Whew!

Oh my, how time flies. I graduate from college on Sunday! What?? This is what I've been working for for 4 1/2 years, and I can't believe its almost done. God has been so good. In my weakest points when I never thought I'd get through it, He was there with His gentle hand helping me forward. Thank you Lord! Almost done! What will I do without homework and studying?! I'm sure I'll find plenty of things :) Hmm, read a book for fun? Work out on a regular basis? Watch movies? Sew a quilt? Clean my room...? Probably not the last one - I didn't do that when I wasn't in intensive school. :)

Anywho, we are getting ready for the wedding... tons of plans, little time! No matter how much you think you are prepared and no matter how much is done early, there is always something. I am LOVING it though. We have been engaged since August 2008, so it has always seemed so far off. But its DECEMBER! We are almost there.

Good bye Kanani Silva... hello Kanani Adams, RN.

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!

Couple Shower!

We had a wedding shower today! It has been so amazing having my future husband home, and we are so blessed! We had a great shower, lots of people turned up and we felt so loved. Thank you to everyone who came! It was wonderful to have support and to celebrate with the people we love and those who love us most. I can't wait to start our lives together! I will post some pictures soon, but I'm going to leave -- I have a wonderful man waiting for me at this moment.... ta ta!

I am Blessed

Today, I was on the child/adolescent psychiatry ward. It was very sad. There were so many cases of bipolar, schizophrenic, and suicidal children. It really solidified that the way you are raised and the household you grow up in influences the person you turn out to be. I thank God for the parents I have, the faith they raised me with, and the morals they taught me. I am so blessed and God is so good. I continue to send up prayers for those troubled kids. Have you thanked your parents today? :)

He's HOME!!

Joel is officially in Alaska!! I got a call at 6:30 this morning from the love of my life from Alaska! His cell phone is activated, and I am currently enjoying texting and calling him at my disposal (all the time!!)

After a long year of him being away and in danger, God has protected him and brought him home safely, all appendages intact. This truly is a "Praise God" moment and I am so happy to have him back in the US. I am so blessed, and God is so good and constant.

Thank you Jesus for protecting him!

Home?!

Hey hey! Guess who is coming home?? My favorite person... Joel Thomas! He is officially leaving Iraq tonight - well, tomorrow morning for him... confusing? I know! Sometimes we talk and he calls on a Sunday night for me, but that means it is Monday morning for him. So, does that mean it is like a time continuum? Think about it...

Anyways, I am a happy girl! He is out of harm's way and we are that much closer to the big day! So exciting!


2 years ago!


I am a lucky girl.