Greetings from the Doddie's :-)

Its been a while, just wanted to say hello to everyone! Its been an exhausting few months! I'm still very busy working at UofM hospital :-) My assignment in the CICU (cardiac ICU) is coming to a close soon, and I will be orienting on more units :-) I'm hoping to be hired in the next few months, so keep your finger crossed! Dan's work is still going well, although they are waiting for several new projects to come in to continue to stay busy.

Our house has given us a run for our money lately! In the span of two weeks, our tub drain and sink drain, both needed to be snake by a professional (after Dan tried first), and our central a/c went out! Thankfully they were both easy fixes, and we are back in business! We just needed a new fan motor for the unit outside, which my best friends husband was able to order for us at contractor rates :-)

The invites for our belated wedding reception are almost complete, just waiting for some pictures to come in the mail to include in them, since we had a small private ceremony.

Life Update!

Ok, so I just realized its been 3 months since I last blogged, so its long overdue! So much has happened over the last 3 months its crazy!! Back in December I had applied for work through Manpower, just to see what was out there. Well, I didn't give it much thought, as I was still getting plenty of hours at Marshalls. Well, one day in the middle of February, I got an e-mail from a recruiter there and asked me to call, so I did, and she told me that they had multiple openings at U of M hospital for a unit clerk. It would involve 5 weeks of training, and would I be interested. So of course I said yes! I informed Marshalls because Manpower wanted me to start the following monday! So the 5 weeks of training was a success, I got to meet a lot of nice people while training on the Cardiac floor. I passed my solo assessment and written 200 question exam, and am now able to work on 3 of the four units on the Cardiac floor of the main hospital! I will be getting additional training on other units/floors as well! Right now I will be mainly in the ICU on the cardiac floor until at least mid june covering someone's maternity leave! Working here is like a high school reunion, I have ran into so many people from high school, and have also made a lot of new friends :-)

In other exciting news, we have set a date for our belated wedding reception! August 8th at Kensington Metro Park! I'm very excited to FINALLY meet some of Dan's mom's side of the family (they don't get together hardly ever!). I'm looking forward to it :-)

Well, thats about it for now!

Its been a good few weeks!

Well, I got offered a job at Marshalls! I started last tuesday at their Southfield store. Not the position I wanted, but a step in the right direction! From what i've been told, they will be making employee changes in the next few months, and i'm learning a lot of tasks that will enable me to hopefully take over a full-time position at the right time! I was working in the Canton store this week learning how to run the cash office, reconcile the safe and tills, etc. It was a lot of fun to learn how to do that, and I think I have it down pat! I will be doing it all by myself on monday to see how I do! I have been working a ton of hours, and wednesday this week will probably have been my only day off lol. Looking forward to seeing everyone for Christmas! I hope Santa thinks I've been good this year :-) Merry Christmas everyone!!

Happy Holidays!

Well, still job searching, had 3 interviews this week, 2 with staffing agencies and one with the store Marshall's for an administrative coordinator position, still waiting to hear, hopefully this coming week i'll hear either way on the last one. Busy getting ready for Christmas, all the decorations are up except for the lights outside (due to all the interviews I had this week, they had to take the back burner). Almost all of the presents are wrapped and under our little tree (I opted for a small table top this year as opposed to a huge one I would need to make room for!).

In other news, my cyst was successfully shrunk, and will not need surgery unless it flares back up! Looking forward to 2010, hopefully it will bring better things for me in terms of a good job, and for Dan & I!

Hello, I know its been an even longer time!

So I have been horrible at this blogging thing since I got back to Michigan.. I really have no excuse since I'm not working yet, but I do find things to do to keep me very busy! Still no job, but actively interviewing/sending out resumes/making contacts. Talking with a recruiter from Atwell-Hicks currently about a GIS Technician position, we will see where that leads, but i'm hoping that it will be promising since he contacted me within 20 minutes of applying for the job! I sent him a summary of my qualifications relating to that program, since I have no direct work related experience, but tons of college experience. Keep your fingers crossed! I also interviewed with a company called Rainbow Rehabilitation, seems promising, they are looking to hire a lot of people, so hopefully I will get a call from them. They deal with people who have brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.

In other news, After a routine exam, I was found to have a 5mm cyst inside of my left ovary. The doctor is trying to shrink it currently with medication, I go back the day before Thanksgiving to see if it has worked or not. This upcoming week will be very busy for us, two Thanksgiving Day dinners, friday shopping for me, saturday we are meeting up with my aunt & uncle at the Toledo Zoo for their Christmas display, so that should be fun, and sunday will be a rest day!

Hope everyone is doing well, and I promise to write a little more often!

I know its been a while....

Hello everyone! I know its been a long time since i've blogged, my life has been in somewhat of a tailspin for the last month or so... I came back home for the wedding a few days early (September 11th), and was here until the 23rd! Wedding was wonderful, i'm now married to a great guy that I hope to be with for a very long time! Just immediate family only, which is the way we wanted it, and a small reception/dinner afterwards at one of our favorite restaurants, Angelo Brothers, in Westland, MI. Later in the evening, we went out and caught a good comedy show at Joey's Comedy Club in Livonia, it was definietely a good time! Sunday night we stayed at the Greektown Casino/Hotel in Downtown Detroit. It was awesome, we had a room on the top floor with spectacular views of the city! Didn't win any money, but had fun none the less! Tuesday Dan went back to work and I headed off to go get my name changed, etc and to the bank. On the way to the bank, I got a flat tire on dan's car, lol. So my adventure started. It was an easy fix, thankfully! Wednesday morning I flew back to Myrtle Beach. I was just back into Raleigh, when getting off of the freeway, someone rear ended me! Ugh, I said, can this day get any worse! So thankfully his insurance company is paying for his mistakes. Thursday was my first day back, and how did I get shown gratitude? But saying that I wasn't living up to their expectations, and was let go. So that was it for me in North Carolina. I called Dan, told him what happened, and he drove down to help me move back home. So this is where I sit now, after driving all weekend to get back up to Redford. Thankfully I started sending out resumes last thursday to companies back in MI, and have already landed an interview for a position in Farmington Hills! Thats this Friday, so I am very excited, and hope it goes well, so I can get back to work ASAP! Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive during this rough patch in my life, especially to my husband :-) I will keep everyone posted on how the interview goes on Friday, wish me luck!

First trip home!

So after a long 5 weeks of being away from home, I made my first trip back to good old Redford! I was very excited to say the least! Due to NC State's first home football game, work got out a little early due to not being able to accomplish what we needed to on campus. So at 1:30, I started my trek to Myrtle Beach, where I would eventually catch my flight back to Detroit. I took the long way, and enjoyed the scenery, and looked forward to seeing the beach!

So after some dinner at a good seafood restaurant called The Fish House, I started over to the airport. After getting in the shuttle is when I found out that my flight had already been delayed. The driver had no further information, and suggested that I talk so someone inside the airport. So I did just that. And then I heard the mother of all stories.... Apparently the plane started out in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. After some issues, they realized it needed a part that was not in stock, so they had to wait 3 hours for the part to be flown in (ironic), and then another 2 hours to install it... So the flight that needed to get to Laguardia in NY didn't even leave until almost 10pm to get there, and then still had to come back to Myrtle Beach to pick us up! I didn't board the plane until 12:45am friday morning (original take off time was 9:20pm). Needless to say, I was exhausted after having worked all day. I did however manage to snap this shot of the sunset across the airfield...

So finally at 2:40 am, September 4th, I arrive back home to Detroit. to an exhausted Dan waiting for me :-) I barely remember the ride home, and we both went to bed within minutes of getting home. The next day we went to go pick up the marriage license! And had lunch at our favorite chinese restaurant in westland! Friday night we met up with my parents for dinner in ann arbor and then went hot tubbing at Oasis hot tubs! It was nice to be able to relax and spend some quality time together! Saturday was low key, I met a baby squirrel who would eat almonds right out of my hands, it was very surreal! Check out the picture Dan snapped while he was taking one of the almonds!

Saturday night it was party time! Jaci and I went and picked up some snacks for the party and then headed to her house! It was definitely nice to see those who decided to come and hang out! We had a little too much fun with the lingerie party that was also part of the party, lol. Good drinks, good friends, 80's movies, what more could a girl ask for for her bachelorette party? We drank and shared stories well into the night! It was great to see everyone! Here are a few pictures from the party!

Sunday I reserved for spending more time with my almost husband to be :) We went to lunch at BD's Mongolian BBQ, And then spent the afternoon driving around, eventually widing up outside of White Lake for dinner. Since my flight would leave so early Monday morning (6:30am departure time) we called it an evening a little early, went back and watched some tv, before heading to bed. Monday morning came very quickly, and it was time to head back to NC. So at 5:20 am, Dan dropped me off at the airport, I am proud of myself, as I didn't cry this time! But it may have something to do with the fact that I would see him in 9 short days! This time my flight was ontime and made it back to Raleigh shortly after 1pm.

This week will be a busy one for me. My whole dept (in the exception of one person) is headed out to Camp LeJeune tomorrow and Thursday, and potentially friday. I pick up my new roomate from the airport friday night! Next wednesday will be here before I know it, and I'll be back up to Michigan for the wedding! I can't wait!!!