Prom Nostalgia

A few weekends ago I was out with Matt at a restaurant in town, and all of a sudden these gorgeous (way older-looking than I felt we ever were in high school!) kids come in in their gorgeous dresses and tuxes, and it dawned on me that it was prom time!! It also dawned on it that it had been 5 (FIVE!!) years since I went to prom!! I feel so old, and kind of blew it off. (But told the girls how beautiful they looked in their dresses! Because everyone can appreciate a good dress!)

But then, watching this past week's Glee episode made me insanely nostalgic about prom!!
Granted, at the time I was not so into going to prom -- especially because my high school bf went to a different school and both junior and senior years our proms were back to back on a Friday/Saturday, which equaled 4 proms total, and a 48 hour period of getting hair done, makeup on, uncomfortable dress on, taking blinding pictures, meeting up with groups of friends, being out late, and getting up early to do it all again til the wee hours. But Glee's rendition of prom (minus that annoying Friday song!!) made me reminisce!!

Quinn looked like a freakin angel in that gorgeous blue dress, channeling a modern day Cinderella -- but it was Rachel's twirly baby pink dress that got me coveting!! It was tea-length and perfect for a summer day, and I couldn't help googling images of it and trying to figure out where I could get a knock off! Love every minute of it!

And of Artie's version of "Isn't She Lovely". Perfection.

Throwback = my senior prom!! This is a group picture, but I just cropped me out to keep others from being up there! As soon as I find my junior pics, I'll put that!

What was your favorite prom memory?

Wordless Weekend -- Blessed

Free at last!

I'M AN OFFICIAL NURSING SCHOOL GRADUATE!!!!!!!
(well, as of Saturday it will be legit official -- but with my average (before grade replacements, group projects, and collaborative testing factored in...) is already at an 80!)

I feel like i've been let out of prison!! I have studied every waking minute, felt immense guilt when I wasn't studying, got up at 530am more times than I can count, so I can be on the floor taking report and seeing my patients at 630am in the rain, sleet, snow, darkness, and hurricane warnings, spent so many hours in the library I felt like I should drag a cot up there to the corner, cried my eyes out, laughed til I cried, sweat with anticipation of a test and felt so nauseated I could hardly stand it. BUT IT IS OVER AND FINISHED!!!!!!

I literally sat on the couch last night, in stunned silence, and just watched mindless tv and read magazines and organized stuff on my dresser and started sorting through clothes -- JUST BECAUSE I COULD!!

Nursing school has a hold on you for those 2 years like no other! Never in my life, with all my constant full load of classes, projects, tests, instructors, balancing friends and work and class and family, have I ever felt the pressure and emotions like in nursing school.

I just can't wait til my NCLEX review is behind me, I pack up all my belongings to bring back to my hometown, take my boards, and put RN behind my name!!!

Brotherly Love

Hilarious video of Wills and Harry talking about their military jobs. Took a short break from studying to look at blogs and this is courtesy of yurmanandbourbon.tumblr.com! Cracked me up!!!

Harry: "William's got more brains, we established that in school"
William: "Yeah I've got more brains and looks to be honest"
Harry: "...and baldness"
......
William: "Pretty rich coming from a ginger"

LOVE IT!