the dunlap family adventures: on this day in history

december 22nd- christina's birthday

so we celebrated on sunday instead of monday. dinner and a movie... North Border Bar & Grill was the destination and afterwards vivo city's golden village for a flick (Four Christmas's).

so the big 28... this is not suppose to be a personal blog but i am going to splurge a little on this subject since it is my day and all. so 28 years... i have to ask myself what do i really have to show for all these years. most of my friends are married, some on their first child, some on their second, some finishing medical school or upper graduate degree, some buying houses and settling down, some starting new careers, and some have a sturdy grip on their career ever since graduating college. what have i accomplished in these 28 years?... is this what getting older is all about? finding the age old question lingering at every birthday? what is my purpose in life and what do i want to accomplish with this time on earth? so to make myself feel better, and for dirk's sake of not hearing me dwell on "what the heck i am doing with my life"... dirk and i sat down and took a look back at my accomplishments. miraculously most achievements have come this past year, 2008 was a turning point in my life and most importantly, dirk and my life together. we bought a house August 18th, 2007; united as one January 5th, 2008, graduated from nursing school May 9th, 2008, moved across the globe August 23rd, 2008, first RN job December 2008...

i know that working at memorial hermann memorial city hospital in the cardiac rehab center has shaped me into the person i am today... something about your first job. the staff and patients there have impacted me the most besides my parents... they have taught me to not take tomorrow for granted. it is so true, each person you meet in your life really does make an impact in some way or another. one of my patients at the wellness center emailed me on my exact birthday... for him to actually remember meant something awesome to me. maybe i have done a little good, made a little difference, or maybe it was just my first young naive job... but i can check off the four years i spent getting to know each and every patient at that rehab center... and i will remember all of them. i wish i had a picture to post of them...

so dirk made me cup cakes instead of a cake, he bought me a north face backpack and rain jacket in ho chi minh, vietnam... they will come in really handy in cambodia. it was a great day!