Happy Halloween!

Now doesn't that just turn your insides into a giant pile of warm fuzzy mush?!?! This is my scrumptious nephew Andrew, aka Yoda! Check out Tiff's blog for pics of her AWESOME Star Wars costumes she made by hand for all 3 boys!!! I hope to some day be a cool, crafty mom like her! :)

Teehee...

I am officially good to go for November 19th/20th!!! AMC theaters are doing a Twilight Extravaganza thingy the night New Moon comes out by showing Twilight at 9PM and then New Moon at midnight. They've sold out 4 theaters already. I just got tickets for us and a friend from work and her hubby! When I dropped them off at work for her we did a happy dance and squealed like a bunch of 14 year olds... heehee. Plus when you add in the student discounts and coupons we had, we ended up being able to see 2 movies for the price of one and some change! WOOT!

Grown up books

Anyone know of a few good ones? I feel the need to read something that's NOT in the YA section!!! I've been drawn to the genre ever since Harry Potter & Twilight, and while I've thoroughly enjoyed many YA books as of late (The Hunger Games Series, Shiver, The Abhorsen Chronicles, etc) I'm itching for something a bit more... mature? Here's the thing though, one of the reasons I like YA books so much is that for the most part they are CLEAN. I don't have to worry about foul language or harlequin sex scenes. Every time I pick up a non-YA book I just can't seem to dodge at least one of those two things. I'm not very big on non-fiction either, so I'm just not having much luck...

Any suggestions?

Another one!

*sigh* :)

Ahhhhh!

Ok, they really need to stop with the teasers... these last few weeks are going to be torturous if they keep this up!


Enjoy! ;)

Biiiiiiig doggies...

29 days left, woohoo!!!

Triumph!

I finished one of my classes for the semester this week. (One of those accelerated 8 week courses) It was a class I thoroughly enjoyed, so I'm kind of bummed its over, but it's one less thing to worry about, so that's always good! I'll have 3 less tests per week now, woohoo!

Final grade?

An A (99.82)! I am quite pleased with myself... although that perfect 100 would have been cooler. Yes, I know, I need to get a grip! :)

Blogiversary and Sphygmomanometers

Happy 3rd Blogiversary to me! Hadn't realized that till just now when I read the comment on my last post. Woot! :)

In other news, I'm in desperate need of arms. Anyone willing to let me squeeze the crud out of you so I can perfect my blood pressure taking skills? I'll even give you a lollipop :)

Hooray!

My head no longer wants to explode! Ahhh, it's nice to feel normal again. Antibiotics are good stuff! After 3 weeks of an on-and-off-again head cold, I ended up with a fever and a nasty sinus/ear infection last week. I'm still on antibiotics but feeling MUCH better! They tested me for the flu (Ick, swabs shoved waaaay up the nose = very unpleasant!) but that was negative, thankfully, so no worries there.

Wash those hands, people! :)

It's a darn-tootin' shame!

I've been thinking a lot lately about how foolish I was in my younger years, as a college student at BYU. I was so busy yucking it up and enjoying my first taste of freedom (since my parents were so super restrictive and protective of me... which I can hardly blame them, growing up in NYC) that I just totally failed to really enjoy school. By that I mean the academic part of college life, because believe you me, I thoroughly enjoyed the social aspects! :) That's not to say I got horrendous grades, but I didn't excel like I was used to. Basically, I did not live up to my academic potential.

Now that I'm nearly 29 and going back to finish up what I started so long ago, school is just a whole new beast. This semester is super hectic. I average about 5-7 tests per week! I take my textbooks with me everywhere I go and even study in the bathroom at times...sorry, TMI? It's insane, and hectic, and most days I'm just exhausted beyond belief, but guess what? I LOVE IT! I absolutely, positively, 120% l-o-v-e being in school again! I am soaking it all up and doing so well! The nerd/perfectionist in me has been reawakened!

Its a shame I didn't live up to my potential at BYU or take advantage of all the opportunities I had to drink long and deep from it's fountain of knowledge (wow, that was cheesy!) but I am glad that I have wizened up with age. Better late than never, right? Perhaps this life lesson will enable me to be a better nurse than I would have been back then.

Anyway, that was my study break. I'm off! :)