Wow it has been a long time since I have been on here to update.  Guess I will try to catch everyone up on the happenings here in SD.

I started a new job in Sept at the prison in Springfield. It is an all male prison with 1200 or so inmates at any given time.  We work in a building for medical and have 5 beds for an infirmary.  We have clinic like appts during the day and a PAC 5 days a week that sees inmates as needed.  Pretty exciting most of the time....always something going on that needs attention.  We have med techs so don't give a ton of meds....which I kinda enjoy the break but when the nurse has to do meds it can be a challenge...having several hundred guys coming for meds at any given time and they are all in line becoming inpatient with the incompetent nurse standing at the window trying to get all the right pills to them.  My brother also works out there and that has been kinda fun.  I am getting fully initiated by some of the DOC staff...there are a few in particular that don't like me so much....who knew some of the stuff I have done was not to their liking....  I really enjoy what I am doing and I am still PRN or as needed in Vermillion so have gone back there a few times so far cuz part of me misses that too!  Being around someone besides men is kinda nice too.  I also kinda stupidly got myself involved as the PTA President for the girls school....I am regretting that sometimes but I am also glad that I have been able to help out and be apart of the things that are done for the school.  I just wish there were more parents that gave a darn about the things we need and do for our kids.  You can't do anything without volunteers...and those are slim to none sometimes making my life more stressful.

Rachael is in 6th grade and she made the honor roll 1st quarter missing role of excellance by 0.5 pts.  Where she got that I am not sure...must be my sister or brothers cuz surely wasn't from me.... She did basketball which was interesting....I kinda wanted to bang my head on the wall watching some of the games but I chalk it up to they are learning....She also is in chorus right now and she seems to like that ok.

Ashley is in 4th grade and she likes school.  She is in Book Club and Spanish Club both that were started this year.  I think she likes being the oldest Eskins in the school so far. 

Allison is in 1st grade and loving it....she has so many friends and is quite the social butterfly!  She has gone to lots of parties already this year and even went to a sleepover Halloween party! 

Jason is still working for Robinson Motors but always looking for something else.  He played baseball this summer so that was a busy time being gone 4-5 nights a week....

Went golfing for the first time in my life in Sept and actually liked it.  My dad bought the girls a Wii over the summer so they would have something to do that requires physical activity and not just sitting around watching the TV so we play lots of stuff on there.    The older girls combined their bday money and got a big trampoline which was a nice addition for something for them to do.

The girls and I are taking classes to become Catholic like Jason is.  Allison doesn't have to do anything extra since she is so little but the older 2 have to have some 1 on 1 classes with a member of the parish to "catch up" since they should have done 1st communion already and there are lots of prayers and little things they should know by this age.  I am taking RCIA classes and that has been ok...I am not a big person for talking in big groups about things I don't necessarily understand all that well.  Any suggestions on how to become more comfortable with that would be great!

i have been thinking alot about family and ways to get and keep in better contact with them cuz one thing I have learned is that life is short and you can't waste any time on the unknown.  I would like to have ways to help some of the people in my family that won't accept the help and I get frustrated with not being able to....

Well that is all I can think of for now...I should probably go make some supper and get my clan fed.

Good night!

I am starting to use facebook and it is kinda scary... I am meeting or reconnecting with all these people from high school and able to see what my brother is up to(even though he doesn't have much on there) I get to see pictures of my niece and nephew and all the other people I miss!  It is fun yet still very new to me....I have to try to get more pictures on there from my other computer so that will come....

As for the other ramblings...I bought a new car last week!  It is great so far....got the windows tinted yesterday.  It is an 07 Chevy Impala.  Silver....the only problem that I have had is the guy who sold it to me said it was flex fuel so I think great I will save a little money and filled up with flex fuel.....what do you suppose happened!  The very next morning the check engine light came on and when I called to inquire more found out that it indeed was not a flex fuel vehicle.  All is good now but it was a little hairy for a while!

The girls are busy in their actvities and Jason is busy with baseball at least 4 nights a week so needless to say we are very busy!  There is always something we are running to or doing....and the house is paying for it.  We have decided that Rachael is old enough to watch the girls....so thinking they can also clean while they are home is still a work in progress.  I am looking actively for any boot camps that you may have that will take my children and turn them into listening well behaved humans.

As for me and work things are going ok....there are days when I wonder why I even became a nurse but more than not it is rewarding.  My biggest problem is working nights with the girls home....we are still working on that only bother mom if there is blood or someone is dying thing....no one gets it here!  So I go for days without sleep and probably get a little crabby but hey whatever right?

Well that is about all I can think of right now for what is happening here so will update later on any randoms!

hi all!  I have heard that it has been a long time since i updated on here so thought that tonight while i am at work and it is not so busy i would update!  so i can't remember for sure what i had last on here but I started a new job in April at a small hospital in Vermillion SD that is only 20 min from home.  So far i really like it....of course it has its moments like any other job but i like the people i work with and like what i am doing.  I am going to start doing some training in OB and get to watch some deliveries....I helped with my first one a few weeks ago and wow what a rush!  I also did some starting to train in our ER....our hospital is only 25 beds and has a 5 bed ER.  It is really busy at times but then has its slow times too...the only thing I really don't like is that at night we only have 2 nurses one for the floor and one for the ER and not until we have 15 pts do we get another nurse!  Which means I could have 14 at a time by myself!  That so far hasn't happened to me but I don't really want to see it either! 

I had my sinus surgery at the end of April and everything seems to be ok there...i can definately breathe alot better and my headaches are not as intense!  I still have them quite a bit but I think stress and just life have a lot to do with that!  Right now the kids are going to stay home for the summer with Rachael watching them.  She is 11 and we have mom right down the street at work and jason can come home if needed.  The only problem this week is that i worked nights and do this next week too and they don't understand the meaning of the word quiet and mom needs to sleep.  I want to and have told them a saying i heard from my sister in law if its not broke or not bleeding i don't want to hear about it!!!  They come in for the silliest things and i really haven't gotten much sleep this week!  They also are not real good about listening to clean up.....not sure what to do about this but it has been a major fight at our house for some time now.  Any suggestions would be great!

The girls started swimming lessons this last week and so far really like them.  Monday they start some other activities....ashley is going to do a drawing class and allison is doing safety town where they learn about safety in the community.  i am kind of bummed that I can't be at allisons last day of that but what can you do!  I am going to try and see if someone can trade me days.  Rachael is going to take a cooking class but that will just be a one day thing. 

Jason is busy with baseball(yuck) i hate this time of year mostly because he is gone 4-5 nights a week!  it gets really hard to plan things around and with this new job i have to take call so having to plan that around his games is tough...and we are just starting to get caught up on bills since i was not working full time so any extra hrs i can get here is helpful but not being able to pick up cuz of baseball is frustrating!  Well I keep complaining about this and that and last week jason said dont start with this already or he is going to move in with his dad!  So i guess i will let it rest for a few weeks or pack suitcases for all 4 of them!  Now there is an idea....

not a whole lot else going on here...oh guess i could mention that for my birthday my brother dave that i haven't seen in 8 yrs or talked to actually talked on the phone to in about 4 texted me on my birthday!  It was such a nice suprise probably one of the best gifts i got!  I worry about him alot and wish i could get through to him!

hope you all have a good weekend....i hope to get some good sleep fast tomorrow cuz jason has 2 games tomorrow and i will need all the energy i can get!

good night....or i guess technically good morning!  love and miss you all!

misty