Capstone Placement!!

I am super excited to announce that I have been placed on the Infant Medical Surgical Unit for my final Capstone semester!!! I am so happy because that was my first choice and not very many people actually got their first choice, if any of their choices. I LOVE babies and I LOVE Primary Children's Hospital so I have a feeling next semester is going to be great! I just hope I got a good preceptor....that always kills it if they're bad.

I am so excited for Christmas break! Thanksgiving was so great and now I don't want to be back in school :(. I just want to buy presents, bake lots of goodies, and decorate a tree with my hubby while we drink egg-nog and cuddle on the Love Sac :). Sadly, I still have three weeks to go until that can happen. So until then, I will put up with all the homework and papers and daydream about all the fun stuff we're going to do once I'm free!!!

Some fun over Thanksgiving!

Lately

It's been quite a while since I've last posted (sorry Kendra lol) so there's a lot to catch up on. Last month was quite the adventure with fall break, my sister coming to visit, and Josh's birthday. We had so much fun while Sadie was up here and I'm not even going to begin to describe all the stuff we did because it would take FOREVER. But long story short, October was AMAZING and although I was sad to see it go, I was also excited because I really want school to be out. I can't wait for Thanksgiving in two weeks! I've been dying to go home and see my family and Josh is pretty stoked too. We always have so much fun when we go back to Nevada :). Speaking of Josh, he's almost done with school!!!! Just two more classes and he's got his Masters degree. We have been talking about him getting his Doctorate while he's at it. Why not, right? I think he's crazy because I can't imagine being in school another three years but it would totally be worth it as far as the jobs and money goes. I always dreamed of marrying a doctor..... ;). So we shall see about all of that. I guess we have to graduate first before we begin our next big adventure. I have been doing clinicals in Maternity at the University Hospital and it has been so great! I love holding babies and I've been learning a ton. This is an area that no one ever really learns about until they're the ones pregnant so it has been really fun getting to see what is in store for me when we decide to take that step....... and what I am NOT looking forward too as well. However, babies are the last thing on my mind right now. We want to travel and see the world while we're still young and that doesn't really work when you have a little one climbing all over you and demanding every second of your day. So after graduation, that's our next big adventure. TRAVEL!!! I can't wait! We have both worked so hard to get where we are today and I can't wait to just take time to enjoy life and reap the benefits of our hard labors. Until then, I have a presentation to give tomorrow, constant exams each week, and endless homework that seems stupid and useless. And Josh gets to work, and go to school, and work some more. Yay for hard work! Christmas please come soon......

3 months!.....a few days ago haha

Well it's official, our marriage has made it to the three month mark! Somehow it feels like so much longer than that. Why is that? Maybe it's because we were together for a year and a half before we actually got married...who knows...the important part is no one has killed anyone yet hahaha. We spent the day hiking Ensign Peak and soaking up the sun. I am sad to admit that we were both pretty out of shape which is actually very sad because it's not that bad of a hike. Oh well, I spend my days making everyone else healthy so when I come home I just don't feel like taking my own advice haha! Anyways, here's some pictures. Wish us luck on the next three!

 

 

Back to School

I've decided Pediatrics is my calling in life. I've had a lot of hospital experience and never have I felt so happy and confident as I did yesterday working in the ER at Primary Children's Hospital. Trust me, it wasn't the sick kids or the horrific scenes I walked into that made me happy... it was the feeling that I've finally found what I want to specialize in (perfect timing since I have to decide by tomorrow)!! Besides that, life has been as busy as it could possibly be. School takes up every second of my life and I feel like I have no social life whatsoever, but what's new? Luckily, I have an amazing husband who has been so supportive and loving. He doesn't ask for much which is perfect because lately I haven't had much to give! He's been pretty busy too with working full time and doubling up on his class load. He is getting his Masters degree in Business and he should be done by February (I am BEYOND jealous). This means that by the beginning of May, we will both be done with school and free to PLAY!! I can't imagine what that would feel like but it's gotta be good :).

Last Days of Summer

Sadly, summer is almost over.....probably the most depressing words I could say right now. My last year of nursing school is just a few days away and I'm not exactly excited about it. I love nursing and everything but the stress of school is the bane of my existence. So, to counter this, my little sister came up to Salt Lake to visit us during my last week of freedom! We had so much fun! We did shopping, talking, baseball game, picnics, movies, ice cream, and so much more! I really loved having her here and it seems so quiet now that she's gone. My parents came up on Monday and took us to a Concert (The Scorpions, Tessla, and Jackyl). It was total 80's rock and we LOVED IT! There was one guy there who probably liked it a little too much but it was hilarious so we didn't mind haha. The next day everyone left and the house seems so lonely now :(. Thanks for coming to visit y'all. We love you!!



Rockin' out at the Scorpions concert with the crazy parents!

Having Briana visit was a blast!

Ohhhh Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

Josh got free tickets to the Salt Lake Bees game from his work (thanks University of Phoenix) so we spent our Friday evening in the sunshine drinking Diet Coke and enjoying the game. Sadly, we lost 12-1 so it wasn't the greatest game to watch but we spent more time talking and laughing than actually watching the game so it really didn't matter much. There were fireworks afterwards, and I have to say, they were really awesome!! Since it was just a baseball game I was prepared for a pretty lame firework display but I was so so wrong. They were probably the best fireworks I had seen in quite a while. I love getting to spend every holiday with my new husband. Being married is so great!

Cars and Hicks.....Happy Birthday America!

This weekend was such a great one! Josh started it off right with golfing before work and then came back to take me out to dinner afterwards :). We spent Saturday at the Demolition Derby in Ogden and there are no words..... For one thing, didn't mullets go out of style at least twenty years ago?? The lady trying to hit on the guy behind her (who had 4 front teeth missing) while she held a beer in one hand and a baby in the other basically topped off our entertainment. Yes, Utah's finest were at that derby, and if you know Josh at all, you can imagine how much fun we had just by people watching.

(Oh, and the cars crashing into each other and lighting on fire were really cool too!) haha

On Sunday we went to the Park City Parade with Josh's dad and had some yummy BBQ before it started. We ended our amazing weekend with a long (3 hour) nap and a bunch of M&M's.

Could Life get any better?? I think not!