Overwelmingly Silly

Work is something most of us do to survive, and work is not something you look forward to every morning. But, my sister once told me that you're not working for your boss, your co-workers, but God. Work as if you're working for God. A wise bit of information don't ya think? When I get frustrated with work, all I have to remember is I am working for God, and who better to make proud than him? Going through this job has made me realize a couple things about myself...1) I am not a hugger of those who are not my family. When people are sad or upset, I feel awkward or uncomfortable to hug them, but if it's my family it's okay. When people have exciting news I would rather give them a high five then a hug. 2) I try to make every situation funny so no one feels uncomfortable. If someone is mad at someone else I try to make them laugh about it. If someone is upset about something at home I just try to make them smile rather than giving any advice because I really don't have much advice for them. 3) I do not like people that try to act hard to impress... Why would you make everyone around you feel that they have to walk on egg shells around you? Why not just be nice, and smile? 4) Stress gets the best of everyone and makes people act differently than they really are... whenever we are all busy and stressed we tend to not get along as well. 5) Women are impossible, and will never all get along... just a fact. 6) If you stay neutral on every situation, life will be much easier! Easier said than done, but a good goal for us all to work towards! I think that being silly rather than being angry is a better approach on helping people, I am not sure why but it seems to be my automatic reaction. I thrive to make people life, and when I get a whole room laughing I feel like I've done my job. Sometimes I can even tend to overwelm myself with my obnoxiousness, so it's just something to keep in mind, that sometimes it's just better to be quiet than a loud mouth class clown.

You Can Fly

Don't we all wish that we never had to grow up? But, it seems
to work out that we want to grow up too fast when we're young, and then we can't seem to slow growing up down when we want to be "young" again. If I think back to high school, I think how much time I wasted with people that I have nothing to do with now? Why didn't I spend more time with my family? Why did I dread having to spend the night in when it was a family night? I remember my dad telling me that it when you grow up you regret all the time you spent out of the house. Back then all I heard was blah blah blah. But, now I realize what he was saying. I wish I would've spent all my time at home it would've been way more worth it, and I would've gotten way more out of it as well. Why do we all seem to think that growing up takes too long when we're "younger" but than growing up seems to have gone by way to quick when you're moved out and now working to live. Isn't it funny that once you have bills to pay, you realize that working is no longer fun but a necessary essential to life? No longer do you work to go get that new shirt you really wanted, but you work to put food on the table and to pay bills. I think that it's hard for people to make that transition, but I got lucky and had someone who had been doing it for awhile, so the adjustment wasn't all that hard to make. Maybe it's good that we all are forced to grow up, but maybe a good piece of advice is to not grow up till' you have to, don't rush it? Now, it just all depends if you take that advice...

My Name is Jenny Campbell...

Why must we identify ourselves as whatever our occupation is? Whenever I bring a patient back, I automatically ask, "So John, what do you do for work?" Why is it so important for us to know what everyone does for an occupation? Why don't I ask what people do for enjoyment, or what people do to let loose? Most people don't like their jobs anyways... Yes, I am a Dental Assistant but that is just something I do to survive financially, what I do for fun is a whole different thing. My name is Jenny Campbell and I like teapots, fun colors, and old movies. I think that describes ME a whole lot more than me telling you I'm a dental assistant. Today, a very cute two year old little girl came in with her mom and I was the only one who could get her to smile and talk, and her mother was very nice as well. My point is I felt like these patients weren't laughing and talking to me because I was one of the girls who work at the Dentist, but a girl that they could relate to and enjoy my company. I would prefer to be liked for my personality then to be liked because I smile and nod at whatever these people are saying. When people are honestly interested in you, it is refreshing. They get to know you and you and not as your occupation. Little Annie did not mope because she was an orphan, she engaged with people even more and took care of all the other orphan girls. Yes, she longed for her parents but she still was known for her look on live, and her soft heart. She did not choose to be an orphan but she CHOSE to be positive and to love what life she has. Should we all look closer instead of just seeing "Orphan Annie"?

Funny Girl

Last night was a very interesting one... I've been having some pains in my lower right abdomen, and it wasn't getting any better so I decided to go to the ER. Everyone there was very nice and they did and ultra sound to make sure all my parts were working and working correctly. Samantha looked fine, a bit of a fire-ey child. I guess she's been kicking my in the kidney a lot, and my uterus is stretching so that's the reason for the pain. The funny thing is every time the ultra sound tech would sweep over her legs she would kick at it. They were very large kicks and I guess little Samantha will take after her mother and be a soccer player and sassy. Maybe she will be like the funny girl, on a mission to be independent? Hopefully she is a little more tame that I was! I was very happy to see that she was okay and that she was moving more than ever! She is still breech and hopefully she switches soon. I guess they have plenty of time to switch though so I'm not so concerned. We got home just before midnight and I was very tired so it was not hard to fall asleep. Today, I have my twenty week ultra sound and I am excited but feel a little foolish because I went to the ER just last night but it was a piece of mind to know that my kidneys, ovaries, and apendix are okay. I guess you make decisions for a reason maybe I'll never know why but I'm glad I went just a little embarresed to tell the doctor... We'll see how it goes!

Smile

A Baby Pomeranian... Doesn't get any cuter than that

I Knew George Kept Secrets From Me...

Enough said...

Really, how did they get this cat to cooperate?

Scott didn't know I was taking his picture...

Pretty Blue Jay

Wanna go for a walk?

Live or Die?

It's always Interesting to get to know patients... Today I met a woman who had a brain tumor and her son had had a brain tumor four years before her. The brain tumors were not genetic it just so happened that both of them had gotten one. She was truly amazing though. She told me that the small things never got to her anymore like waiting in rush hour traffic or waiting in line for something. Once you've been given a second shot at life, you are so grateful for life that you will be excited about life. She told me she had taken the stairs up to our office and I told her that I rarely take the stairs and the elevator was my best friend... She laughed and said she appreciates any exercise she gets. This woman likes EXERCISE? Yes, I know it makes you feel good but she truly felt blessed to be given the opportunity to take the stairs? Does this make you rethink your life? Does it make you think , "wow I really don't have it that bad!" I almost felt silly for some of the issues I think I have. I guess it's just a lesson to always love, don't hate anything, and just appreciate any opportunity to succeed which usually every opportunity is one that you can suceed in some how. Working in the dental field has opened my eyes because you form relationships with these people who you only see once every six months, and you truly are stunned at the things you hear. I remembered I cleaned a little girls teeth in December and she had Leukemia, and then she came back yesterday and she was done with chemo, AND recovering! I wanted to jump up and down and give her a hug, but her only being 6 years old, she prob. wouldn't understand why this strange girl was hugging her. My point is, you become so involved in these people's lives when you rarely see them. Maybe it's just my personality but I just can't help myself to cry with the people who are crying or to celebrate with the ones that have accomplished something. We also have a patient who came in a couple a weeks ago and he has stage 4 liver and colon cancer, and he just seemed to have the most positive outlook on life... Why is it that the people who are "dying" are more positive than the people that are "living". I guess it could be that the people who are "dying" are living their life to the fullest and not really dying but living, and then the people that are "living" are letting their lives slowly slip away and are not really living but slowly dying. I guess it's something to keep in mind when you're just going through the motions, why not dance through the motions, because in the end we are all dying, and on a journey to heaven.

Baby Steps

Yay! We've been married 1 year last Sunday, and we had plans to go up to Cave of the Winds but I sadly got rejected because I was pregnant... so we headed to the Cliff Dwellings down the street, and I have to say it wasn't worth the twenty dollars we paid to get in but I did get some cute baby shoes out of it! We bought Samantha some Moccosins (sp) that look just like these! I can just picture a little Samantha with a cute dress on wearing her little Indian shoes! We are so excited, and the bigger I get the more excited Scott is getting! We have an ultra sound on Monday, and we have our fingers crossed for nothing but healthy news! After a year of marriage that went very quickly, we both have learned a lot about each other, and I feel very lucky to have such a sweet husband. Scott felt bad that I got rejected at The Cave O' the Winds, and made me feel much better by buying me a 30 cent lollipop! Today, Scott met me a work for lunch and then he headed off to buy sunglasses because his eyes are sensitive and he needs to block the light! He got a good deal with our insurance, and he is very excited to get his stylish sunglasses back in a week. Has the year flown by or what? Just a second ago it was December? And now we are already half way done with the seventh month of the year? Oy yoi yoi, where is the time going? I'm looking forward to a long weekend and lots of sleeping! I had to work last Saturday and I tell ya that having three day weekends is a joy and you get so used to it that when you have to work a regular five day weekend it's ROUGH! Oh well, Lina and I are off to bed while Harry (from Harry and the Hendersons) laughs it up out on the couch... Hmmm sound proof walls one day?