Yeah, I am still alive.. i just fell of da face of the earth for a bit

Bang! I am alive! Imagine that! I know... tsk tsk.. i should have posted way sooner, but I have been ever so slightly busy.

June 18 was my RN pinning ceremony. It was held at an old movie theatre that was really cool.Sharon got to pin me, so that was fun. Also all my classmates and their families were there at the ceremony,so that was fun as i got to meet so many of my classmates families and their kids. One of my classmates was the keynote speaker, and she was hilarious... i nearly died laughing. Gram, mom and dad got to come to the ceremony, so that was cool.

So... after that i began studying like a mad woman for my NCLEX-RN exam. I read 1490 pages in 2 1/2 weeks! On the scary day of July 7 i went and took my test. It was waaaaaaaaay harder than the LPN test. Lots of questions where i had absolutely no clue what they were talking about, either that or they were questions where i couldnt believe they would have something that hard on the test. I was scared to death during the entire thing. I was like "oh no! I cant believe this.. oh please let this thing turn off at the minimum number of questions before i die!" haha I got the minimum number of questions so that was good. The test thingie said i would have to wait 3 business days for my results... so the wait began.

As i walked outa the testing office my attorney called me and told me that SAU will absolutely NOT waive the vaccines for the BSN program. So, that was a bummer. I immediately began looking into SAU's other health related careers and have begun to get interested in their Health Science degree. I am pretty disgusted with SAU's close mindedness and stubborness. They could so easily acommodate me, but they still wont budge. *Sigh*

Well, Tony and our entire family went off to Crater Lake this last sabbath, July 8. We stopped at Tokatee Falls and Watson Falls on the way. They were all so awesome! We ate lunch at Diamond lake... and what a lunch! Tony made pasta salad and some of his delicious sandwiches again...yummy! We finally made it to Crater Lake around 3:30pm or so. Half of the rim was still closed due to snow, and we saw plenty of snow! It was amazing that there could be so many feet of snow in places and be around 80 degrees outside! It was pretty cool. The lake was sooooooooo beautiful! So blue colored! Really amazing. Another thing that was interesting was how still the lake was... i dont think i have ever seen a lake so quiet. There were a lot of chipmunks along the way too that we fed. Tony even got one to crawl into his hand to get a potato chip. (Yeah, some healthy food, eh?) It was so neat that our entire family got to come. We hired someone to stay with Gram, so we all got to go somewhere altogether as a family. That was really fun!

The other big news around here is that sister is going to have a baby! It is due Dec 17. She will find out whether it is a boy or girl on July 31, so we are all waiting to see what it is... She is about 19 weeks pregnant right now, so she has a bit of a ways to go. I have a bad case of the "tummy pats"... that tummy just looks so inviting to check out to see if it is getting bigger or not. Haha. I am always watching out for her to make sure she eats enough and all. I went to her first birthing class with her this last week. So that was interesting. It is hard to imagine that i am going to be an auntie!

Tony is getting ready to leave for TN pretty soon... he is busy packing and selling his stuff. I havent fully decided what my plans are, especially now that the baby is on its way. We shall see. Tony and i spend tons of time on the phone and never get to see each other enough. He is such an awesome guy. Of course, i am not biased or anything! (Oh wait, liers dont go to heaven you say? oh no!)

I am taking a writing class online: WR 122.... talk about stupid. I am so burned out on studying, and here i am trying to write papers again. I guess that is what i am supposed to be doing right now, so i better get back to it.

I will post pics soon.