So...I apologize that it's been so long since I last posted. There has been a whole lot of stress involved....mixed in with a birthday weekend, and last weekend being St. Patrick's Day.

This week is Spring Break, which really only means that I don't have to go to school. I'm still doing homework, had to take my car in to get the oil changed and it looked at because of the stupid noise it's making. And I had to get all my NCLEX stuff in order, so when I graduate I can actually get liscensed. Oh, and I have to get finger printed. I guess I shouldn't forget to do that, eh? The Iowa Board of Nursing Requires fingerprints for background check and liscensure, at least I think that's the reason.

Anyhow, so it's really not been too relaxing of a Spring Break. I've been busy, and it's only going to be not busy this weekend when I travel with my friends to Minnesota to go see my friend Josh. I'm pretty much excited....lots of good friends will be around,and it'll be a get-away though it's not too far away. Should be fun :)

My birthday weekend was fun...we'll leave it at that. I made it into Juice Magazine, to which I got ridaculed about. There's nothing wrong with doing a shot...the only potential problem would be that there was someone sitting on top of me pouring it down my throat. However, you only live once....so might as well try something new *giggle*

I graduate in a month and 7 days, so that's exciting. Which means I'll also see Thune in a month and 5 days. Woohoo :) I'll be getting invites and announcements out as soon as I get motivated to fill them out. Also, I'll be having a picnic at Raccoon River Park that everyone is invited to, it'll be the 29th which is the Sunday after graduation, because I graduate on Saturday afternoon. I decided to have it on a Sunday because I have pinning Friday, Baccalaurete and Graduation on Saturday, so I thought I'd be pooped. That, and Thune wouldn't like having so many things scheduled in one day either. He gets cranky when I schedule a ton of stuff for his leave. Blah, I say, blah.

Anyhow, I'm nervous/excited/whatever to get the heck out of school. It'll happen soon, but it still feels like a million miles away. Buckle down time, I suppose ;)I guess that's really all for now, I'm tired and I think I should probably go take a shower before I go pick up my car and go to work. Have a good day all :)

Update: The noise was a wheel bearing going out, which was replaced free of charge. Gotta love the 30,000 mile warranty :)

This is what I feel like this week....like I'm asleep at the wheel...but the car's still moving. This is mostly due to working a full week, being on call and called in all weekend, and having to work all week this week. The organization that I work for needs to put some serious thought into having their Monday thru Friday people taking mandatory on call schedules. I'll only be working for the company for another two months or so, for goodness sake. Needless to say, I'm beat. This week isn't going to help either. Despite it being my birthday, I have to work all week, go to school and have two clinical preceptorship days at the hospital. One of those days is Saturday, the day of my birthday party. So...I'll be nice and tired but equally as ready to have a good time :)

Which brings me to....it's almost my birthday. Two more days and I'll no longer be just 21. I'll be 22....which I realize means nothing, except for that people will quit saying to me "Aww...you just turned 21." Seriously, they've been doing it since I turned 21. Blah, I say.

The semester is really almost over, there's only around 5 weeks left in the thing. It's crunch time, but also a time where things are wrapping up and I'll be getting way less busy for a while. There are something like 29 actual days of class left. Which is exciting and scary. I had to redo my resume, because at the hospital where I precept at, there is a position opening in May and I believe I stand a good chance of getting on there. She said she'd love to have either I or the other studen who precepts on the floor work there. I'm leaning more toward it than the other person is, because she thinks she may want to go out of state.

Only 1 month and 19 days until Thune flies in and I graduate.(Yes, I will get invites and announcements out...) Again, excitement doesn't begin to cover it. I feel like I fall in love with him all over when I see him come down the stairs at the airport. I've never felt so loved, or felt so much love for someone else in my entire life. And yes...to all who said "Absence makes the heart grow fonder.." you were correct. I just wish he were here all the time :)

We had a bit of a falling out yesterday because sometimes I have a hard time accepting that he doesn't care as much about his education as he does. It's registration week for fall classes, and he's "too busy" to deal with it. Nevermind that I told him over three weeks ago that it was coming up, and that he had a bunch of time off for tooth extraction. Procrastination is not how I live my life, and it's frustrating to deal with because I'm trying to help him out. He said last night "I'm not your f-ing kid, and you're treating me like I am." He had a valid point, so I guess trying too hard to help is not a good idea either. He cried....so did I. I think it's a lot of things that compounded together into a culmination of emotions for him last night....I felt really bad to have started it though. Really it's only the 2nd or 3rd actual argument/disagreement that we've ever had, so I think we're doing just fine. He needs to realize that COMMUNICATION is how relationships work though...he'd rather just avoid everything altogether than deal with the issue at hand. Men, I tell ya!

Weight Watchers....is still frustrating. But I wasn't able to go last week or this week, so we'll see how that works out when I go weigh in again. I've been eating well and exercising, so I think I'll be just fine. I want to be down another 5 lbs or so if I can by the time I graduate, just to safeguard myself in my weight range.

Anyhow, I'm going to get down like never before on Saturday. I'm so excited, because it's going to be such an interesting mix of all of my friends and Thune's friends and my roomate, and school friends. It should be good, good, drunken times. My mom is going to drive for us, so that's a blessing. No one has to be sober-mcgee (That's what we call DD at my house).

I hope you all have a good week. Much love to you all and G'day!