2010

Here is a look at what 2010 held for me...

January
I moved back to school to start the second semester of my sophomore year. I was given the amazing opportunity of being an RA to 20 freshman girls. And I was blessed to bond with 11 other incredible women who have impacted my life in awesome ways.



February
My team and I went through Intensive Training Weekend in preparation for our 3 weeks in Uganda...



March
March was spent applying to nursing school and enjoying my last easy semester of college. This meant lots of Disneyland trips :)



April
This was my last month with my residents and spending every day with my staff. I passed down my hall and shared a few tears with my staff.



May
one word: AFRICA!! I spent 3 amazing weeks in Africa that completely changed my life.



Also, my baby brother graduated from high school.



June
My best friend and I went to a Dave Barnes concert. It was the start of an amazing summer.



July
Weddings. lots and lots of weddings. Holly got married, and I got to be reunited with my staff.



August
the beach!! One of the perks of living in Southern California is the beach. I grew up going to the beach all the time in the summer. and I still love it :)



and then towards the end of August, I moved back into school with my amazing roomies.

September
The chaos began. I said goodbye to having a life. I started the nursing program. And while it may be completely overwhelming some days, I usually like it :) And I've made some lovely new friends because of it.



October
I went to my first USC game! They lost. But, it's ok. Paige and I had fun. and we came away with some really interesting stories.



November
I turned 20! My friends surprised me and took me ice skating for my birthday. It was just what I needed :)



December
Finals. I officially survived my first semester of nursing school. Hallelujah. My nursing girls and I went out to celebrate.



I also found out that I get to go back to Uganda in the summer and I met my new team. And now I am on Christmas break! and it has been beyond lovely.

2010 has been a great year! and I can't wait to see how 2011 will unfold :)

P.S. thank you to Kristin and Kris for inspiring me to write this.

whooo hooo!!

This is the face of a girl who couldn't be happier to be home. Finals week is over. And I am happy to say that I have officially survived my first semester of nursing school :) Hallelujah. And now for 3 weeks of bliss. I get 3 whole weeks without having to think about anything related to school. I get to be home! I get to sleep!!!! And I get to spend time with my family...without having to worry about homework! And I finally get to hang out with friends without feeling guilty for putting off schoolwork!! Did I mention that I get to be home without doing homework?! And it's CHRISTMAS!! I absolutely love this time of the year. I can't wait for the next 3 weeks!

this week...

Finals have arrived. So, of course, this week has been even more stressful than usual. Thankfully, I passed all of the finals that I had to take this week. (now only 3 more to go...) But, in the midst of all of the craziness and stress of finals, this has been a really good week.

On Monday, all the roommates were home so we took a couple of hours to decorate our apartment for Christmas. We put a tree up, made a Gingerbread village, and watched Elf. It was so much fun. I love getting to spend time with my roomies.

Wednesday was Team Reveal night for ISP. I am so blessed. I get to go back to Uganda this summer. I can't believe that I get to go back. I could cry tears of joy, I am so excited. I am so so so excited to be a student leader to Eydie. We got to meet our team on Wednesday night. They seem like a group of really great girls. I can't wait to get to know them all. It was also a ton of fun to get to hear where all of my friends are going during the summer.

Thursday was the day that I had been dreading. I had my two hardest finals back-to-back. They were hands-on finals. Which make me WAY more nervous than a written test does. But...I survived :) and I passed both of them. Hallelujah.

And today...I'm going to Disneyland!! with one of my closest friends Kristin. I just love spending time with Kristin. She is such a wonderful woman of God and I always walk away encouraged after time with her. And who doesn't love Disneyland??!

So in spite of being perpetually stressed from my finals, I would say that this week has been a very good week indeed. I am blessed.