Jumbled Thoughts

// Nathan and I went with my parents to the Tulip Festival this past weekend and bar the fact that it was a total down pour the majority of the time, I found it to be quite lovely. I am a big flower fan, you see and the tulip collection there was breathtaking. In fact it made me want to become rich on the spot and build a garden of that grandeur of my own.

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// My dear husband unknowingly matched his tie to my dress on Sunday. We looked like we were going to the Prom, it's fine.

// Say hello to Anatomy Sam. I get to sit by this dude every day in class. It's wonderful.

// I am about to complete my very first semester of nursing school and I'm about 3 parts scared out of my mind to become a nurse and 1 part really excited! I am hoping that ratio changes in my favor by the time I graduate. These past few months have been quite an adventure and I've done a lot of things I thought I would never be brave enough to do, but boy do I still have a LOT to learn. I hope someday down the road I will look back on the way I felt as a nursing student and laugh at how nervous and scared I was.

Everyone tells me confidence takes time and experience, but boy do I sure have a lot of those things to go.

Some Awkward Nostalgia For Ya

Totally feeling nostalgic today. Please appreciate this fine video me and my roommates made during 

our first semester of college ever. It is a beautiful rendition of Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like a Woman". These were the days of our awkward freshman dorm living existence in Rexburg, Idaho. Hope you enjoy.

OK so it's super cheesy, and probably one of those things that is only funny and awesome to those that made it, but man does this bring back great memories! Good times. I have been so blessed to have some pretty fan-freakin-tastic friends throughout my life. Love those girls!

Hi, I am still alive.

Because I am a white girl that loves Target I was seduced into buying this lovely doormat. Since cutting back on work to go to school I have exerted every effort to avoid that store but you can only go so long, ya know. I walked in.. this walked out. It's fine.

Spring is the word of the day, people. I was rather bitter about the whole crappy winter we had, because I am a weirdo and love snow, but once all the flowers started blooming my attitude changed rather quickly. Prior to my nursing ambitions I dreamt of being a florist. I love flowers and therefore my table has had continual tulips on it for weeks. 

**fun fact alert** Did you know that if an sick/injured/sad person has flowers in their room it can lift their mood and therefore promote a more speedy recovery? Mood and attitude actually has a very significant impact on the healing process. Give your friends flowers!!

Several weeks ago my family went down to St. George for our annual Shamrock (formerly Spectrum) 10K. We run it every single year and it truly is a joy, assuming that you properly trained for it. The scenery is nice anyway. This year I was not my fittest, however I am happy to announce that I did indeed survive the race and I wasn't the last to cross the finish line!

AND, my mother signed me up for the Disneyland Half Marathon again this year. I can't argue with her. I love Disneyland and I am willing to sacrifice my legs for a summer in order to go there. I have fallen off the bandwagon since, well... #nursingschool and I haven't seen the gym in weeks. I don't plan to see it again until after finals. Hopefully three months is sufficient to train. It should be, right?

Throwback to last year's Disneyland trip! I have been pinning Disneyland pins like crazy because I'm kind of going through withdrawals. Judge me. I also may or may not have been listening to the Cinderella soundtrack from the movie that just came out. I am such a cheeseball, but I absolutely loved that movie. I seriously may never grow up.