Well tonight I am orienting to the role of charge nurse and I am a little freaked out. It is a lot of responsibility, especially at a level one trauma center. Hopefully it works out okay.

Marsha found this card being sold by the ASPCA and this dog "Zoe" looks just like Nico especially with the heart shaped tag. Ironically, Zoe was one the names we considered before naming Nico, "Nico".

weird.

Planet Pooch - About Daycare

This is a place we found where we can send Nico for the day when we go places and can't take her. She will be in heaven.

See I knew they were secretly friends. I came downstairs at 3 in the morning and found this scene here. I guess even animals need to take a break from their traditional roles.

So I have managed to narrow down my mutual funds to 13 from Fidelity. I need to narrow it down to just four for Marsha and I to put in out 403 (B). Retirement plans in the US are "hella (stupid East Bay word that all of northern California now uses)" confusing between 403 (b)s if your company is non profit, 401 (k)s if they are for profit, IRAs and Tax Deffered Annuitys (which might be the same I am not sure). In Canada it is simple, RRSPs ( and RESPs for your kids education) and that is it. Simple

So we have fallen prey to late night TV and ordered the Carleton Sheets No Money Down Real Estate Course. For those of you that know us you know this is our plan all along (don't want to be starting IVs when I am 50). We started the home study course on March 2nd and so far so good. It all seems pretty legit and he takes you through it step by step. Only hitch so far is that one of the DVDs does not play but they should be sending our a new one on Monday. By the way it is only $9.95 to try the course for 30 days if you keep it, it costs a lot more. Hopefully it is worth it. Who knows if we are successful perhaps we can live the American Dream...from the comfort of Canada (ha ha).

This class was awesome but I am pretty sore now. My forearms are all bruised and I got whacked in the face once (but not too hard)...good times...good times. I love it!!!!

Going to a 4 hour Krav class today. Hopefully it will be good. Too bad my shoulder is sore from my immunization yesterday but oh well.

"John Whitman is the president of Krav Maga Worldwide and a 4th degree black belt in the Krav Maga system of self defense. He is a Krav Maga senior lead instructor certified by Wingate Institute in Israel and the Krav Maga Association of America, as well as a Krav Maga Force Training Instructor with experience teaching law enforcement agencies nationwide, including acting as a special instructor for the Los Angeles office of the U.S. Air Marshals. He has also trained a number of military units, including the U.S. Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations Antiterrorist Specialty Team." (taken from academyselfdefense.com March 2006)