Job Interviews!!!

It's starting to feel as if I am actually done with school. I have started to put my resume out and getting contacted for Physical Therapy positions. I have one interview in Las Vegas in April (dates to be determined within the next few days). I am also hoping for an interview in Kingman, Az during the time I'm in Vegas to cut down on the travel time. The job in Vegas is an Inpatient Hospital job with opportunity to go to an Outpatient job in the future. Kingman is a Outpatient job. I eventually want to work in Outpatient so I have to start deciding what is right for our family. It's good to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

My NCAA bracket is still looking pretty good. I got 5 out 8 in the Elite 8 and 3 out of 4 in the Final Four. I still have both teams in that I picked to play in the Championship game (UCLA and Georgetown) with Georgetown winning it all!!! I don't think I will win the pot at my internship but could finish in the top 5 (GO UCLA & G-TOWN!!!!).

As for the family, we as all doing well with no sickness or complaints (knock on wood!!)

We're Still Here!!

Nothing exciting has been happening with us at the time being!!! We had a good St. Patricks day with a poker party that night. The whole basement at Katie's Uncle's and Aunt's house was green and had a lot of green food to partake of. We started with about 14 people. We decided to have two table of seven. We combined the tables when only 8 people were left. Katie took 10th place and I made it to the final table. I was the short stack on the final table and went all in on a pair of 10's. I lost to a pair of Jacks (thanks to my mother-in-law). I ended up taking 8th spot. My brother-in-law won it all with his wife taking 3rd.

My NCAA bracket is doing alright. I still have 12 of the 16 teams still in it (thanks to Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin, and Virgina Tech all losing). I can only get 6 out of the Elite Eight and still have all 4 of my Final four teams still in it. I will keep you updated next week.

I'm starting to look for and apply for jobs now. I have just updated my resume and have sent it out to a few people. I am looking at jobs right now in Utah (anywhere), Las Vegas, and Kingman, Az. I'm just excited to start taking the first steps in finding a "real" job!!! So, if you know of any Physical Therapy job openings, let me know!!!

The Madness is Among Us!!!

It is time for March Madness to begin!!! This three week span has got to be right up at the top of the list for the best three weeks of all sports (OK, may second behind the NFL playoffs!). I love to fill out my bracket to see how well I pick the games. Here are my final four: Florida (1), Pittsburgh (3), Texas (4) (sorry Jake, I have Texas beating UNC in the Sweet 16), and Texas A&M (3) with Florida winning the national championship over Texas for my bracket #1. In my 2nd bracket I have Florida (1), UCLA (2), Georgetown (2), and Texas A&M (3) with Gerogetown beating UCLA in the Championship. Bracket 1 is just for my use and Bracket 2 is for work and all the therapist competition and being able to talk some "Smack" with them. I did fill out #1 first and #2 last. I have a personal limit to only two brackets per year. I do now some who fill out different brackets for every office pool they are in. Now, I hope it turns out the way I've predicted.

This past week was Katie's Birthday so Braydon and I went shopping on Saturday and got her a Cuddle Bug machine and Course I cake decorating kit from Provo Craft. She loved it and now actually WANTS to scrapbook (which is not the norm for her!!!)

I went to a Poker Party at Katie's Uncle's friends house in which I took 2nd out of 10 people. I was pretty excited for that considering I was short stacked for awhile. I have another Poker Party this weekend on St. Patricks day so I will have to let you know how that one turns out.

For the record, Katie's picks are: North Carolina (1), Arizona (8), Weber State (15), BYU (8), with BYU beating Arizona in the Championship game. Braydon's picks are: Oregon (3), Georgetown (2), Weber State (15), BYU (8) with BYU beating Oregon in the Championship game. I guess Katie and Braydon are both "TRUE BLUE" Cougar fans but I don't know if I have that much faith in the Cougars!!!

If you want your Final Four picks on the record, feel free to post it in a comment for all of us to keep track of whose picks were the best!!!

Year of the COUGAR!!!

I don't even know what year it is (as in the Chinese calendar that you see in Chinese restaurants) but it is definitely the year of the cougars. BYU football started off the year with a Mountain West Conference championship with a bowl game win (yes, I know, it's not the "actual" year but academic year). This was then followed by MWC championships in both Men's and Women's. I heard from a local sports radio station that it was the first time in 25 years (I think) that football and men's basketball won the "Out-right" league championship in the same year. Katie and I went to the season finally against Utah Saturday night. It was a great game. The Cougars started off slow but turned in on at the end of the 1st half and the beginning of the 2nd half. We actually started to leave with about 10 minutes remaining (only about half way in the second half) because we were pounding the "School up North" by 30 points and we needed to meet my parents for dinner because they were watching Braydon and we wanted to beat the rush from the game.

Friday night we had a Poker night at our house with Katie's family and some of your friends. We had 11 people playing. We had a lot of treats and snacks to munch on. I ended up taking 3rd place, while Katie took her usual place as the first person out of the game. My Brother-in-law, Travis took 2nd spot winning $20 and my Mother-in-law taking 1st place winning a pot of $120. She was very excited to win (considering she has taken 2nd many, many times before)

We have a few pictures from our poker night in our photo album to check out if you wish.