Ouch, 12 days.

I know I haven't posted anything in 12 days...this month has been so busy it's unreal. I last posted the day before my final clinical day. Final clinical day went well, I had 4 patients, got my semester review which was beautiful!

Then went on to enjoy my weekend. I spent that weekend in Orlando. Spent some time with Phillip's family which was nice and studied. We went to Sea World that Saturday which was awesome then had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant called Hot Olives, we are taking our parents there to meet one another for the first time on June 13. Dinner was fabulous and we spent Saturday night playing Wii with a bit of alcohol and Sunday laying around and studying.

I went home on Sunday night and studied my rear off Monday after class...I also went to visit my fabulous boys. I loved spending time with them, and with Shelley and Bill. It was great. I miss seeing them all the time. I need to get over there sometime this week...maybe Wednesday of next week after my final, I will then be watching them for a week from May 4-10.

Tuesday I skipped class (I know, end of the semester, my bad!) solely to study. I went in for the test at 12:30 and ROCKED it!!!! I got a 90, which is my highest grade of the semester (I got a 90 on test 3 but it was nice to get it again). I then went home and packed for nationals, I actually went to see the boys on Tuesday, not Monday, but whatever, it's all the same.

We were up at about 0345 to leave at 0415 for the airport. It was so early. We landed in Nashville at about 0800 their time and went to the hotel/convention center. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland hotel. It was beautiful. We were there from Wednesday until Saturday, nationals was awesome. I believe there were 3000 nursing students there, it was cool. Some of the breakout sessions were lame, some of the breakout sessions were amazing. It was worth it; however, when Saturday rolled around I was very ready to go home.

Phillip and I went to dinner with his parents on Saturday night, we went to yummy Las Margaritas...yum! Then went home, he has had a really bad sinus infection, we were both asleep before 2300. Then Sunday morning I got up and went to get the Super and putzed with Gail a bit then went back home to see Phillip. We decided to go to the mall for lunch and then we went and looked at engagement rings! It was quite fabulous, we looked at them for a bit over an hour. Sparkly sparkly!! Since then we've been talking a ton about weddings and getting married. He is trying to save money for a ring but has given me the go ahead to start planning. We are looking at June 26, 2010. Nice even number. Yay for weddings...yay for a hubby. I love him so much and cannot wait to be his wife!

That's about everything. I don't have much time to be all up on blogger until after test 8 and my final next week. I'll be back though...promise.

Monday is here, much to my despair.

I hate Mondays. I slept pretty poorly last night, not quite sure why, but I was up a whole lot. I also ran late to school...I got up early to get there early. I was up at 0730, then went and plugged my Mac into my printer to print my NPR, reference page, med notes, and article then headed to the kitchen. I got myself a bowl of Cherrios and sat out on the porch while the dogs played for only 10 minutes, headed in and recopied my schedule from Thursday and Friday as well as my patient reports from those clinical days. I took a quick break and ran into the study to check on my NPR the times I performed my neuro assessments only to find that my printer ran out of ink and all my pages were scribly. I then had to change the cartridge, and then reprinted everything. Needless to say, I didn't get to shower and didn't get out of the house until 0830. My NPR had to be handed in my 0900 on the dot or I failed.

I got there ON TIME! Only to get to class to have Meghan ask me if I finished my sim lab...what sim lab? Oh the one due at 1100...crap! I did it throughout Rita's lecture on...I think it was on obesity. Whatever, lol. Once I got out of my two hours of lecture, I enjoyed sim lab as always, Margaret is fabulous and oh so tolerant of our goofiness. We got out a little earlier and Meghan, Bruce and I headed to Chiles for lunch...yummy-cheese fries! I then headed to Walmart and purchased, AA bateries, stuff to make my coupon book, a bind to transfer my notes from NP2 into and...oh yeah! And fabric to make a sleeve for my camera strap because I fell in love with all the ones posted on etsy but being a full time student and trying to be frugal I didn't want to spend $25 on it. I made my own tonight...yay me! I will post some pictures of it tomorrow, it is drying now.

I also talked to Keri for about a hour and a half. I love Keri, I miss her. I wish we lived closer to one another. We were talking about all her wedding fun. Alex and Ker are wearing white, then the maids are in black. Alex requested to wear something with carolina blue in it, so we decided on a hancheirf in that color and Keri's flower bouquet will be wrapped in that color ribbon. Then since the maids are in black to distinguish, me-her best friend-from everyone else, I will get to pick out my own style of dress...let the fun begin! I am so excited for her.

Then as for Phillip and I, we have had a rough few days. We've bickered, picked on each other, and nagged. Stupid I know, but I don't know how to stop it. I am going back to reading my book because that for whatever reason gives me patience for everything and gives me better insight. With his Dad being so sick it takes so much out of him. I am sure that even without talking to his Dad or any kind of interaction, I am sure he still thinks about it. The emotional rollercoaster for him takes so much out of him. I wish I could be more supportive. Anyways, keep the suggestions to a good relationship coming. I appreciate everything.

Oh yeah, I am also posting two pictures. The first is a new self portrait I needed for photo club and the second is one of Roman Noodle. We were in my room and I asked him if Papa was coming home soon (which obviously he wans't...I felt bad afterward) and this is what he did until I offered him a treat. Enjoy!

Not Me Monday

Over spring break I had a paper to write and I did not BS the entire paper, no not me, I wouldn't do that. I am way to dedicated to school to make up an old person and pretend to have done a safety inspection with them. Nope, not me. Also over break, I did not put off studying the entire time. I would never do that. I did not forget that my binder was in my car and not realize it was there until last night, nope. I also did not bring it with me to the BBQ last night, bring it in the house and leave it sitting closed on the counter. Nope, not me. This spring break went by WAY to quickly and I did not skip classes the first day back after a week off. Nope, not me, I am far to studious to do something like that. Whoops!

I also did not spend 2ish hours on the Wii last night at Phillip's house. No not me, I would never waste my precious time with something as mind numbing as a Wii. I also did not eat Reeses Pieces for lunch, no not me, I am an athlete, far too healthy to do something like that. I also raced on Saturday morning and ran into a friend from high school there and I did not sprint through the finish line just to beat her--nope, I would never do that. Also, since I did not sprint into the finish line, I did not take third place for my age group. :)

Oh yeah, so my best friend got engaged on Friday night (Yay Keri and Alex!!) and while I was shopping for wedding stuff I did not pretend I was looking for stuff for my wedding. Nope, I was completly focused on my best friend the entire time. I did not flip through wedding magazines and admiring dresses and thinking about the dress I will wear someday when I get married. Nope, not me, I was definitely only looking for Ker. I also did not want to keep the presents I got her for myself, and hide them so Phillip didn't see them and secretly plan my wedding...not me.