"I don't know nothing 'bout birthing no baby!"

Well, even though the character in the movie that said this line didn't know anything about birthing babies, I soon will!

Monday I started my summer semester at UAB. I will be taking Nursing Informatics, Pharmacology, Maternal OB, and of course a clinical. This week has really worn me out. We had to go pretty much all day every day this week. Our summer is only 9 weeks long so they have to pack as much material in as they can get! But starting next week, I will only be going three days a week. Two full days for class and then one day for a 6:30-3:00 shift at the hospital. I will be working at Brookwood mostly on Tuesdays and some Thursdays.

And as most of you reading already know, Labor and Delivery is my chosen field at the moment. I say at the moment because you never really know what things are like on a floor until you get there but I am pretty sure that this will be something that I love! I am very excited!

We are off on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday and I will begin clinical on Tuesday so I will be sure to let everyone know how it goes!

Also, busy things were happening around Columbiana with all the students graduating this week. I would like to congratulate all the grads and say good luck in your college years!

This is Aaron and me at Colby's graduation party :) Congrats to Colby!

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Back from the Beach...

Well, we have returned but only because we had to. If it was up to me I would never, ever leave the beach; I absolutely love it there. Aaron and I had a wonderful time. We left very late on Wednesday night and returned on Sunday. We stayed in Orange Beach, AL at Palm Beach.

This is Palm Beach looking from the beach side.

And this is the view from our condo.

Our first day was a little busy. We got in at about 2:00 am on Wednesday night and went straight to sleep. When we woke on Thursday we went to the store and got all then necessary items and then hit the beach.

Boy, do I love this view. The view from a beach chair :)

Later we went to Hazel's for dinner.

The rest of the trip was basically the same. We spent most of our time on the beach and ate very well. We had Live Bait Friday and The Original Oyster House Saturday. 

The beach was beautiful as always and we had a great time. I feel so lucky to have a boyfriend who would take me to beach during my time off from school; otherwise I would be missing the beach all summer long. He, of course, is absolutely wonderful :)

Excited!!!

So there is not very much new to tell about my life in the past week. Nothing much going on and I am starting to really like it that way. No papers to write, no videos to watch, no clinical paperwork to do and its awesome! I have been able to just hang out at home and just chill with one of the absolute loves of my life; my dog Jammer.

Mallory and I joke that he is "an angel reincarnated as a dog". There is no mistaking that we both love him with all our hearts.

For Mother's day yesterday my Mom, Mima, Aunt, Uncle, younger cousins, and I went down to Beeswax for a picnic by the lake. It was a very pretty setting and of course Jay came with us and he had a ball. He sniffed and tinkled on everything and play until he was just worn out; it was a fun day!

He played until his tongue hung out! haha

Emily and me had a great time!

But I guess there is one more exciting thing to tell you all about. I am leaving for the beach on Wednesday! I am very excited to be able to get down there and relax some more. I am sure that Aaron and I are going to have a wonderful time and I am sure I will have lots of pictures to share when I get back! :))

The End Has Come!

It has arrived! (The end of my first semester of nursing school that is!) Back in January when I entered my orientation and the instructors bombarded me with information and tasks I had to complete I was completely overwhelmed and I honestly didn't know if I would make it this far. I have been working hard, studying alot, and devoting the majority of my time to nursing but it looks like it is already paying off!

Foundations of Practical Nursing    79%=C

Pathophysiology    84%=B

Skills of Practical Nursing    89%=B

Clinical Practicum    PASS

(Clinical is pass/fail)

I am pretty proud of these grades. I have never really been proud of a "C" before but as hard as nursing school is, I'll take it and love it! And as a side note, these 79's and 89's won't round up to an 80 and 90. Sadly there is no rounding in nursing school :( But I can deal with it. As some of nursing school friends and I like to say "C's get degrees" haha

Thank you so much to everyone who has given me the support that I needed this semester to make it through; I wouldn't have been able to do it with you all. I am going to enjoy my 3 week break and prepare myself for Summer Term. I am going to try just as hard and I hope to make you all proud!

Great Weekend!

I was very sad to see this weekend come to an end this morning; it was a truly wonderful weekend! Friday was really not much out of the ordinary but Saturday more than made up for that!

Saturday I got up early to go watch Aaron play in his second softball tournament. I love to go and watch his team play. They are very good and I can tell that he has a great time out there with all of his friends. They started out a little slow but the more games they played the better they got and they ended up winning the tournament again! I could only snap a few pictures of him playing but I did manage to get a video of him at bat. This is actually not one of his best bats but I had to upload it because it's hilarious.

Aaron and his team were winning big time so they weren't really taking things as seriously as they should have been and he got up there and MISSED the ball. This hardly ever happens in slow-pitch softball because you have plenty of time to see it coming toward you. Please excuse it if there is any "language"; with a team full of young guys you never know what you might get on camera.

After watching a few of Aaron's games I came back to town to see Mallory leave for prom with her friends. She had an awesome dress and of course looked great. She told me later that she had a great time and her date got crowned Prom King! These are just a few of the pictures we took that day, I am sure she will upload more to her Facebook.

But sadly now it is time for me to get back to work. I have got one more final tomorrow before I am done and I will get to relax during a two week long summer break. I am so tired of studying that I could just scream, haha! I'll just have to keep telling myself, "one more day!"

Hope everyone has a good week! :)