Guys (in the non-gender specific sense) - I'm so proud of myself!  I changed the oil and oil filter on my car today!  That's right, I did em myself! Okay so you men have been doing that forever, and well my dearest Chantal has always done it too.  But I haven't done it since before I could even drive.  Not since the long ago days of Auto Care class.

But I made up my mind that I was simply NOT paying that kind of money to a lube shop anymore, so I did it myself!  Oh I feel accomplished!

Now if I could only get the grit out from under my nails...

That's right.  For those of you who don't really believe that where I live could possibly be as cold and horrible as I make it sound...think again!

It is September 14 - and there is SNOW flying past my windows.  It was so cold last night I had to turn the heat WAY up, wear socks to bed (yuck), and pull out extra blankets!

IT IS SEPTEMBER 14!!!!!!

This weather is sinful, maybe its because of the Fall, (and I don't mean Autumn).  Maybe this is just part of the curse.  Needless to say, I am not impressed!

So folks - its been about 2 months since I've managed anything on here - hopefully you've seen some of my news on my udder blog.  But well I don't have much to say on here, lets see:

So far this summer I've learned a butt load about pregnancy and childbirth - there is a shocking amount going on in my head, a shocking amount that's lost in translation, and shocking amount I've yet to hear!  Some skills we've learned so far:

-giving injections,

-palpating pregnant bellies,

-using nasogastric tubes,

-repairing wounds with sutures

And we're about to learn neonatal resucitation, IVs, IEs and host of things that might make you blush!  Sorry, kind of the nature of the job.

So if you're looking for something entertaining check out the new video on my profile - especially for those of you from ABC!

Folks - unless I get news too funny for my church-read Midwifery blog I will no longer be posting much of anything up here.  I've appreciated that you've stopped by to hear my latest disasters, etc.  And I will still be checking in to see whats up from time to time.

Love you all and I hope you stay connected via a Soul in Delivery.

I'M HERE!!

Figured it was about time I let you all know that!  I got in late Wednesday night and have had 2 busy days hanging out with the Ellis's.  Starting tomorrow the other Midwifery and Medic Students are showing up - can't wait to meet them!  And sometime this weekend I'll be moving into the Midwife house with more than a dozen other girls - should be wild!

I'm searching for something funny to tell you - I could tell you that my plane from GP to Calgary was officially the scariest plane I've ever placed my trust in.  It was one row of seats on each side!  It was too noisy to talk to the person across the eisle - a whole 1 foot away!  Oh yeah, and overhead compartments - yeah no, there weren't any of those.  But I did manage to pinpoint my workplace (with a shocking red roof it looks like a Pizza Hut), our church camp and Nose Hill in Cowtown.

So I've been driving all over Boise the last couple days and getting a bit of a feel for the place.  At least the areas I'm going to see most - I think.  And so far only nearly caused one accident.  Yikes.  At home we have four stops but they're very uncomplicated.  Well I reached one here that was many lanes wide in each direction and for some reason I just treated it as a set of lights.  And since the guy in front of me went - well the lights must be green!  Good logic - I know!  Well apparently if there aren't lights - then there can't be green lights.  Aahhhaa.

But I am safe, we are all safe, we found the house we were searching for and delivered the dresser.  Mission Accomplished!  I can't wait to start meeting everyone.  I  can't wait to get neck-deep in all of this.  2 more days until the official start.

So the last week of work is done.  That's right - for the first time ever I can gladly say I no longer work for Pembina.  Hallelujah!  That deserves a party of its own!

But tonight I got a party just for me!  A last chance with friends, well maybe not quite last, but a good excuse.  Miss Lisa put a ton of work in and it was good!

Also of note:

I got to drive a brandnew Ford Mustang convertible, top down (ahem, the car's), and on the open road - man they sound pretty! 

I picked up my very own 30GB iPod, compliments of my last 2 bosses!

And I get to go get a Nikon D50 SLR camera (translation: big, fun, digital).  That means endless fun and muchas pictures for this blog and more importantly my midwifery-ing blog !

Can not believe that its coming down to the wire - 5 days left!!!!!  I have certainly left many times before, I'm always coming and going, heck I've been out of town for the last 5 months.  But this is different - I've never been away for this long.  I've never been committed to anything for so long.  It's scary.  I'm ready for the adventure of a lifetime, I'm read to study my rear off, I'm ready to be a missionary, but first: I have to say good bye.  I don't know if I could ever be ready for that.  This last year has been amazing, my GP and area friends are so dear.  I love you all, leaving sucks.

But I know beyond any kind of doubt that this is right, this is God, this is my next step!  I'm so excited, I'm so scared.

I had a fundraiser BBQ on Sunday after church.  Did up a couple hundred burgers and dogs on a 7' grill!  It was a feast with chips, potatoe salad, veggies and brownies and ice cream for dessert.  Thanx to the many, many who brought the brownies and veggies.

It was absolutely great - I was just overwhelmed at all the support.  My friend got up to pray for lunch (I hadn't thought to plan that out), and I just collapsed in tears.  It was so many people loving me, and being ridiculously generous!

So after several hours of four people scrubbing the BBQ (my nails have yet to recover, and once again - I'm a girl!), everything was actually cleaned up.  Special thanx to my dearest Lisa who stayed to the very end to scrub that grime - short skirt and 22nd birthday and all!

And finally, counting the money.  Exciting, fun and humbling.  The amazing people of my church gave $5100!!!  Not counting what some have promised or given to me earlier.  I can't and so far haven't been able to put into words my thanx, my amazement and my belief in the God who supplies all our needs according to HIS riches and glory.

It is so amaxing.  I am so blessed.

This is what you have all been waiting for a blog that has purpose and hopefully the chance to laugh at me a bit more!  Well folks I've a couple good anecdotes for you today, yes two!  I knew something blog-worthy had to happen sooner or later!

 So now you're wondering - why on earth does Kim have a picture of a Carnie in her blog - well its cause I met one today!  Yes that's right I met one of these classy building blocks of our society. 

So here's the story: I'm in line at Tim Horton's for my usual leaving-town cup of tea.  When the man behind me who is rather tall turns to me and says "It's so nice to meet a tall woman for once." (Sorry did we meet?)  Which started our conversation on being tall (which I am), and since he is 6' 8", so is he.  We talked about it all - meeting people taller than tall (ie:giants), shopping, inseams, you know - the important things.  And then I find out he's from FSJ, (its where he both married and later divorced).  And that he's actually only in town right now with the carnival.  Yes he runs one of those game booths - and drives truck (who doesn't?).  So he asks me to come down to carnival to see him this weekend (did I mention that he was around 50, an obvious smoker [sorry - bad smell, wrinkly face], and lonely, single man).  And I quickly say "Oh actually I'm just leaving town".  "Oh for GP?"  "Uh yeah."  "Oh, well that's our next stop, you should come see me there."  "Oh great, yah maybe, next weekend then."

Yes folks I got hit on by a Carnie - not really all that funny of an experience.  Not really.  But it was a Carnie - I'm so proud!

And two - as some of you know I own a $50 car, yes that's what a 1987 Corolla goes for these days.  It's a great little beater to which I owe the last 9 months of my life.  So I've been crossing my fingers all along - all it has to do is last me until June, just till June, just till June.  Well June is only days away - but for the last couple weeks it has been progressively been making worse and worse sounds.  Like there was something stuck under the hood beating it and trying to get out.  It was a deafening sound.  Kinda scary to drive, but nothing really seemed to be different aside from the noise.  My dad and bro tested it and couldn't find a thing and they should know. 

We thought the demise of my car was coming soon, soon and very soon.  So today  you can imagine my great relief to find out that our horrible scary sound wasn't the CV joints afterall.  No it was the weather stripping around my windsheild, which had come out of its socket and was flapping in the wind.  Yes that was the horrible mechanical error we were so afraid of!  Oh, but bonus points for me - I found the problem - not the mechanics in the house!

And now I am finished!

It's odd sometimes I feel like I have so much to say and I bounce blog ideas in my brain and decided which one to pick - can't write them all.  And then I go through spurts (ie: now) when I can't think of anything worth writing or reading.  And then I write this a blog about not having anything to blog about it.  But you're still reading aren't you?

Well, I guess its come to this again - random bits and bites currently not worth more than a sentence of my/your time:

- I leave in 14 days. 14 days.  It is really kinda scary to sit and see those numbers slip away.  I wish I could just have a giant party from now until then and spend all that time in a joyful woohoo with all my friends/fam.  But life actually just moves on like normal - I still work out of town, I spent last night alone (*sigh*) reading a textbook and watching the game (ooh, and House!), I still have a million little things to organize and make happen before these 14 days are up.

- I'm still waiting to see if my boss will actually buy me the ipod he promised, time to suck up!

- I'm trying to plan a BBQ for this Sunday - from here.  After church I'll be serving up Burgers and Dogs to raise some more money for Midwifery school - people are being really awesome!

- And a truck might have appeared out of thin air for me to use while I'm in Boise.  That means I might be staying with my friends (off campus) after all, can't wait to see how that turns out...

And that is all I have for you today.  I assure you, if I think of something much more amusing, or actually important I'll try this again.

I poke fun at my sister - but that's cause I love her.

She doesn't really love Chuck Norris as much as her myspace might suggest she does.  And she doesn't really need pysch help - not for that atleast!  And aren't we all a bit crazy?  Just me?  Oh.