Stress

Wow, everything has been happening so fast here lately. School seems to be flying by and I am loving every minute of it.

In the past 2 weeks,

1. Matilda has gotten beat up outside our house. She came flying in the house one night and she was bleeding from under the chin. Poor thing :( I told John that we are never letting her out again! We'll see how long that takes till one of us caves.

2. Barons won last week and lost the week prior. Last week, we had an awesome celebration. I won't tell secrets, but they say pictures tell 1,000 words.... (and yes, we are soaked and wet at 3am!)



3. I took my LPN licensure test on September 14th. I was super nervous taking it and was 100% sure that I failed. I had all 205 questions! An awesome girlfriend met me for lunch afterwards and helped me get my mind off the test. We had a blast, and to finish the week, I found out that I passed!
*Just a quick note to go along with this story. Susan and I went to the Dollar Tree to kill time. While in line at the register, I noticed hundreds of pregnancy tests lining the wall! How accurate do you really think those tests are?! Aren't they like $20 in the stores normally!? It just made me think, wow, you have to be really despirate to buy a $1 pregnancy test and trust the results.

4. I have decided to go dress shopping on my own. I've learned that taking people with you can be a bad thing, as well as a positive thing. I went by myself yesterday and Jannese met up with me later. We did lunch and had a fun time discussing wedding stuff. She's been a huge help in the whole thing. The good thing is, I think I have it narrowed down to 3 dresses that I love. (this are after the 2 that I already purchased)

5. I am LOVING night clinicals! I have an awesome instuctor who has everything together perfectly. I have clinicals at York from 2:30-9. It definately makes for a long day, especially when I get up at 6am!

EXPO

Today, my mom and I went to a wedding expo, featuring over 50 vendors, decorating ideas, a fashion show, etc. It was pretty interesting to see different types of cakes, the work of photographers, and to sample foods. Fortunately for John, he was camping by the river with his buddies, otherwise, I would hope that he would have gone with me. (there were other grooms there). I won some type of framed 16X20 picture. 16X20! that's a huge, upfront and personal picture of John and I. That picture will show every freckle, wrinkle, and blemish.
Here's a picture of my mom and I. I was so excited because I got to wear a sticker that said I was the bride.

31-7

GO BARONS!

Yes, it has been a week since Manheim's first game. Manheim defeated Lower Dolphin 31-7. John's kicker set a new school record with the longest field goal kick of 57 yards. John couldn't be more excited. I totally wish that I would have taken a picture of his face. Our friend's son did an awesome job at QB also for his first time on varsity. So proud of them... :)

If you didn't already know, after the games, we all go to the Cats. We no sooner got there and got our food, when a hugh fire started happening right up the street. Seriously, no more than 100 yards away! I was mesmorized! I never saw a fire that close before. It started in one home, but then quickly spread to the two homes surrounding it as well as homes in the rear. (they were row homes). I sat the entire night, until 2AM, watching this fire. I never saw flames that big rolling out of windows before. There were 11 fire companies there, ambulances, police, etc. The street corner was loaded with people. Again, I wish I had had my camera on me. Luckily no one was injured, and a family of 8 had just moved out of the 'fire' home eariler that day. How sad is that, but how lucky everyone is.... Here is a quick picture pulled out of the newspaper.