Wakin' up too early....

So I was the resident covering our newborn nursery this weekend, which is awesome, because yay for babies, right? The healthy newborns are pretty fun. The only downside is that you have to be there at 0600 of course which is NOT very compatible with Cathy... despite many years of early wakeups starting with a paper route in 8th grade before the sun was up, continuing through my high school years of my 45 minute commute to school with a zero hour class that started at 6, through college where I did crew and practice started at 6, and of course med school and residency now, during which most things start at 6..... my body still hates it. So, knowing this, I sometimes have a little trouble falling asleep because I fear I won't wake up on time since I suck at mornings. I didn't feel that anxious last night, but had trouble falling asleep and the last I saw it was 1:30... then I woke up, turned off my alarm, got right out of bed and started getting ready. I washed my face, changed my pants, put my phone in my bag, and was trying to pick a shirt when I walked by the clock and saw it was 3:05!!!!!!!!!! Yet another flaw with getting up so early.... when you normally get up before the sun, when you accidentally wake up in the middle of the night for no reason it's hard to tell because it's just as dark! I did feel super-tired when I woke up, but that's not unusual.... anyway, I went back to sleep pretty quickly and reset the alarm so I got up at 5 fine and made it to work ok.... We had a LOT of babies... almost 20, so I was busy, but as usual my awesome fellow residents who were on in the NICU and the inpatient peds ward helped me out by each taking a few babies for me and I finished by noon. It's so fun to talk to new parents and see how ecstatic they are for their little bundles of joy! I definitely need a nap before we head out tonight though--we're going to the temple and Maggiano's tonight which will be GREAT, but that's a lot of sitting after a big meal to fill my tummy, so I should sleep!

On Monday we went to the Puyallup Fair, which was AWESOME and I took a few pictures I'll share... It was military night so we got in free, which of course rocked, but then it was also $1 ride night... I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy when I rode the swings.... I don't know if any of you have a favorite carnival ride, but I love them all, but have a special LOVE of the swings that go in a circle.... I can not explain it but it makes me just so incredibly happy to ride them! I was blissful the entire ride.... literally, 100% the happiest I've been in any moment for a long time... I know that's silly, but it was definitely the best dollar I've spent in years!

Don't even pretend you don't love the swings!!!

We also did the giant slide and Bob and I raced our friends and totally beat them, with Bob slightly edging me out with his mad sliding skills! Angela folded her gunny sack up to decrease her surface area, thinking she'd smoke us all, yet somehow did not... the old man carnie at the bottom of the slide even recommended this strategy after we finished and we updated him that his theory was dead wrong for our posse. We also enjoyed some sweet hang gliders we laid on our stomachs to ride, a silly haunted house ride, and of course, the Bears! We rode in some silly bears that had the wheel in the middle to spin it around and around and we spun like CRAZY! So fun!

Joe, Nicole, me, Angela, and Charles (the mountain man--he's climbing Rainier this week, hence he is keeping the face full o' hair til then) and Bob was taking this picture

Atop the giant ferris wheel--all 6 of us fit in one car! (Also, my iPhone took all these pictures at night with no flash. What CAN'T it do????????)

Other than the rides, there are so many facets to the fair, least of which is the FOOD! Nicole and Joe had a goal of trying 10 different things over the course of the night and almost made it... I think they hit 6 or maybe 7... I wanted EVERYTHING.... elephant ears (didn't have room... I did make Bob promise we'll go back this Monday and get one!), chocolate covered strawberries (shared with Angela and Nicole), cotton candy (MONSTER bag shared with everyone), cheese fries (the cheese was sick but the fries were good but HUGE) and a caramel apple (also no room--maybe this Monday). Basically, people would walk by eating things and I'd want it... Bob ate a GIANT cheeseburger which looked as big as Nicole's head! He was of course finished then and didn't help much with my desire for a million other things....

We had fun checking out the animals too, although they mostly stunk as usual. Angela was horrified by a poor cow we encountered in one barn... apparently this cow was getting beautified for a show or something, because one person was holding the nose ring to keep the cow's head still while the other person was SHAVING the cow's face from between the eyes toward the nose! I'd be freaked out too! Poor cow...

People-watching is of course a fun past time pretty much anywhere, but especially at the fair! I am a firm believer that some children SHOULD be leashed and this is not necessarily cruel, but sometimes necessary for safety! Apparently this dad agreed! (I pretended I was taking a pic of Bob on my iPhone and that's why he's half in it... I try to not to be too creepy... :) )

Does everyone have their Halloween costumes already? We've had some ideas but nothing picked yet... except Lilo of course. <2 months til you get to see her costume! < 2 days for some of you maybe.... ;) We found a super-hilarious costume for her last night while we were out and she had a great time running around the house in it last night!

Hope you all have a great weekend! ~Cathy