TAGGED!! What you may not know about me.....

I have been tagged....

This was harder then I thought it was going to be. Here we go.

1. I have substantial hearing loss in my right ear. This is due to ear infections when I was young and the scar tissue build up. I have a hearing aid, which I no longer wear because I have been able to adjust pretty well, and read lips when needed.

2. I can do 7 back flips in a row on my mom and dad's trampoline....well, I haven't tried for at least a year, so maybe I should put something else too. I caught a 700 pound skate while fishing in Ninilchik, Alaska. (A skate looks similar to a sting ray)

3. When I worked at the hospital as a certified nursing assistant I wore a beeper or pager....

• My work description included:
• Staffing the hospital each night for the graveyard shift.
• Helping every department in the hospital when they were short handed.
• Taking patients to have X-Ray's, CAT Scans, MRI's & Ultrasounds.
• Making up dinner trays for patients after the kitchen closed for the day.
• Assisting during a code blue (cardiac arrest or some sort of emergency)
• Assisting with intrasil's, which is an IV that goes in the forearm to a valve of the heart.
• Giving newborn babies their first bath :)
• PUTTING DECEASED PATIENTS IN A BODY BAG AND TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE MORGUE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL
• Among other duties...to long to list them all

It was my 21st birthday, I was kind of sad to have to work. I received a call from the emergency room nurse. He told me that he had a person who passed away, and asked if I would come and take the body away. I finished up the task I was working on and proceeded to the emergency room. I had been doing my job for almost 4 years. I had many experiences with bodies, and feeling the person's spirit with me. Sometimes it felt like they were walking by me to see where I was putting their body, things like that. There were occasions that I felt a little creeped out, so I would ask the nurse who took care of that person to come with me. Then I wouldn't be alone etc. While doing this for so long I had many conversations with nurses who talked about bodies moving after the person passed away etc. All very interesting to me. I even started to read about postmortem.

When I arrived at the emergency room the nurse said he would go with me to the morgue. I of course didn't argue that. I was happy to have company. We went down the hall and to the "special elevator" through the operating department. The doors shut on the elevator, we started to go down. I was facing the body with my back to the door. The nurse was at the opposite end of the bed. The body sat straight up & STIFF. I don't know what my face looked like. I didn't scream, or say anything. I think if the nurse with me would have grunted or jumped, then I might have jumped too. I couldn't find any words. After a couple of seconds...I am sure it was seconds. The nurse unzipped the body bag. One of my friends was inside. When we went back up in the elevator and the doors opened, there was a whole crowd gathered around to hear my screams as I couldn't escape this body in the elevator. I think they were disappointed. They were trying to scare me to death...hoping I would make a fool of myself. Needless to say, it was a memorable birthday and I won't forget it. It is so nice to have good friends. I am grateful for mine.

4. On my mission (Argentina) - I was in a city called Palmyra. It was a rural town. Lots of walking on dirt roads and some neighborhoods were a couple miles away. I had a greenie. I was senior companion and we were in a neighborhood that was poor. We had walked to a members house for lunch. It was maybe a 5 mile walk. After lunch we decided to knock on doors for some of the afternoon. We passed an older man that we always saw in the street. His beard was scruffy, had grey hair. He was carrying a 2x4 that was maybe 2 feet long. As we passed him, I told him good afternoon in Spanish, just trying to be friendly. He yelled at the top of his lungs and swung that 2x4. He whacked me right on top of the head. I never really understood why the cartoons always had stars going around in circles when they bonked their head. WOW, I knew why that day! I really did see stars. I turned to look and make sure my companion was alright. She was, and she was probably 1/2 a mile away. She just took off running and left me there. I didn't think she could run that fast. I had a pretty good headache so we decided to walk to a friend's house, who are members. When we got there, they checked out my head. I had a good sized egg. This family was one of the few who had a car. Eduardo, got in the car and went to the neighborhood to talk to people and find out about this guy that did this to me. Come to find out he was a little crazy. I was glad to find that out. I didn't take it personal. :) Maybe that is why I am a bit wacko now....a good bonk on the head.

5. Growing up I always wanted long hair. All my sisters had long hair, and didn't have any problem with their hair growing. Mine just wouldn't grow. It took me 7-8 years to get my hair to the length that it is now.

6. Quirky things....I had straight, flat hair until I became pregnant with Zach. Now it is wavy. Before I became pregnant with Ali, I hated blue cheese. While pregnant I couldn't stop craving it. I still really like it. I dated a guy for a little while (not seriously) and then he told me that he was gay. It never became serious & we stayed friends. Most of my friends growing up were boys. I was a complete tom boy! I could relate to them better. The girl friends I had were great, but not the same. (Luckily none of them will be reading this.) HA! I went to the state championship competition with my horse while in 4-H. Two examples of my favorite events are: The Flag race...you run your horse as fast as you can on this event...there are two barrels in the arena and they each have a bucket of sand on them. In the far bucket there is a flag on a dowel (usually). You run down around the barrel and grab the flag, run to the second barrel and stick the flag in the sand. If the stick of the flag touches the bucket or flips out you are penalized or disqualified. The one with the fastest time wins. Another of my favorites is the egg race. You hold a raw egg on a spoon and you have to do what ever they announce without dropping your egg. Run, turn, stop, trot etc.

Hopefully there were a few things you didn't know about me and they weren't totally lame. ;)