merry + happy.

i meant to post on christmas, but i didn't get to finish my draft. so i hope that everyone enjoyed a day filled with all of the things you love. :]

i came out to fallon on christmas eve day and spent some time at the hospital talking to the pharmacists. it was pretty awesome. i got some questions answered, and they were very encouraging. i think they might have convinced me that i want to work in a hospital. we'll see. so now this week, i shadowed all day yesterday and half of the day today. i feel like there is a lot for me to learn, but it's very interesting. i got to do some real pharmacokinetics to determine dosing and just learn how the whole hospital system works.

as for christmas, it was definitely different this year. i always look forward to the family time that christmas entails, but this year it was just my parents and me. we had a good dinner... thanksgiving style, which is my favorite. otherwise, my dad and i spent some quality time watching a show on the history channel called pawn stars. it follows the daily events of a pawn shop in vegas, and it's one of those shows that just sucks you in so bad! some of the items that people bring into the shop have really cool historical significance, and some of them are just totally off the wall and fascinating. all in all, it was a good day.

since i'm in fallon right now, i can't upload my photos. but i did take this one of the tree here on christmas eve with my phone, which probably did a better job than my camera anyway. you may notice a resemblance to the tree at my house. my parents are big fans of these flocked trees. i wanted white lights, but the colors are fun and festive too. they really are pretty trees. i wish i had better photos.

i'll try to post some photos from christmas soon. james and i opened our presents to each other a few days after christmas, so i have some photos from that too. oh. and thanksgiving still! ha.

on monday night when i came out to fallon, i went to see shelock holmes with garrett. it was funny to go back to the little theater. i probably don't really need to do that again, since it's pretty uncomfortable and the teenagers throughout the theater spent 75% of the movie texting. yeah. i'm turning into an old lady complaining about teenagers, but seriously. why go to a movie if you just want to be on your phone the whole time? i really enjoyed the film though. i'll definitely watch it again.

i think i forgot to mention that james and i saw fantastic mr. fox before christmas. it was really cute. i just love stop motion films. they remind me of my childhood. so i think i had my mind made up before actually seeing the movie, but it didn't disappoint.

i can't believe it's the last day of the year. last year i wrote about how "2009" seemed like a distant, unreal, and almost scary sounding year. but looking back, i feel like it passed right by me. i just have no idea where the time has gone since i graduated. i guess i've just been feeling stagnant this year, which hasn't been the case entirely. it's just how i feel though. so for 2010, i'll try to focus on doing things that help me feel like i'm not so stagnant. tonight i'm hoping to spend the night with friends. usually i just have a low key new years eve, but i feel like doing something fun this year. maybe that's a good start to not feeling stagnant. :]

as for official resolutions, i think we all know by now that i don't do too well with them. so i'm not going to make anything official. there are a few things that are consistently on my mind like exercising, which i'm actually keeping up with lately! and eating better, which i haven't really been doing too well. i also just want to take time to be creative when i can and try not to procrastinate or worry about failure. my fear of failure is something i worked on this year, but i still need more work.

last year around this time, i was planning a trip to new york and excited about vegas for the superbowl. i also had an amazing trip to hawaii in june and saw my family in denver. i think i even managed to go to san francisco. so i'm hoping that 2010 will bring more fun traveling opportunities. and hopefully even a move to a new place for pharmacy school. :]

happy new year! i hope it brings the best. :]