Washington DC

I'm going to DC for a Nurse Practitioner Conference. I am excited about seeing everything over there again. I really want to go to the Hallocaust Museum. Have you seen the Whitehouse in person? It was so scuzzy a few years ago. Shaggy carpet that was frayed, and scuffed floors, and antiques that just looked a little to antique to be there.... I was dissapointed to say the least. It takes six hours to get there, but you lose three years on the way over... I'm kinda nervous about going over there and getting to my hotel alone. Once I'm threre though, I will be surrounded my Nurse Practioners... now if I was gunna get sick that would be the time to do it. Needless to say, I won't be visiting the Whitehouse.

Losing Weight

I'm gunna lose fifty, that's right, fifty pounds by my birthday in July. July 22nd to be exact. I am going to write down all the stuff I eat, and tell you all about it, boring or not. I keep reading in Cosmo, and Glamour that if I write down what I eat that I will eat less... Does writing it down make me less hungry, or make me feel like such a pig I just don't eat? Huh, we will see...

Research Class

I'm in a research class. I know nothing about research. I am stuck researching how to do research... damn. Methodology, quantitative, qualitative, statistics, ugh, just writing it puts me to sleep. I need to research something really interesting to me, something that will mean something when it is complete, or it isn't worth my time. Anything worth doing, is worth doing right. Right?

The Beginnings

At age 26 what would you expect to have accomplished? Most of the people I grew up with never even thought about that... we'll talk more about that later.

I grew up on the Rez (the Colville Indian Reservation) to be specific. I'm not Native (American Indian), I'm as white as you get, freckles and all. My Great Grandpa won land in a poker bet and moved his family over from Seattle, WA when my Grandma was three years old. So, my Dad was raised there, along with his siblings, and multiple other family members that eventually moved there as well. My Mom, well, she grew up near Spokane, WA. She became a teacher and moved to the Reservation, where she met my Dad (who was a high school senior). I've heard all the gossip about how they 'got it on' in the school parking lot, etc. etc..... they deny all that though. Well, I have lots of stories about the Rez, and how I grew up, and I'm sure I will post a lot of them, but for now lets stick to the basics.

My Dad became a teacher too, I was raised on the Reservation with my two sisters. I graduated as Valedictorian in 1999, went to EWU in Cheney WA, transferred to the Nursing College through Washington State University, and got my Bachelor's degree. I have been a nurse for four years, and am back in school to get my Masters as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

I'm tired of keeping all my opinions to myself and need a way to vent, and be creative. I have two children, ages three and five. They are my happiness, but they are a lot of work, and drive me crazy at times. I grew up with two sisters, so having to boys is a definite change.... According to my Mom, I never beat up my sister, took her toy, flushed it down the toilet, watched it overflow, then blamed it on her as the water seeped out the doorway.... boys. And they are the same when they grow up huh? So, anyway, I am married, working, going to school, and have my two monsters, and am STRESSED OUT! Who wouldn't be right? So, I'm taking whoever's willing along for the ride that is Tiffany Skye's life.