Sick

Back from a fun-filled weekend in Laughlin, and now I am sick as a dog, blah. Losing my voice, coughing, headache, etc etc. I hope I get better because school starts MONDAY. yikes, cant believe the summer is over already!! I am excited to start, but not at the same time. The next 9 months are going to be crazy, school every week, with 2 weeks off around christmas, all the way up through May. I am excited, because after May I only have half a semester left, but I just know this is going to be a tough few months!

My cell phone broke in Laughlin, now it wont even turn on. On my list of 'to do's' before Monday. I hate to do lists.

Wedding plans kinda at a stand still, I honestly have planned out everything, the dress, the tuxes, the bridesmaids dresses, the cake place, the site, the catering, the centerpieces, the flowers, etc etc...my countless hours on the knot paid off I guess. Of course my mind could always change, but as of now, its just waiting. I hate waiting. I hate that when people ask when our wedding is and I say 2008 its like its not important because its "so far" away. It drives me crazy. I know it IS far away, and a longer engagment than most, but still, it doesnt make it any less important. I just cant wait for January 2008, I will be graduated and be an RN, and be finalizing the wedding that will be May 17, 2008.

We talked with Michaels parents in Laughlin this weekend, and we are going to start looking for a house in October 2007. We want to have one before I graduate, even if it means living apart for a couple months. The market isnt going to go down anytime soon, so the sooner we buy the better. Now I am especially excited because my girlfriend Erin will be moving there in the next couple of months. Now I will have someone I know other than Michaels parents and sister to hang out with and scrap with! I am so excited to start my life with Michael in Arizona, to us, Arizona is a way of making our dreams a reality (buying a home, starting a family, buying a boat, etc etc). Here in California they are all just dreams and its all they will ever be. It was so cute, this past weekend Michael kept suggesting names for our future children. So far we have for a boy Mathew (matty for short), Mason, and Brayden. For a girl its Hadley, Olivia, Brooklyn, and Paige. Of course 7 kids is just out of the question, but its nice to talk about it, makes it seem not SO far away.

Got this for Aprils blog and thought it was cute.

I WANT: to be done with nursing school already
I HAVE: a cough and sore throat, and it really sucks
I WISH: I had a million dollars
I HATE: driving next to big rigs on the freeway
I MISS: my sister
I HEAR: my laptop
I WONDER: how many kids Michael and I will have
I REGRET: nothing. I wouldnt be who I am if my life hadnt been the way it was. (ok, maybe I regret some nights I got way drunker than I should have, but thats about it)
I AM NOT: as patient as I should be
I DANCE: when I want to make Michael laugh
I SING: In the car, at the top of my lungs, and I pretend I am good
I CRY: when I am emotional
I AM NOT ALWAYS: as sweet as I should be to Michael
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: SCRAPBOOKS
I WRITE: when I have to, I would rather type
I CONFUSE: ?
I NEED: to go to the college and run my errands
I SHOULD: do the things I need to do, lol
I START: school next monday
I FINISH: nursing school December 2007
I TAG: anyone reading this


Thats all for now, off to take some cough medicine and a NAP!

Why is it that all of the cute new CHA scrap stuff comes out when I am totally BROKE? ugh. So much cute new stuff, I am going to have to sell lemonade outside on the weekends or something to be able to pay for it. Love me some scrap goodies.

So yesterday, Michaels jeep died on us. The mechanic said that his engine is shot and a new one is $4,000...he moved ino to SAVE money, not spend it!!! So frustrating, but thankfully we are living with my parents so he isnt having to pay rent like before. For now he has my car and I am car-less, which sucks, but we will make do.

Cooked with Michelle today, made the yummiest chicken and dumplings ever. so good.

Bridal shower tomorrow, looking forward to it (only know the bride and no one else so its a little akward, but should be fun fun!). Her wedding should be super fun, its in September in San Diego, another reason for me and Michael to have a weekend getaway there, cant wait. Here is a picture in La Jolla from last time we went, it was so much fun.

Am trying to figure out how to upload pictures from our digital, Michael still hasnt shown me so I have to wait for him to be able to put anything up, ugh. So until then, my blog is pretty boring.

Having a girls night out tonight with my girlfriends Tawny and Brittany and Tawns new baby, Dylan. Cant wait!! The Crazy Chicken (love their avocado salsa) and a chick flick, oh so much fun.

I'm out.

Busy weekend

My weekend was pretty busy, even though I didnt actually 'work.' Friday night I spent the night with my girlfriend Tawny who just had a baby, it was a fun girl night, movies and dinner. Saturday I helped my friend Onica with a wedding, and holy crap was it HOT!!! Saturday night I went with Michelle to dinner and a movie, we saw The Devil Wears Prada and it was so super cute! Sunday I got up at 5 am to watch my Godsons and it was just a crazy day. I'm glad the weekend is over and I am off work today, yippee!!

I have 3 weeks from today until I start school, I am so enjoying the last of the summer...as much as I want school to start so it can be over already, I am really loving having time off.

Nothing super exciting to report today, I am taking it easy, my back has been KILLING me all of yesterday and today it feels worse. I am going to do a long stretch sesh, hopefully that helps!

Thats all for now :o)

Oh yea, the adorable baby is my best friend Angies daughter, Asheley. Isnt she just the sweetest?

Just got in from the gym with Michelle and really need to kick my working out into high gear for sure!! Now that Michael is all moved in and the stress is gone from having the drama with the room mate, hopefully we can get into a good routine of eating healthy and working out together. we'll see how that goes.

Nothing exciting to report, worried right now about my credit card bill that I dont have the money to pay for (always a stressful thing). I need to pick up some shifts at work before school starts back so I can pay it off.

I hear my pillow calling my name, off to bed! :o)

Finally!!

Finally Michael is moving in!!!!!!!!! Its a LLLOOONNNGGG story as to why its taken this long and why I am so relieved, but I just have to let it go and know that its over, and hes finally moving in! I am so happy and excited, I cant wait. Its gonna be a crazy weekend considering we are working opposite schedules, but we will figure it out.

Cleaned my scrap space tonight, so depressing!! I always want to hold on to everything, thinking im going to use it "some day" but I just cant use an entire room for scrap stuff, so I condensed it down and got rid of TONS. The box is so heavy I dont even know how Im going to carry it out of my room, but we'll figure it out. Hopefully some of the Foxies will take some of it, and whatever is left maybe Yez can take to the Childrens Hospital.

On a side note...I really miss my sister. Its been really hard to be excited about Michael moving in, when I know that the reason there is room for him is because my sister isnt here anymore. I just feel like she has replaced me with our cousin, and I wish things could go back to the way they used to be. Hopefully when she finishes cosmotology school we will be able to spend more time together, its like I feel like so badly I want a close relationship with her, but its just "not there" if that makes any sense.

Gotta get to bed, working tomorrow at 6 am, yuck!

Dylan is here!!

My close friend from high school Tawny finally had her baby. He was born July 12th, at 3:30 am, 8 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches long. Poor girl was in labor 16 hours, THEN they did a c-section. Dylan is happy and health, and SOOO cute!!! He has a ton of hair. Everyone is so excited that he is finally here. I will post some pictures of him.

Yesterday I watched my best friend Angies daughter, Asheley, took her to have pictures taken because she hasnt had any since she was a month old, shes 9 months now, and a package at Walmart cost me $50!! omg I was so mad! I looked on their website and they have packages for $6.88! Why did I pay $50?? I called back and raised hell with the little 16 year old idiot girl that took the pictures, and she told me to come back and she would fix it. Thank God, I am so on a budget right now and did not expect to pay that much at Walmart.

Its getting closer to Michael moving in, this Sunday. I am super excited, but a little nervous at the same time, I have never "lived" with anyone before. I cant wait to spend every day with him though.

Nothing else exciting going on, boring ole' me

Here is the picture

I almost forgot!

Happy Tuesday

Here I am again, abandoning my blog for months. I always say I am going to start blogging again, and just never get around to it. Lately I must admit that it is my new obsession with a wedding website called The Knot. It is seriously amazing the things you can find on there, I just love it, and the message boards are great. I know that next month when school starts back up again, my time to myself will be limited with studying and school stuff, so I am enjoying it now. I am off work this whole week, wooooo!! All I have planned is getting my house ready for Michael to move in, its already THIS Sunday!!! Yikes. I am super excited about it, but at the same time it will be a huge adjustment. I have never lived with anyone before, I mean yea I stay at Michaels all the time, but its not the same as living with him. I know this is the best thing for both of us though, so I am really happy that my parents have given us the opportunity to do it. We will be able to save money so that we can buy a house when we get married. (that sounds so weird, get married).

Wedding ramblings: I have decided on my wedding colors, they will be orange and fucshia. Our wedding date is May 17, 2008. We were going to pick May 25th, because its on a Sunday and everything is cheaper on Sundays, but thats memorial day weekend, and I dont want our guests to have to travel from out of town on a holiday weekend. So May 17th it is. I have the place picked out too, I pretty much have it all done "in my head" so to speak, and we will finalize stuff next summer. The place is truly AMAZING. I love it. It is an outdoor ranch/garden, its HUGE, they have this gorgeous old red barn thats great for photos, and the lawn where the reception will be has 4 huge trees around it, that are decorated with white lights, and the best part is that there is an old Victorian style home that will just make for amazing photos. I will put a picture up. We can also use the home for a cocktail hour, or cake cutting, or whatever we wanted, plus there is a really cute decorated bride and groom room for us to get ready in. I cant wait! I know a girl (from the knot) who is getting married there this August, so I cant wait to see how her wedding turns out! She is super sweet and helpful too.

School ramblings: Gosh, school...I have forgotten what its like to STUDY. I told myself that all summer I was going to review the last semester, memorize all my meds, pathophys, etc...and I havent done JACK! After Michael moves in I will, its just been crazy lately though. I also need to buy my book, and go to the library to copy my instructors lecture notes for next semester. I am SO nervous about next semester. I guess this instructor is super mean, and really hard to get along with, yikes!

So thats my update. Nothing really exciting to report. I will try to update this thing at least twice a week. Try is the key word.

How boring am I?

Seems like I am only writting on here once a month, how pathetic. This have just been kinda crazy lately, but in a good way :o)

We went on our cruise two weeks ago, and had a FABULOUS time...actually, more than fab, it was the most amazing trip of my life. Michael asked me to marry him!!! Now we are engaged! It feels so weird, but so good at the same time. I am so overly happy its not even funny, and my ring is beautiful!

We arent planning to get married until May of 2008 (seems like forever away!), because of nursing school, I wont graduate until December of 2007, plus we would like to save some money either for the wedding itself, or for buying a house after the wedding so we have a home of our own.

Michael is moving into my house next month so we can save money, it should be interesting. There is plenty of room, its just my parents and I since my sister moved out, but it will be an adjustment for sure.

I will try to update this thing more often

a MONTH?!

Holy crap, its been over a month and no post, geesh. I guess life has just been crazy lately, I totally forget about this blog, I wish I spent more time writting each day, it helps to clear my thoughts.

Totally bummed out today...I failed my first nursing exam! I got a 74, and you need a 75 to pass. Its my own fault, I totally blew off studying this weekend to be with Michael, I figured I could just "wing it" and I was totally wrong, ugh! So now I have to get a write up and go see my instructor to discuss the grade and how to prevent it from happening again. The good thing is that I have gotten all 90's or above up until this point, so I am no where near failing, plus I have 10 extra credit points from volunteering this semester, so I can just pretend I got an 84 and call it even, lol.

On a side note, I get to go to the operating room tomorrow all day, I am so excited! The OR has always facinated me, I just love surgery, so I am excited for this rotation.

Even better news, the cruise is coming up shortly, we leave on the 20th of this month. I cant WAIT!!!! I am so thankful to have a soon-to-be-mother-in-law like Val (Michaels mom), she bought our cruise tickets for us, and she bought them last year when I hadnt even been around for that long! She must REALLY like me. She is an amazing woman, and aside from my mother I cant think of another woman I admire as much as her. She has so many qualities that are just different from my own Mom (who is the most amazing woman on this earth), and its just really nice that Val and I have become so close. You always hear horror stories about mother in laws, and I know I wont ever have to deal with that.

Happy thought of the day: School is out next monday, wooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quiet around here

I guess I just have been too lazy to post, that and busy! Nothing really exciting going on, studying, studying, and then studying some more. I have been feeling sick this week, blah.

Randomness for the day...

Happy thought of the day: I made a yummy soup for dinner last night, and corn bread to go with it. It was SO stinkin good!

Fun-ness of the day: Going to a scrap store today, havent been to one since, geez, like October!!! I hate being broke!!

Sad thought of the day: I still cannot stop thinking about this girl that was on Oprah yesterday. She had been on the show before, and this was a follow up. The story was that there was this woman who was dying of cancer, and she had a young daughter at the time, and she knew she was going to die, so what she did was make hundreds of video tapes for her daughter, of just one on one filming of her talking to her daughter about "motherly" type stuff (boys, periods, etc) because she knew she wouldnt be there when he daughter needed advice on those things, and she knew her husband would have a hard time with it. The mother died when her daughter was only 6, and so now she has all these videos with memories of her mom, and it was just the most special thing I have ever seen, gosh I cried so hard. The saddest video was where the mom said she would be looking down on them to find another soul for daddy to spend the rest of his life with so he wasnt alone, and that she gave her blessing, and she would make sure to find someone perfect, and that it was ok if she called her mom. Talk about a tear jerker! The girl was 13 when she came on the show this time, and it was just so sad, I could not imagine not having a mother at 13. I think it was right around that age I started "hating" my mom, yikes the teenage years were tough around here, I'm so glad to be older and closer with my mom. That show yesterday just made me value my mom so much, I dont know what I would do without her!

Just another day...

In paradise. lol not really but a girl can dream, right? Had an exam today and am anxiously awaiting the results...it was a MATH exam, and we have to get at least a 90% to pass it or else we are unable to give medications to our patients at the hospital, which means we lose points every day until we can pass it. If we dont pass on the third time, we get the boot from the program alltogether. BOOOOO. I will know by 7 tonight, I am crossing my fingers I passed!

Randomness for the day...

Happy thought of the day: I love nursing school. I really really do. As much work as I have to put into it, it really is a lot of fun. I have made a couple of great friendships with some girls I know I will keep in touch with long after nursing school is over, we just click. And on top of that we laugh together all the time, which is a great thing.

What I'm looking forward to today: watching american idol with Michael. We love watching that show together for some reason, and its two hours tonight!!

Got this from a friend and thought it was fun....

I AM: in nursing school
I WANT: to be done with nursing school
I HAVE: the best boyfriend in the world
I WISH: that I was with him right now
I HATE: the lady in my clinical
I MISS: Michael
I FEAR: being diagnosed with a terminal disease
I HEAR: a plane flying
I SEARCH: google sometimes?
I WONDER: when I will be engaged
I LOVE: Michael Fazio
I ACHE: in my tooth (wisdom teeth coming in)
I ALWAYS: try to be nice to everyone
I AM NOT: fake
I DANCE: to some good booty shakin music
I SING: really loud in my car
I CRY: when I am sad
I WRITE: a lot when I am in class
I WIN: speed every time I play with Michael
I LOOSE: weight before my cruise (I hope anyway)
I CONFUSE: uuhh...?
I NEED: money
I SHOULD: be doing my clinical stuff right now
MY PARENTS: are the best parents in the world
THREE THINGS YOU ARE OFTEN COMPLIMENTED FOR: my eyelashes, my legs, and my hair
MAKES YOU HAPPY: being with people that I love
UPSETS YOU: being with people that I dislike
Yes or no...
YOU KEEP A JOURNAL: does a blog count?
YOU LIKE TO COOK: love to cook
YOU HAVE A SECRET YOU HAVE NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE: I'm sure I do
YOU SET YOUR WATCH A FEW MINUTES AHEAD: yes, but I know its ahead so it does me no good
YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE: yes of course
THE WEIRDEST PERSON YOU KNOW: probably my cousin Kevin
THE LOUDEST PERSON YOU KNOW: hhmmm....my SISTER
THE SEXIEST PERSON YOU KNOW: hhmm, no clue
YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS: Sara, Angie, Erin, Michelle, and now Katie and Jess (nursing school)
THE PERSON THAT KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT YOU: My sister and Michael
MOST BORING TEACHER: 4th grade Mr. Near
FAVORITE TEACHER: Mr. Very
What is...
YOUR MOST OVERUSED PHRASE ON IM: "lol"
THE LAST IMAGE/THOUGHT YOU GO TO SLEEP WITH: usually Michael
YOUR BEST FEATURE: I am very patient
Do You...
TAKE A SHOWER EVERYDAY: yes
HAVE A (ANY) CRUSH (ES): Ace on american idol
THINK YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE: I am in love
WANT TO GET MARRIED: more than anything in this world
THINK YOU'RE A HEALTH FREAK: no not really, I am health concious but not a freak about it
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: yes
SIGN: Libra
NATURAL HAIR COLOR: Blonde
CURRENT HAIR COLOR: a dark brown with some red
EYE COLOR: blue
BIRTHPLACE: Santa Barbara
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Simi Valley
Family...
PARENTS: Mom and dad
SIBLINGS: Beana
LIVE WITH: parents half the time and Michael the other half
FAVORITE RELATIVE: probably my aunt baby or my cousin christine
Favorites...
NUMBER: 16
COLOR: PINK
DAY: Sunday
MONTH: February
FOOD: Cereal
SEASON: summer
SPORT: basketball
DRINK: AMF's
In the last 24 hours have you...
CRIED: no
HELPED SOMEONE: yes I helped a lady get a parking pass today
BOUGHT SOMETHING: lunch
GOTTEN SICK: no
GONE TO THE MOVIES: no
GONE OUT FOR DINNER: no
SAID "I LOVE YOU": yep to michael and my family
WRITTEN A REAL LETTER: nope
TALKED TO AN EX: nope
MISSED AN EX: nope
WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL: blogged yes
HAD A SERIOUS TALK: yes
MISSED SOMEONE: yes
HUGGED SOMEONE: yes
FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS: no
FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND: no
NAME 5 BANDS YOU LISTEN TO: I couldnt even tell you...
NAME 4 THINGS YOU DISLIKE: italian food, bad drivers, when my pen runs out of ink mid-sentance, and bad breath
would you ever....
EAT A BUG? no
BUNGEE JUMP? yes
HANG GLIDE? yes
KILL SOMEONE? no way
KISS SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX? I have before if that counts
HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX? dont think so
GO OUT WITH SOMEONE FOR THEIR LOOKS? im done with dating but if i was no, its whats on the inside that counts
GO OUT WITH SOMEONE FOR THEIR REPUTATION? no
BE A VEGETARIAN? nope
GET DRUNK OFF YOUR ASS? I have too many times
STAR IN A PORN VIDEO? no
NOT WEAR MAKEUP IN PUBLIC? i never wear makeup to school
MAKE SOMEONE CRY? I am sure i have but not on purpose
DATE SOMEONE MORE THAN TEN YEARS OLDER THAN YOU? I have before but i wouldnt now
STAY UP ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT? yes
DRINK STRAIGHT ESPRESSO? no thanks

{First Day of Spring}

I LOVE Spring!! I love everything about it, especially the weather. Today is the first day of spring, and its supposed to rain tomorrow!! BOOOO!

Had a fabulous weekend with my family and Michael, went to 2 birthday partys, my aunts 50th and my cousins 3rd "princess party" both were awesome and it was great to have some time with my family and not think about school for once. Today its back to the swing of things, school, the gym, studying, etc....ick.

Randomness for the day:

Something I am happy about today: its monday, I love mondays. They have such a "fresh" feel to them, start of a new week, another chance to start doing what you said you would do last monday!

Something I am unhappy about today: I have a test tomorrow...a MATH test to make it even worse. I am crossing my fingers I do ok.

Something I am thankful for today: My family. As crazy as they all can be sometimes, and as much as they can drive me crazy, I wouldnt ask for another family anyday. They are all special to me in their own way, and I cherish each and every one of them (and there are alot)

Happy St. Pattys Day!!

I think green is an appropriate color for today! I have never been big on St. Pattys day, I hate corned beef and cabbage!!!!! Just the smell of it makes me sick! In honor of today, heres 5 green things that I enjoy

1. Mint and chip ice cream
2. My green workout pants
3. Shamrock shakes from McDonalds
4. The grass when it has just been cute
5. Green tea

I have come to the conclusion that my blog is incredibly boring and that I need to spice it up a bit every day. So here is some randomness for the day. (thanks to some friends blogs who have inspired me).

Yummy thing of the day: My mom went to Farmers Market last night after work and brought me home a bag of one of my very favorite things, fresh kettle corn. I had it for both breakfast and lunch today, and it makes my tummy happy

Happy thought of the day: I have a great life. sometimes I wish it was different, but all in all, I am very blessed to have the life that I have, and have the people in it that I do. I really couldnt ask for anything more.

Irritating thing of the day: its raining. I hate rain, especially when I am having a good hair day, because the second I walk outside, its all over, my hair starts to frizz and curl and the rest of the day is ruined.

Something to look forward to today: The tanning salon and the gym. As soon as I get my butt in gear I am off to tan and then to work out, that makes me happy. Even though I really want to just crawl into bed and never get out, I think I will make today a productive day!

What I know I will not get done today: cleaning my room. I still have not unpacked my clothes from Arizona, and that was over 2 weeks ago! I have a horrible, terrible habbit of unpacking! I have just been busy with school, and when I am not at school I feel like I am at the gym, or Michaels, or work, or wherever...it just never seems to get done. The pile just keeps getting bigger, and pretty soon it may just take over my room.

{Happy St. Pattys Day}

Blog Challenge

Got this one off Toni's blog.....

List 10 things you recommend

1. Flat irons, I would die without mine
2. Take time for yourself every day, even if its just 20 minutes
3. RED ROBIN
4. Making sure to tell your family that you love them, every single day
5. Finding a career that you enjoy, my grandfather once told me that if you do something that you love you will never work a day in your life
6. Vanilla cones from McDonalds
7. Listening to a child laugh, it is the best sound in the world
8. New York, if you havent been, go!
9. Patience
10. Find a hobby that you love (like SCRAPBOOKING!)

Gee you would never know I was thinking about food with the Red Robin and the ice cream, lol.

Today is my off day from school and work, yay!!! The last 2 days in school were long days, we learned all about how to give medications (oral meds, rectal meds, vaginal meds), and we learned how to give injections (Intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intradermal, oh and insulin). It was really interesting, but makes me really nervous to actually have to poke someone with a real needle!! (we used real needles in class but we practice on oranges and hot dogs, not the same as a person!). I think I am going to write my letters for scholarships today, the deadline is march 30th and I havent done much of anything (except ask 2 people for letters of recommendation). I hope I get them, it would help me out so much. 2 of them are for $1000...that would be SO nice!!!! I saved my tax return for the cruise in May, but its only $400! I have no idea if that is enough money...Michaels mom said to bring $100 for each day...its a 7 day cruise!! that makes me $300 short...so if anyone reading this needs a babysitter, I'm your girl! call me! lol. Date night, work, scrapping, partys, whatever, I will do it.

I thought I would post this cruise picture since it is the ship we are going on, and it kinda sets the mood for me to get ready for the cruise (I have been working on my tan AND my waisteline, I am very proud of myself!). I am SO excited, I have never been on a cruise before so I have no clue what to expect. I think I am going to play the lotto til then in hopes of being able to buy some cute clothes, I havent bought clothes in ages. I am secretly crossing my fingers that maybe Michael is going to ask me to marry him on our cruise...it is a nice place, and a special time for us, but then again its kinda scary to bring something like that with you to another country.

Holy Jeezo

Ok so I dont know HOW on earth I pulled this one off...but I got a 97% on my final exam!!! I was SO stinkin happy you have no idea! That gave me a 93% overall in the lecture part of the first quarter, and in the clinical/hospital part I got a 96%...I am so proud of myself right now!!!!! It is such a great feeling to know that something I have worked so hard for is working out so well for me, I feel like this is totally my calling in life (not being a good student, but nursing in general), and I love every part of nursing school (even though I know I complain about the studying sometimes). I love the instructors because I am able to learn so much from them, I enjoy my classmates (most of them), but most of all I really love the patients. I love knowing that for the 8 hours I am there, that one patient gets my undivided attention. Hospitals are so busy and understaffed that nurses barely have time to give patients their medication much less have any pleasurable conversation with them, and it just makes me feel so good right now as a student to maybe brighten someones day a little bit when I am there, or put a smile on their face. Anyways, ok this is going to sound really stupid of me, but for some reason I cant press the space bar to seperate my paragraphs on this blog...does anyone know WHY?? its so weird! I promise I dont always run everything into one paragraph, but it wont let me space it out! I am blog-illiterate I suppose. On a different note, my Michael got a position as the lead server at the claim jumper in thousand oaks, he was SO happy and I am so happy for him. It just means more money, better tables, better shifts, he now trains new employees, and I think it has just boosted his confidence a lot and he is feeling a lot better. He wants to eventually move up into managment, so this is the perfect step for him, especially since the restaraunt is so new. Thats all for now, I will post more when I can figure out how to space this thing!!!

Its been a while...

Gosh, every day I swear that I am going to post, and I keep forgetting!!! Life has just been crazy...ever since I started nursing school it feels like my life has just been turned upside down...NOTHING is the same as it used to be. It is a welcomed change, but I am not so sure if I like it (yet). I have my first final exam on monday, and I have not studied one bit!!! I feel horrible, but I just cant get into it! Michael has been so patient and understanding the last couple months, I am so suprised. He is always encouraging me to study and he is always rewarding me with cute little things for getting good grades. So far my grades have been excellent, and I am so proud of that. I have a 96%!!! That is a HUGE shocker for me considering this teacher that I have is supposed to be the worst! I really have enjoyed having her though, she challenges her students more so than any other instructor and I feel like I have learned a lot from her. Nothing else exciting going on, I am just getting excited for our cruise (May 20th), and for the SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!! Off to study my cranial nerves!

Oh I wish...

Havent blogged in a while, just been busy with school. School has just been insane....I had no idea what to expect until I actually started nursing school, it is just so much work sometimes it unbelievable, and IMPOSSIBLE!!! I feel like I dont have much of a life...which is a major adjustment and a total bummer sometimes, but its only for 2 years! Thats what I keep telling myself. Took another exam this week and got an 87%, pretty good considering the average was 74! On a side note...this is the ring I have been wishing for forEVER it seems!!! isnt it beautiful??

I passed!!

Ok so 40% of the class FAILED the first exam, wtf?!?! I PASSED thank the good Lord in heavens! I got an 89%, woo!!!!! Have another exam already in less than a week which I am totally stressed out about, I am praying that I do alright. I am just feeling so overwhelmed (still). I think I am just going to feel like this for the next 2 years of my life! Cant wait for this weekend, going to an all day crop with the Foxies @ memories! Thats all for now, off to study

First Exam

So my first nursing exam is tomorrow, I am SO nervous. I feel like i have spent hours studying, and that I dont even have a basic understanding of any of it. It is so frustrating because I have this instructor that is never "exact" on anything, any questions we ask her she is so vague about, and I HATE that!!! I just want someone to write out for me what to study, and I will study it! We have like 300 pages that are ALL "fair game" for the exam, plus lecture notes, and video notes, its crazy! It just seems impossible to do, but I guess I just have to do my best and if that only gets me a C, I am fine with that. I just need to get above a 75% to be ok. (although a B or an A would be awesome).

So yesterday, gosh yesterday was an emotional day. My sister is moving out of the house this weekend, to go live with my cousin. They are starting school together on Tuesday, which is great, I would rather her move away and do something with her life than stay here and do nothing, but I am still very sad. My sister has been here for the last 18 years, I dont know what my life is like without her. Granted she hasnt been 100% the same in the last few months, thats just part of "growing up" and I have accepted that, but to see her pack up her things just breaks my heart. Its going to be so weird (and quiet) around here without her. I am getting sad just thinking about it.

back to studying, ugh.