FALL!

The first day of fall is right around the corner! September 23, 2010! Most people know that fall is my favorite time of year! This is my list of all my favorite fall things!

1. Football...of course :) NFL, College football, and High school football, I love it all!
2. Cool, crisp fall morning air!
3. Sweatshirts
4. A big crock pot full of chili cooking all day long on chilly days...and some corn bread too!
5. Carmel apples covered in nuts
6. The West Texas fair & rodeo...so much fun, I hope I make it this year too!
7. Tax free shopping weekend right before school starts
8. Thanksgiving
9. The leaves change colors...
10. ...then they fall!
11. Making apple pie
12. and Pumpkin pie!
13. Going to the pumpkin patch
14. Halloween
15. My birthday in October!
16. Wearing scarves and boots
17. Coffee is always better in the fall when the weather is cooler
18. Bonfires
19. Carmel Apple Cider from Starbucks
20. Northface zip up fleeces!
21. Sitting by the fireplace and after awhile your back gets itchy from the heat!
22. Christmas shopping on Black Friday
23. Hot Chocolate at football games :)
24. Real lemonade and corn dogs at the state fair of Texas
25. Circle E Candles: Apple Strudel, Bird of Paradise, Leather, Warm Cider, and Fresh Apple are the best fall candles!
26. The way my mom and dad's house smells (year round) but especially in the fall!
27. Putting up Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving
28. Sleeping with the windows open

Summer is nearly over!!!

Well, it has been a very long time since I've blogged, so here's the update! I'm officially "on my own" at work. I finished my 9 weeks of orientation with my preceptors at work and now they've set me loose! Of course, I still have tons of questions and the beauty of my job is that I'll never know everything! I have successfully started a few IV's. It may look easy, but what's even easier is sticking the needle all the way through the vein and blowing it! Starting IV's is a special art! I have also learned that over 50% of the patients we get on our floor should be psych patients. Oh the crazy things they do....! We have some "frequent flyers" and I swear, some patients just like staying there...it must be the awesome hospital food and comfy mattresses...yeah right! I've also lost a few patients...that's the hardest part when you have to watch someone die. But just as quickly as they go, I'll hear the little lullabye play over the intercom that they play when a baby is born. Just shows you how precious life is! Anyway, enough about work!

Life in Waco is okay....I'm 100% ready for fall! Everything good happens in the fall! Football, the leaves change, the temperature drops to a tolerable level, and it's my birthday! I'm not so much looking forward to this coming birthday because I'll be 23. I'm getting so old! I watched the Cowboys play (and beat) the Bengals last Sunday! I was cheering for the Cowboys the whole time, but I was secretly really happy when my man Jordan Shipley (receiver for the Bengals) got that long carry towards the end of the 4th quarter! Football is like another religion in Texas!

I should be cleaning my room right now..it's a mess! Erin reminds me of it every time she comes in! Half my problem is I have too many clothes and not enough hangers. So, today I went "into town" (haha) to Walmart to buy some hangers. BAD IDEA!!! Walmart is a CRAZY place to be at right before school starts! You can imagine...my gosh! Well, I better get back to cleaning my room before Erin and Graham get home! Haha.