3 down 1 more to go!

After 3 finals your brain starts to shut down and you dont feel like studying for your last one. Thankfully, due to my outstanding performance throughout the semester, I only have to get a 75% on the final to keep my A! :)

Yesterday I turned in my CPD application, so I will hopefully have an interview with that soon (before I graduate). The process is funky-but if you do the CPD program you dont graduate until the following August, so I would start the program this August, but I wouldnt graduate until next August 09. I went from graduate in 08 to maybe 08, maybe 09-Crazy, crazy!!

1 month and a week until Jake and I are finally married! Not stressed yet, how could I be-I dont have time for that! Anyways, Anthony got back in town today and we are going to go to dinner so I can give him the cute toys, dog tag, and dog dishes I got for him today. I hope they aren't too girly-I have a tendency to look at something and say "aww thats cute, even if it is a boy and a manly bulldog!"

Anthony returns!

I forgot to mention that Anthony is on his way home! He will be in Kuwait for 2 days and will return home after a long flight all before the weekend. We are very excited to see him and be able to hang out with him again-even though he's always so busy! Did I mention Chubbs? Chubbs is his new bulldog-which is probably the cutest thing ever. Hes about 9 weeks old and very wrinkley. I will have pictures the next time I get a chance to take some!

I wish my path was more clear...

IUPUI filled their internship positions between the time I spoke with the director on Thursday until now. The last & only option is the CPD program at Purdue-which doesnt really appeal to me at all, but it might be the easiest out to figuring what I will be doing next fall. Applications are due by tomorrow & I have 4 finals to be studying for-Grr... Not to mention I'm burnt out on school, Purdue, and Lafayette!

As for good news: Jackie & Alex got engaged last Friday evening-I saw them for a brief moment while I was on a bar crawl with the dietetics girls (and 2 boys). Her ring is absolutely gorgeous and I cant wait for more details the next time I get a chance to talk with her.

Rach-I'm still waiting on a phone call (translation: you were supposed to call me sometime last week, but didnt get a chance to)

Welcome New Readers!

I just wanted to make Jackie & Brittany feel special for reading our blog! :) I hope you guys enjoy it and learn something in the process of everything!

Wedding Updates and more!

Its been a long time since I've blogged about the wedding so here goes...

I picked out my veil and jewelry today-I dont know if I'm just ready to be married or what, but things just arent exciting as they used to be. Delta (my dress) came in about 2 weeks ago and I was able to finally try her on :) She looked great, but she might be a little big-We are going to see what we can do with that. The cake letters were ordered today and I will be playing dress up the cake letters with some fuschia jewels when they come in...may Sworski crystals! Just kidding! Anyways, I ordered the ring bear tux and got things all together for the guys tuxes. I printed off hairstyles today and will have my appointment on May 13th to trial them-I'm actually really excited about them. Thats about it for now-RSVP's have slowed down and we might have to start calling people if we dont hear back from them with in the next few weeks. Usually we get 1-2 per day, but lately (as laura said) they've really slowed down. Thats about it for wedding updates.

As far as internship updates goes, IUPUI will hopefully be contacting me tomorrow with good news. As of 12:00pm today they had 56 full applications on the table and the director said that there wasnt one of them that they could just throw out at a glance, this isnt good news-but the best will come out of it. Also, I learned today that the CPD progam at Purdue which is basically like the DPD (the one where you apply for internships like I just did), except the internship is at purdue, will have 2 openings for next fall. This would mean I could be with Maria, Erika and a couple other girls I love to see and hangout with! Even though they write 15 page papers every week at least its an internship :)

Jake went golfing again today and he will become Sam's Club assistant manager of operations on Saturday. Sunday we should know if anything half way promising will come out of football. He continues to work out and run daily to keep in shape-I wish I had that much time to do that too, but maybe come May!

Thats all for now-hopefully we can buy a new camera so I can give picture updates too! Ours has officially died on us and is frozen in the open position. If anyone has any ideas for new point and shoot cameras we would love to hear about them!

More Internship Info...

Round 2 came late last night and was just as I expected-not many, somewhat expensive, random places or masters programs. All of which I hated to admitt that would be my only choices. After researching a few places last night until 2am I decided to apply to IUPUI, Loyola University, Cox College of Nursing, and followup with an internship that I had applied to in the first round that had an opening. Let me just note that our director told us today there were a record amount of people who applied this year for the internships (Not good news for me or 15/27 other PU students who applied). The problem is internships are decreasing their number of positions and some places have closed, but the demand is still growing so therefore people like me get screwed!

This morning I woke up and tried to contact directors about the openings-couldnt get ahold of loyola (they are 1 hour behind) and the directors inbox was full (not a good thing). Then I left a message for St. Louis-then was informed around 9:30 am they filled their only position! After speaking with the Loyola director I realized how many people were applying-around the ball park of 150-200! Good night-thats a lot of people so she emialed me to see what my GPA was and if it met her requirement at 12:00pm...It did! :) Then at 2:00 I got an email saying "thank you for your interest but bc of the demand we are now only accepting applicants with GPA greater than 3.5!!" You have to be kidding me! So thats out, St. Louis is out-the only 2 left are IUPUI-which has 4 openings to fill and they really like Purdue and the professors here and Cox College of Nursing. Whos ever heard of that? I havent and I really wouldnt want to go there, but I'm looking for some kind of option, but hopefully IUPUI will call tomorrow with good news, but the timeline is different for all internships in the second round.

So now I just sit and wait and hope that my grades this semester wont affect re-applying in the future if I dont land an internship. I'll keep you posted on the news.


As for Laura, the I will graduate in May with a BS in dietetics, but in order to become a Registerd Dietetian (RD) then I have to complete an internship (which I have been applying for since October)-the first round of apps was due in Feb, and Sunday was when we saw those results and I was denied! We are in round 2 which could last a week or an hour depending on if the directors of programs have openings. If and once I get an internship it will most likely be 8-10 months long starting in August. After that is completed, then I will take the RD exam and pass to become a dietetian. If I dont get an internship now, I have to wait and re-apply in October or Next February-it stinks because my career goals are on the line and kind of frozen if I dont get a position! Hope that clears up this mess!

OK Rach, Here you go!

What was I doing 10 years ago? 10 years ago I was 13 and was probably sleeping at this time!

5 things on my to do list:
1. Re-Apply for internships
2. Buy a new digital camera
3. Study for upcoming finals
4. Order veil
5. Finish student council paperwork

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Oreo cookies with chocolate filling and milk
2. 5 grain wheat thins and colby jack cheese
3. Mixture of canteloupe and red grapes
4. Animal Crackers
5. Big ol juicy golden delicious apple

5 things I would do if I were a Billionaire:
1. Pay off student loans, and apply for the most expensive internship there is
2. Buy a new car, house, outfit, more contacts, and a phone thats cooler!
3. Give money for research in a nutrition related field
4. Travel the world

5 bad habits:
1. Procrastination!
2. Eating oreos at night
3. Being anal retentive about things that are so simple
4. Reading blogs when I should be doing something productive
5. Caring too much about what other people think

5 places I have lived:
1. Stockwell, IN
2. Jefferson Commons, Wlaf, IN
3. Ironwood Ct. Laf, IN
4. S. 3rd Laf, IN
5. ????

5 jobs I've had:
1. POS operater at Factory Card Outlet (aka FCO!)
2. Telecommunicator at Telecommunications Direct (only 1 month)
3. Server @ Christos and Sarge Oak
4. Aeropostale
5. Camp Calcium 9, 10 at Purdue

I want to know more about (a nice way to say "you're tagged")
1. Natalie
2. Kate
3. Laura D.
4. ?? I might not have any more blogging friends :(


I'm 'It' and I was tagged by my dear friend Rachael :)
Here are my ten!

1. Growing up isnt always as good as you once thought
2. Getting married is really exciting, but takes too long to finally get here
3. Phone numbers are irrelevant bc no one remembers them anyways
4. I just got new glasses (my first pair since 6th grade)
5. I might have a shoe fetish, but I dont have enough money to support it!
6. There are somethings in my closet I dont think I've ever worn...Ok maybe only a few things
7. My favorite color is pink!
8. I would love to travel to Europe and backpack all over..well if that means sleeping in a tent-I'll just travel, not backpack
9. Jake loves back massages, but I dont like giving them that much
10. I'm not sure if I did what I was supposed to do on these ten things!

There you have it...being bored gets you really far in the blogging world!

Round 2

Round 2 is approaching and I've finished gathering stuff to re-apply or contact the places that I applied to that may have openings...this whole process is really stupid! Again at 1:01 am they will release the internships with openings to those who didnt get a match. At about 8:00 am the entire 15-20 people who didnt get matched will probably be storming the directors office looking for advice-since hes been out of town for the past few days (also stupid). I plan on staying up again tonight to get a head start on research and personalizing letters of application so they are ready by 8:00am so I can call the directors myself. I dont need someone telling me how to contact an important person-I'm a big girl now! I'd rather do it on my own anyway!

I'll keep you posted, but one last thing before I go home to clean until 1:00, my friend who was accepted into the Loyola program told me last night they have an opening and the director doesnt know how to release that information on the correct site-so if all else fails, I'll try to contact her ASAP if I dont hear anything by 3:00.

P.S. This has been the busiest birthday I've ever had in my entire life-I dont know if thats a good thing or not :?

Unexpected News

This morning after dealing with the computer and the site for the internship matching, at 2am I opened up my account to realize that I didnt get a match. I can't really explain how that makes me feel other than I put a lot of work, stress, effort, and money to be denied into a program. As a dietetics major you graduate with a BS and further your education in the dietetic internship. Once you have passed the dietetic internship (given you get accepted) you can then and only then take the exam to become a Registered Dietitian.

What does this mean? Well, in an earlier post I briefly explained it-hoping it wouldnt happen to me, but this is how it goes. On Wednesday I have to have more internship packets put together to fax to programs who havent filled all of their spots for the upcoming year. I'm guessing the reason why they didnt fill the spots they had was because someone who got matched decided not to accept the invitation into the program (stupid people!). Why wouldnt someone want to go to a program if they got matched? Well, if they realized that $30,000 was an insane amount to spend, or if they decided they didnt want to further their education and become a dietitian. For my sake, I hope there are many people who decided not to continue on with dietetics because I'm not stupid enough to apply to places that cost that much money. However, those may be the only places to apply to-I wont know that until Wednesday.

For now, holding in the disappointment when others ask if I got matched will be the hardest thing to get through today. The good part about everyone being so open is that I know of at least 10 others who didnt get matched either...thats usually not a good thing, but today it adds comfort.

Until later...P.S. I'll be 23 and confused about life tomorrow!

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Internship Appointment Nearing...

Matching is nearing with only an 1.5 hours left until log in time. I'm really nervous and wondering if I should just stay up or set an alarm and wake up later-most likely I'll just stay up. Hoping for good news, but ready for bad news.

We just got finished watching Michael Clayton-Its a good movie, but had way, way, way too much stress and suspense in it to watch the night of matching! I think my heart beat (my resting heart rate) was about 180 the whole movie. Not to mention the number of times I looked at the time to see how long until finding out the way Ill be traveling in a major fork in my life.

The possibility of not getting an internship is there and in which case all the time I spent before Christmas break and after break was wasted applying to places that I wouldnt get matched with...and not to mention the fact that if I didnt get one that I would have to re-do a packet in case there were openings to other internships that I could apply to on Wednesday of this week. Did I mention that my 23rd birthday was on Tuesday-wont be celebrating because I have to work all day then go to our last CFS student council meeting. If only this week was over...More tomorrow on the outcomes-->that is if I feel like sharing! :o)

Prayers are always welcomed!

Golf Outing!!

It was a beautiful day and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to play a round of golf. The only bad thing is, I had to work. That didn't get me down though. I went to work thinking "I can't wait to get off work all day and go golfing." Finally I was off work. I tried to call everyone that I thought would have some free time to play, but couldn't get anyone to play golf with me. I started off really well (Birdied the first whole with a 15 foot putt). I thought to my self "I wish someone was with me because it just isn't as exciting to get a birdie when you're the only one who see it. I bogied the next three wholes then I got a par. I was feeling really good but the thought popped back in my head "I wish someone could be playing with me because I have never played this well before. From there it went all down hill, I was two over par through 5 holes. I ended up seven over par by the time I got through the ninth whole. I decided to take some time and work on my chipping and putting. Maybe next time I will not miss the easy putts, that will kill your score. I am planning on going golf tomorrow, lets hope the practice will pay off. I guess you will have to find out on my next blog.

I just got a message from my agent (10:30 p.m.). I guess the Titans are showing some interest in me for the draft. So I guess that makes the Browns, Packers, Seahawks, Bills, Ravens, Bears, Patriots, and Titans. I am hoping some good news will come next Sunday. I will keep everyone posted on any news.

I'm a Blogger!

I cant believe it-I'm finally a blogger! Yippee! You'll be hearing plenty more for me, but I'm heading to bed for now!

Jakes Interview!

Here is the link to hear Jake in his interview with a radio station in Buffalo New York-they cover the Bills:

http://wgr.everyzing.com/viewMedia.jsp?dedupe=1&res=217668625&index=1&col=en-all-pod_wgr-ep&e=19615174&il=en&num=10&s=PZSID_0001268190;The+Howard+Simon%20+Show&start=0&expand=true&match=query,channel&filter=0&y=0&x=0

The interview for Jake starts at the 1030-11 minute mark! Just thought I'd post it so everyone could take a look if they wanted!

Weekend updates :)

Its 12:16am and this time next week I'll be finding out through email which internship wanted me the most-that is IF I got one. Things are a little stressful wrapping up the end of the year, but its somewhat bitter-sweet! No reason to be nervous for anything, everything happens for a reason and some things are just not in our reach to be able to control. I'll be posting more on internship appointment day...AKA April 21st.

Jake will be on the radio in Buffalo, NY. Some guy who works for a radio station that covers the Buffalo Bills was interested in interviewing him about being a Bills player. I think he'll do fine, but the anticipation of it all happening is enough to make you crazy. They have live podcasts and stuff like that on their website-so if they post it I will post the web url in case anyone wants to see how it went. This news we found out at dinner last Friday with his Agent Joe, and his wife. Such nice people, who are almost identical to Jake and I in the sense that Joe and Jake are both quiet and more reserved and Pat and I are the outgoing talking girls who always have something to say! Anyways we had a good time at Bucca De Beppos just before we headed to Monrovia to visit Jakes family.

We got there around 10pm and hung out with the fam for a while, then went to John and Rachs where we stayed. Did I mention shes very pregnant with twins & her belly is the cutest thing ever :) We said 'hi' to Nellie May & Anne Margaret through the belly! Then Jason and Tab came down on Saturday for my shower and got to see her growing belly with Isabella Amber inside! Pretty soon the family will be growing fast, but Darlene (jakes mom) mentioned there was a pattern involved....Jason the oldest had 1 baby, John the 2nd child had 2 babies, and Jake when I get pregnant will be having 3 babies!! :) I hope not, but if it happens I guess I will take it like a champ. At least we would be done getting pregnant and having kids after that 9 months! But, after seeing Rach's belly and shes 6 months with twins, I wouldnt want to see myself if we were having triplets at 3 months! Good night thats a huge belly! Anyways, we arent having kids for a while, so we dont need to get all focused on that yet.

Other than that it started snowing tonight after Bible study and it reminded me of how nice it would be to get the Florida or Texas internships! Bright, sunny, blue skies with nice fluffy clouds...I'm dreaming until May! P.S. my birthday is in a 1 1/2 weeks!

Good night everyone

Anthony turns 21!!

Well, I realize this is my 4th post, but I couldnt notice the fact that I didnt blog from December to now-so I must get caught up if I want to allow time for new & current posts! Anthony turned 21 on Christmas day. He was in Iraq and never got to celebrate-so when he came home on leave in Januarey Jake & I took him to experience the Cactus first hand. We had a good night, it was fun to see him again and be able to celebrate his birthday with him even though it was a little late.

Anthony, Jake & I

Us Again :) 2nd times the Charm!

Brother & Sister...Do we look alike or what? I miss you brother...

Our new hobby...GUITAR HERO!!

We were introduced to our new hobby back in December when we were visiting John & Rach (Jakes brother and sister in law). They bought the game and not only bought guitar hero, but Rock BAND! Rachel ('Razz') and I ("Hairspray") are in the band called 'the virginia slims', and Jake ("slither") and John ("Jar") debuted as the 'the spare tires'! Here are some pictures from our debut:

Razz & Hairspray focused...

The Spare Tires album cover!

The Spare Tires 2nd Albums Cover featuring Jar & Slither!

Focused & Playing while Jackie, Alex, Ellen, Jake, & Ryan watch me perform.

2 of my favorites...jackie & ellen-pose in between sets for a quick photo.

Razz (up close) and 2 months pregnant with twins, but shes still rocking out! Dont worry the babies love it! :)

Jake & John

TV view of the Spare Tires...

Jakes Graduation

The graduate!

Jake with Robbie, Sean, & Grimes from the O-line!


Aww.. Isnt he cute!

Gotta have one with the Bell Tower! Purdue Classic!

Jake and proud mama!

The 2007-08 Senior Graduates on the Football Team...If you cant find him, hes the white guy in the front left!

Us with Summer & Curt, our long lost friends we havent seen in about a month. We miss you guys.

Jake and his proud parents...He is his parents child!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Jake graduated in December- I wanted to post pictures since I just now, today, realized I didnt have to be on my dead beat computer to upload them from my camera!

"You've Been Honked"

I had my first bridal shower on March 29th at Jan Buckles house. It was co-thrown by Jan and my maid of honor Brittany. I had so much fun at the shower, but these are the only pictures that I've scavenged since then. I will post more if I get them!

Jan, along with Maria, Kayleen, & Amy-some school friends that joined me at the shower. In this picture is the neatest little flower arrangement that Jan got to match the wedding colors! I thought it was cute with its little polka dot ribbon-that I will probably use for the cake now!

Ellen, Robin, Nana, & Carly snuggle up for a quick pic.
They made fun of me when I came dressed in my wedding colors :( Why do you think I picked them..duh..I really like them!
Carly, Rach, Britt, Me, & El at the shower!

Now on to You've been honked!

Yesterday Jake and I had the great pleasure of hanging out with Jackie for a while after dinner. We all decided to go to the End Zone to watch the beginning of the National Championship Basketball game-well Jake wanted to watch it, we just talked! Anyways, on the way there Jackie and I re-lived one of our old past times, "the honk & wave" as we called it back in high school! For those of you who dont know what the honk & wave is, here is the greatest explanation of all...
You get a car load of people in the smallest car you have (in our case my car, the Kia Rio-the car not only has to be small, but has to have a circus like horn). Once you are in the car you drive around to different neighborhoods that you know will have people out and about. For us we picked the many neighborhoods on 350S. Drive through the neighborhood slowly and just as you see a person or people, you decide who will wave and who will look to see the reaction. The tricky and funny part about it is next...If you see someone on the right, you honk 2x and wave to the left-at nobody! The person looking to see the reaction (Jake in most cases) will describe the look on the persons or peoples faces to the others in the car-too busy waving the other way. This is a harmful, hilarious thing to do if you are bored and want to stay out of trouble which is why Jackie and I started it. The main reaction you get is what we like to call the "I thought they were waving at me, but now that my arm is 1/2 way up I guess they really werent...but who are they waving at!" We did this for about 45 minutes then ended at the End Zone, watch some bball and hung out with Jason & Casey Biddinger, Casey Deaton, and Dustin. After the 1st half we were bored and decided to go home.

Today I realized I have a lot going on and its hard for me to keep things straight. I've got work, school, internship, wedding, student council, and making appointments on my mind all at the same time. Usually a list helps, but overwhelmed is the only feeling I could come up with!

some confessions and more...

First, I have to start off with several confessions to make. #1 our apartment is really messy, dirty, unclean, cluttered, and all the above-not because Jake, but because I havent been cleaning up after myself like I usually do. The bathroom is cluttered with make-up, blow dryer, straightener, and other items; my side of the room is completely a mess including a pile on my dresser that you cant even decipher a dresser, along with a pile of clothes in a basket beside my dresser-all the drawers open, bed unmade, etc; the kitchen is full of dishes (its my turn!), the laundry just got done (as of 10 minutes ago), but other than that its a mess. I'm going to work on that tonight and the rest of this week!

Confession #2, I haven't been the loving fiancee lately that I wished I could always be towards Jake. It's getting down to the grind and I'm feeling slightly stressed (even though I thought I had everything taken care of) and this gets taken out on (guess who), Jake. The truth is if I could plan the wedding, make the cake, do the flowers, play the music, etc-then everything would be fine. However, I cannot do all those things and get married at the same time! I've had a hard time trusting other people who play a role in the wedding planning as I should-instead I pile on the "to do list" and try to do it all myself. Jake would call that 'micro managing', but that's why we fit so well together- he macro manages and I do the micro managing! :) If I havent said it clearly enough-Jake is wonderful to have in my life!

Confession #3, I'm so ready for school to be finished that I have a hard time studying the proper amount in order to be prepared for exams! I've forgotten an assignment, which I never ever do, and it didnt really bother me.

Thats all for that-but I feel much better now! Yesterday and today were totally beautiful days-the only bad part about it was I worked for the better part of those days, but at least the sun is shining again. I was starting to feel like I had seasonal adversy disorder (SAD). This is why we should move to Florida or Texas so we can see the sun every other day. Today, Jake and I went for a walk to the west side to check out any new stores that have gone in down at wabash landings. Not suprising, but we didnt find much of a new store. But what I did find is a hat that would be perfect for the honeymoon since its going to be scolding hot and the sun will be beating down 24/7-which is also a good thing! I'm not really into sun burns so I thought the hat was neat, but I didnt want to pay $25 for it-so I'm hoping Target will have it or something similar for less. Gotta love Target! After our walk, Jake had to go into work at 6pm to do inventory at Sams. The night shift isnt fun, but knowing that last year it took 18 hours to do inventory on top of the night shift didnt appeal to Jake at all. The only good thing is he will have Monday and Tuesday off to readjust.

Changing topics, but last week we just found out that our sister in law, Tabatha, who is married to Jakes oldest brother Jason, will be having a girl in August! Her name will be Isabelle or Isabella Amber-I cant remember which now, but I thought it was a cute name. Good year for babies because John and Rachel (Jakes 2nd oldest brother and sister in law) are having twin girls in late June, early July. They are just getting everything set up for us to have a boy-just kidding! If only it worked that way. Darlene, Jakes mom, is really excited to have babies in the family-Finally!! As for the triplets (Jordan, Joe, Jessica-Jakes younger siblings who are 16) it will be their birthday on April 19th where they will be 17. They are making big decisions on where to go to college in the next couple years-I cant believe they will be seniors next year! Thats crazy!

As for my family, Anthony has about 20 days until he returns back from Iraq. He has been there since June of last year and is really excited about coming home. He just bought a bulldog puppy that is really cute-I think he will be a good companion for my brother! Pray that everything goes as it should and he can return home on time safe. Mom is recently engaged to Alan, her long lost love of the past 10-12 years! They are finally getting married-who wouldve known. Dads up to the same old thing and Melissa is too-havent gotten a chance to talk to them much lately. Dad just got out of surgery on his shoulder and hopes to be back at work the first of May.

Thats all for now..have a good week!

MNT Madness!

It's been a long morning! I've been up studying for my medical nutrition therapy exam that was at 930am. At least now you all know that if you have hepatic encephalopathy, pancreatitis, nephrotic syndrome, or renal failure-->you know who to go to for nutrition support! Not to mention the 30,000 other conditions that may appear before those clinical manifestations.

Today should be a good day (minus the gloomy weather) :) A little homework, menu planning class, then off to Kinkos for a little bit of wedding planning at its finest-wrapping the day up with our Young Adult Game Night at church tonight, which is so much fun!! The weeks have gone by so quickly and we are approaching the middle of April. Its hard to beleive that I only have 3 more weeks at Purdue.

Last night at work Jackie came in to try on her bridesmaid dress and I've been so lucky that everyones dress has really fit them nicely! Ellen and Rach tried theirs on Monday and all was good there-mainly the straps need fixed, but other than that Rach (whos a little shorter) just needs to hem it about 2.5 inches :) These are things that 'brides to be' love to see. On the subject about things we love to see includes RSVP's! (right Laura?!) Its a small high to see each little RSVP come in and I'm trying to figure out how the postman thinks about this situation...He, by now, knows that he will have to make a delivery to our apartment daily to drop off the 2-3 RSVP's to give to us! I hope he knows what a joy it is to my day! Its the small things.....Anyway-Have a good Friday!

Sam's Club

I forgot to mention in the previous blog that Jake is a new member of the Sam's Club management team! He's been in the MIT program and will soon be on his own and in charge of Operations as an Assistant Manager-Yea for real jobs with real paychecks! :)

We've Been Shunned in the Blogging World! :(

We're back into the blogging realm-we've been on vacation being so busy with everything else. Between school, wedding planning, and work the two of us have been swamped with things to do. Not to mention our New Years Resolution to continue a workout plan for the rest of our lives! That's quite a goal, but I set the standards low with "workout" meaning at least 1 time each week! :) I've learned several times that Goals must be SMART, that is simple, measureable, attainable, reasonable, and timely! Thanks to HK 385, 421, & 422.

I've been reading others blogs about new houses, apartments, and weddings and realize that soon we will be able to blog about our new lives together! YEA! Just for an update: April 21 is my internship appointment day, April 22 (my birthday), April 26-27 NFL Draft, May 10 is Graduation, and June 7 is our wedding.

As far as the internship appointment day goes, I was really busy at the beginning of the semester filling out applications and packets to send to different hospitals and universities. The due date was Feb. 15. The process includes an internet matching system where I had to rank my top 6 and the internships rank their top intern appointees and where ever the 2 match is where we end up! In the runnings is James A. Haley, Tampa Florida; Bay Pines, St. Pete Florida; University of Houston, Houston Texas; Baylor University, Dallas Texas; St. Louis Veterans Hospital, St. Louis Missouri; and Minneapolis Veterans Affair Hospital, Minneapolis Minnesota. As you can see we could be all over the place!

We are hoping to head south to start our lives together and get out of this Indiana mess called 'weather'. One day its nice and sunny, the next its raining w/ a chance of snow, or you could walk outside in the morning and its dry, but by noon its sleeting! Even though I've lived in Lafayette my whole life, I'm still not used the crazy weather patterns.

Thats an update on where we stand...For now and until next blog...