Update

Ohmygosh! I've been so busy! I haven't had much time to update my blog or do Music Mondays or anything! Whew!

First of all, as you can see by my last post, I graduated! Yay! I came down to my parent's house in Madison since I was graduating in Jackson and I've been staying here for the past week because my baby sister graduates tomorrow! Yay! She's graduating from high school. My mom's side of the family has been staying at our house, too. Three extra people (my grandmother, great-grandmother, and uncle) doesn't seem like a lot of extra but when you don't have any extra beds in the house...it's definitely plenty! LOL.

I took the Hurst Review Mon-Thurs of this week. It's basically a refresher course to help me get the ball rollin' to study for my boards. Thing is, I haven't even applied to take boards yet! Whoops! I wanted to wait until after I was out of school and then I forgot! Oh, well, I do have plenty of time. See, I decided to stay in Oxford for the summer. My lease doesn't run out until the end of July anyway, and I don't have a job down here in Jackson yet, so it makes no sense to move down here just yet.

I WILL be moving the end of July though.

I haven't quite wrapped my mind around moving back in with my parents quite yet. I am happy that I moving down here----it seems like I'm making the next step in my life, ya know? But I have been on my own and doing things my own way for 3 years now...it might be difficult in going back. Plus, my sister isn't moving out yet, so we'll be sharing a bathroom, and THIS has the potential to get ugly. I am NOT looking forward to packing up all of my crap again. I always hate doing that. And moving all of my clothes into a smaller closet. Ugh. But, on the bright side...my parents will be paying for food, rent, etc. This means that all of the money I'll be making (at the job in some hospital I WILL find) can go toward paying off my student loans (which are a-plentiful). Whoo-hoo.

So. I have been quite busy lately going to Hurst, dealing with the family being in, etc. I have missed you guys, though. Thankfully, I will be headed back to Oxford the day after Memorial Day. Looking forward to some peace and quiet and sleeping late. :)

Finished

The day has finally come.... I graduated Nursing School! Yay! When I started this journey 4 years ago, I didn't think it would ever come. And yet, here I am. I couldn't have made it here without Jesus and my Daddy backing me up. Honestly, those are the two that pushed me through.



This is my ENTIRE family that came in for my Pinning! So thankful to have them here!



My gorgeous Diploma! Yay!


So now that school is finished, all I have left is to take (and PASS!) the NCLEX. That's the test that licenses me to practice Nursing. After that....have to find a job and start my real life.

Wish me luck!!

I dreamed a dream of times gone by...

UHM. Glee tonight was simply AMAZING. This show just keeps getting better and better. And I laugh and cry every single show. Crazy.

But... tonight was a special episode. Because two of my favorite people, Idina Menzel and Lea Michele, sang a beautiful duet. I love "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables, and these two ladies certainly did it justice. Their voices together were PERFECT. I am such a nerd for this show.






In other news, I am graduating Friday! Yay! Can't believe I'm going to be a college graduate. I'm actually the first person on my mother's side of the family to finish my Bachelor's. My entire family is coming in to see and I'm very excited.

But first, I have to go shopping for a dress tomorrow. I should be excited but I hate shopping now that I've gained so much weight (damn you, nursing school!). But whatever. I really should go to bed now.


And just for a little funny entertainment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnW4bWaMPq0

When did the sun stop shining?

I've never heard this song before now but I'm obsessed with the lyrics now.

"Once Upon a Time" by Idina Menzel



All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put us back together again.
We huffed and we puffed,
And we blew this house down.
We tried. Yeah, we tried.

The sticks and the stones were breakin my bones,
And the names that were said kinda hurt us.
Riddle me this and riddle me that.
What went wrong? What went wrong?

When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.

Sometimes I wish upon a star
To give you a reason to give me your heart.
Rock-a-bye baby, you rocked me goodbye.
Tell me why. Tell me why.

When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.

All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put us back together again.
We huffed and we puffed,
And we blew this house down.
We tried, yeah, oh, we tried...
Oh, you know we tried...

When did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember, yeah, I remember.

When did the sun, when did the sun stop shining?
When did we turn into two divided?
I guess we will never really know why,
But I remember once upon a time.
Once upon a time...

yeah.

I know.. this is getting out of hand. But isn't this the CUTEST baby you've ever seen?



ADORABLE.

This is Walker Nathaniel Diggs...son of Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs. Love them.

He's about 8 mos old here.

For RACHEL

Oh, RACH (her blog) needs new reading material so here I am...writing. I aim to please. :)

What have I been doing lately? Well today was the first day that I've gotten to sleep in for about 2 weeks I think. And I slept until 1:30. It was pretty great, I'm not gonna lie.

My Idina Menzel obsession has now officially lasted for more than a week.

Isn't she GORGEOUS??? I have such a girl-crush on her. Well, I really just wanna be BFF with her. And make her sing for me. Oh, and her husband, the equally gorgeous TAYE DIGGS can sing too. :)

YUMMY.

What else? Oh, most of you know already that I am now officially finished with nursing school. PRAISE JESUS! I didn't think it would ever end. Now, I have to pass the NCLEX and find a job. Whoo-hoo!


Uhhhmmm... Oh, I got to hang out with this cutie yesterday morning...

He's ADORABLE, huh? His name is Landon Miles, and I totally picked out his middle name. :) He is the second son of two of my favorite people, Robert and Michelle (her blog).

Their first son, Aedan Padraig (Paddy), is my best buddy. We hang a lot :)


My future is pretty "up-in-the-air" right now. I am just hanging out until something happens, I guess. I trust God has a plan...


OH! Since Rachel needs something to read, I'm gonna list some actual books to read.

1)House of Night Series by P.C. and Kristin Cast
2)The Host by Stephenie Meyer
3)The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers

There's a bit to get you started. :)

Music Monday: GLEE edition!

So, recently I started watching the show "Glee". It's seriously AMAZING. I mean, nothing can top Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice for me, but this one may even tie with them. So, to show my love, I am dedicating this week's MUSIC MONDAY to just this show. Yay!





1) Defying Gravity Uhm, DUH. It's number one. I loved this song way before I knew about Glee and I love it even more with Lea Michele/Rachel and Chris Colfer/Kurt singing it.

2) Don't Rain On My Parade Lea Michele is awesome. She rules. And this song is so gorgeous. And I totally cried when she sang this at Sectionals (on the show)!

3) Don't Stand So Close to Me/Young Girl Mashup I can't decide if I love this mashup so much because of the storyline surrounding when they sung it on the show or because I love both of these songs so much. Either way...it's good. Listen.

4) Don't Stop Believing At first, all I could think was "You don't mess with freakin' Journey". BUT. This is really good. Love it.

5) Maybe This Time As you can see, I have a thing for showtunes.

6) Smile (Charlie Chaplin) Beautiful song. Beautiful voices.

7) Borderline/Open Your Heart Two of Madonna's greatest thrust together to make music LOVE.

8) Hello, Goodbye C'mon. It's the Beatles. And they do a great job.

9) Hello (feat. Jonathan Groff) So Jonathan Groff is Lea Michele's real-life gay bestie. I need a gay bestie that can sing like him. It'd be so awesome. Oh, and their voices melt together wonderfully.

10) Alone When Kristin Chenoweth sings, I listen. And I weep. :)

11) Somebody to Love It's Queen's song, but they did a damn good job. Who knew Cory Monteith/Finn had such a high-pitched voice?

12) Taking Chances See, Kara DioGuardi wrote this. And Celine Dion sings it. and Lea Michele re-did it. It has everybody that I love involved.

13) On My Own I honestly had never heard this song before Glee. Which is sad, because it's from one of the longest-running Broadway shows ever, "Les Miserables". I desperately need to see this now.

14) I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady :)

15) Like a Virgin I would include this song on every list I ever made no matter who sung it. :)

Please, PLEASE do yourself a favor and watch this show. If you even remotely like comedy and music, then you'll love it.