Graduation, Snow and Exams

So I graduated two days ago!!! It was great!! :) I now have a BS in Chemistry and Biology with a Pre-Professional concentration from Appalachian State University!! The ceremony was far too long, and there were well over 500 students walking in my ceremony I'm sure. The US Surgeon General, Dr. Benjamin, spoke as the guest speaker ... well she wasn't great. She was rambling on, and about half way through I tuned her out. But anyway, it was fun hearing my name called and walking across the stage!! I was sad that my boyfriends parents couldn't come, but they did get to watch me from the live stream that they put online for people who couldn't attend to still watch! But my family and grandmother and boyfriend were all there, along with a few friends. I heard them all screaming, it just made me laugh so hard on stage! lol. Though I did walk the stage, I still have two exams left. They were scheduled for Monday, but because of this wintry weather we are getting, they were moved to Wednesday. So it's unfortunate because now I am having the roughest time actually getting down to it and studying because I have a lot of stuff to pack and everything. So we'll see how that goes today! And I have a presentation to prepare for that I give tomorrow afternoon as my final "exam" in one of my classes, I'm just ready to get that over with, I hate public speaking!!

Otherwise, this who moving of exams has messed my week up! I am having my graduation party Saturday and I was getting nervous that I wasn't going to be able to make my own graduation party! lol. But I think I'll be fine in getting home, I hope!!

Alright, well enough with procrastinating, I will get to studying my Molecular Biology and practicing my presentation on Atmospheric Composition Change ... sounds fun, right!?!?! NOT!!!

well i forget i have this thing all the time, but I figured I would say a short blurb. It has beena busy busy past few weeks trying to get all of this school done and get ready for exams, which for me i have two this week and i graduate sunday. im very excited, but anyway i am off to bed for now. i will blog more tomorrow when im not using my phone to type that wont capatilize anything or let me put exclamation marks where i want them. and let me tell you about this snow up here whew. i will try to get a picture on here too... its been a lot.

Beach Life

This is my second full day on the beach ... it's wonderful being a beach bum! When I grow up, I want to have a beach house and go every weekend!!! :) That would be the life! Let my kiddos be raised on the beach pretty much, sun lovers! lol. I am getting brown-ish, much darker than before! I am going for a big run in the morning, should be nice to run in the quietness of the ocean with the waves crashing and that's all I hear, waves and breathing! I can't wait... 7:00am. In other news, my love of my life will be back later this month!!! yay!!! I am hoping the weekend after the first week of classes!! :D SOOOO ready for him to be back! Anyway not much else to say. The life of the beach bum is lazy ... sleep til mid-morning then wake up and lounge on the beach. But the waves were really killer today, they were throwing me around! Lol! But it was still nice! It's also fun to see the little kiddos running around and getting in the water and playing around in the water and building sand castles ... that use to be my favorite! Then coming back and showering and eating dinner... had seafood tonight, mmmmmm!!! yummy!!!

...Keeping The Faith...

Dog Hair...

So I have four dogs right, well Beau slept in my room last night, on my couch. When I woke up this morning to let him out my couch was COVERED in his short little doggie hair. It took me like 10 sheets off a roller to get it all off. Not to mention, I'm sure my comforter has loads of it on there too because him and Belvadeer and sometimes Shiloh lay all over it because they are all so spoiled. You would think I would be use to dog hair because I work in it a lot of the time, when I do work and I'm not in school, but geez it drives me insane how much comes out all the time. Like the dogs should be bald with the amount they loose! Anyway, that's my spheel about dog hair...

Otherwise, my day has been pretty good! Before I went in to work I ran into The Jewelry Warehouse and got my sister a towel coverup to take to college with her with her initial on it. It is her birthday today and that's what I got her! Though I won't be able to get it til Monday, that's what a lack of money will get you, late presents and other problems, but I digress on that topic. Then I grabbed a Baconator from Wendy's ... may I say, delicious!! mmm!!! Anyway then I was at work. It was good day, like usual. Some crazy shelter appointments as always. One dog had hook and whipworms, but she was super cute!! I just hope this shelter agreement thing actually brings VCA some visits. Unlike the "gentleman" today who was very rude about wanting to transfer his pets somewhere else that was cheaper. He could have just asked for the records, but oh nooo he had to make a scene. At least no one was in there to see his charade of anger. Whatever, that's what you deal with when dealing with the general public sometimes. Then I came home and we got Grand Street for tonight, but tomorrow night we are going out to celebrate Kaley's birthday!! Turned 18 today ... all grown up and going to save China, I mean go to college! [That was a Mulan reference if you haven't seen the movie] haha! Then after dinner we chilled out and a huge thunderstorm came up and poured rain and thundered and lightened. Meanwhile, during the storm, Shiloh is having his usual fit got out of his cage and came and hid behind my back while I was sitting in the chair. Now back to the dog hair subject ... he sheds like a big dog when he is nervous. Oh and let me tell you, he was worked up. panting everywhere and slobbering from panting so hard, so we then proceeded to play keep away from him (me and my sister) and he got hair alllll over the rug in the living room. It's like an angora rug now, instead of the normal carpet feeling rug it should be. Well my sister can just vacuum it up tomorrow, all in her choirs anyway! Then we ran to Goodberries, it was delicious. Not too much rain on that side of Raleigh. I'm glad we got a lot though, because I ran our well dry last night, well not dry, but the water coming out of the faucets was a tinge brown. and no one wants to shower in dirty water, but I guess the dirt could be like a little free exfoliant! :) Though I think I will still pay money for my microbeads that I use for exfoliation! Now we are back here, I'm about to sleep so I can sleep in for the first time in a while, yay!! Beach count down 2 weeks ... Mike countdown 36 days!! :) Although that means classes countdown like 34 days, which is not long at all :( Anyway ttfn!!

"We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:2b-4

...Keeping The Faith...

It's funny the past week I haven't really talked to Mike much, and I get down and depressed when I don't even hear from him for like 5 days. Then all of the sudden, he texts me or calls me for a few minutes and it's all better. The military "wife," though I am not that title yet, maybe in another year I will be, is a funny job. You are a single wife/mother for a while, while your man is over seas fighting for our country. I don't know, I just thought it was weird. I saw this quote on my friends facebook status the other day which is why I got thinking about all of it... "She packs. She moves. She follows. Why? What for? How come? You may think she's lost her mind. Actually, she's lost her heart. It was stolen from her by a man. A man who puts duty first, who longs to deploy, who salutes the flag, and whose boots in the doorway remind her that as long as he is her ... Military Husband she will remain his Military Wife. Repost if you're proud of your man who is in the Military!" I thought it was very sweet. Her husband is overseas right now and she is a single mom pretty much just by geography. She was fun to get to know in class last spring.

Anyway, today at work was fun. Busy most of the day. Seeing lots of cute shelter pets. Starting to get excited me and Michael will be getting a dog shortly after he gets home. I'm trying to push him more towards closer to me graduating in December since he won't be able to bring it to my apartment when he comes to visit. But it will be fun when we get one, I'm excited!!! I was talking to him today, as I said above, and I was telling him that my mom is like oh you're definitely getting engaged after graduation if not before. And he was like haha well we'll see. Then he said I guess that means I need to go golfing with you dad soon. And I was like well September is a lovely month for golfing. haha :)

I also worked a little in my garden today, it was nice, but very very hot. I was drenched with sweat by the time me and my sister finished. Which we only weeded like half of it. In other news ... people drive me absolutely crazy not following directions. I guess that should go under my work part though. Or after you give them directions they ask you the exact same questions you just finished telling them. Anyone in the medical profession knows that. Or anyway dealing with the public in general knows that. haha. Some people are just stupid, and need written directions I guess. Also, I got my medicine today ... Synthroid, aka Levothyroxine. I will be starting that in the AM so that should be fun since I am super awful taking medicine, of any size. But I guess there is no time like the present to learn!! I still have an appointment with an endocrinologist early August. So maybe he will tell me something different or figure out where the exact problem is coming from. But I will update on that as it comes along! Anyway, that's about it for today!

"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death -- even death on a cross!" -Philippians 2:5-8

...Keeping The Faith...

I realized I forgot I had this and should start blogging again.

Today was pretty boring, I was told to come in later to work today so I have been at home doing laundry and playing with my dogs ... Belvadeer, Beauregard and Shiloh!! They are too cute!! We were sleeping for a good part of the day. Which is nice since I don't sleep that much anymore, or at least sleep well anymore. I guess I have my days. So working 4-8 tonight, long day right? haha. Then doing not much after I get off, maybe weeding and watering my garden. I have gotten some peppers and tomatoes out of it so far, but it has been such a dry season that not much is actually juicy. So hopefully we will get some rain this week as forecast.

Yesterday at work was pretty busy and the schedule looked super busy for today. And I don't understand why people are going to adopt dogs/cats and not properly take care of them. This one client wouldn't have the dog checked for worms, didn't want to start heartworm prevention. I'm like and why did you adopt this dog? But whatever, I guess at least he wasn't euthanized.

I'm still on my count down for Michael coming home. 41 days!! Looking forward to it!!! We picked out an apartment for him and his parents are going to move him stuff in for him before he gets home so he is all set up, which will be nice!!

Don't have much else to talk about right now, just bored. And I had my annual physical and bloodwork. Well the bloodwork came back saying I am hypothyroid so I am going to start meds soon I guess. Could help with some problems like with my memory, weight issues, etc. So after I start them, hopefully I can figure out with with the rest of me, if not I will get that checked further too!! But I think I am going to an endocrinologist to be further worked up per mom, she wants me to. So I don't know we'll see.

"Instead speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ." Ephesians 4:13

...Keeping The Faith...

I woke up this morning at a decent time and me and Belvadeer shared some Honey Crisp. Haven't had that cereal in probably 10 years!! Then the boys & I played outside for a while before I came in to take a shower. My sister came home after a while and we went to one of my favorite greasy pizza places ... Grand Street Pizza (only one, so it's a family business) real NY pizza. It was so good!! Then we ran to the mall to return her shoes to the store she got them from because they broke the second time she wore them! haha. Then I went to work from 2-8. There were so many crashes and stuff this morning though. A tractor trailer and a train collided with 13 being injured, thankfully no one died. A different crash ... two tractor trailers crashed, one of the drivers died. And then a third really big crash (not in Wake County) happened, all within one hour of each other. Crazy stuff. The day at work wasn't really bad. I put our stock food away, and helped teach our new girl how to wrap surgical packs correctly. Then tended to the appointments. It was pretty slow. There were a lot of surgeries though, but they were all in the morning before I got there.

After coming home, my brother was here whining about all his girl problems. He needs to stop acting like he's 16 years old and find a good girl, stop whoring around. But I ate dinner (some yummy chicken pot pie my mom made!) then watched some tv. Some of my shows were on tonight. I watched Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice... both pretty intense in some parts. I couldn't believe Private Practice, I was really sad one of the characters left :( he was cool. But glad one of the couples got engaged, FINALLY! haha. Now I'm in my room typing this and trying to get tired enough to go to sleep. I'm not sure what the weekend holds. I think me and my sister are going to see a movie with my uncle. I volunteered to work this weekend since the tech whose uncle died has to go to the funeral. So I'm working 9-1 (which usually it's 7:30-1) so I'm glad to be slacking a little on that! But I'm scheduled to work the next three Saturdays 7:30-1 so, but at least it's hours. I will be close to getting 40 hours this week, and will definitely be over 42 hours next week!! :)

Still haven't talked to Michael. Praying hard for him and everyone serving our country! I'm sending him a package tomorrow, any suggestions of what to put in it?? Or it may be Monday, depends on how my morning goes since I have to be at work at 12.

"Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will will be persecuted." -2 Timothy 3:12
And this persecution Timothy is speaking of may not be physical, it can be emotional or mental too. Just remember that! But it's always for a good reason, God knows why. If He isn't doing it to us Himself, He is allowing it to happen to us (via our bad decisions or the devil or what have you) to make us more holy.

...Keeping the Faith...

I got an early wake up call this morning at 7:24a (which I was somewhat expecting) from VCA Durant Road Animal Hospital (later on I will refer to it as DRAH). They needed me to come in early. I knew that this was going to happen because on of the technicians (also named Ashley Pittman ... weird huh? but she was married into the Pittman name, not birthed with it) uncle died yesterday and I knew she wasn't coming in today. So instead of coming in at 12:00p, I came in at 8:30a and worked until 6p because we had 3 technicians the whole day. So that was fun. We were fully booked this morning with appointments and had two dental surgeries. But the morning went pretty smoothly! There was a little kitty who was so little and precious, barley weighed a pound. And a different appointment who was a little lab mix puppy, he was super cute too!!! :)

I got me some Starbucks during my lunch break, it was nice!!

After I got off work, I came home and washed my car. It is all nice and shiny now. I had to go get tire gloss after dinner, so I ran to our neighborly Target (which I am so glad is here, since there isn't one in Boone currently)!! Then ran to McD's with my sister to get a little sundae. We're better now, she will actually talk to me about what's going on in her life. I think she realized big sister may know a little of what she's talking about, which is good! So we are actually like sisters now, as opposed to just being acquaintances! She graduates soon!! I keep telling her to get on her graduation party, so I can help her plan it and get the list together and everything!!! And now I'm just sitting here playing on facebook. So a pretty boring night, but that's okay. I'm so tired from work that it's all good to chill.

I didn't get to talk to Mike so far today, I had the chance to chat with him a few minutes last night on AIM, but I was watching The Good Wife so I was a little distracted. But he sounded great!!

Alright well let me go find my knee brace so I can put it on... :(

"Set your eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him, endured the cross, scorned its shame, and sat down at the Right Hand of the Throne of God..." -Hebrews 12:2

...Keeping The Faith ...