Wow! It's been a while since I've blogged and so much has happened since then!

The highlights:

Spent a week packing and spending lots of quality time with my friends!! Finally being a nursing major paid off!! :-)

Thursday I went out with my family and molly's parents to Applebees. That was a lot of fun!

Friday we had nursing convocation!! If you weren't there and have decent connection to the internet you can watch it online here. The convocation was so much fun and pretty exciting...ok, so we aren't quite sure why Dr. Alyn was talking about goats and sheep but we did learn which way the tail goes! :-) But Lt. Sylvester did a great job comissioning us and the whole thing went well. We took lots of pictures with lots of friends...bittersweet time! Afterwards the Cole and McCloskey families went to Cracker Barrel for dinner. After waiting for them to serve all of Springfield we finally got seated and served. Then raced back to CU for Parent's Night which was better than I expected. Still not that exciting though. At least they had roses for us to give our mothers. Following that I think Lindsey, Amy, Molly and I went to Rehm's suite at Hearthstone where we celebrated our graduation with a cake and a few presents.

Saturday was another hectic day but once again pretty exciting! We had to be in the gym by 9am and so we spent probably 45 minutes in there getting pictures once again! :-) (I took 50 pictures in 3 days!) Then it was time for graduation!! The ceremony only lasted 2 hours like they said...I was amazed! Dr. Cheney was our speaker and was quite entertaining...that, and my seat was so hard that I couldn't get comfortable enough to fall asleep anyway! :-) Watching all the graduates get their diploma was a little tiring but it only took 40 minutes which was nice. Somehow we were off one when we got our diplomas and so had to pass them down the row to get the correct one. Fortunately it was only a few of us at the beginning of the nursing class. And besides a little snafoo with the recessional the ceremony went great! After more pictures with family and friends my family head to Olive Garden for a family dinner. Finished packing my car that afternoon and spend the night at the Jenista's in Cedarville before heading to Muncie on Sunday after church.

I am now in Ft. Wayne...came up tuesday morning to spend time with my dad who left this morning for a 10 day trip to China and Hong Kong (I know he'd appreciate your prayers while he's gone!). Which brings us to another interesting story. On the way home from the airport this morning I finally received a speeding ticket... 70 in a 55. :-( The officer was in an unmarked Camero! Totally missed him...still have no clue where he came from until he was behind me with his lights on! :-) But you knew it was coming eventually didn't you?! :-) Maybe now I'll drive a little slower...ya think? :-) That was a bad start to the day!

But it got better because I finally received my authorization to test from Indiana State Board of Nursing and was able to schedule my NCLEX for the 14th...wonderful birthday present isn't it?!! :-) But it's nice to have the test scheduled and know how much time I have to study for it! So, if you could remember to pray for me on the 14th at 9am central time I would greatly appreciate it!! And am sure Molly (testing on the 12th) and Lindsey Johnson (testing on the 14th) would appreciate your prayers too! Any other nursing majors have a test date yet? Let me know and I'll be praying for you as well!!