Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week wasn't only about Thanksgiving this year because we were finding out if Baby P was a boy or a girl on the Wednesday before!!!  Everything that could be pink or blue was pink or blue!!  It was so fun!!

Yep, that's blue icing in there!!

It's a BOY!!!!

On the morning of Thanksgiving my sisters and I went to run the Turkey Day 5k. 

We saw some of our cousins there and decided we will continue to do this together!!

Considering I don't run really at all, I was pretty proud of my time!!  LOL!!  Maybe 2015 will be better!

I didn't take a single picture on Thanksgiving and this is after the second time we went out Black Friday Shopping!!

When I got home I decided to put these out since it was so nice outside!

Oh and I'm going back to school!!!

Seriously.....10 years?!?

WARNING::PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

Well, it's been 10 years since I graduated high school! I can't believe it! We had a great time and I think we had a pretty good turn out. I hope for even better numbers at our 15 year!!

Friday was the actual reunion. Some of us met at a friends house and then went to the football game. It was a rainy, rainy day and very humid (the reason my hair looked the way it did at the bar after the game) so not very many of us actually made it to the game. There were a lot more of us at the bar we decided to go to afterward. It was such a good time. I was nervous going into it but once I got there and saw some old friends I was relaxed and ready to have a good time! Then on Saturday we got to tour the high school. The principal they have now is AMAZING!! She was so upbeat and was really making some great changes to that school. It still smelled the same and mostly looked the same as well. I'm glad we got to do it!!

Studying.....am I done yet?

NOPE!!

NCLEX is going to be the death of me!

No optimism today, but maybe tomorrow.....come back and check on me ok?

Stressed with a capitol S

I really thought that when I finally finished nursing school I would have a lot less stress in my life...........but I was wrong, very wrong!! I know all of this stress is just the fact that I failed my boards the first time and I have to retake them, which is definitely more nerve racking than it was the first time. I'm not looking forward to it at all......hence the stress!!! And I'm sure that is where my headaches have been coming from day after day after day. I have headaches practically everyday anyways but these have been horrible and I'm hoping when the stress of taking boards is done the headaches will go as well!

I'll keep you updated....

GRADUATE 2010

YAY!!!! As of last friday, I am a 2010 graduate with an Associate degree in Nursing!! YAY!!! I only had one final to take and was studying my butt off so I could get an 81% on the final. I was like a hermit for a good week or so before that tuesday I had the final. I still didn't feel prepared that morning when we were all sitting in the hallway going over the notes one more time. To make things worse, our teacher was late. I am a nervous wreck and she is LATE!! I was freaking out even more! So she gets there, we all spread out, she goes over some things to finish up school and then finally passes out the test. I read the first question and know it, so on and so on......out of 58 questions I had 9 that I went back to and had to reread to pick my answer. I figured out that even if I missed those 9 questions I would still get an 83% on the final and pass. I finally turn it in, my teacher asks me how I think I did and I walk out. I head to work, totally freaking out still and pray that I did ok. I sat at work for a while and decide to check to see if grades were up even though she said it would probably be late afternoon or early evening. Of course, they weren't. So, I wait about an hour and figure I'll check again, this time it says I have a new grade, I click, it opens up and

95%.....I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!

I went running over to one of the nurses I work with and told her, jumping up and down then proceeded to call everyone I needed to let know. I WAS SO EXCITED!!!!! It was a really great day and I'm so happy to be done with school. The next 4 days of this week is board review and then I'll schedule my boards!!

So it's been a whole month....

So school has started, had my first test, got a B!! Yeah! Went on a couple of interviews one at the ER in Herrin and one at the OB in Carbondale. I found out about the second week of September that I got the job at the ER in Herrin!! I was very very excited! It's a full time position working 7p to 7a. Kind of worried about that just because I have been working days full time at the restaurant and this is the complete opposite! I started orientation Tuesday the 22nd and will actually start my "job" next wednesday! I will keep you all updated!

Other than that.....the infamous "wedding day" was this past saturday. I got through it thanks to WONDERFUL family and friends and now I'm moving on.

Also, I got my furniture over the weekend so I now feel like this is actually my house now! It's so nice to get to come home and sit on a couch instead of the floor. I need to clean up then take pictures so I can post them on here. Everything that I wanted to do and get for the apartment I have, once again, thanks to my wonderful friends!

What would I ever do without all these people I have that care about me I will never know! I am very lucky and am now starting to feel like I can be happy again. I am also very excited about all the good things that are starting to happen in my life. I am going to feel normal again really soon!!!

Also....I went to hang out with Deana and baby Elly tonight and she was laughing and smiling so much! It made my day!! She is the sweetest baby! And her mom is pretty fabulous as well, I am so lucky that we are still so close!

Pictures coming soon...

I passed boards!!!

I PASSED PN BOARDS!! I AM NOW AN LPN!!!! YEAH!!

I was rather nervous because the minimum amount of questions the computer will give you is 85 so as I was hoping I would just go a little over that and be good. Well, the computer shut off at 85 so I was freaking out, I thought for sure I had failed. Come to find out most people who get 85 had passed and that's all the computer needed me to take. I had a job interview on thursday and I have another interview tuesday. I'll let you know how they go!

Also, pictures of the apt are still to come...I just shampooed carpets so I should be able to get my furniture now and I am still needing to put up different shelving in my closet in my bedroom before that room can be organized. It is coming together though!

It's July already....

I thought for sure by July I would have my own place to live! And there wouldn't be this much rain....it's crazy! I am on the waiting lists for the apartments that base your rent on your income but like I said, they're waiting lists. Hopefully one will open up soon...keep your fingers crossed please!

Some of us went to Blue Sky winery yesterday to get out and celebrate Niki's birthday, which is monday. It was beautiful and so much fun! I had never been there before. Then we went to Fujiyama to eat....amazing! Niki tried sushi for the first time....it was very good!

I came home today to see Heather Ann. She is still in a coma I guess you would say even though they have taken her off the medicine to keep her in one. She can take as long as she needs to come back to us just as long as she does! Her hair is already growing in, but she still looks like Heath when I look at her from her left side. Everybody has done so much and it is so appreciated. She is on so many prayer lists and so many people have joined her group on facebook, it is amazing! I am sure the bracelets will be gone in no time!

Like I said....it's july already, school will be starting soon. I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back. I'm gonna be "the girl who didn't pass" great huh?!?! I did have a job interview last week for an LPN job so hopefully that will work out. I think it would be good for me, it's a doctor's office so I think I would like it. Any experience is good experience! (I will try to post pictures from the weekend later on this week)

UPDATE!

Ok, time to update!
Yes, I am still living in IL and will be till I finish school next spring now. Then I will probably still be there another year after that to work out my contract I have with SIH. I am ok with this for the time being. I am doing better now and know that I will be fine living here.
I still have my sad days and it's sometimes rough but I try not to spend to much time by myself and that helps a lot. The time in the car is usual the hardest b/c my radio doesn't work so all I do is think. I try to talk on the phone to make the time pass quicker!
I am in the process of trying to find a place to live....it is slim pickens when you can't afford anything! haha...I am trying!
I have applied for an LPN job at Herrin hospital and I'm just waiting to here from them to set up an interview. Hopefully that will work out soon! School starts in august and I just have to take one class so hopefully I will able to work a lot!
My Birthday is in a week....27....whoa! It's hard to believe I'll already be 27....so much was supposed to be done by now. Craziness!