Chinese Food, Field Trips and Building Houses

This has really been a spectacular week, there's no other way of describing it. On Sunday, the hubster and I were about as stereotypical a newly married couple as you can get and ordered Chinese takeout. It was delicious

I also went on not one, but two field trips this week. You would be amazed as the giddiness of senior nursing students when they get to go on field trips. On Monday we went to the State Public Health Lab and Capitol Building.

On Tuesday we went to the Holocaust Museum. I don't have pictures from there, but it was an incredible experience to talk to a Holocaust survivor and hear his account firsthand.

Thursday night I road tripped down with a friend to Joplin, MO to help with Extreme Makeover Home Edition, who is building 7 houses in 7 days there to restore the community after the tornadoes there. It was an incredible, eye-opening sight to go there and see the amount of devestation that is still there now.

A Perfect Fall Day

Yesterday the husband and I spent a perfect fall day at our little getaway.


First we hiked up the Centennial Trail.

Then we went on a boat ride with our parents' friends. There were replicas of the Nina and Pinta in Grafton.

 We watched the sun set on the water and drank wine and ate hummus and I had to pee off the side of the boat which was a most interesting experience (and I apologize for no pictures to document it!).

Family Dinner Wonderfulness

I like using words that aren't real.

I have no pictures to go along with this little post, just some happy, hopeful ramblings. I played hooky from work tonight to go out to eat with my parents and husband. I haven't seen my parents in over a month, so this was a very good thing. There shouldn't be too many repercussions of calling off work because... I'm quitting! I have been so unhappy there for so long and I kept telling myself that staying there is the safe thing to do. However, it is no longer the safe thing to do. Why, do you ask? I'd be glad to tell you. In addition to being a full time employee and work anywhere from 40-60 hours a week, I am a full time nursing student. That means spending two days a week in class (about 12 hours) and two days a week at clinical, doing what I do at work without getting paid (about 16 hours). Because I not only work full time but work full time nights, I have not been sleeping. And by not sleeping, I really mean not sleeping. It's becoming completely unhealthy and my boss is unwilling to work around my schedule, so I am quitting. I had a couple of interviews in the past month or so that I am waiting to hear back on, but I have decided to go ahead and put in my two weeks before hearing back from them. I know that it's a risky move in this economy, but I feel that nothing good ever comes from not taking risks. I also make enough money from babysitting job to hold us over until I get something else.

Anyway, I have been extremely happy since coming to this decision in the wee hours of Monday morning (when I wasn't sleeping). I have literally been smiling all the time, cheerful and friendly, and just generally more hopeful and in good spirits. While it's a risky move, I definitely feel that it is the most positive decision I have made in quite a long time.

I can't wait to see my husband more and read more good books. Currently reading: Freedom Writers' Diary

The End to a Perfect Summer

My summer began in the best way possible: by marrying my best friend

I experimented with some paintings

I spent time with my best friends in my favorite place

Now I am back to the daily hustle and bustle of being a full time student, a full time employee and a full time wife. The social life is being put on hold; the countdown to finishing undergrad has begun!

XOXO

Currently Reading: Curiouser and Curiouser: Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy