Five on Friday: Easter weekend!

Happy Good Friday! We are currently at the beach for our annual Easter weekend tradition with my whole family. Both me and hubs had the day off today [woohoo!] so we got to come last night! A long weekend at the beach= perfection. Here are my top 5 "things" from this week:

O N E

My first week in family medicine has been pretty good! For the most part it has been all diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol with a few interesting things mixed in. The most interesting thing I saw this week was a diabetic foot ulcer. The 49-year-old man was so non-compliant with his diabetes medications that he ended up with a huge foot sore that went almost all the way to his bone. And this is after he has already had 2 toes amputated! We referred him to a wound care clinic but he will probably end up having to have his foot amputated.

Though these things are pretty boring, it's good that I am getting a lot of practice with these medications because e.ver.y.one. has  diabetes and high blood pressure these days. I have an hour commute which is no fun. To be honest, I don't really mind the drive. The drive there is pretty relaxing… I get to finish my coffee and enjoy some worship music. It just really stinks that 2 hours of my day are spent in the car when I'd much rather be spending that time with my husband. It's throwing off my gym routine too. After a 12 hour day the last thing I want to do is go to the gym. Only 3 more weeks left!

T W O

I may or may not have bought this candle at Target because of the brand. Helloooo, my puppy girl is Bella so I was not leaving without that Bella candle! And it was on sale for just $8! To my surprise it is one of the best candles I've ever purchased. It had my entire house smelling amazing in just a few minutes. I will definitely be purchasing more of these in the future!

My sweet Bella girl

T H R E E

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been struggling to find reasonably priced bathing suits. However, I scored these two suits at Target for around $50 total! For some reason they didn't have bottoms to match the tops, but I am going to make do with solid bottoms. I got the navy/gray bottom but the pink bottom is from an old suit I already own. But it matches my new bikini top perfectly! Score! 

F O U R

This past Fall my mother-in-law gave me some daffodil bulbs. I thought, "what the heck am I going to do with these? I have no idea how to plant real flowers" but decided to just throw them in the ground and see what happens. Surprise! They bloomed! I honestly had forgotten about them until I saw tiny little buds peeking out of the ground a few weeks ago. Now they are fully bloomed and they make me smile every time I walk out of the house.

F I V E

As I mentioned yesterday, I have been really trying to eat healthy but I always seem to "cheat" when I snack. Insert: jalapeño almonds. You see, I could eat 5 bags of jalapeño potato chips at 1 sitting so I am tricking myself into thinking I'm eating chips when really I'm eating almonds. These things are delicious AND a healthy snack!