urinary chorionic gonadotropin

Should I explain the title? I went to put "Update" in the title, and a bunch of things starting with "U" popped up. And this was the funniest one. What's ironic though, is I just graduated from nursing school and I can't remember what in the world that is!! haha!

So much is going on. I am terrible at keeping up. First of all, I (randomly) applied for a job at the VA's SICU where my friend Laura works, and thought there was pretty much no chance of me getting the job. But I got it! It's kind of sad though, because I have to leave a job I love. I know that making the switch is the right choice for me right now, and I am very excited to get some good critical care experience. But it will be hard to say goodbye to all the people I love at my work, and the job that I know so well and I'm already good at!

Secondly, I took a couple days off last week, so that Rob and I could go enjoy a few days in the SUN during his spring break. It was AWESOME. And very much needed. We've definitely been seeing the sun more here in Utah lately, but the sun in Vegas is so different. We could wear shorts, and lay out at the pool, and complain about being hot. It was so great. We stayed at a sweet hotel the first night, because being a Thursday, even the nice hotels had great rates. And we saw Phantom of the Opera that night! It was so good! I am almost embarassed to admit, but at the ripe old age of 23, I have never seen the play, read the story, or watched the movie. So it was a first for me, and a very well-worth-it one! However, the next night, we definitely experienced the ghetto of Vegas. haha. We are cheap, and so not wanting to pay a lot of money for a weekend night's rate at a hotel, we looked up a bunch of motels and called around to find the cheapest one. Picture this: we spent $30 to stay in Vegas on a Friday night, right on the Strip. Can you imagine how bad it was?? haha. It will definitely be a fun memory, even though at the time, waking up multiple times to make sure the sheet wasn't actually touching me, wasn't my idea of a good night's rest. :) I took some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

























That night, we also walked the strip, which if you've never done it, you need to be warned to not look on the ground. And I almost freaked out on a bunch of guys trying to hand my husband porn! So gross!! Don't they see he's WITH a girl?!

And last of all, we finally made a trip to the dentist after 2 years! We both hadn't been since before we got married. Partly, because the first year we didn't have dental insurance. But since we've had it now for about 11 months, I guess our excuse is just that we're busy. (Or lazy, one of the two.) But it was great, we both had great teeth, and no cavities! I took this cute picture of Rob getting his "fluoride treatment." (The last picture is to show you how cute Rob really is. The fluoride picture doesn't do him justice. Here he is cuddling with Jack and Lucy, the cutest twins in the world!)


























**Addendum to Post: I think I just remembered what the title means! To my nursing friends: is it like beta-hcg, but measured in the urine??