Thanksgiving week is over :(

These are some pictures from Thanksgiving. I had a great week of no school but at the same time I had to study. Nonetheless I enjoyed my time with the Vernon family. I wasn't able to go to the farm because studies come first but I did get to see three movies and get a little bit of shopping in. We saw Madagascar 2 and Bolt with the kiddos and then Nancy and I saw Australia. Australia was a long movie but wonderful. I would highly recommend it to anyone. I got Jackson a new fleece sleeper. It is a 12 month size and fits him almost perfectly. He is huge!! I have an exam on Tuesday, a five page paper due on Friday, two 1-page papers due next Monday, an anatomy exam next Thursday and then finals the 15th-17th and then I go home! Will keep you updated of my stressful weeks to come. The first semester is almost over!!

Almost Thanksgiving

I can't believe it is Wednesday and I am not in school at 2:15pm! It's great! I am still studying but at least I don't have class until Monday. I am in Fort Smith for Thanksgiving, we always have fun with Howard's family especially with his niece, Reagan and nephew, Reis. Reagan is 3 and Reis is 7. Reagan calls me Enemy, well that is what it sounds like she is so adorable. Reis loves to wear me out with soccer and games. Of course, I like it even though they wear me out:) Howard's mom, Nancy, is already cooking for tomorrow's meal. Here, we usually eat in the late afternoon around 3pm and then lounge around and play some games. After that we take the kiddos for a movie. I enjoy it, it's different from our family traditions but the kids enjoy it a lot. This year there are a couple of movies out to take them to. Either Bolt or Madagascar 2. We will let them choose.

I think on Friday we are going to go to the farm which is always the best part! It is so beautiful, I will have to take some pictures and post them so everyone can see. They have a really pretty view of the valley. Their farm house is on top of a pretty big hill. Hopefully I can ride the horse again! We will see. Abbie loves going out to the farm she can run forever but I never let her out of my site. I am not sure why I guess I just don't know what is out in the long grass. I will let you know how my predictions work out. Love you and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Weekend

I had a good weekend. Howard came into town and we pretty much just had a laid back weekend. Friday I did some studying, Saturday slept in and went to the Tulsa football game, which we won. The game was against Tulane, we were winning by so much we left at half time. Then we watched the OU vs. Texas Tech game on Howard's brothers flat TV. I am glad we didn't pay to go to a blow out game. My friend did go and paid $240 for two tickets, we were glad we didn't have to pay that for the game. Howard went to the TU b-ball game but I met up with Lindsey and Jackson to study. He is getting so huge and like a big boy!! Lindsey trimmed his hair and it looks so cute, he is a little man.

Sunday we went to church, I helped with the 5 year-old class room during the first session and then met with Howard for the 11 service. I really love my church, I enjoy everything about it. I looked for so long to find a church and we found this one through one of Howard's friend about a year ago. I have loved it ever since!

Today, I had class all day but tomorrow after class is the beginning of Thanksgiving break!! I am going to Howard's family for the week. I invited Lindsey and Jackson but she has a lot to do with school because of her laptop getting stolen.

I have calculated my grades so far for this semester and what I need to get for passing grades. I don't have any problems in classes just a few that I may get a C instead of a B. I am hoping that doesn't happen. The lowest GPA I may get would be a 2.4 but I am hoping for a 2.8. I will let you guys now but I won't know for sure until after I am already in Washington for about a week. Tonight I will be studying and possibly a movie, maybe. But nothing to exciting, I might even clean my room;)

Pretty good Friday

Hello again-
Today I went to my clinical site for my school. It is a pediatric outpatient clinic and I love it there. They get to work with so many different types of children ranging from just needing handwriting skills improved to those with autism ad downsyndrome. I mean who awesome would it be to get paid well for playing with kids all day! That is my kind of job! Hopefully in three years I will be hired into a place like this.

I took two tests on Wednesday, Anatomy and Human Movement. Anatomy didn't do so hot but I have a lot of other things in that class to help my grade in the passing range. Human movement I was one question from my B but I like this class. I like the fact that it is not pure memorizing. You actually have to apply your knowledge and think through the questions. I enjoy that part if it, I actually do better. I don't have any doubts about moving on to next semester but some of my other OT friends may not.

There are 12 of us in Tulsa and there may possible be up to 5 not coming back either because of grades or other personal conflicts. It makes me so sad because all of them would make great therapists but if you can't pass a class you can't show how great you would be. There are 10 girls and only 1 guy here on the Tulsa campus. We have two campuses of students OKC and Tulsa. It kind of weird at first because most of our professors are in OKC and we do lectures through telecommunication. So that means they are on a falt screen TV and if we have questions we have to press a microphone. The camera then zooms in on us and our voices are carried over. I am used to it now but we still have techinical difficulties sometimes.

Howard and I plus some friends from school might go to the OU vs. Texas Tech game tomorrow but we haven't decided because we don't have the tickets yet. But we will have to see what happens. It would be a great game to go see. Will let you know if we go. This is it for now.
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Continuation

So what has been going on in my life? In one word school and lots of it. I am very happy I decided to go back and I know it will be worth the struggle when I am finished. I can't believe this semester is almost over! Thanksgiving is in one week then I only have 3 weeks of school left and one of those weeks is finals week.

I am doing fine in my classes, I could always do better but I am passing all of them, which is good since some of my friends are not. The Occupational Therapy program is very hard actually it is ranked #43 in the country. I am just blessed to be given the chance to prove what I can achieve. I can't wait until Christmas so I can go home and have a break from all the stresses of school!

On a fun note I have been to two concerts in the last month, Carrie Underwood and Coldplay! They were both very awesome. I went to Carrie Underwood with a new friend from school, Rachel, and Howard and I went to Coldplay in OKC. Howard and I just celebrated our 4th year as a couple and so that is one reason why we went to the concert. I loved going with him, we had a blast. The picture above is actually at the Coldplay concert.

That is all for now because I must study some for an Anatomy 'cadaver' quiz tomorrow. I will have to tell you about that lab later. Here are some pictures to enjoy. Love all

First one

Hello everyone, I have decided to start a blog about what I have been doing since I am horrible at calling my loved ones. I think this will help me tell everyone in one step rather than 100's ;) I will be able to update in one simple step. So I will keep you all posted.