24 days

We got another baby cat! Meet Pepper (we call her Peppit)

I made a really good stew the other night. I need to utilize the crock pot more! 

24 days until I get married... 

I got a job at the health department. Today I have to tell them that I can't take it. I was offered my dream job! I did my practicum on the General Surgery floor at  a wonderful hospital here in Athens. It will be a night shift position, but Nathan and I talked about it and it will be a great thing for me and us together. Short term plan: Nathan will get back into school so he can do what he loves, and I can put away some money. Long term: do my year even if I hate it and then do what I want and have babies. 

But really, I'm really blessed. I'm up so early because I have this inner turmoil about telling them at the health department that I resign before I even started. It just doesn't seem like "me". But I guess it's better I tell them now than wait. The way this dream job of mine fell into my lap quite unexpectedly last night. I got an offer over the phone from the unit director, and I just can't pass it up. I really fell in love with it while I was there, and unfortunately there just wasn't a position open. But now there is! They are comfortable with our honeymoon date as well, so I am very happy and my entire family, my fiancé, and his mom, and my gut, tell me it's the right thing to do. 

God is blessing Nathan and I in some totally unexpected wonderful ways! 

I can't wait to get married! I do feel like night shift will be hard, but, I made it through nursing school with Nathan and I feel like we can make it for at least a little while as I start to learn the night shift! I also get to be first on the list to go to day shift if someone else leaves, etc. which makes me very happy!

I know this is scary, and I hate to turn down something I already agreed to, and it really hurts my heart, but like my friend said; "it's just business". 

I love God and I love Nathan and I love everything right now! 

24 days!

27?!?!

I'm old. I'm so close to 30 it hurts! But, I'm so so so happy!

I'm getting married in 31 days! I'm still praying daily for a job, but my hopes are high! Nathan made my day really special. He bought me a really cute jewelry holder that's a silver tree, and then he cooked me the tastiest dinner of oysters Rockefeller, Cajun chicken breast, and garlic mashed potatoes! It was the best I've ever had! I love him so so much. I can't wait to be his Mrs! 

Then I got my hair done! For the first time in a year and a half! 

It's a little "ombre" or whatever. But I love it! Counting down until our wedding day and honeymoon... 

Biggest Test!

I have registered to take the NCLEX August 12th!

The biggest test of my entire life (besides the big pregnancy test one day where I have the beginnings of a little O'Brien).

Prayers are needed! I can't wait to become a nurse!

I know I said I would never go back to school... but I have been looking at graduate school.
I'm probably crazy.

Who knows!

59 Days!

Until I get married!

I don't remember the last time I blogged, so I don't remember what I blogged about! Wonderful things are happening in my life! I had my pinning ceremony last night, which technically makes me a graduate! I'm so happy that I am actually at this point! I got an award as well for starting off nursing school kind of nervous and unsure and then ending up really confident and awesome ;) Basically ;)

I had an interview for the health department yesterday! I am praying about that!

Nathan took me on a surprise trip to Myrtle Beach for a graduation present and took me out to eat at a really nice restaurant on a pier, and we walked the beach at night and I joked that this would have been the perfect time for him to ask me to marry him, and then he said "well, if I was going to do it again" and got down on one knee and ask me to marry him again with a gorgeous pair of earrings he had in his pocket! I love him so much! It was such a wonderful surprise!