Nearing the end of the semester...

I can't wait until Travis gets home! He's been gone since Monday night, but it feels like forever! He went to a Coldplay concert last night in Atlanta with Nate. They got to go backstage before the concert and watch the band warm up. I think they had a lot of fun, and he said he got some good pictures!

Yesterday, I went shopping to finally spend some of my birthday money, but I didn't have very much luck. I bought one shirt from The Limited that I really like, but I was hoping to find some "winter" dress clothes. Guess I'll just have to keep looking!

We didn't get tickets to the SEC championship game in Atlanta. We were really hoping to go too! Apparently, there were only a little over 1000 tickets available to UA students, and each student got 2 tickets, so only about 500-600 students got tickets. I heard someone saying that their friend who has 152 hours at the University didn't even get tickets, so I guess Travis and I didn't even have a chance (they gave tickets to the students with the most hours taken at UA). I checked online to see what tickets were going for, and the cheapest I saw was $300 a ticket. That equals us watching it at home on TV. Although, we had a lot of fun watching the LSU game here at the apartment with friends. I made several snacks, and we crammed about 9 people in here somehow!

Celebrating with our sparkling grape juice after the big win!

Girl picture (someday we'll get Emily to wear a UA shirt!)

I only have 2 more weeks of clinicals this semester! I'm so excited!!! Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here soon!!!!

ROOOOOLLLLLLL TIDE ROLL!

The bonfire and Halloween party were a lot of fun last weekend! My costume wasn't very original...but, at least it was free!

Here we are at the bonfire on the Quad

The two nurses at the party...Jess and me!

I didn't realized until AFTER the party that Travis and I didn't even get a picture together as doctor and nurse. Oh well :(

In other news, tomorrow is the big game with LSU. We're having a few friends over to watch the game and eat some good food. On the menu: gumbo (courtesy of Alan), rotel cheese dip and Tostitos, Chex Mix, Hello Dollies, and jalapeno poppers (I think). Should be a lot of fun...especially if we're 10-0 by the end of the night!! SEC championship game...here we come!!!

Homecoming and Halloween all in one week!

Well, it's been a busy week, and I think it's going to be a pretty busy weekend! I've started running again...3 times this week! Woo hoo! I wouldn't be motivated to do it alone...luckily, I've been going with Kathryn and Alisha! Maybe we'll be in shape enough to run the Mercedes half marathon in February...that's our goal, at least!

Tomorrow is the pep rally and bonfire, and we're also supposed to be going to a Halloween party with our friends from church. Since I've been slacking, we don't have costumes yet. But I think I've got a pretty good idea that won't cost much if any $$. Then Saturday is the Homecoming game. And somewhere in the middle of all that I've got to study for a test on Monday. Not to mention, I've got to wake up at 5:45 in the morning to go to DCH for the day. I miss Mrs. Johnson and Northport. Maybe I'm just tired of school in general. Oh well, I'm sure the last few weeks will go by fast just like the first half of the semester did!

Hope everyone has a happy & safe Halloween!!

I'm getting old!

I'm officially 22 years old as of yesterday. I don't feel any older....but that's probably a good thing. Travis got me an iPod Nano for my birthday. I've taken it to the Rec twice already, and I love it! Now I just need an armband so I can wear it around easier.
Alisha and Emily surprised me last night by decorating the outside of our door and making me cupcakes. It made my night! The Ole Miss game this past Saturday was fun but stressful. I really thought we were going to lose it at the end. Hopefully we can pull it out this weekend against Tennessee without Terrance Cody.


On Thursday, I start the 2nd half of my clinicals at DCH. I don't think we'll actually be doing much but orientation, so that will be nice. I'm trying to get a paper for my online research class out of the way this week, so I won't have to worry about it later. Travis has been really busy with a programming project lately. We're hoping to both have time to watch P.S. I Love You that we rented from NetFlix on Thursday. It's sad that we don't even have 2 hours of free time to spend together anymore!!

It's FRIDAY!!

Well, I'm already falling behind on updating this thing...

The last part of last week was fall break, and it came at a much needed time! I'm starting to get burnt out from all this studying. We went up to Huntsville last Wednesday afternoon and stayed until Saturday morning when we left for Six Flags. Saturday was a long but fun day. We woke up at 5 AM, left at 530, got to the park around 10:45 AM....rode a ton of rollercoasters and other rides, ate funnel cakes, turkey legs, pizza, ice cream (all this healthy stuff..NOT!)...and ending up not leaving the park until after 10 PM!! Luckily, our hotel was only 2 miles away! Tonight we're supposed to be going to the Hoover-Vestavia game and then to a haunted house (either Sloss or Atrox, I'm not sure). But it's raining outside, so I don't know if we'll end up going or not. I can't believe it's supposed to get down into the 40s tonight....BRRR!!!!

A Day of Football

Well, we won the game against Kentucky....BARELY. I hope we play better after having a week off when Ole Miss comes to town. Auburn just lost....so that makes everything better, of course!! My parents came for the game...so it was great to see them!


Next week is fall break, and I can't wait. We are leaving on Thursday to go up to Huntsville. Then Saturday we're planning to go to Six Flags with Travis's mom and sisters. It will be nice just to have a break from schoolwork and studying for a few days. Tomorrow is the beginning of our gospel meeting at church. We're having a potluck tomorrow night after church, and I made some cookies to take. I make cookies almost every week! :)
Tomorrow I'm playing Travis in fantasy football. I'm hoping I don't get killed!!! We shall see...

AHH...nursing school!

It's not really that bad. I do study a lot, but I think it will be worth it when I graduate and have no problem finding a job. (Knock on wood). I had to do a presentation today in my front of the girls in my clinical group and my instructor, Mrs. Johnson. This was our last day with her, and in 2 weeks, we'll have a new instructor for the last half of the semester. We had a lot of fun with Mrs. Johnson, so it's kind of sad that we have to switch. Hopefully we'll like Mrs. Berryhill just as much! Here's a picture of our group. We took it this morning after our presentations:




This afternoon I'm going to work out with Kathryn I think. I'm trying to do better at exercising this semester than I did in the spring! Travis has been busy studying for a physics test he has tomorrow. Studying is pretty much all he's been doing lately...