last day

Well, it is suppose to be my last day of class, but my prof gave the students till Monday to turn in our final project. I have to get motivated today to get this project done. She also is letting me revise some of my other work (writing test questions) for a higher grade. This just adds more work to my crazy schedule, but I'm thankful it will be done soon.

Yesterday my advisor came to meeting me my preceptor and me. It was a positive meeting. She informed me that I had to change preceptors after my 180 hours. I was shocked. I had no clue. Karen said she'd miss me. I counted my hours and Monday is my last day with her and then I'll start with a new preceptor on CVICU. I just got comfortable on the burn unit, but I am excited to see a new area.

and then time hit me again

Time struck me again last night. I am not at all afraid or sad to turn 30 next month, but I am getting very anxious to get settled. We just moved into a new apartment and there is a part of me that cannot wait until I move and actually live in a place where we'll both have jobs and a home that we can settle into...even if it is for one or two years. I have promised myself multiple times in the past to not waste a moment of time. I have missed many opportunities because I looked at my situation as temporary. I must take advantage of this year...possibly our last in Cincinnati.

I look back and often laugh at how "old" my mom was when she had me. I'm from rural Wisconsin, so her having me when she was 28 made her 10 years older than all of my friends' moms. Her birthday is today and I am proud that I got a card sent out in time! When I was 25 or 26, it hit me that I may be 28 when I have kids, and then I turned 28; that was the hardest birthday that I ever had to celebrate. 30 is not bad, but I am now wondering when or if we'll ever have kids.

I was brought to tears last night as I pondered our possible futures. Everyone keeps telling me how smart and great I am for getting my schooling out of the way before having kids, but it is a struggle for me since I am not obsessed about my career. Don't get me wrong, I cannot wait to work as a nurse and actually work in a hospital with my own patients, but having children has to be much more amazing. I hope I do not have to wait too long...

One more day

Dan comes home tomorrow night! I know it hasn't been that long, but I do miss him. I was at work all day yesterday, so it was much easier to be away. Today I have been trying to get my final project done, but other things keep coming up. I feel very distracted and I'm procrastinating a lot.

I decided to meet my friend for coffee tomorrow, so hopefully the caffeine gives me an edge on my day tomorrow so I can get my work done. I feel so lazy when I have an entire day in which nothing gets accomplished. Thankfully, all the other work for my class is done and now I can concentrate on the final project.

Thursday I have a meeting with my advisor and preceptor. It will be good for us to all meet together, but I am nervous about what will be said. I'm sure it will be fine, but we'll see.

Dan's off

This morning we woke up early after staying up with friends till 5am singing karaoke. I cannot remember the last time I stayed up so late. Dan spent the morning relaxing and I tried to get some work done so I wouldn't have to think about him leaving for the next 4 days.

I took him to the airport because he is going to northern MN for a family reunion that I was unable to have time to attend. I am so glad that he could go, but we are so attached at the hip, it's hard to say good-bye, even if it is only a few days. Thankfully I have one more week of this class, so between that, work, and a meeting with my advisor and preceptor, Dan will be here before I can catch a breath.

In an hour I'll be going to church to tickle the keys for a bit. I haven't touched a piano or keyboard in over a year, so I'm very excited that I have the chance. Dan and I are hoping to get back into leading worship, but for now with our schedules it is not coming to pass.

As for our new apt, things are going really well. We have everything here, but I still have a lot of stuff that needs a specific place. I'm just thankful that everything fits. We were spoiled when we had a roommate because we had so much room for our stuff. Now that we're back in a one bedroom and still have all that wedding china, it is a bit more difficult. Thankfully, Dan was good at playing tetris, so we have skillfully placed boxes in our one big storage closet.

Well, I guess I am off to wash some dishes before heading out of the house.

1 month

It's been a month since I posted and I haven't had anytime since to write. I still do not, but we are moved into our new place and I hope to have time in this up coming week to write. I hope to have photos of our new (small) place when things are put into their proper places. As for now, I'm tripping over boxes and moving things from one corner to the other.

We got a new vacuum cleaner, the Eureka Surfacemax 300! Wow! It is great!

Well, now I have to "attend" my online class and get 3 projects done by Friday. Uggh.

Things are going well though. I'll enjoy a little break hopefully in September.