Happy Place

I often find myself daydreaming about my "happy place".
Today I wish more than anything I was there!

On the beach

under a palm tree

laying in a hammock

listening to John Mayer
reading a good book
and sipping a margarita!
Ahhh...

Pizza Balls

For those who love balls, a great fun recipe... :)

~Rhodes rolls thawed and rising like the bag says
~When they have risen and are soft, roll each of them into little flat rounds (or you can pull them flat like a pizza dough)
~In the center of each round, layer of Italian blend cheese
~Any toppings you want on top of the cheese
~Another layer of cheese
~Fold corners/edges together to cover all the filling and to make a little ball of goodness
~Bake according to the directions on the bag of rolls
~Cover with favorite pizza or spaghetti sauce
~Love it!

I had these for the first time tonight. They were fun and easy to make. Katelynn had all kinds of toppings set out so you filled them with exactly what you wanted. I absolutely loved them!

How do you decide...

So I have 3 weeks to come up with 5 possible sites that I would like to go for my third clinical. Here's where it gets difficult to decide...this clinical is a free option of what we want it to be. My two favorite options are pediatrics and sports medicine. But I am having a very hard time deciding which one I want to do an 8 week clinical in. Here are my reasons for loving both options...

Pediatrics:

• I see myself working in peds someday...I am realistic and know that starting out in peds is not easy and not always the best option. It's a good idea to get experience dealing with adults and getting comfortable practicing before you go into peds work.
• Kids make me smile. Take for instance today; I was having a grouchy, no good day that was turned completely around by having a fun lab day with school age kids.
• I like to squish little ones. They are so fat and squishy and cute.
• I find working with children rewarding and exciting.

Downside:

• Less options for clinical sites...but not impossible.
  
• Babies cry and spit up.
• That's all I could think of...
  

Sports Medicine:

• Sports med is what I know best. I have had a love for sports med for a long time now and have a great background in it because of athletic training.
• I love the sports setting and doing rehab that is sports specific.
• It would be an excellent area to begin working in after graduation.
• There are more options for sports clinicals.

Downside:

• I know this area the best so should I branch out and do something different?
• I could be passing up an opportunity to make myself look more experienced in this area if this is the area I try to get a job in.
• That's all I could think of...
  

See...tough choice! Got any suggestions?

Just for Fun-zies

Do you ever wonder if Jesus liked everything Mary cooked? Because He was perfect, did He have perfect taste buds? Or was He very polite and said - No thank you, I don't care for that. And then turn it into a pepperoni pizza b/c He can...b/c He's Jesus...Hmm...something to ponder!

There's No Crying at Wrestling Duels...

Hello all! I have been quiet long enough and have decided to jump sides and join this crazy blogging world.

Here's a quick update on all that is me...
~I am working part time as an athletic trainer doing home game coverage for Buffalo High School. I am employed by the hospital here in Bolivar, but am contracted to work in Buffalo.
~ I am just now starting the spring semester of my second year of PT school...on the downhill side of classwork! Woot double woot!
~ Brian got a promotion at work to Senior Officer (really more like a title change b/c not much else has changed from when he was a patrol officer)
~ Been making some new friends...not an easy thing for someone like me who is set in their ways. But I have grown to love Katelynn and Sydney very much.
~ I am heading to OKC this summer to do an 8 week clinical at OU Med Center in an outpatient setting.

So now on to the topic of no crying at wrestling duels... I had worked with the wrestling team several times by this point, and I had noticed something really great about the team. One of team members is a young man named Zach who I met a couple of years back. I met Zach while working as a PT tech at CMH. Zach has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair. The boys wheel Zach to the end of the bench and include him in all of the team happenings such as high fives and pep talks. It's fun to watch the boys interact and value Zach.

So that brings me to last Thursday... Last week, I was working a duel between Buffalo and another school from Springfield. I was setting up my kit by the scorer's table when the Buffalo head coach came over to ask the ref if it would be alright to have an exhibition match before the duel between "The little guy in the wheelchair" and one of his other wrestlers. The ref thought that was pretty cool and let it happen. The announcer announced the exhibition just like any other match, and the head coach reffed the match so it was as legit as could be. Zach's nurse and the coach helped him walk out into the mat...he was even wearing wrestling shoes and headgear. His opponent came out and was amazing! Levi handled Zach very gently yet made the match look pretty real. Zach got points for a reversal, a near fall, back points, and eventually the pin!

The whole time I am watching this happen, I keep fighting back the tears...because there's no crying at wrestling duels...But there should be an exception when something so extraordinary happens!