Okay okay...I think it's been a little while since I've last checked in and I know you all are dying to know what I've been up to. Well....hold on tight folks because this will be one info heavy post that's more than likely light on the humor.
Things are nutso around here lately. I finished my last full semester of pre reqs at UCO last week. I'm pretty proud of myself, I ended with a whole row of straight A's. I had Chemistry II, Chem lab, Anatomy w/ lab, and Physiology w/ lab. It was a little much at once but I thoroughly enjoyed the content and the friends I had in classes. I realize I said "friends" and trust me....it weirds me out to say I have friends from school. I met some other people applying to OU and we all instantly hit it off (I met others I wanted to stab with my probe), I met a ton of nursing students who all say they can't wait to work for me some day (thanks?) and some people I know I will stay in contact with for a long time. Praise the lord!
As most of you know, I did receive the highly anticipated call that I was accepted to INTERVIEW for the PA Program at OU. Huge audible sigh of relief. I was told mid week, mid morning is a good time and got the time slot of 11:00am on Jan 11th. I would think that is a good omen but we'll see. I'm pretty confident in my interviewing skills for a pharma job but not so much for the PA Program. I've been doing my research and plan on doing a ton of practicing. I also plan on writing things on my hand like, "Be likeable", "Don't say you know too many times", "don't blow it" and "stop sweating freak". We find out our fate about a month later so I will probably be a basket case until mid February. Let's just hope I'm not a 250 pound basket from stress eating. On a side note...how come you never hear of people saying they are stress runners or stress stair climbers. hmm. Any who, I am pretty pumped, excited and nervous as heck.
As fate would have it, I put off all Christmas shopping and prep until I was done with finals. Well....we got the AMAZING news that the contingency has been removed on our house and we are headed to closing. We basically have 3 weeks to move out of our house and into our rent house. Great news but slightly overwhelming! I keep looking around our house wondering why the stuff is still there.....how bout because you haven't packed it in a box yet. Wow. The house we are moving in to needs a TON of work for me to feel comfortable with the kids and my eyeballs living there. My amazing hard working husband has been spending his lunch hours and evenings stripping wall paper, texturing cinder blocks, and prepping to paint an ENTIRE house. All while his sweet mom, brother and grandma have been helping out and making improvements. The house is not our ideal situation but it's probably the best we could find for the money. Of course my ridiculously selfless mother and aunts have all but begged for us to move into their houses, eat their food and use their electricity but we feel like we need our own space, places for the pups and something to call ours....well, ours that we rent from someone else. I just can't imagine asking them to sacrifice even more for the next couple of years. It's on a few acres which will be exciting but a total bitch to mow! C-Rob's grandparents have an amazing and enormous garden out there that I feel like it will be a great lesson for the kids. We still have school issues to figure out but all in all, we are so so thankful to be able to stop paying that mortgage on one income and be able to take a breath.
We are anxiously awaiting Christmas. It's always stressful for us with the kiddos going every which direction but we love having so many people that love us. It's a small price to pay! I'm super pumped to see Holland's reaction this year....it just keeps getting better!
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Merry Christmas to you and yours. May your holiday be truly blessed.
