MICHAEL PHELPS!!

I can't believe I forgot my camera in Utah! I saw Michael Phelps on Sunday at the Kings Game! We went to a conference question/answer session with him! I was really hoping that he would take his shirt off...but unfortunately he didn't haha :) The game was fun! We got killed by the Celtics but it's okay.

Tomorrow I'm going to San Francisco! Haha I guess I haven't shopped enough! I'm meeting a friend from BYU...and Megan and her friend Nicole are going off by themselves. It should be a fun chilly day :)

I go back to school in 5 days. SHOOT ME!

Christmas!

This past week as been fun :) I've gone shopping every single day and will soooon run out of money! My Dad isn't too happy about that ;-) It feels like I know the Galleria, Sunrise, and Arden Fair Malls inside and out! Megan and I discovered a cute little shop in downtown Sacramento that sells silver jewelry! Last night Megan bought a mermaid ring! I bought a necklace! That store is dangerous for me because I would literally buy every single ring (except the skull ones) if I could! It is a neat little store!

Believe it or not I've actually spent a lot of time just laying in bed doing nothing! It's so nice not being in school right now, but I'm starting to mentally prepare myself to return! :-/

Tomorrow I'm going to a Kings game and Michael Phelps is going to give a motivational speech! :) I'm excited! He's amazing!

1/3 of the way through

I've been home for almost a week now and am DREADING the drive back to hell! It has been so nice sleeping in my own bed, eating my mom's amazing food, seeing my crazy cali friends and spending time with my perfect family :) Being home is so perfect. I worry about the summer and wonder if I'll ever be back home as a resident rather than a guest. I gotta grow up! Haha.

This morning I went to 24 Hr Fitness with my parents while my brother was at swim practice. I guess I lifted too much because right now EVERY single muscle in my body is aching! Haha the other day I was helping my mom cover toffee and the next morning I was sore...so sad! Nursing school got me SO out of shape!

Last night I had a dream that I forgot something in Folsom, so I was going to drive home the weekend before finals to get it and drive back in time for all the tests. It was awful! I was obviously stressed the whole night and woke up thinking and feeling like I had forgotten to do something!

Today my sister Megan flys home from BYU. It has been weird being home without her. My first 2 years of college she was still in high school and last year I attended BYU with her and we flew home together...

5 more days till Christmas and I don't have a single present for anyone...shoot!

Just got home...11:01pm

So I just got home from the mall...11pm late ehh?! Eric and I went out to Olive Garden and then over to the Galleria to do some Christmas shopping! While Eric was buying people gifts I was buying things for myself haha whoops :) I also spent the day at my Grandma's house helping her set out for her annual Christmas party. By the end of the day the house looked amazing!

This morning I was having a really weird dream that I was trying to talk to someone and I couldn't keep my eyes open and kept falling asleep. I was sooo embarassed and tried to do random things like run in place and jump, but my eyes would still close. Haha the dream felt sooo weird, and REAL! Random fact about me #1: I dream every night in color and more times than not, remember what the dream was about!

It's sooo nice to not be in school right now! I have some reading to do, but I'm not even thinking about it yet! I need a full week of recovery before I start studying again :D

Day 2!

Today was really boring, but I didn't mind at all. I'd rather be bored sitting in a doctors office all day, than studying for tests and doing homework! I also bought a pair of running shoes and hospital clinical shoes tonight! And I bought a shirt from Old Navy for $4. Then I helped my mom make sandwiches for dinner and I'm waiting patiently on the couch for her to get my brother started on homework, so that we can watch the Biggest Loser Finale!!!! I'm so excited :) The biggest loser is one of the greatest shows ever!!

I'm HOME!!

I survived my first semester of nursing school! Finals week was hell but it's over and I don't have to be back in Richfield for a few weeks! On Friday I went to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert. It was amazing and so much fun! On Saturday Mandy and I went to Gateway mall. I flew home on Sunday night to C.A.L.I.F.O.R.N.I.A! All my beautiful rings set off the metal detector...which was hilarious. Today I have to help my mom make candy (which i can't eat, because of the butter).

FINALS WEEK!

Thinking about a whole week of nothing but tests gives me a stomach ache...let alone 4 months of constant exams! I have some how almost made it to the end. The days have literally dragged by, but yet December is here!...and yet it feels just yesterday I was sitting in orientation scared to death! Haha, and yes instead of studying for my Nursing Fundamentals class I am wasting precious time on this blog :) I have literally been staring at computer screens for the past 4 days...will this permanently damage my eyeballs?? Haha wouldn't doubt it!

I took a final this afternoon! Imagine that! Taking a test on a Sunday in Utah! Haha! It definitely feels good to have it over! I only have 3 finals, 1 presentation, 1 paper, 3 workbook chapters, and 2 skills assessments before I'm FREEEE!! It's a lot! I know, depressing...

Right now I'm sitting on the couch staring at the christmas tree katie brought home...yet it doesn't feel like Christmas time at all! Tests take away all the fun! Dang it! Tonight was the First Presidency Christmas Devotional...and I obviously had wayyy to much to do so I couldn't watch it :( it's been the first time in yearsssss that I haven't seen it! My life is on hold until Thursday! Biggest Loser and Grey's Anatomy are even a second priority now! Imagine that!

Also, I have had an incredibly enormous amount of sugar and salt this weekend (everything nursing school has taught is BAD for your organs!). It's disgusting, I'm disgusting...oh well! I also haven't put makeup on for the past 5-6 days and only showered on 2 of those days...I look like hell, but my week of craziness is ALMOST over! Thank Heavens!