So I am spending the night at the hospital. Should be interesting. I just keep reminding myself that I would rather do this than drive in it at 6 in the morning. I will miss Ryan though, I wish I could be home bearing the crazy weather with him, but I do need to work so this is best. :)

I will keep you up to date on the happenings at the hospital :) thats all for now..

I spent the whole day studying for NCLEX today. I took a break to go visit Michelle to give her the cute little shirts I got for Lilly and Baby Ethan. I got Lilly a big sister shirt and Ethan a little brother shirt. They are going to look so cute in their shirts together. I will post pictures after Ethan is born to show off their shirts. I finished Ethan's letter for his room and they look so cute!!!

I work tomorrow, hopefully, for the first time since the 11th. I was suppose to work last Monday but they didnt need me so I didnt have to go in. It is always nice but when I get my pay check it is not cool.

Worked on the office last night, which i am letting ryan do whatever he wants to do to that room. Ryan hung some shelves to put his baseball stuff on and a Red Sox picture. and some black curtains. It looks good :) He wants to paint it a gray like color and I think it will look good.

I haven't worked in a week and it is really weird. I like not working but I don't like it when my pay check comes. But I was suppose to work yesterday but they trimmed me so I didnt work. Next week I work 4 days, off on, and work 3 more days. I will be tired after that.

Working on Michelle's baby shower invitations. They are cute and I can't wait for the shower. It's going to be so much fun! The shower for Lilly was so much fun and we had clever little gifts for the guests but we dont have any for this one. I wish we could think of one. I am also working on letters for Ethan's room. I was told they were too girly. I hope they aren't that way. I think they are cute! Here is a picture of them, not done yet. :)
Here are some pictures of the decorations I have recently bought for the house and the arrangement I made for the wall.

I am heading to OKC tomorrow and I am SO EXCITED!! I get to see my friends from high school and room mates from college and go out for their birthday!

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