Changes

So, life has been crazy and ever changing! (as always, right?) Here are a few updates...

~I have completed my last week of classes for my nursing degree!! I have finals Monday and Tuesday, then I am done with classes in my bachelor degree in nursing. I can't even believe it... even as I write this, I am still trying to tell myself that I am graduating in a month. A month?! I remember my first day of college, all scared and nervous. And in 2 months I will be a registered nurse! On November 19, I start my senior practicum. I am in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit - premature babies!) and working 12 hour night shift. Since I am bottom of the totem pole as a new nurse, I need to get used to working the shifts no one wants... the night shift! Luckily, with babies, there isn't a day and night schedule, so I will get just as much action during the night as I would during the day! I am so ready to be done with school work and practicing what I have been preparing for for 4 1/2 years.

~Because the process is so long, I am starting to apply for nursing jobs! It usually takes a few months for a job to get filled and we are allowed to apply before our license is enacted, so here I go! Whatever God has for me, I am not picky. I just want a job and some experience. We shall see what happens...

~Wedding plans are on their way! God has blessed Joel and I with a top level house in Alaska! The owners are Christians, and the tenants below us are good friends of Joel. Although it is the upstairs of a house, we are completely separate from the lower level. It is 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Can you believe it?!

~Tomorrow we are shipping everything we possibly can to Alaska! If we ship it within the month of November, the ARMY will pay for it. So, I only have the bare minimums left at my house because I don't want to pay to ship it up later.

~Joel is coming home on New Year's EVE!! Instead of 3 days before the wedding, his captain allowed him to come home 2 weeks earlier. Aren't we blessed? God is so good!

SO, there is my life in a nutshell. Wedding, graduation, job searching, NCLEX and moving, here I come!!

Officially in Countdown

So, my Joellie left yesterday. I will never, ever get used to say good bye to that man, but there is hope in this one. Next time he comes home, we will get married!! Something to look forward to!

76 days to wedding!