As Garfield says... "I Hate Mondays"

I woke up this morning thinking to myself, "This is going to be a great day."
As I walked in to the building, I thought to myself, "This is going to be a great day."
As I printed off the charts & calendars for my bosses, I thought to myself, "This is going to be a great day."

As I put a paper in to the shredder to shred, my badge, which I was holding in my hand, slipped out & it shredded it to bits & pieces...... I flipped out..... No badge = no entry to work. Also, means that I was going to be wasting my day getting a new one.....

I wound up wasting my morning getting a new one made. I was kind of sad-- I liked my blonde hair badge..... Now I have a boring brown hair badge, not to mention in my blonde hair badge I was a little thinner. Oh well I really need to be skinny by 2009 (when I have to get a new one made)

Also... tick tock tick tock.... Still no news on the scholarship. I called the local contact in OK & she has no idea if I made the cut. I kind of knew she would say that. So the wait continues.

I looked at the college schedule. I was thinking that I could just go to school on Tue & Thur.
Then I could be off on Mon Wed & Fri. That would be a nice change & I would save on gas.

Ok I guess I will go to bed now. Hopefully tomorrow will bring news. I will take any news at this point. I have got to quit thinking about all of this.... It is going to drive me insane.

I will chat more later.

A photo of my kids

I thought I would add a photo of our latest addition... These are my twin kids. We have a few goats- they have really helped clean up the brush around this place. The one with the black on his face is a boy & the other is a girl. They are so cute at this age!!

Waiting is the hardest part

Well, I am still waiting on word from IHS - for the scholarship I applied for back in February. I would first go & get my Associates, then I would be off to Pharmacy school. I would go full time & the IHS would pay me a monthly stipend to go, also I would keep my job at the base & still get paid, even though I do not actually show up for work. What a great deal that would be...
I am kind of looking forward to going, if accepted.
No one will tell me if I got it or not & school starts in less than a month. I still need to get my job up to speed & get someone who I can train to replace me. I really love my job & I am finally getting the hang of things.... But I sure would like to continue my education & work for the tribe. I think it would be a more rewarding career than what I am doing now, plus I would get paid a lot better =)

I received an email yesterday & it was like a newspaper article talking about why it is a great time to go into the field of pharmaceuticals. But it was from the head guy at IHS, so I replied back to him & explained I had not heard anything on whether I got it or not. Of course it being Friday means that I will have to wait until next week to hear anything back from him..... This is driving me crazy. I promised myself I would not let this do that to me, but they have made me-- because of all of this waiting. So I guess I will just daydream for now about being the other Dr. Bowers in the family ( My stepmother-in law is the first).......

I will keep praying that if this is the step God wants me to take he will open the door.
I will let you all know when & what I find out.

---SB

Freedom

Well I just joined so I could keep in touch with friends & family.

Last month I had LASIK. I am so glad I finally took the plunge. LG (Life's Good) in 20/15. Freedom.

I also got the hubby to do it too -- but he had PRK. He has had to spend the long weekend sleeping off the procedure. So I have been taking care of him... Today he finally emerged from his slumber.... He goes back to the eye Dr Wednesday to get cleared to drive. Freedom.

Freedom is a great thing-- it is also so easy to take for granted in this day & time. But as I watch the evening news- I see folks in other countries not able to feel the freedom we experience. This is my 2nd favorite holiday, second only to Christmas- the celebrating of Christ's birth. The celebrating of our founding father's hard work, perseverance, sacrifice & divine intervention to lay the foundation of the great country is such a wonderful privilege that I am so thankful for.

Hopefully soon I will get pics posted... I hope everyone has a wonderful & safe 4th of July Holiday!!!!