Wednesday, January 25, 2006

'...Colors that you shine'

Your Power Color Is Gold

You're dependable and hard working. You never miss a deadline - and you're never late.
You have a clear sense of right and wrong. You're very detail oriented.
You get frustrated when your friends are sloppy - or when they don't follow through.
You're on top of things, and you wish that everyone else was!


I had two answers to some of the questions of this quiz so I went back and did it again. So I guess I am a split personality...which makes sense-I had my palm read once and she said I was a twin, when I denied that she said my mother was lying! What a great life I have!

Your Power Color is Green

You feel most at home in a world of ideas.
You're curious and logical - and enjoy a good intellectual challenge.
You're super cool, calm, and collected. Very little tries your patience.
Your only fear? People not realizing how smart and able you are!

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

'And all you do is lie to me'

I have 100 days until I graduate! I am looking forward to sleeping! Right now I do not have time to sleep, and when I make time, I cannot sleep. I start thinking that I only have 100 days to start and finish my senior project, report about that project to WSU and at the UDA convention, go to lobby day, fight for my profession, write 10+ drafts of my thesis, find 2 mockboard patients and 1 real board patient, having 15 local anesthesia experiences, taking my written and clinical anesthesia boards, taking my national written board, celebrating the passing of my afore mentioned boards, attend a oral cancer screening, attend a jurisprudence meeting, do my 'pod project', finish my special needs project, teach perio to the jr class, arrange and attend 4 1 hour mentor sessions with two separate mentors, prepare and teach primary each week, go visiting teaching, complete SADHA reports, get ready for the welcome party, going to work, paying for my clinical board, wondering where I will find the money (I hope a fish shows up at my door with $765 in it's belly), finding time to study for boards, wondering what a brownie-greenie-super greenie are and why a dentist would use them, completing 11 more hours of community service, helping in sealant days and Give Kid's a Smile day, passing off about 45 PEs, wondering if I have a future as a hyienist or an employee of Albertsons. I think you get the point.

So, I did not have an interview at the dental office in Cedar City. He hired someone else, how dare he! So now I need to add find a job onto my list. I wonder where I will live. Who knows. Albertson's pharmacy in Cedar City is calling my name and I really want to go back there and work but after the lies Albertsons has filled me with I am a little pissed off at them. About 2 weeks ago Larry Johnson sent out a warm fuzzy email telling all employees that they were sorry to put us through the period of uncertainty but they decided not to sell the company. Then what do those F$%^@*# corporate @##$%^!# do, the sell the company yesterday for 9.7 billion. I have been lied to before by the upity ups that represent the big blue A so I should have not been so surprised. I guess I am not really surprised, I am just irritated by the blatant lies that Larry Johnson told-what a looser!

The tv program Grey's Anatomy on Sunday focused on how patients lie all the time. I am pretty sure that is the truth. Druggies lie about how fast they have gone through their Lortab, dental patients lie about how often they floss, smokers lie about how often and how much they smoke. It is a sick cycle. I am tired of being lied to. I am looking forward to the patient who tells me that they have not brushed their teeth for a week and they never floss, that way I won't throw-up when I find a 10 day old decaying piece of unidentifiable food between their teeth, I will be expecting it and will be able to deal with the item. I really wish that Corporate America would stop lying and tell the truth, yup we are selling the company but we are not telling you because we do not want to give you a cent from the fat profit we just made off of your years of hard work! Just do not lie to me!

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

'...I am barely breathing'

Today I feel like I am treading water with only one nostril open for air ('...and I can't find the air')! As part of my 40 community service hours, today I attended a sealant clinic at an elementary school in Salt Lake City. It was as fun as could be expected. It was sad to see these cute kids with such rampant decay. I really felt good about placiing their sealants so that their permanent teeth will have a chance. Now I am not big on the pediatric scene, so today was hard for me. Luckily I teamed up with Heidi Wilson. Her and I are amazing partners. During one of the treatments, Heidi ran out of etch, I was the assistant at the time and did not have an extra tip prepared, so Heidi held the syringe and I tiwsted off the tip, then she held the new syringe and I twisted off the cap and twisted on the tip. It was amazing! We did not even talk about it. We just did it. After we had done this we were both amazed at how we knew just what the other wanted to do! Now I do not know if that means that Heidi and I are psychic or if we spend wwaayy too much time together! Either way it was the highlight of my day!.

I am now three days into my last semester and it feels like 1 million. I have already dropped my favorite fun class -asl. I was really looking forward to having a class that was fun, where I could just go relax and practice my sign with other students, but no. The instructor actually wanted me to do homework! I just do not have the time to do any extra homework. I know that sounds laim but it is true.

Kristie, I hope you create a post one day so that I can see what you are doing as a student in another school. I am totally interested in how you are studying for your board exams. I am studying the dental hygiene decks right now. I am going through 4 colors a week. Then I will be studying from one of the books ie prentice hall, mosbys etc. Then I will study local anesthesia. Then back to board studying. Let me know if you have any great sources and/or websites in addition to amyrdh and andyfuturerdh

Andrea June I also wish that you would create a post as well! I want to hear how your days are going! Please write soon!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

'Time After Time'

So, I did not catch Santa this year. I did out shoot my army-trained-in-weapons-firing on Christmas Day so it was like I caught Santa!! I out shot my dad also. My brothers, dad and I had a great hour shooting 200 shotgun shells! Man we can burn through the ammo.

I had a very relaxing break. I think that I am ready for a new year. Once again I am reminded of how fast time flies. I cannot believe it is actually 2006! What happened to Y2K? What happened to 2005. I mean I remember orientation into dental hygiene school and thinking how far away 2006 was, then BAM! Welcome 2006!

I am actually looking for ward to May 12, 2006. I will have finished all 4 of my boards and passed. I will be moving somewhere in this big world. I will be so glad to be finished with school for a minute--until I get my masters. I have a lot to do before that great day, so if you do not see or hear from me for a while you will know why.

I have an actual job interview in Cedar City this month. I am kind of nervous for this. It is making me realize that I will be a RDH soon! I never thought that this day would come, now that it is here I welcome it with a big brushed, flossed, fluoridated, smile!