Kristle - Tales of My Everyday Life

My thoughts and prayers are with my friends and their families through these recent times because they are dealing with a loss in the family or a significant health issue. I feel sad thinking about it right now. Even though I can't be there for everyone all the time or at the same time, I do care and I will be there for my loved ones as much as I possibly can. This type of news and events are the kind that definitely get to me as they would to anyone who has a heart. I guess that's why I'm here writing about it right now. I've been thinking about how precious life is and how much I care about the people I love. I can't help but think of the saying like in the song, "You don't know what you got 'til it's gone..." I really pray that my friends and their families are okay through these difficult and challenging times. Even though I'm not dealing directly with the kind of issues that my friends and their families are coping with, I'm still...

Even though there's no possible way to truly measure how much fun I've been having, here's what my awesome winter break looked like... 2 Disneyland visits 3 Laker games 4 Snowboarding days 1 Concert 2 Clubbing nights and many other fun times in between. Now compare that with... 4 days of work this month 1 day of school this month It's been a fun and fulfilling month. February is approaching and I always enjoy taking a moment to appreciate how wonderful my life is right now. I'm so thankful for it all.

I went to the John Legend concert (including special guest Estelle) last night at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City. The show was awesome. It was a lot of fun. My cousin Anne and I had great seats, so that means we got pictures! I LOVE John Legend and after last night, I'm still on a John Legend high. His performance, his voice, his style, and just him....he's just so HOT. Last night's concert just reminded me how much I love attending live events and hearing live music. Music is definitely the remedy to the stress in my life lately and I'm glad it's there exactly when I need it! Memories from the show... John showing off his piano skills John and Estelle performing "No Other Love" (one of my fav songs!) me and Ate Anne random...hahaha John singing "Everybody Knows"

Slumdog Millionaire is a good movie and I recommend it. I watched it last night having no prior knowledge of what it was about or that it even received acclaim from critics. Critic's choice award for best picture. Interesting story. Well-developed characters. Action, comedy, drama, and romance. What else could you ask for? Oh yeah, and it's a rags to riches story too.

My night at work is going well. Not as hectic as nights over the past few weeks. I mean I even have time to update this, which almost never happens. Anyhow, something interesting happened earlier. I just received a very nice gift from one the family members of a patient I cared for months ago. She came back because she wanted to apologize for being so rude to me when I took care of her husband. I don't even remember what she specifically said to me, but I do remember that it was challenging to reassure her about everything I was doing when I took care of her husband at the time. She thanked me for taking very good care of her husband. Apparently, she bumped into one of the CNAs in the cafeteria, specifically asked if I was working and tracked me me down in the unit I'm working at to deliver a little statue called "the angel of caring." It was a sweet and thoughtful gift. It's just nice to be reminded from time to time that your patients and/or their families act...

NYE It's starting to sink in with me that it is a new year. I was working and my night was busy enough that the ICU doc I work directly with ended up being the one to tell me midnight had passed. To me, time is flying by! Snowboarding I finally got to go snowboarding for the first time in 2 years on Friday. I really missed it! It's kinda sad that I still don't know how to carve yet, I mean I kinda was able to in the past, but some times the incline freaks me out. I haven't been boarding much in the last 4 years and it would help if I got more practice. Anyways, I'm going to conquer my fears and give it my best shot next time. Dang, I can't wait to go boarding again. I wish I was going tomorrow! It's amazing though, I swear with how much I was leafing it down the hill on all my runs that my quadriceps would have been super sore, but my legs were fine. I'm ready to fall and do whatever it takes to learn. Wedding crasher Yesterday I went with my friends Edw...