I used Essie in Eternal Optimist and Set in Stones. I found Eternal Optimist at walgreens, and it is great. The formula for this color is awesome, I have had problems with streaking with some of the sheers. I used SinfulColors in Snow Me White for the heart and put Set in Stones over it.

Please excuse my ashy fingers Please click-through for another picture.

My mom is back in the hospital. I had to take her early in the morning on Thursday. She was complaining of shortness of breath. We took her to the hospital that is close to out house and then they transferred her to the hospital I work out via ambulance. Her o2 Sat levels were really low. I spent the night with her on Saturday and poor thing it was a long night for her. For now the game plan is to rule out TB and then do a biopsy. Apparently TB can be confused with lung cancer, they moved her to a isolation room while I was there.

The doctor we spoke to on Saturday finds her case really interesting, so I am confident my mom will get all sorts of tests before her discharge. I am so not ready to lose my mom.

I got home later that evening and she told me she was thinking of just staying how she is. She doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. What can I say to that??!

Heart broken x 1000

credit: Kerekes János Csongor

 This last month has really flown by. Everything stressful was crammed into 1 month.

My mom finally had her Oncology appointment on December 23rd. They told her that she for sure has stage IV cancer, they just need to determine the type of cancer. She had a biopsy done by the Interventional radiology team when she was impatient, but the sample size was too small. So they scheduled an appointment for her to see the surgery department.

I took her to that appointment today and they scheduled her for another biopsy in the morning. The surgeon told us that her CA 125 levels were elevated, which usually indicates ovarian cancer. She has a total hysterectomy 11 years ago for a 7 pound tumor that was attached to her ovary so this is really no surprise.

My experience of actually being a patient’s family member at the hospital where I work has been a roller coaster of emotions. I felt very safe and taken care of with some staff and very betrayed by others. My mother’s attending doctor was vile, I seriously wanted to punch his pretty eyebrows off his face. This ass hat came into the room without introducing himself and told her “You have stage IV cancer and you should be ready to discharge today with hospice”. I was very confused and asked who he was since she had not had her biopsy. He got mad that I asked him that and loudly declared that he was the attending and any questions should be directed to him. I asked so many questions and he proceeded to lie and say that we did not have inpatient oncology or radiation therapy at our hospital. I quickly interjected letting him know that I knew otherwise as I have worked there for more than 7 years. It pretty much came down to me telling him, I don’t know who you think you are, but you sir are a moron.

I was able to get oncology to see her prior to discharge, that is how we ended up with her oncology appointment. Otherwise it would have taken another month to get a primary care doctor who takes uninsured patients. My Mom should not have to wait that long, hell no one should have to wait that long. I can finally understand the frustration of some patients that call my department begging for help.

Throughout this month I have had clerks roll their eyes at me, scoff at the idea of actually working, and seeing the 360 of their attitude once I flashed my badge. It’s ridiculous. BUT at the same time, people have helped me beyond their job duties without knowing I work there. I mean if you don’t like to help/serve people don’t work in PUBLIC SERVICE.

Her biopsy is tomorrow and I will post and update soon.

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 Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful night.

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I am so ready to unwind. I will post a more insightful post in the morning. For now I am off to the casino in Temecula.

My mom called in a message to me she was on the way to the hospital where I work. I anxiously awaited her arrival at the ER. I sat along side of my mom on the gurney they assigned her too. I nervously looked at the buckles on my boots. My mom told me she loved my outfit, that was when the interns walked in. They told her she had malignant tumors in her neck, chest and lungs.

Today I find out, if it is confirmed, it will be stage 4 cancer. They told her chemotherapy will only extend her life by weeks at best and that it would be hopeless to try. They highly suggested hospice. I am heart broken. I cannot eat, sleep or think clearly. At the same time I am very lucky to have the friends that I do, I will be forever grateful for all they have done. Bittersweet.

I feel some weird connection with San Francisco. I knew the second we arrived, it was where I wanted to be. It was such a beautiful city, swoon. Can I just pack all my crap and move there?

It was filled with pretty little houses, every turn we made was amazing. I am hoping that we can go back this summer and stay longer.

We did not do black friday this year, on account of being low on cash. Next year I will totally be irresponsible and won’t pay my bills on time just so I can go out there and buy some discounted items. The other great reason was that I kinda slept until 2pm, all the good stuff was long gone.

I did find some very awesome blogs and spent lots of time on pinterest. I don’t like how this post turned into a list of excuses lol.

Can you tell that I am very excited about christmas ???

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I am loving this song.

Here is my haul and my nail of the week.

Also please do not forget to enter my holiday card giveaway.

When it comes to holiday cards I am the queen! Everyone looks forward to see which card our family chooses to give during Christmas. The down side is that I procrastinate 98% of the time and when I finally get my stuff together it is too late to order from a printer. For example, about 2 years ago I got the wonderful Idea to make my own holiday cards, and my oh my, I was so overwhelmed. I wasted time and sanity trying to get my formatting right. I will never do that again, Shutterfly has wonderful and high quality cards at affordable prices. Best of all you don’t have to do anything but order your cards and they even come with envelopes. Have you ever rushed to a 24 hour Walmart to get envelopes? This girl has, and let me tell you it’s no fun. I plan on using the Joy Ornament Christmas Card this year. It is perfect I can have a picture of the whole family and one of just the kids. I am sure that my family will love it. Best of all I don’t have to fight with Photoshop this year J. Shutterfly will be my go to place for calendars and photo gifts from now on.

Shutterfly has offered 3 readers the chance to receive 25 free 5×7 cards.

Please use Rafflecopter below to enter.

One of the reasons why I love working for a hospital is the ability to provide back to the community. There are so many opportunities to volunteer and give back. I have always volunteered for the Daffodil Days presented by the American Cancer Society, I even was the coordinator last year. WOOT! This year we had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Pink Glove Dance. It was super fun. We basically got to submit a video to raise breast cancer awareness. We were given song choices and were set free with a camera. I am not too sure how other hospitals did it, but here we all formed small groups and did an individual dance to Evacuate the Dance Floor by Cascada. The video turned out awesome!! You can watch it and VOTE for us here: http://pinkglovedance.com/competition/entry-8

I was not in the video because I was providing phone coverage. But I had so much fun just watching everyone dance .

Well I am off for now, I have a TON of filing to do.

I have downloaded a bunch of other apps. I also installed Preware that allows me to modify some stuff, like removing unnecessary logging that slows the system. I also got free 50GB storage from the Box app. I have been uploading all of my e-magazines and books there, instead of storing them on the touchpad. A camera app did not come included with the touchpad, so I had to wait about 2 weeks for a free one to be added to the App Catalog. I found two of them: FreeCam for TouchPad and DigiCamera Lite. They are both good and take good pictures. There are no special filters but DigiCamera Lite offers resizing in a paid version of the App. I also added Spaz HD for twitter, since a Twitter app is not available. My favorite app is Red It, for browsing Reddit. As you can tell I fell in LOVE with Everlands, the lite one is the demo and the HD version is the one that looks awesome on the TouchPad.

Another thing that I love is the fact that you have access to edit Google docs. The TouchPad initially did not come with this feature, it was later added via a system update. You can check the keyboard out below.

Another thing that I hate with Android is not knowing what windows I have open. I am not sure if this is a feature that is offered on tablets with android, but I know my phone does not have that. WebOS has cards, you simply slide side to side to skip to the next card. You flip them upwards to close them. You can also group similar cards. You pretty much know at all times what apps are open.

Don’t you love my super girly wall paper. I don’t remember where I got it, I got it from here, but I do remember I was browsing for Ipad wallpapers since the TouchPad has the same dimensions.

I guess the most important question is: Where you able to score one?

Being on vacation and visiting different cities has us thinking about taking the chance of moving. Looking at our city and state, I find myself disliking it more and more. It is so expensive, but I am sure that its this way everywhere else. I would not mind starting fresh some where else, but the question is where.

I guess only time will tell if we are brave enough to move :p.

I am still configuring things an getting used to WebOS. So far it is great. I am blogging with it now <3 <3

I am still getting pictures sorting, but there will be many posted.

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Guess what y’all! We are going on a road trip. This will be our first ever family vacation! It will be the first time in 6 years that I have taken a two week vacation!! We will be driving to San Francisco and the to Redwood National Park. We will actually be staying in Mckinleyville, CA for the Redwood part because we have heard really good reviews about the location. We’ll be near the beach and the forest. It is really exciting.

I am almost done mapping out all of the locations where we will be stopping. I stumbled onto Tripit.com and have started to put together an itinerary for the trip. We will be leaving in about two weeks, so I am trying to get everything together now, instead of waiting until the last minute. I read somewhere online to pack each days outfit in a separate zip lock bag to make it super easy. I would have never thought of doing something like that.

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