I Graduated!!!!!!!

Overdue Update!

Sorry for not posting! I have been around, but very very busy! My last day of Student Teaching was yesterday. Do you know what that means????? I AM DONE WITH COLLEGE! Can you believe it? Cause I cannot. I am so glad to be done. I will miss my kids at Rocky Ridge and my cooperating teacher, but it's a relief to finally be finished. My teacher threw me a going away party yesterday...it was sweet! The kids drew this huge yellow poster that says "we will miss you!!" and my CT traced their bodies and they colored themselves in...it's pretty funny to look at! Anyway, I am glad to be moving on and excited to see what the future brings!

Graduation is next weekend!!!!! My fam/friends are coming up to celebrate and I cannot wait! I'm not excited about sitting through the ceremony, but hey I will take it! The last 4 years went by crazy fast now that I think about it.

Thame should be hearing from med school in the couple of weeks. UAB has already started pulling people off the waitlist so hopefully he will be one of them! We are going to stay in Birmingham for the summer no matter what and then depending on whether he gets into UAB or not, we will move to Mobile! I rrrrreeeaalallllly want to move home, but if he gets in up here...its one step closer to being done!

No job for me yet! I'm just going to continue nannying until I find something.

How is everyone doing? What has been going on?? Me and Thame went to the Dave Matthews concert a couple weeks ago and it was amazing. He is my favorite..ahhhhh....love him.

Now for some pictures:

Happy Birthday!!

Thame's birthday was yesterday and I just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I LOVE YOU :)

How cute is my little man?

Update on Torey

Sorry for not updating sooner...hectic/awful week.

Torey is showing some improvement. She is still on the ventilator at 40% oxygen and the peep is at 7/10 (which is the pressure in her lungs). Thursday they took her for an xray and her right lung collapsed again, so now she has 2 chest tubes in her right lung and is in a LOT of pain because of that. Her xrays have shown improvement in the pneumonia, though, and the docs have said it is just going to be a very slow recovery, but she WILL recover. Her right lung has a lot of damage to it, though. She did start to run a fever a few days ago, so they were worried about infection, but they put in a picc line to help prevent some infection. She is still in ICU and are watching her closely. I wish I could be in Mobile with her!!!!!! UGH!

Keep her in your prayers!

Pray for Torey!!!

My best friend Torey is in intensive care right now. It started out as strep throat and then developed into pneumonia. She was put into the hospital because she was having trouble breathing and they found that she had low oxygen levels. Well they did a CT scan and found that her upper right lobe of her lung was collapsed so they put in a chest tube to drain the fluid and reinflate it. Well, now the pneumonia has spread to her left lung and she was put on a ventilator overnight to help her rest. She is very sick right now! Please pray for her!

School...houses...jobs...BLAH

Well...I am about 90% sure I will most likely be staying in Birmingham after graduation. I'm disappointed that I don't get to move back, but it's probably for the best. Many of the Birmingham schools are still hiring and Mobile seems to have nothing! South's Medschool is being stupid and didn't even give Thame an interview, so USASOM is out of the question for this year...but he still has a chance with UAB. I just feel like I am supposed to be in Birmingham right now...and I am okay with it...I will get back to Mobile eventually!!!

I'm currently hunting for a new place to live and it is very frustrating!!! This place is just too expensive for us right now and we need something cheaper! I really want somewhere with hardwood floors! This whole carpet and yorkie thing aren't meshing well! I'm really interested in a townhome, but they are all in bad locations or way old! ugh! Anyway....hopefully I will be able to find something soon...my lease runs up May 31.

I'm also trying to find a job for this summer...and fall of course! I'm applying to a job at the Birmingham Zoo! They are looking for teachers for their summer camp program and I really hope I get it...it seems like it would be a fun experience! I have my interview day with the Jefferson County Board of Ed. on April 1st (Thame's bday, by the way!) and hopefully they will like me!! It's an all day thing...I get to pick who I want to interview with...they have to give me an interview...they are like 15 min long and then if they like me they will ask me back the next day for a more thorough interview! I really hope I am able to find a job! It would take such a load off...

Spring break is almost over and it has been WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These next few weeks, however, are going to be insane. I have to babysit everyday for the next 3 weeks, student teach all day, complete my assignments, find a job, find a new place to live, and survive! BUT, only 50 days till graduation!!!!


How is everyone's bracket doing??? Thame has gotten me hooked in March madness! I'm not doing soooo bad...I have 170 points. Western Kentucky killed me!!! And...Tennessee just lost :(