thinking negatively. I'm going to try to think positively from here on out. I need to be more grateful for the things I have in my life rather than think about all the things I could have or should have. I wonder if anyone else is like that too?

Well, I have to leave you with a fun recipe for relatively healthy cookies:) Hopefully it won't be that long before I post again! Au revoir!

PB cookies

3/4 C peanut butter (I use the natural kind)
2 C bisquick mix (use the heart healthy kind, the yellow packet has trans fat in it)
1-14oz can of fat-free sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla
sugar
hershey kisses

preheat oven to 375. mix first four ingredients. roll into walnut sized balls and roll in sugar. bake 7-9 minutes until they just begin to brown. press hershey kisses into the center immediately after pulling from oven.

I've also replaced Nutella for the PB and use caramel kisses. Those turn out super yummy!

----Chi