Rockefeller Center Tree

I almost forgot! My mom got an article in the mail from her brother in New Jersey. It's about the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center this year. It just happens to be from the yard of a dear family friend! I remember visiting the Varanyak family many years ago. Mary was practically family all of my mother's life and was a very interesting lady. VERY interesting! We loved hearing about her outdoor plumbing and the stump she had out back for slaughtering chickens. Her twin sons allowed the tree to be cut down for Rockefeller Center because Mary had always said the tree would end up in New York City. It started it's life with the Varanyak's as a potted Christmas tree and Mary planted it in the yard over 70 years ago. The twins are 74 and I believe the tree is 80. Mary died about 10 years ago but one of her sons says there has a been a bluebird hanging around and landing on top of the tree for some time now. He believes it's his mother and I think I believe him :)

My month

Oh my goodness, been almost a month since I blogged. Too darn tired these days. My daughter started alcohol treatment a few weeks ago, just 2 days before I had to go to California for training on a new CT machine. THAT has been very difficult for me. I feel like I might have failed her somehow. I know I haven't, but it's tough to see. So, I go to California for a week and learn a lot of really great stuff and I met some neat people too! One of the guys in my class, Steve, works for BIDMC in Boston and I just HAPPEN to follow the CEO's blog! Creepy, huh? Steve was one of my favorite people out there. Very intelligent and quite funny! We had dinner over beers at the sports bar most nights and it was just nice to have someone to chat with. There was a guy one night with a shirt on that said THE GREEN MONSTAH and we just knew he had to have been to Boston. It was cool :) So, I get home on Friday night from Califonia and my husband leaves on Sunday afternoon for Denver. Another week without eachother! That week I worked 8's for apps training and actually worked closer to 10 or 11 hours each day. My hubby got back that Friday and I spent the weekend on call. I had to work Saturday night and finally had Sunday off. I worked my ass off again this week in apps and got the entire weekend off! YAY ME!!! Now, I just gotta get my daughter's senior pics ordered, grad announcements ordered, cap n gown ordered... Oh, and I have two other kids to worry about! Sheesh! We found out this last week that our daughter (who is 17) has a 23 year old boyfriend... I'm not gonna ask what more I can take, but really???