7 always was my lucky number

So, let it be known that at 7 o'clock on the 28th of May 2009, I, Karli Ann Blum, after treating 118 patients in the E.R. was now on the receiving end of the health care system. And became a patient to a wonderful nursing staff in the oh so beautiful emergency room of Rexburg Idaho. The best part was, one of my class mates was on shift tonight and he was the one that got to help work on me while I was up there! It was awesome! (considering the circumstances)

One word . . . Lacrosse!


Watered down version of the tale:
I was behind the goal, two balls were in play, I was watching one ball while a kid took a shot, the goalie didn't stop it, it collided with my sunglasses, which in turn impaled my face, and I saw stars, spun around, dropped to a knee, told everyone what to do for me, and ended up with 7 stitches. And now, I have a sweet swollen eye and some various bruises. But, I am doing great! Minimal pain as of right now. and that is about it. Oh, another plus, I finally have a some what complete, bushy, looking eyebrow! I never really did before tonight, they are to blonde on the ends. But not today pal! My right eye brow is quite stunning. Seriously . . . people just love to stare at it!

The big 2-0!!

Can you beleive it? I am not a teenager anymore! What happened? Well, this has basically been the best birthday weekend ever! And oddly enough and somewhat sad, the first birthday I have ever celebrated with just me as the main birthday girl. And I tell you what . . . Princess . . . Is all I have been for the past 3 days! Down right spoiled by my spectacular family! I have built a chicken coop for our little flock, So fun! Painted posters with Amber and Yazzi. Went to dinner and a movie with mom and amber. Olive Garden and Night at the Museum II . . . A Must see! I have enjoyed great Food at every meal time! Exquisite delicacies! Yumm! Breakfast in Bed this morning, with a cereal that I recieved for my birthday. I 9 birthday cupcakes! (in triangle shape with frosting and fondent flowers on top with trick candles! Luckily Yazzi and my mom helped me blow them out, cause I think that would have been to much for me to handle . . . seriously, blowing out my very own candles, weird.) But they were delicious! Yazzi claimed 3 of them! And I had a couple myself! I got pork chops for dinner, on the barbeque . . . FAVORITE!!! And I got a wicked awesome kite, and cake decorating equipment, we are talking the fully loaded works for a professional cake decorater!!! So ExCiTeD!!! A bandana, some granola, awesome face paints (go to amber's blog later for the spectacular insight on that) and 2 air conditioners (1 from each parent) . . . I thought that was great! But, the best part about the weekend was seriously being with my awesome family! Yazzi is just so hilarious and Crazy! Taten is adorable and starting to walk! He smiles at everything! Amber is so stinkin awesome! Love her to death! Glad we have put the past behind us! Although . . . I still kinda don't enjoy eating raisins on a regular basis . . . hmmm... Cohwen is STINKING hilarious! Holy CRAP! is all I have to say about that! My parents are simply the best parents anyone could ask for in the world! I get so excited knowing that I get to come home and see them! (seriously though . . . for the past 3 weeks knowing I was coming home for my birthday has been way happy and I have been so anxious! But It finally came! And it has been so awesome!) And the lost twin, well, she will come back eventually, and I miss her terribly. I seriously would not be who I am today with out that insane girl by my side! Jeepers! She is nuts! Love her to death and I can't wait to see her in a week! Hope she didn't get eaten by a liger. Anyway . . . Best birthday weekend ever! Man, 20 seems old! I don't know how some of you people out there have made it past 23! I ammend and look up to you! That seems so far away! Man the amount of stuff you can accomplish within a year! Hope this one is just as good, if not better than the last!

Surprise! BEST DAY EVER!!!!

So, yesterday was basically the best day ever! My 7 hour class was canceled because my teacher wasn't going to be there. So, I had all the time in the world!! I still had to go to 5 hours of classes, but 4 hours of that is awesome lab, so that was fun! So, with my extra time . . . I cut someone's hair. ( I am quite the hair cutter now, I have cut 5 peoples hair within the past 3 weeks. And I must say . . . they look fabulous!) I helped my room mate compile and frost a cake. (More details to come) Cleaned my room. Cooked some awesome lunch, Did some homework, rode Magness! And competed and won against my room mate in Mario Kart! 7 times!! So, I went to lacrosse practice, had such a good time! My team rocks! We have our first game tonight! (i will let you know how it goes) Then, afterwards I stayed and helped 2 girls with their stick skills that had just started learning how to play, they improved immensely by the end of our little session. Then, my awesome room mates, came and got me from practice which was way nice, and I learned they hadn't eaten dinner yet, And I was way confused! So, then they asked me to tell them about my day, so I did. Then, I walked in to my apartment to find it covered in streamers and my room mate holding up a camera, and then they placed an awesome cone hat on me! There were presents in the middle of the floor! And dinner laid out on the counter/table It was so exciting!!!! I couldn't believe it! They got me good! Later I had learned that they have ben planning to surprise me for over a week! They did good at keeping it in! I felt so stinkin loved! We ate our amazing dinner . . . Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, gravy, and lemonade in my new crazy glass! It was so perfect! And such a surprise! And a kid that I had cut his hair a couple of days ago said he owed me, and when I got home there was a note written on my white board saying look in the freezer, and low-and-behold, He had gotten me my favorite flavor of Jambe Juice!!! It was seriously awesome! Oh, then the cake! All sarah and I did earlier was frost the cake, then they turned it over to me, and let me decorate it! So, I drew each of us on the side of the cake with a 'sweet' little thank you on top! It was so fun! And it is basically gone already! Seriously though . . . best day ever! Whoo that was long! Thanks for sticking to the end! I can't wait to go home this weekend and I must prepare for the best weekend of my life! Seeing my family on my birthday!!!!!! Much Love!

Boredom on A Thursday Evening!

My room mate came home from her cake decorating class yesterday and informed me that she had wrecked one of her cakes in class, so she had two extra white cakes cooked up, and she told me I could decorate them! So, We whipped up some cream cheese frosting, pulled out the strawberries, got a couple of her cake decorating tips and let me go at it! It was so stinkin fun! And this was the final master piece! Each flower was done by some one different in the apartment! My first cake decorating experience, and I don't think it will be my last! I enjoyed it quite muchly!

Paramedic?

Well . . . Basically, I am loving the paramedic program! It kicks my trash everyday and I couldn't be enjoying something more than what I do! We have labs and classes that basically go all day, and we have been with the same group of students for 5 months now, and we have 7 more months to go together! I love them to death! And i honestly don't want to be seperated from them. Its pretty crazy how close we have gotten, I go through withdrawals over weekends if I don't see them. But, This morning we had our self defense class taught by my favorite teacher, brother holley, which is the pictures when we are all in the nasty wrestling room. We all ganged up on each other, no one was safe. But, the girls found this thing called the tickle tactic, it works 60 percent of the time. I realized how seriously crazy our group just is! We also had a knot tying class last week, Hence the girls tied up (we did that our selves!!! Brother Holley was so proud of what he had taught us!).
The one on the Back board all tied down is Stetson, he is the other medic in my group, and the ones dressed up are kids from the class. Details i guess . . . Every monday we have a class called Ambulance Operations. We have divided the class into three different groups. Group # 1 will make up a scenario, get a patient and a place, and have the other 2 groups respond to it. Like we are running a real call. It helps out a ton to see how and what you need to work on before you actually get out into the field! So, Stetson and I had the scenario this week, and he was the patient, and it was pretty darn realistic! And, the best part was, my Mom and Dad came and visited during the class as well! I don't think I blogged about this, but, last semester, my parents came up and were the patients for the class, it was so fun! Probably one of my favorite scenarios. It was awesome! We all went to dinner at Winger's with my parents before they headed for home. So fun! Love them! The one with me and Brian, well, he is resuscitating 'my' baby. We just started our classes for helping kids. A bit scary, but hopefully we will all get through! As a paramedic student . . . Kids freak me out!!! Basically we have a little too much fun together! I absolutely love my classes! They definitely keep me on my toes. It astounds me as to how much knowledge they have crammed into us since the beginning of the program! So awesome!

White Artichoke Chicken Lasagna . . . as promised!

SO SO SO STINKIN TASTY!!!!! I made this for Sunday dinner this last week and let me tell yah . . . Heaven! Thanks for the recipe Beansie!!! If you want it, just let me know!

Turtle!

So, I came home from class last week and low and behold . . . We had a turtle!! Her name is Dakota, she is about 6 months old and she is my room mates. She got permission from the management, and so now she stays at our apartment! So fun!