And then Life changes again

Here it is one week from our Arizona trip where we are road tripping with stops to the Grant Canyon to Phoenix so I can take the Jurisprudence exam and I can then be licensed in AZ. Well Yesterday I got a call from an office I haven't heard from since June about a possible full time job and they would like to interview me. I did the interview today ( I'm assuming it went well because...) which then led to a working interview half day tomorrow.  Now I'm thinking I may get this job and we may not be able to go to AZ. To continue I then get a call from yet another dental office that would like me to discuss a possible full time position in Taylorsville, UT. I call back with, to my dismay, no answer and suggest a possible interview for tomorrow before my half day. This then meaning if I get this Job I will not be able to go to AZ next week either. So it's looking like I'm not supposed to go to Arizona for the moment........ but if I don't get "these" jobs.... I can't tell you how fast I'm going to be RUNNING TO ARIZONA! lol.

Temping is fun but it's not as full filling as getting to know the patients in your personal hygiene room, with YOUR favorite instruments. I hope I get hired soon because my dreams of going to foreign countries and working cross continental seem so far away I hope that everything works out the way it should... Pause for Prayer :P

Well until the next time I write.... See ya :) 

Another day another Dollar back from vacation

Hello! so last time I posted I hadn't looked into my crystal ball and saw all the temp jobs I've been getting!

It's awesome I love walking into an office and knowing exactly what to do and know that people appreciate me for it! :) I had to turn down a few jobs due to my awesome Vacation in MINNESOTA! But it was definitely worth it. But while we're on the subject I want to tell ya about my trip!

Now I know what your thinking how can Minnesota be a fun vacation well It was the best because I got to really bond with my husband's family and we were out in the sun everyday and all day. We were able to get a cabin for the week right by the lake and enjoy the simple things in life like fishing (I caught 2!), wake boarding, swimming across the lake twice all by myself, paddle boating, kayaking, learning/playing tennis, visiting Mall of America, laying out by the pool, gourmet dinners every night Thanks to my Mother in Law Rosie ( I LOVE YOU!), Ice cream almost every night before bed, and in general being with the family and can't forget bowling. Wow it was one of the best family vacations I've taken ever. It was so good to see family from all over the world and getting to spend good time with everyone.

So here I am now Temping away, lol actually sitting here since my SRP patient no showed on me so I thought I'd update the good old blog. I will say this I had an anesthesia opportunity yesterday and I can't tell ya how much I missed those instructors saying "ok angle here this way, ok I see, stop there, I see, PERFECT!" It was ... well nerve racking but both patients got numb so I guess I did it right but I did go home and read up just one more time so I don't get nerves again :)

Well I better get back! Signing off for now :)

I'm graduated and licensed now what do I do? :)

So here I am on the old Blog, I'm actually happy to have time to sit down and write a little about what's happened. Graduation was awesome and better than I thought, even the banquet dinner had major surprises I received two incredible wards  that I never in a million years would have guessed, Society of Periodontology and Alpha Beta Sigma Phi Dental Hygiene. Wow that was amazing! It felt good I was getting my confidence back slowly but surely.

After all the parties and goodbyes my husband and I have moved into the G-ma's house to figure out where we are going. We are still pretty set on Arizona but I've been looking at jobs here and we decided if I get a job here in Utah then there isn't a need to move. I'm happy I have my license all together but I've had a hard time trying to get my license in other places. It's either you need to travel there for the test or you need to schedule out time to take the exam in a proctor setting. Then you must pay that extra fee to the proctors and it becomes boards all over again lol. But I'm set on getting my license in Arizona and one other state before it's been a year.

As for the job searching I'm so happy to hear my fellow classmates are doing so well, but I on the other hand, have tempted here and there and had 4 interviews, passed out a hundred resumes, and made business cards to pass out to everyone I know and still no Job. It's getting discouraging watching all the Arizona Jobs breeze by while I'm stuck here with no job and no life.

I've turned my woes to the library for entertainment and bliss which has been alright for the most part but I must tell you about this new adventure I'm going to try. I came across this book that I think has changed my life and perspective on a lot of things. It's titled MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search For A New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche, It's such a wonderful "pick me up' for those of us who are married, over twenty, and feeling like our life is over because are girlfriends are non-existent. After reading I decided that what she was saying was true that if I want new friends and I want to find a BFF for the years to come I need to get out there more and search out friends. So that's my new goal these days... lol I have even put this to practice by introducing myself to my Zumba instructor  and I was shocked when she actually asked my name and started talking to me. Ha Ha just trying to break out of the Shy Shell I guess. I feel like this would be a good blog topic and I'm going to start updating on progress here and then it will remind me to kick my butt and blog more :) as for now I'm off to hang out with an already current friend to tell her my plan and see if I can make this a reality. Bye for now :)

Here it is!!!

 I consider this Friday the last day I can call my self a student because I have completed all requirements, I have been CA for an extra day for fun, I have gone into work because I have nothing else to do, and I have given my last project to Professor Alexander. Wow.. I never thought I would make it to this day, where all I have to do is be a grown up now. How scary it is to not have a plan for the next year when school is done. I remember always thinking get a little summer job and then it's back to school with the friends, the work study job, and hard work ahead for two semesters. I'm so very proud of our class, it seems like through out all odds you can accomplish everything and anything.
Today I ponder on my last days at Weber State, and soon to be last days in Utah for a while. We are moving to Arizona as a new adventure but I still wonder about future plans and where life will lead me. My husband is doing so well in his job and working so hard it's amazing how people cope after 21 years of formal education.

I know this will be the best and I hope we all keep in touch.. :)

Last day of Perio Class :(

I can't say that after the Welcome meeting I wasn't envious of the soon to be seniors, they get to stay and play with friends and now it's my time to grow up and lose all of mine.
    School is so funny how you make connections with others that you may have never met in your life but you become friends because of these shared stresses and trials.  I am so grateful for all my experiences here, I may have complained along the way and stressed on little things that were, but a small moment in my life, but I am truly sad to not be able to see these girls daily.

  After I graduate I will temping for a while around Utah before we move to Arizona so I will have time to say good bye to family and friends but I can't say that I have very many now that my life has been consumed by Dental Hygiene. I hope that I won't be too sad the day of graduation but be happy that everyone has done the best and grown so much. I hope that everyone stays in touch and is able to help each other in this time of infrequent jobs, and sparatic schedules.  I'm excited to have an eternal summer for a while until I decided to move on in school and I can't leave without expressing my sincere gratitude to all my Professors who have helped me grow in my life as well. Five years I have been here at the Weber State Hygiene Program with two years in the Program, it's sad but time to move on.......

I'm Graduating with no confidence

So Clinic today was really awful! I am supposed to be really fast but two 1B always fluster me. Also to make things worse they are both my little sisters who hate getting their teeth cleaned because it really hurts. Man alive I should never clean family again because you feel so sad that they are hurting but you know if you don't just get it done and clean them their tissues will never get better. Well I rushed and was flustered and finished my last PE's ran home got my sisters lunch, rushed back to clinic set up as fast as I could and then saw my Dad for the last time. Again don't clean family you always feel so bad to hurt them so of course you miss things that you would not normally miss. And when it comes to lateral pressure I'm SUCH A WIMP! I wish I could be like our instructors sit down and just pop them off in two secs. GRRR I need to improve on speed and strength I hope when I graduate I have understanding Dentists.

So that was my heart break but i do have to say my Birthday stressed along with everything so next time I feel like it would be wise to skip a birthday I will. SHEESH I'm tired... off to PJ's and a Movie..

A week that went by in a flash

Wow this week went by to fast, I can't believe I have to go to clinic tomorrow. I'm excited but at the same time I'm worried that patients are not going to show up. :( I wish all this stress could be over. You would think after boards I would be loving life but I'm really worried about finishing requirements. This year I would have to say has been the hardest year for me to swallow. I don't think I've worked this hard in school than now. The funny thing is I may look back on this in twenty years and say ... oh no you went through so many other things lol. Oh gees well I should sign off and not complain but I'm nervous for tomorrow hope things work out :) Later!

Aww where have the days gone...

So today is an Ok day I'm just writing my last papers for the end of this semester. I am so worried to graduate, I wish i could do more and ensure patients come in and are aware that if they don't come in it's my grade YIKES! I want to not be stressed anymore. :(

You just can't trust a patient no matter if you confirm with them twice

So I'm kinda mad, my patients are so lame, why can't a Class 4 come in when they are supposed too? and then my morning patient was the hardest class three I've ever seen and I missed so many spots! How am I ever going tp passed Clinical boards next week? everything is just coming so fast I hardly feel like I have improved a great deal from patient to patient. GRR I'm just so mad today I better not write anymore before I start ranting for an hour.

Next week is the big week,
wish me luck

CLINIC MADNESS!

Wow so today my two kids are a half an hour late and both need Xrays (conventional to take to there doctor's office) and they are late filling out their health histories and that made me late,  The Mom wanted all sealants, The Mom wouldn't leave her kids so I could get work done, HUGE THANKS TO Michelle, Leigh, Brooke, Jodie, Emily, Karen, and Kayla( ha ha thanks for the Lab coat) Because this day would not have got done without them.
I found a board patient and did three quads of a class three. I'm extremely tired and exhausted, I didn't get lunch, I finished my LA requirements, I gave good injections, and that is the END!

Here a Board.. There a board.. every where a Board PT!

Oh my goodness what a week! I have had such a successful and productive week it almost doesn't seem real?
I enjoyed my Dental Hygiene sit ins .. I was able to go to both of my offices on Tuesday! It was funny because I scheduled my Mountain Green Dental in the morning bright and early and I woke up to crazy snow! Driving the canyon was a little scary but well worth it! I then got to go home for Lunch and then able to run to my second observation at Booth Dental. I told them 2:30 but I got their at 1:55 So they let me observe a little earlier. I do have to say my eyes were open to a lot and I was also very excited to graduate and start practicing! :)

On Thursday I had my most scary mockboard because I didn't do so hot on the last one and this patient had a bridge of Calculus from the Anteriors to the Posteriors on the lingual side. LOL I laugh now but even my ultrasonic was being weak sauce against this stuff. But my hard work and patience paid off I passed with one one error and I was happy to say she was a class three :)

And finally to end my week I was able to help with screenings this morning! I was happy Whitnee found a board patient! and hope that family works out great for her! They were so funny they all wanted to come back and watch and they were laughing and joking the whole time. :) I know everyone will find a patient, and I'm staying optimistic because I still need one as well.

But yes, what a good and productive week, now to worry about my Nation Board on Tuesday and get ready for the Clinicals WOOT ALMOST DONE!

The Week that started with a better note

All I can say is my stressing is paying off I was able to find out today that I passed my LA written board. Whew... one down.... I'm really lucky though, I definitely owe it to my Daily prayers, my husband for putting up with me, and my teachers who help me through the struggles.

 So needless to stay for one week of this entire senior year I have one today of content and maybe some confidence.

I wish that everyone who works really hard gets acknowledgment that is deserved, We all work so hard to be in this program and profession I just wish best luck to everyone, and want to say that if I fail my others it's ok, I can retake them and I'm not a bad person for it. I love you girls!

MockBoard LA

Well what can you say when you Passed/Failed? I did perfect technique until my hand sorta of collapsed on the PSA, as well as I was instructed to only give the IA first and in my stupidity of changing syringes I touched THE FORBIDDEN CARD! GRRR What ever I must do I must not touch that card! I had the perfect patient! Perfect Landmarks, and perfect no pain sensation but GRRRR why? why must I ruin my self?

Well other then that today was great, my patient came in and she paid me millions of compliments, and gave me the sweetest card I really did cry. Some people are just too nice and I wish that I could clean every one's teeth for free so those wonderful people can get the care they need when they need it no matter what. all I can say is that was a life changing moment when I really saw a change and absolute gratitude from someone who truly cared. I hope that my life can be filled with these moments and that I may be of a great service to many.

That's it for now and tomorrow I wait for.. praying for a board patient!

Well it's offical the nightmares begin

I didn't have nightmares about the LA written but I sure have about the Mockboard! aH it feels like I'm loosing my mind in all this projects, exams, and patient finding.

I have now scheduled 5 people for my screening on the 10th and pray that one of them is a mockboard/ board patient! Where they are hiding I can't be sure but I have to find them. This weekend has been taken over by studying and Football I hope it ends up being a great study session instead of slacking off.

Aw I'm extremely tired, I better not rant anymore ;)

I have taken The Local Anesthesia Written Exam

I am in total shock right now.... I'm not sure if I'm supposed to cry? laugh? jump for joy? Complete and utter shock.

All I can say is if I passed I owe it all to my peer pal and this awesome binder passed down with all the reviews that Weber has had since 2000! I reviewed that thing right before I walked in and BEHOLD! some of the questions I had not even thought to study were on that test! PHEW! way to go binder! Now hopeful I mastered the test on the questions I was confident in. Wow I'm done.... One down and four to go :)

I WAS KICK BUTT IN CLINIC!!! LOL

OH YEAH!!!! EIGHT PE"S!!!
TWO CLASS THREE"S
AND Serious scaling skills!!! YES!!!!! BEST CLINIC DAY EVER!!! HALLA!

So I will be taking my LA test next week Tuesday and I'm feeling the pressure! I'm excited and yet so very worried to take this exam, I just know that I want to do whatever it takes to make my dream a reality!

Different Title... Same blog

So of course as all of my fellow dental hygiene ladies I will be blogging about mockboards..

All I can say is I did not do as well as anticipated 6 spots, two quads wow! I can't say I'm very happy about this but I learned a valuable lesson. Perry gave me some great tips and I'm going to share them.
Tip one: after you have scaled your life out go over one last time with the ultrasonic on low, even if you don't want to.
Tip two: after your done stand up stretch! crack your hands, shake it out and wash your hands, then sit down and polish and floss.
Tip three: once your done polishing and flossing, shake your hands out, get on the opposite side that you usually scale on ( right hand go left, left hand go right) and then take the explorer and feel from the opposite side. Because if you have been scaling from a certain direction the whole time then you may miss the clicks going the other way. Interesting huh?
 So to answer Perry yes, I learned a heck of a lot today, was it the best day ever NO! but eh I guess you win them and lose them. The ultimate goal is to finish dental hygiene and graduate, as long as I do that I'm happy!

So that's all I'm done talking about mockboards, now to move on to better things! :)

Not enough time!

I'm going crazy looking at my schedule because I have no time for clinic! Every morning I don't have a patient and then I see a class 5 or 1B that doesn't help me with requirements :( I also have no time to schedule patients back due to Mockboards and trying to find them.. Can I just say overwhelmed!

Well anyways I had a hard class two for the afternoon and I only got to one quad due to timing and lots of mobility in the lower anteriors and trying to scale was difficult. I missed one spot on number 31 distal and Perry showed me something very interesting he took my anterior sickle scaler ( not the Nebraska) and taught me ho to apply it the the distal line angle on the lingual. WOW! I never thought about that before and he said he did it occasionally. There are still so many tricks I haven't learned sometimes I want to stay in school and have them teach me more, But leave the requirements out Ha ha :)

Well I think that's all I can really blog right now lol so I don't go into a ranting rage of sadness and worry about WREB boards and that I'm struggling so until next time ... hopefully it's better news :)

First Week back, could it be more awful?

OK now I understand the first week is hard but I had a ton of extra perks to go along with it,
Tuesday was great I taught my first class, .. little bumps here and there but left with a sore throat.

Wednesday was VA clinic and to continue I had no voice in the morning and a runny nose. Not to mention my patients were a 1B and Class 5 so I feel like I have wasted so much time because I so slow trying to remember  where everything is. Well I get home exhausted and find that my dog's face has blown up like a balloon and we don't know why? So we pop her a Benadryl and call it a night because I am beyond tired.

Thursday I get to have the pleasure of clinic again with a extremely runny nose and now a banging headache. My patient in the morning cancelled so I saw thankfully Stefanie's patients daughter... what do you know another 1B grrr. Well I continue on and I'm really excited for my afternoon because in 2006 she was a class 4! Sweet I'm so excited until she shows up and I look at the Xrays.... that midtown had gotten too before I could take them grr! Then Professor Perry very brutally crashes my dreams and tells me she should have never been a class 4 to begin with! NOOO! yet again another Class 5 but I think if I finish her fast I can get someone else in... but that becomes impossible becuase she failed to tell me she had a knee joint replacement and she didn't know she had to pre-med. LOL so after she showed up at 1:00pm I now get to wait out another hour LOL. Well I go home and find my dog is still a balloon head so I have to call my sister and hopefully she can drive us to the vet because no car for me. I finally get there and they give my dog even more medicine, a blood test that was random, and still not a clear diagnoses except " She may have an allergy," all fo rthe price of $120.00 dollars. Well by that time I'm even more exhausted starving and my husband finds me again asleep on the couch with my huge headache, cough, and runny nose. Not my week eh? well it keeps going...

Friday I get up give the dog medicine shower, clean, and run to the shuttle which is normally vacant but I find today there is a line for the shuttle all the way to UV dorms to go to school. Man! I'm going to be late for the screening but I have to try because running to school won't get me there any faster. So I wait in line feeling worthless when finally one of the bigger shuttles pulls up. So I race on and hope to make it to school on time. I just barely make it when of course they have started talking earlier and I'm lucky to have caught the last instructions. I figure people can fill me in on the way and I catch a ride with Tanya. The screenings went really well, besides the coughing and wheezing, but the kids were cute and I felt like I was truly helping. After I had my lunch of a fruit cup and then we were off again to the SADHA meeting. Man I hope I didn't look as miserable as I felt. I could barely breathe and I had such a hoarse voice that Dr. Hanson commented that I was a woman of the night lol. Although it was an excellent meeting I was extremely tired and in need of medicine and a good bed. Dr. Hanson then met with us for SL and finally I was able to get a ride home from the amazing Kayla and get semi rest. My pup was still out of it so I figured I'd let her out and then we could both sleep on the couch until my husband got home. So nitequil here I come, but of course my dog can't sit still and needs to run around 24/7; I don't get to rest I get to play for two hours with her and make sure she doesn't happen to have an accident on my floor as well as I'm feeling the drowsy euphoria of the medicine that is making me even more sick YUCK! Finally to my rescue Nate comes home and I can rest in piece. He was awesome! He walked in with take out, fed me, and sent me to bed...lol wow what a week...
So long story that wasn't quite so short, I'm back in business today reading and doing homework, hopefully the whole semester isn't like this :P wouldn't that be awful?