Extraodinary Desserts....and they were.

While in San Diego we went to a place called Extraordinary Desserts. It was amazing, they had the most beautiful cakes I've seen.

I Am Richard!

I'm really excited for Grey's Anatomy to be back and got on the website to check out what time it's on tonight. While I was on the site I saw a little quiz that you take to find out which character you're most like. I came back as Richard!

I Spend A Lot Of Time Here

You may or may not have noticed how the background in the pants picture and the Miss Touro-Nevada picture are the same. It's because I spend a lot of time in that room. It's the fake doctor office rooms at school. During this year sometime we actually have trained medical actors come in and we act like we're actually doctors and do exams on them. The school even hires a company that comes and we do pelvic and rectal exams on these people. That's going to be strange. I may not be able to study in this room the same.

We're Twins!!!

So one day me and Ira were noticing that we have the same Banana Republic pants. I kid Ira that he's wearing girl pants, but honestly I am wearing guy pants. They're just so comfortable!!! Ira wore them today for me so I could get a pic. He's a good sport.

Whoops! Update

Rob went to the Jack in the Box where I called the man a ma'am and he said the man totally hit on him. We're finding a new Jack to go to.

Miss Touro-Nevada

So I am the current president of Women in Medicine here at Touro University Nevada and such as and like....I have had the idea that we should sponsor a "scholarship opportunity" (ok it's a pageant). I had shared this idea with Rob, Ira, and Derek and then showed up to school and found a sash and tiara on my chair. Special thanks to Kristine (Derek's wife) for making that happen.

Really there will be no "scholarship opportunity".

Whoops!

I went through a drive through window at the local Jack in the Box with friends the other day and the order taker was so cheerful and talkative asking how my day was and such that I really poured on my manners. I answered every question with "thank-you ma'am" or "yes ma'am". When we pulled up to the window it was a man. I hope he thought I was saying "yes man".

Sunday Evening Walks in Henderson

Me and Lisa went on a walk Sunday evening and it was BEAUTIFUL!!! The fact that we had clouds here in Vegas was amazing, but then LOOK at these clouds! If you can't tell it was a little windy too. Lisa's camera doesn't have a motion setting so we're a little blurry in some....sorry.

My Church Day Shirt

When I was back home I participated in a 5K sponsored by the local baptist church. In doing this I received the T-Shirt I am wearing. I have now decided that it is my Church Day Shirt and for the last 2 church days and the rest to come I will be wearing it. You can't beat a Run in the Son shirt on the Sabbath.

I Did Want to Marry a Vampire, but now....

So I was creeping on blogs the other day and I found one that I am now a frequent (and by frequent I mean everyday) reader of. The name is www.thepioneerwoman.com and it is amazing. It's about a city girl who marries a cattle rancher. If you go read it beware you will become addicted. The story/section I recommend the most is called Black Heels it's the story of how she met her husband. I read it in one sitting and it seriously took me 2 hours, but I loved every minute of it. I had read the Twilight series the week before school and wanted to marry a vampire and now I want to marry a cattle rancher. I think I could be a small town doc.....

My next new obsession is itunes. My sister Jentri gave me a gift card for my birthday and I have LOVED it. I really love music. I bought the new Sugarland CD (buy it on itunes and not the store, you get 4 extra songs) and I found a group called the Vitamin String Quartet. I know it sounds stupid, but they play really cool rock songs string style. I bought a couple of Linkin Park songs and study to it....it's so cool.

My Dad Loves Buffets and the Hoover Dam!!!

Buffets:
As you can see from some of the pictures I've posted my dad is a skinny man. I'm not sure how he maintains that figure, because he eats like a pig. He loves the all you can eat buffet. We started out to Boulder City to find a place to eat for my birthday and he saw a sign for a buffet so we stopped and ate at the Railroad Pass Casino. It was pretty ghetto. It was steak and shrimp night and my dad ate 3 steaks!!! That man can put it away!!!

The Hoover Dam:
Since I've lived in Las Vegas every time my dad comes here to visit me he proceeds to tell me how he always wants to go to the Hoover Dam, but no one will let him. He goes on and on about the Hoover Dam. Well, after eating at the ghetto casino we drove through cute Boulder City and onto see the Hoover Dam. I've been to there during the day and walked across it, but it was really amazing to see at night. The dam and the new highway bridge that's being built was all lit up and it was a full moon. It was beautiful. Now I'm hoping I don't have to hear any more about how I never will let him go to the Hoover Dam.

My Dad is One Lucky Man!!!

So I told my parents that they should come to Vegas more often, because when they do my dad wins things from drawings. Last August he won a Rolex and wanted to sell it on Ebay except it came with his name engraved on it. He's only worn it a couple times, but when he does everyone thinks it's fake because he's way too cheap to ever buy one. This year he won this lovely washer/dryer pair. It's supposed to be the latest and greatest and wash and dry clothes in 37 minutes. My mom is super stoked about the color and can't wait to decorate the laundry room. He is one lucky man.

We Match!!!

Tuesday me and some classmates met at India Palace to eat the lunch buffet. There were 10 of us and 4 of us showed up like this....(L to R) Stephen DuMonteir, Alesha Scott, Me, Sam Mikhail We look so cute!

1 Full Year!!!

Well I forgot about it, but July 29th was my 1 year anniversary of living in Henderson, Nevada. I can't believe it's been a year already. It went so fast!!! I've had a great time here and have met some great people. I'm excited to see what the next year has to offer.

Furniture Market July 2008

One of the great things about living in Vegas is that furniture market is twice a year and my parents come down for a few days. Mom, Dad, Jim, Margie, Ed and Deanna rolled into town on Sunday night and I had them all over for dinner. I went to Market with them Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday....I couldn't pass us getting some free lunch. It was actually fun to hang out with married people. It seems like I'm always around single people. Monday night the market had Rod Stewart playing so I joined the old people at the concert. I was actually surprised that I knew all the songs he sang...slightly embarrassing. I did have one experience that was new to me. I went to use the restroom and I shut the door and put my purse on the hook and got the toilet seat cover all arranged and even before I could get my pants undone someone came into the bathroom and was already peeing. I thought that must be the fastest pants getter downer I've ever met and I want to see the feet that title belongs to, well...I looked under the stall door and lo and behold the feet were facing the wall!!! I was so embarrassed for the poor man that was in the women's restroom. I saved him the embarrassment by staying in my stall until he was done washing his hands and had walked out. I did verify that the sign did say women's and the lack of urinals.

Camping at Mt. Charleston with the Girls

This weekend I spent some time camping with Lisa Magnusson, Annie Ellsworth, Ashlee Bergener, Carla Russell, Colleen Russell, and Kara Sparenborg. It was so great to get out of the Vegas heat.

I Must Have Aclimated...

Recently I've found that it's blasted hot and yet I still go outside and do things, for instance...last week I went to the drive-in and saw a movie the temperature outside was a cool 100 degrees. Tonight I went to a free movie and popcorn out on a grassy knoll on the banks of Lake Las Vegas. When I saw the temperature my car registered at 11:00 p.m. of 105 degrees I came to the realization...I must have aclimated. As strange as this sounds it doesn't feel too bad.

The Paint in my Room was Oppressing Me

So because I have so much time I decided I needed to repaint my room. I've included the before and after photos. As you can see in the before photo my room was hot pink and breastfed baby diarrhea gold/yellow/orange. It was hideous!!! I forgot to take a pic before hand, but they still had the paint here at the house for some reason. My friend Jen had just finished painting a new condo and gave me a gallon of her left over paint. The color doesn't show up well on the photos here, but it's a light minty green, it's pretty much the same color as this blog background. I think it looks great, because it matches my comforter. My room feels so much bigger and brighter! I am no longer oppressed by my room, I may even be able to study better in here.

Before

After

I LOVE THE 4TH OF JULY!!!!!

HOLY MACKEREL!!!....(I mean trout)

Over the 4th of July weekend me, Dad, Joni, and Weston went fishing at Henry's Lake. We had a blast, but I think Weston had more fun than any of us. Check out the 5 lb. cutthroat he pulled out. (He thought he had a snag)We're comparing it to the regular 1 lb fish the rest of us caught.

Physician Shadowing

I completed my physician shadowing for the summer. I had to shadow 2 docs for a week each. The first doc I shadowed was a radiation oncologist. I LOVED IT!!! I really enjoyed seeing patients again. I liked going to the office each day and on Fridays we went to the operating room and put radioactive seeds in prostates. It was pretty cool. We worked with a urologist who seriously looked like a garden gnome. I wanted to put him in green pants with red suspenders and a red party hat with gold designs on it and put him in my front yard. One pet peeve I did pick up is that it's your prostate not your prostRate!!! I liked the doc I worked with and I think he liked me because he invited me back for an extra OR day and he told me I could do a 3rd or 4th year rotation with him. That's cool. I think rad-onc is something I could do.

The second doc was an orthopaedic surgeon. I HATED IT!!! I was really disappointed because I thought ortho was something I would enjoy. I just didn't like dealing with sprained ankles and problems that you really couldn't see. Alot of the cases were "elective" too, they weren't necessary. I guess I want my work to be necessary.

WAKE SURFING IS AWESOME!!!!

Well this past Friday I went to Lake Mead with some friends and tried wake surfing for the first time. I had a blast! When I start making money and am not a poor student in about 10 years I'm going to get one!!!

Me and My Niece

I took a little trip to our family cabin in Island Park, Idaho this weekend with my sister Joni, her husband Weston, and my niece Millie. She is so cute. This pic was taken at Big Springs.