Nursing School

I am going to make this short and sweet...I got into UAH's nursing program!! I got the call today at work! I would say more but I am soooo tired right now. Just wanted to let people know!

Our new "pets"

I want a dog. I've always wanted a dog. My friends know that I tortured myself by visiting Auburn's Humane Society on a regular basis. Every time I found "the one". I always named them too. Unfortunately I have already used up most of my ideal pet names like Manning, Riley, Maddux, Turner and Toby. The dog I wanted to name Toby just looked like if he could talk, he would talk like Toby from The Office. I loved him. We could have been lazy together. Anyways, I think that since those dogs never actually belonged to me I can still use those names. Now only if I can convince Ben to like them...but we will approach that battle when it's time.

For now we have adopted these baby birds to be our pets. We watched as the mother made her nest in the stairwell of our apartment building, we saw the eggs, and now we have the babies. I am almost positive there are 4 of them. Ben thinks there are 5 but I have yet to see the 5th one. They are the perfect pets. We get to see them every day and talk about them but we don't have to take care of them. Seriously, our entire drive to church today was talking about our birds. Think we are strange? We do too, it's ok. It's fun watching Ben park the car, walk halfway up the stairs, stop and smile at our birds.

I've decided to name them Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and Avery. If it turns out that Ben is right about the 5th bird we can name him Javy Lopez. I love them, and I love not having to pay a $500 pet deposit.

Jammers in Peru

My baby sister, Jamie, is in Peru right now with a team from Southwood's youth group. I am so excited for her! I went on several mission trips in high school and they changed my life. Be praying for her and the rest of the team while they are there. My mission trip experiences in Mexico and Belize were with a few of the same leaders so I know that she is in great hands. Southwood started going to Peru the summer after I graduated so I never had the chance to go...bummer! When I went to Mexico one summer we memorized a passage that is my prayer for her team.

" If you have any encouragement from being

united with Christ, if any comfort from His love,

if any fellowship with the Spirit,

if any tenderness and compassion,

then make my joy complete by being like-minded,

having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,

but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests,

but also to the interests of others.

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,

did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

but made himself nothing, take the very nature of a servant,

being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself

and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

and gave him the name that is above every name,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

-Philippians 2: 1-11

costco

Well we did it. Actually Ben did it a while ago but I just got around to picking up my card. I feel like this is a step further away from college life and closer to the real world. This could be dangerous...I just found patio furniture, a tv and $100 worth of plants I wanted to buy when I only went in there for cereal and laundry detergent.

Happy Birthday Jen!

Happy 20th Bday Jen! I love you so much, and I am excited about you being home for the summer! I am blessed to have sisters that are also my best friends.

Waiting

Why am I so impatient?? I just found out that I won't be hearing back from Calhoun's nursing program until ATLEAST the middle of June. Maybe this is to give me time to work on my attitude about going there, I am still bummed about UAH. So tired of the unknowns! I wish I could be finished with school and working right now. I never dreamed I would not be finished by now. Some days I can just be patient and rest in the fact that God knows exactly what school I will be starting in August. Other days (like today) I am just completely frustrated! It's bad, if I even see someone wearing scrubs I get bitter...ha. For the meantime I still get to be a nurse to Ben. I should wear my scrubs and my stethoscope next time I give him a shot. Maybe not, I don't want to completely scare him haha.

You're welcome in advance

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