My first inspiration board...

I know there are a ton of different credits due in posting this picture, so if you see something of yours here, please let me know and I will link you!!
What do you think?
PS- That's my actual ring! :)

So we were walking on the beach....

Deerfield Beach, to be concise.

We had a nice lunch at a cute little restaurant only steps from the sand, then decided to go pretend we were photographers with his dad's professional camera.

We took pictures at funny angles, and made silhouettes with our hands. He told me to stick my hand out and we will hold hands and take a picture of them.


After we took the first picture, he said "I know something that will make this much better".

He got down on one knee, and just when I was about to tell him how messed up it was to tease me like that, he pulled out a tiny wooden box and opened it to expose bling so bright even coolio would be proud.


I was speechless. For about 10 minutes. He really surprised me- I had NO idea he would do it there, or on that third day of January.

I am so blessed. He's simply the most amazing man I have ever met- and I get to call him my fiance. Let the planning begin!!!

We're ENGAGED!!

It was the most amazing thing that I've ever experienced.
More later.

2nd Semester NURSING!!

I'm officially done with my 2nd semester!!!

I will definitely be posting more over the holidays! :)



You have to check out this little girl dance to "Single Ladies"

It looks very similar to my nursing school victory dance!!



Enjoy!

GEAUX TIGERS!!

Nursing school is keeping me super busy. Who would have thought? (Me)
I had a great beginning to the clinical world, and I've been exposed to a variety of patients, procedures, and personalities within the hospital.

I'm not allowed to go too much into detail due to HIPPA, but I have several great memories of my first few weeks, including my first patient who has been through it all. (Think cancer, clogged arteries resulting in cardiac bypass surgery, hip fx, etc. etc.) She was indeed the most patient and sweet person I've met thus far, considering her ailments. I've also taken care of a person of Jewish faith who was captured in the German concentration camps, and escaped in the night. That patient was also very sweet, but also in intense pain from several snowballing incidents resulting in his desire to be "with the angels".


Usually I am a very emotional person but for some reason when the patients were at their weakest, I stood strong next to them and reassured them that I would take the best care of them that I could and encouraged them to be strong.


I heart my clinical buddies! They are the best!!



Last night we had a few people over to watch college FB. Jared's team doesn't have a game until Tuesday, so he was able to invite some of his buddies, and I had a couple friends over too! It was such a good time- I made a note to do that WAY more often!!

We watched the loves of my life- (LSU TIGERS) win again!!!!!!!! Still undefeated, and moved up to #2 in the country.


Back to studying!!

Garmin, I love you.

As many of you know, and some of you do not, I am the Anti-Magellan.



I repeat, I am the Anti-Magellan.



Every time my body sits down at the wheel, I know that there is a very high chance that my destination will not be reached on the first, second and sometimes third try.



I have tried to research (and create) theories why or how someone can be so braindead when it comes to a sense of direction. I really have nothing.

Personally, I like to think that I was soooo blessed in the nerdiness regions (Anatomy/Physiology/Medicine/Microbiology) that God chose to spare me on directional intellect.



Why do I share this information with you, you ask?

Because you will understand the importance and internal party I am having over this most thoughtful and lovely gift from my boyfriend.



"Congrats on Nursing School", he says- as he hands me my very own PINK Garmin. (PINK!)





[Disclosure: This is a blackberry phone cam. Don't hate.]





I named her Tiger.



I have a wonderful feeling that Tiger will lead me to places (the first time) that I've never dreamed of going by myself.



I also have a feeling that throwing away the garbage bag full of mapquests (in alphabetical order) to the top places that I go will be like lifting the weight of the world off of my shoulders.



Ahhhhhhhh I love my Boyfriend.

Warning: Have Tissue Readily Available...

I heart Carrie.

This is her newest single Just A Dream.
The video has just been released, so I thought I'd share.
[Be ready for a heartbreak.]