Things I'm saving up money for!

Have you ever tried to save money when you don't have a real job? It's not so easy! But these are the things I'm saving up for!

1. Some Oakley shades. Aren't they cute?!? Add some flip flops, a tank top, and a pretty summer day and that sounds perfect to me! Too bad they're way expensive....maybe I'll just settle for the "Faux"kley's.




2. Ear phones for my iPod. I need new ones because mine broke and now I can't listen to my iPod when I'm working out! It makes for a very boring cardio workout.




3. A full body massage. For a few different reasons.... 1) Nursing school is stressful. 2) I don't have a boyfriend/husband to rub my back whenever I want. 3) I'm the only one in my family that's never had a massage. 4) I can't afford to get pedicures all the time and the people at the nail salons won't just let me sit in their massaging chairs for free. So, I'm going to save up and buy a massage!
P.S. I don't have a picture for this one!

4. A punching bag. Because I need to take all of my aggression out on something. Just kidding! I'm a generally happy person, I just think it would be fun to punch the crap out of a punching bag every now and then...it would be like a workout!




5. A white Ford Fusion. Because isn't it pretty?!? Either a Fusion or an Xterra or something bigger than my lil car because I don't want to be Flintstoning it down the road for the rest of my life! Besides, my lil black car, bless its heart, isn't going to last for very much longer, I'm afraid!

Yay for not sounding like a man anymore!

I'm FINALLY done being sick and I have my voice back! Praise the Lord! P.S. Cherry Nyquil does NOT taste as good as it smells. Don't let it fool you.

This is a shout out to Erin's (Mrs. Musgrove's) 6th period class. Yes, my sister and I are actually 2 years apart...she was born in 1985 and I was 1987. I struggled my way through geometry in high school so be thankful that you have my awesome, sweet sister as your teacher because I promise it could be a LOT worse! Honestly, she's going to kill me for saying this, but when somebody thought it was a good idea to put more words in math than numbers, that's when they crossed the line!

Anyway, it snowed about 4 inches yesterday in abilene and today it's sunny and the snow is melted, thus proving my theory of Mother Nature's bi-polarity (Is that even a word? Guess I will find out when we get to our psych rotation in school). The only good thing about this crazy weather pattern is that we got yesterday and today off of school because the city doesn't think people who live in west Texas know how to drive in the snow....they are 100% correct. So, I'm getting lots of extra time to study for my GI (gastrointestinal) unit test that is tomorrow morning. It's going to cover the A&P of the GI system, all disease processes....definition, signs and symptoms, treatment, and nursing interventions for each. As well as medications (functional class, route of administration, therapeutic dosage, actions, side effects, adverse effects, and therapeutic effects). I'm very thankful for the extra time to study, though, because it's a lot of information to know. And it's not like I can just memorize it for the test and forget about it....would you want me to be your nurse if that's how I passed nursing school? Um, no! Like my teacher always says, "It's not like we're flipping hamburgers, people. We're dealing with living, breathing people. You can kill these patients. You HAVE to know what you are doing."- Mrs. Cook.

So, later today I'm going to my sweet friend Beth's house for study group. Then I will probably go workout with my "trainer", Josh. He's not really my trainer, he's my best friend's brother. But, he played football in high school and he kicks my butt! I'm doing crazy stuff like dips, pull ups, bench press, and a bunch of other things that I never thought I would ever do! I don't think he minds working out with me, though....he says I'm the happiest person he knows! That's one of the best compliments that I've ever gotten!

Have a great day, everyone, especially Erin's 6th period class!

Love,
Kelli :)

My crazy dreams...

So, I'm currently battling a cold and completely lost my voice over the weekend, but I am getting better! I'm taking a couple different meds and they are doing crazy things to my dreams. For example, a couple nights ago, I was on Sudafed. I dreamt that I was Mario (from Nintendo) in mario-land and I was running through the video game shoving gold coins in the pockets of my overalls and ducking into tunnels and such. Honestly, it was the most exciting and fun dream that I have ever dreamt! Then, last night, I was on Nyquil. I dreamt that I was on a field trip tour of Kellie Pickler's house and in order to get out of the house, I had to step on the back of a crocodile so that when he opened his mouth to bite me, it would "sling-shot" me to the door. Then, when I got out of the house, I had to run like mad to get away from the guard dog. STRANGE!

On another note, I'm pretty sure that Mother Nature is bi-polar in Texas. Currently in Abilene, it is freezing (literally 32 degrees), cloudy, and completely miserable. Yesterday at this time it was sunny, beautiful, and it the warm 60's. Yesterday, it also rained while the sun was shining. Tomorrow, it is supposed to snow. But don't worry, because by the end of the week it will be sunny and warm again. I feel like I'm on a roller coaster. I'm definitely ready for it to be summer where it's hot and sunny, when the steering wheel of your car could give you first degree burns if you hold it for too long, and if it has to rain, it's a huge lightening and thunderstorm accompanied by some hail and a possible tornado.

As far as school goes, this morning was our last lecture on the gastrointestinal system. Clinicals at the hospital were cancelled for this afternoon and tomorrow because our teacher had something going on and she has to be out of the state for a couple days. So, I will be home resting and studying and trying to get rid of this awful cold before we go to the hospital on Wednesday!

That's all I have for now!

I am a blogger..

My sweet, darling sister, Erin, made me make a blog. She says that I say funny things and people would smile if I blogged, so I hopped right on that band wagon (even though I'm convinced that what I say isn't funny at all).

Anyway, since this is my very first blog, I figure I better catch some people up on my life. I have lived in Abilene for the past 3 and a half years. I went to Hardin-Simmons University for two years, but I kept changing my major, and private schools get to be pretty expensive when you can't make up your mind. So, I transferred to Cisco college here in Abilene and now I'm going to be a nurse! I'm in my last semester of school (for now) and I graduate on May 14th! School is hard, time consuming, and stressful but I love every minute of it! I've gotten to see and work in so many different areas it's ridiculous.....from general surgery, to nursing homes, from the delivery room to the OR during a C-section, from the hectic trauma center to radiology...and everywhere in between! I have been SO blessed with the opportunities I've been given, the caring and knowledgeable professors I have, and my amazing classmates that have become like family to me! I have seen life coming into the world and life going out of this world and I thank God everyday that I'm happy and healthy, because some things can make you think twice about how precious life is.

When I graduate, I will be an LVN, and I am planning on going straight to RN school. After that, your guess is as good as mine as far as what the future holds! I will try my best to update this blog frequently with stuff going on in my life. One thing that has been on my mind today is this song by Lee Brice. "Love Like Crazy". It's a good song to turn up real loud in the car with the windows down on a Sunday afternoon. Here is the website if you want to listen to it!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt5LzrJZ34Q

"Be a best friend, tell the truth, & over use 'I love you'...go to work, do your best, & don't outsmart your common sense...Never let your prayin' knees get lazy, & Love like crazy." :)