So I start my NCLEX review tomorrow. In a way it's going to make me feel like I am in school all over again, except it only lasts 4 days instead of a semester. I am waiting for reality to hit and me to realize I dont have school anymore. I feel like I am in this weird transition in my life. I am really going to be forced to be an adult now. I mean I have no more school to deal with, and I will have a for real big girl job. I think I am a little scared about it and that is why I feel so out of it lately.

I really need to work on the house. We still have tons of boxes and we have been here for a month and a half. I think this weird transition has resulted in laziness. Maybe I think if I dont do anything about it then I wont be forced to grow up. DOnt get me wrong I love my life with Ryan but i dont know.... I am rambling now about nothing...

I love my life and everything in it. I am so blessed with everything that i have been given :)

Ryan and I had an amazing 1st christmas and to top it off it was a white one!!!! We are so blessed to have wonderful family to spend the holidays with. We received WAY more than we expected or deserved.

I thought I was going to have to work on Christmas day and I was worried about getting there in the snow. My car was stuck in the driveway and Ryan said we couldnt take the company truck to work. So I had to call in and make others work on Christmas Day. I felt horrible but there was no way I could get to work. But later I talked to someone from work and they said they didnt really need me so that made me feel TONS better!!!

But since I didnt have to work on Christmas Day I got to spend it with family and it was great. Luckily we live really close to my parents and were able to make it to their house. Most of our relatives didnt make it but it was still a nice day.

We got a Wii!!!! totally wasnt expecting it at all! we didnt even ask for one. But it is tons of fun! We even got a Wii fit to go with it. We havent hooked that up yet. I really dont want to see how much I weigh just yet. After the first of the year it is diet time!!! I know I can do it b/c I did it for the wedding and lost almost 20 pounds but pretty sure i have gained all that back...

Well that is all for now. Going to work on getting the house cleaned up for our New Year's Eve Party!!!

My last final is tomorrow. I am nervous. I think because I made it this far last semester and then didnt pass and that is why I am having to retake the class. So that makes me nervous. I know I shouldn't be but I am. I cant help but be nervous. I mean, this is the last thing I will do in nursing school and then its boards and then I am a real nurse.

Speaking of being a real nurse I need to send in my application. I didnt want to send it in b/c i was afraid I wasn't going to pass and then i would have wasted a bunch of money and been upset about it. O well I will do that this weekend. Hopefully it won't prolong my test date too much :)

Ok back to studying...

So pretty sure no one reads this but here we go anyway:

We have moved into our house and the construction is over for now, or at least until I am done with school. I just couldn't stand it and my grades were showing it so we put a stop on it for 2 weeks. Ryan is moving our stuff out of our apartment while I study. I am honestly blessed to have a husband that understands how stressful nursing school is and how important it is for me to study ALL the time. (I am not sure if he understands or just deals with it?)

We pulled the wood paneling down and painted the living room. I also painted 2 of the closets and Ryan painted the laundry room b/c we are sure they had not been painted since the house was built, which was 30 years ago.

After my test tomorrow I am going to unpack all our kitchen stuff. I think all the boxes are getting to Ryan. They aren't bothering me just yet but I think it's because I have been busy studying for school.

I have a test tomorrow. Trying to stay positive about but if I dont pass it I will fail the class, no questions asked. That is scary so I am trying not to think about it. But after that test I have a week off and then the final. The final can not come soon enough. Once the final is over I AM DONE WITH NURSING SCHOOL!!! Sometimes i feel like if I say that too soon I will jenks myself. So because of that I have not turned in any of my applications for boards b/c i want to make sure I pass the test tomorrow. Is that odd?? I hope not, b/c it makes me feel better :)

I have alot ot be thankful for this thanksgiving and I am really looking forward to being with most of my family. I love how big my family is but the hard part is, you cant be with them ALL at the same time. but i make due and see them when i can.

Ok thats enough i have to get back to studying for my test that is tomorrow. So if you are reading this pray for me at 1 o'clock tomorrow and send good vibes my way!!!

Thanks <3

So it's been awhile, alot has happened. School is winding down. I have a few more tests to go and then I am out of there!!! I am still a little stressed but not anywhere close to the way I was last semester.

So we are buying a house! and we are closing on it in less than a WEEK! On Tuesday to be exact! Well that is if they don't change it again. I am excited but trying not to get too excited since I have so much school stuff left. But anyway this is a picture of our new house!
So please pray for me as I finish school and pass all of my tests and pray that everything with our house works out and closing goes smoothly.

So School starts today but my class is tomorrow. I really dont want to start but I guess the sooner it starts the sooner it is over. Still a little upset about my class being all semester long but i guess it will be a good thing in the long run.

All our wedding pictures are posted online and now I have to pick my favorites. it's going to be hard to do so. But I will manage. I also need to get started on thank yous.

ok all for now...

So Ryan and I have been married for about 2 weeks now. In some ways it feels different but in other ways it doesn't, which makes me happy. I am still working on unpacking all of my stuff from my room at my parents house. I didn't know I had so much stuff and there is still stuff there. I am thinking we will be unpacking and decorating from now until the end of time. O well, what can you do. I was doing such a good job earlier about unpacking today but now I just don't want to do any of it. I think it is a little overwhelming and I don't know where I want all of it to go...

I am working on uploading pictures from the cameras on the tables at the reception. There are some funny, good, and bad pics.

So Ryan and I decided we needed to get a bigger bed. The full size bed is just not working for us. We could probably handle it but it would be so much nicer if we had a bigger bed. So we are going to go shopping hopefully tonight.

I am going to start picking up shift at the flower shop. 1. b/c i am not getting as many hours at the hospital as I would like. 2. They need some help so people can take vacation 3. we need the money...

well that's all for today :)