Pink Shirts and Orange Leaves

Ok. Fine. I'll update the blog. Sorry it's been so long. I know I say that at the beginning of all my posts. And I'm going to offer the same old excuse, too. It's been really busy around here.

Nursing school continues. I started clinicals at the hospital. Clinicals means I follow a nurse around and pretend I know what's going on for 12 hours while not getting paid. It's actually very fun. So far, I have been on the Ortho/Neuro floor and the Telemetry Floor (the floor where we keep all of our heart patients). I must say, telemetry has been my favorite so far. I had a lot of fun. Classes are still crazy. I have TONS of reading every week, at least one test every week, and a really long 50-ish page paper due every week. It. Is. Busy. But I really do love it. Clinicals are fun. I have been learning a lot. And the nurses I've worked with are absolutely fabulous. I've really enjoyed it.

David still loves law school. He still reads a lot. We're looking into maybe doing an externship next summer. It would be pretty fun. We have no idea where we would end up, but it would be fun.

Now, if you made it through the boring, same-every-week stuff, then you may now have the privilege of reading the cool, exciting stuff. And yes, there will be pictures. You are so lucky.

I mentioned in my last post that I am very excited for the Fall. Well, that was true. David and I decided we should add a little autumn excitement to our lives. So we made a wreath to hang up on our door. And when I say "we", I really mean David. Because we all know who has the artistic talent in this relationship. I must say, I think it turned out well. David. Is. Awesome.



Next big thing: we ran a 5k this morning. In honor of breast cancer awareness month, a local hospital sponsored a Mad Dash for Cancer. Charis decided we should have a Team Sheri and make T-shirts. So we did. The whole deal. It was a lot of fun. Most of the sibs were there, my sister-in-law, Nikki, and Brittany and Cami. Brylee rode in the stroller in her first ever race! And my mom came too. Can I just say it was an awesome morning? I'm really glad we all got to go. It was amazing seeing all the cancer survivors running in the race and my mom with her survivor sticker. What an amazing woman! I've gotta be the luckiest daughter ever. Anyway, my camera died and I didn't get to take pictures at the race, but my mom did and I'm pretty sure she's going to post them on her facebook page if you're interested. I did get a few after the race at Tanner's football game.






Speaking of Tanner's football game, it ROCKED! His team totally killed it today. They were amazing. I'm really glad we got to go. We left the game a few minutes early, but by then, his team was up 7 touchdowns. Yes. I typed that correctly. S.E.V.E.N. And Tanner was awesome.



Anyway, folks. I hope life is treating you all well. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and I am personally inviting all of you to participate in some way. There are lots of races all over the country and there are so many patients who need your support. We got the supplies for our Team Sheri t-shirts at Wal-Mart and if you want to make your own, you should. My family is planning on running another 5k and they have those all over the country (as well as 1 mile walks if you are interested in that...). If you're in Utah and want to participate in a race, holla atcha girl and I can hook you up.

Peace Out, yo.

Moving Forward

So it's been a while. Things have been a little crazy around here but I figured I needed to update. Within days of my last post, my family got some pretty crazy news which has kept all of us occupied recently. Along with that, we've had lots of visitors in town (I miss you granny!) and school starting for me and David. Also, work. So, we've been busy.

Nursing school is back in session for me. I started a week ago and already feel like I'm behind. I think the thing about nursing school is that you constantly feel like you're drowning. And I don't think it's going to end until after I have RN after my name. And then I'll start working and STILL feel like I'm drowning. I have this insane Med/Surg class which is the main culprit of this drowning scenario. For those of you who don't know, Med/Surg stands for "Medical/Surgical"...which is like 90% of patients that are in the hospital. Which means that I have a lot to learn this semester. Along with med/surg, I have psychiatric nursing, nursing for the older adult, and clinical reasoning classes. To keep myself sane, I'm also taking a violin class. I'm actually really excited to take it.

So like I said, I've been doing a lot of learning the past couple of weeks. One of the exciting things is that I learned how to start IVs! If you know me at all, you know that I get especially excited when it comes to putting sharp objects into people's bodies. Even more so when it involves veins and blood. So I have mostly been waiting to learn IVs the entire time I've been in nursing school. It was a great week for me.

In a couple of weeks I'll be starting clinical rotations at the hospital which means I'll be working with real sick people. And giving all kinds of medications. And acting like I know what I'm talking about. AND STARTING IVs!!! Be excited. And don't be too nervous if you have to go to the hospital and discover I'm your nurse. I'll take good care of you. :)

David has officially started law school. He is on his way to becoming a lawyer. And he loves it! He has really enjoyed his law classes a lot. Some of the cases he's been reading about are really interesting. And some are frustrating because people sue over the dumbest things.

Every year when September hits, I get really excited about Fall. I LOVE the fall! It's been cool in the mornings and yesterday I went and got fall scented candles (pumpkin spice and cider!) and I can't wait to light them so our apartment will smell like the holidays! I've also started looking at music for our ward Christmas program. I know some of you may be thinking it's a little early...but I can't help it. I'm too excited to wait any longer!

Hmm...what else?? Life goes on. I have to say that I love my family a lot. We're all pretty darn awesome. I think it's amazing how much love and support we have. I really appreciate my granny and Krista and Kenny and Aunt Kristy and everyone else who came all the way out to Utah. I love you guys! And I have to say I really appreciate my step-daddy for being so awesome. And of course I love my mom. She is definitely the most amazing and strongest person I know. I am so grateful for her.