Looooong Day!

10hrs is way too much time to spend in a classroom! It was the fist day of ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course) today and it was a very long day although it didn't feel like 10hrs until the very end. It's a very interesting course so it's easy to stay awake and engaged in the lectures. This afternoon was all practical, hands-on learning stations so it wasn't too bad but I'm exhausted now. Tomorrow is lectures in the morning and testing all afternoon. I think I should do pretty well but I'm still going to get Travis to help me review tonight.
We had a very productive weekend. It was our first weekend off together so it was really nice just to get to spend time together. On Saturday we went to Calgary and managed to spend way too much money, well Travis did, physio and massage has been cleaning out my bank account lately. We went in search of two things...matching bedside tables and a breadmaker. We went to Ikea and managed to find everything except bedside tables and a breadmaker. We bought tons of little storage and gadgety stuff there. Then we went to Pier One and managed to get some things there and then to Best Buy for a new phone and then Home Outfitters where we found a breadmaker but we both thought it was kind of hideous so we decided to go to Chinook Mall to see if we could find a nicer one there. Well Calgary traffic on a Saturday is especially frusrating especially for us small town people but we had to drive around the parking lot for a good 15mins before finding a parking spot. We went to the Bay and ended up buying the exact same breadmaker that we saw at Home Outfitters and by the time we got there, I don't know if it was our desperate need to leave the city but it was a much nicer breadmaker than it was at Home Outfitters. We also got the ice cream maker attachment for my fancy new Kitchen Aid mixer which is very exciting. So in the last two weeks we've gotten the Kitchen Aid mixer for cookies, the ice cream attachment and a breadmaker. We're going to gain 100 lbs each eating nothing but cookies, ice cream and bread!! We never did find suitable bedside tables. We got home and Travis's mom had cooked turkey dinner so we went over there and ate way too much turkey but that's what you're supposed to do at turkey dinner then came home and collapsed on the couch. Actually, we rented Airplane and I fell asleep not too far into it.
On Sunday we got our spring cleaning done. Holy cow what a huge job that was. We were up early and finished late. We took two truck loads to recycling and 8 bags of garbage out of here. I finally semi organized my stuff that's been sitting in the garage since I moved in and we reorganized the kitchen to fit all our new appliances. Travis has now officially used the mixer more times that I have. He's cooking up what I'm sure will be an amazing dinner right now and trying out the mixer for mashed potatoes. Yummmm! Dinner time!