Fall is almost here!

So its been a very busy past few weeks, in both good and bad ways. My Grandma Sophie has not been doing very well, and the family thinks that it will be a short amount of time before she goes to heaven.  Its been a long battle, but I think she is at peace, and ready to leave.  It will be devistating for the whole family, especially me, since she has been such a large influence on my life. When the time comes, I will try to view it as not a goodbye, but i'll see you when I get to heaven.

A few weeks ago I went and tried Zumba for the first time. I really liked it, however, my knee didn't lol.  A few days later I was getting excruciating pains, and went to the doctor. They diagnosed me with Patellofemoral syndrome, or runners knee. I have had ashgood slaughters desease, and the zumba really aggravated my knee. So now I get to go to physical therapy once per week, and then do the exercises at home lol. I am hoping that it will get better soon!

School at Schoolcraft college starts for me in just a few short days,  yikes! I am very excited, but nervous at the same time, as I have never taken an anatomy & physiology class before! Thankfully I have lots of nurse friends that will be able to help me!  5 credit hours on top of working 40+ hours is really going to wipe me out!

Had an awesome time out last night with some girls from work, a last hurrah if you will, before my life gets crazy with work/school!  Dan and I will be moving next year, we are hoping to capitalize on the buyers house market, and move to Livonia, to a bigger house, in a nice neighborhood. We will sure miss the great neighbors we have here though! 

Well, thats about it for now, I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Alisa

Started a new blog!

Hey there everyone! So apparently my last blog just sort of went away after a long time of not updating it lol.  So much has happened in the past year, much to much to write lol. So here is the cliff notes!  Dan and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary (quickly approaching our 2 year in Sept)! Things are going pretty well. Unfortunately Dan's company went out of business in April, so he has been collecting unemployment and looking for work, he's had a few interviews, so hopefully something pans out!  My grandma Sophie has been in and out of the hospital since February, but continues to be the stuborn Pollack she is :D.  I had some medical issues of my own, but everything has been cleared that I am NORMAL, regardless of what some might say lol. I just reached my 1 year anniversary with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.  It has been one heck of of a busy year there, learning so much, making lots of new friends with coworkers, etc!  Just this past week (August 3rd) I was informed by the powers that be, that I had been selected to move over to the new Mott Children & Women's hospital when it opens in November/December! Right now I work with both Team 1 (hematology) and Team 4 (pediatric hematology and bone marrow transplant). When November comes, I will be moving with just the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) clinic. It felt good to be appreciated/recognized as having a strong background in what I do!  I really do love my job, and getting to know the patients. While there are tough days (dealing with patient loss, etc), it is a very rewarding position. I look foward to the new beginning I will have when the hospital opens.  Murphy is still doing great, getting a little greyer around the face, but still the best boy I could ever have! 

I have also made the decision to go back to school (I know, as if working 40+ hours per week isn't enough!). I've enrolled in Schoolcraft College in Livonia to pursue a health coding specialist certificate! Its a 1 year program (if you go full-time), but I will be taking my time, and doing 1-2 classes at a time :)  I begin school in just a few short weeks with the first required class, Anatomy & Physiology. When that starts, i'll see everyone at Christmas, as when I'm not working, sleeping or in class, i'll be studying to get the best possible grade (since U of M pays for 75% of my tuition) :-)

On a more short term basis, looking forward to going up north to Crystal Lake to hang with my buddy Kevin next weekend! We love going up there, as does Murphy! 

Well, thats all for now, looking forward to staying more active with this blog, promise :-)