These were taken on Saturday night at Miss Kitty's. I had Allie take a picture of me, because I thought my outfit was cute and to show Thune. He made fun of it, and told me I should listen to his fashion advice. Something tells me a t-shirt, jeans and New Balance wardrobe wouldn't look as cute on me as it does on him. I told him I won't take his advice: he said to stop watching MTV and then following their advice. It's a battle, I tell ya.

I finally got to go out with Allie, it had been quite a while. The kisses picture is to our men, because her fiancee lives in Dubuque, and Thune's far away as well. She's newly engaged, so that's super exciting. Anyhow, just a sidenote :) I then went home from the bar and drank more, right up until 3 am. Needless to say I regretted that the next morning.

This is the last week of classes. I graduate in 12 days, Thune flies in in only 10 days. I just wrote my last paper for my entire college career last night. It was a bit eerie. But, in a good way of course. I'm so excited to see my darlin, and just as excited to graduate. But nervous, because it's a bittersweet moment.

Weight Watchers has been frustrating lately. I gained a bit of weight, because I've been lifting and because I've just been stinking hungry lately. So those two things together have been making me angry. I've been working out a ton, and it's hard to take gaining weight or staying the same just to gain muscle. Oh well, I'll quit complaining. But I am over my goal weight, and had to start paying. That made me angry.

Anyhow, no new word on the job front. I filled all my paperwork out, and have to go get my physical on Wednesday. That should be fun. I just cant wait to get life started...those of you who know me well know I'm not the least bit patient. This is definely no exception :)

I sent out everyone's graduation invites, so I'm sure you should all be getting them soon.

That's all that is really going on I suppose, just thought I'd update a bit. I'm going to Ames this weekend to celebrate VEISHA, I believe so I'm sure there will be stories to be told about that. Have a good week, all.

So...this is my new place of employment as of the week of May 7th. I didn't want to start when Thune was here, so I'm taking a week and a half of vacation from my current job, then going to work at the hospital. I will work as a Graduate Nurse until I pass boards, which I hope to take the last week in May or beginning of June. That's a whole different stressful issue though, and one that I'm avoiding right now due to other stressors. Apparently the interview went fine, even though I worried for two days about how I did. Thune says "I'm sure you did great...," but who listens to their boyfriends anyhow? lol...Hehe..ahem.

The position is for a rotating 3-11, and 7-3 shifts on an Orthopedic floor, meaning a lot of broken hips, hip and knee replacements. It seems like a nice mellow place to get started in my career, without a lot of codes and crazy hard stuff going on with the individiuals. I decided against the telemetry position because it wasn't a guaranteed full time position, and I explained that if they were offer me a Full time position I would take it. But, that didn't happen and so I moved on. The manager on the telemetry floor said she understood, so hopefully there are no hard feelings there. I guess we'll see though.

Excited doesn't even begin to cover it, because there is nervous, anticipation, etc. all mixed in there. It feels amazing to stepping out into the real world, and making real money. I'm not going to post my wage on here, because I think it's a bit tacky to do so, but lets just say that it's almost twice what I'm making now. I'm excited to actually have money, rather than just making it paycheck to paycheck. It's been a ridiculously expensive semester, and I'm ready for this stuff to be over with.

Anyhow, it's 18 days until I see Thune now, and no I'm not counting down the hours. I've told everyone that they'd do the same in my position, but the making fun of me for counting down never ends. Blah, I say.

Thune has an exciting road trip planned for us to go up to a Casino/Spa south of Iowa City for a few days while he's here. That's probably what I'm looking forward to most because it'll be completely relaxing and away from home. Like a mini-vacation, which I'll need after graduation and my graduation party, etc. He planned it all himself, made reservations and said "Well, you can get a massage like on the second day we're there, maybe splash aroudn the pool...and on the drive back we can stop at that mall that you love..." It shows a lot of effort and sweetness on his part. How cute :)

Anyhow, that's all. I just thought I'd update as to the status of my job hunt. I really didn't have to hunt at all, it kind of landed in my lap. Yay for the medical field and their lack of staff :) Have a good day all!

Please do a little of this for me this week. I had an interview at the hospital today on an orthopedic floor (hip and knee replacements mainly.) I really, really like the floor after viewing it. I also have an interview on the telemetry (cardiac) floor on Friday, but I'm leery of the situation because it's a part time position, not a guaranteed Full time one. I was promised full time hours, but we all know how situations can arise. Anyhow, I need all the prayers and finger crossing I can get. I think I did just fine in the interview, but I'm nervous.

I find out Thursday about the orthopedic floor, so I'll either be excited or upset then. I appreciate all your love and support!! Thanks everyone!

PS: Thune comes back in 22 days and I graduate in 24....how much more stress can a girl ask for? YIKES!