Pennsylvania genealogy trip, PALS

These past few months have been busy ones for me. First, there was the trip to South Dakota at the end of August. Second was the trip to Pennsylvania at the end of September.

My grandpa wanted us to take him back to Pennsylvania where he lived as a child. Since I normally do some type of genealogy trip around my birthday, I thought this was perfect. Also, the fact that he is going to be 80 next year kinda puts an urgency on it. It was my grandpa, cousin Mikey, mom and I going. We had tons of fun and learned lots of stuff. It was so exhausting though!! There was this library in Erie, that I probably could've spent a few days in. I will definitely have to return there.

We didn't actually get a lot of records there because you had to order them and they mailed them to you. (Which is different than any other place I've gotten records from.) I was excited when the death certificates came in the mail. I'm glad I know just to order them because I need tons more.

There was a really nice lady at the cemetery where Grandpa's mom was buried. She helped us find a lot of graves. We found out that when Grandpa's dad bought the plot for his mom, he actually bought three spots. So, the other two just sit empty. Grandpa donated them to someone who couldn't afford a space.

We were so exhausted by the time we got home. All of us were. Grandpa said he didn't realize that genealogy takes so much time.

Most recently, I have had to take PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support.) I don't like to think about participating in codes on pediatric patients and therefore, these past few days have been miserable!! I passed, but I still don't like it! It was even more difficult because I had to get up so early. I work night shift, so early is not in my vocabulary.

On a side note, I have successfully given up caffeine. I haven't had any caffeinated beverages in over a month. Yay!! Pepsi was my downfall before and it was my goal to give it up by the end of the year.