Holy Cow!

Do you see that counter over there on the right side? I am so excited graduation is almost here! I finished my clinicals working nights at the hospital last week, and let me tell ya I am in for it if I have to work nights, that is a little rough on ole Sharla! By day three of doing that, I had blood shot red eyes and I looked like death! I had an awesome nurse preceptor though that taught me so much so all in all it was a good experience. Now the hard part is gonna be to find a job... the market for new grads these days isn't looking so good, so everyone cross your fingers! These pictures are graduation pics we took for our announcements with my nursing besties... the invites were sorta expensive to make so if you didn't get one, it is at the Mesa Arts Center on Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 pm... In other news, Jaron turned 24 on Sunday, May 3rd... it is so nice that we are exactly one year and one month apart! I will have to post pictures later when I get them and tell all the birthday happenings... Life is so good! But we will survive the hot summer? I'm beginning to remember what its like and although I love summer, there is nothing worse than burning your arm on the seatbelt when you hop in the car!

New Beginnings...

Well, life is crazy these days, I took my final last week and passed, so now all I have to do is complete 96 hours of preceptorship and I am done! I will be working nights at Banner Gateway Medical Center for the next couple of weeks and then its on to my pinning ceremony! I can't believe how the time has flown...

Another, grand, lovely, amazing, long-awaited news is that me and Jaron have set a date! August 28th hopefully will arrive soon! I am very excited to start with a new job and start a family with Jaron. He has truly been my superman through this whole nursing school experience and I don't know what I would have done without him...

While I am at it, I don't know what I would have done without my parents, who have been amazing and so good to support me, even if it was just to put a couple extra dollars in my very dry account... they never hesitate for a moment to help me and I appreciate that so much. I am very blessed with some amazing people in my life! So graduation and wedding here we come!

Lunch Date

Kamarie and I were talking on the phone the other day and we decided to set up a lunch date, so
I drove out to Queen Creek and got to meet Paxton for the first time! He is such a cutie! We went to Serrano's for lunch and it was awesome just to catch up. We called Bailey who lives pretty close and so we got to go see her and her two kiddos, adorable! It was so nice to catch up with you guys, thanks so much for letting me come over, you have cute houses and even cuter kids! We forgot to get pictures, bummer, but it was really fun!

Spring Break Happenings...

So this year for spring break, which is going to be my last spring break sadly enough, I was able to spend it with all of my family. Kelsey had to go get the last of her stuff from her apartment in St. George, so I met her in St. Johns and we headed out the next morning. We got there and ate at Texas Roadhouse and she got to see most of her friends from up there. Jen and Tyler and Carson have been staying with Jen's sister-in-law since they don't have there house to move in to yet but we were able to stay the night and hang out with them. Carson is getting cuter by the day!

Excuse the double chin I got going on, hopefully that just a bad angle!

We had to keep our trips pretty short cause I only had a few days so we headed over to Cannonville to spend the night with Em. We went out to eat and had a blast staying up late just catching up on things. Em is lookin great with that little man in there! I am so excited to have another nephew! It was fun to get to play with Westyn, Treyson, and Makyndie. Treyson kept saying, "You just stay forever!" I wish I could have!
We got up and went to Escalante to spend the last night with my grandparents, and we had a good time there, Kels gave Em a pedicure and I gave her a back rub so she got the royal treatment! It was fun!
The next day we headed back to St. Johns and Jaron met me there Friday and he was the master barbequer for the weekend, he knows how to cook a mean steak! We cleaned my grandpa's grave and a few other ones since it has been five years that my grandpa has been gone, man how the time flies! We headed back to my grandma's for an awesome barbeque and it was fun to just get to hang out with family! Sorry for the long post, spring break was great, thanks to all my family for the amazing hospitality!

Nursing and Psychology

So just a funny story today, Jaron was talking to me after work about his second class that he is starting today for his psychology major at UofP. He was telling me that he was going to have to write quite a few papers and I was giving him some suggestions with the little bit of nursing/ psych knowledge, some topics he could use and all the sudden he is like, " You know, if we were driving and someone got hurt and we pulled over to help, you could patch them up and make them all better and I could be like 'OH, are you okay? How are you feeling? Do you need your mother?'" I thought that was so funny!
I hope he doesn't turn in to one of those psychobabble people that tries to analyze the hidden meaning of what I'm really saying when I say something! Jaron is always good for a laugh...

School again!

Well as of two weeks ago, Winter break was over and I started my very last semester of nursing school! How the time flies, I never thought these days would be here so fast... I was thinking of the experiences that happened that led me to know I wanted to be a nurse so I thought I would share...

Growing up it was never weird to hear about my dad's "gory" ambulance stories around the dinner table, and while eating a steak I could still hear about someone's guts hanging out and not get grossed out, so I knew at that point that nothing would ever phase the gag reflex!

Once I started school at EA, I was doing classes so that I could get into school and human anatomy was my favorite! Our bodies are so freakin cool... So then I knew I wouldn't get bored learning about the body for the rest of my life.

And this story might make you cry so grab the tissues, or maybe it just makes me cry, i dunno, but I was in clinicals actually getting my CNA license over the summer before I moved to Mesa and we were in a nursing home for the day. We were assigned to wheel everyone in wheelchairs into the dining room so they could eat their lunch... we got everyone there and we were sitting watching everyone eat and I saw this older lady that was just sitting there not eating. I walked over and sat next to her and I motioned for the spoon on her tray so that I could help her eat and she nodded, so I picked up the spoon and started feeding her, I guess this doesn't sound all that exciting but there was this one moment when she reached down and just placed her hand on top of mine and patted it and she looked into my eyes and smiled... If I wouldn't have been sitting there I would have burst into tears because I have never had a conversation like that with no words, I could tell she appreciated the help and I was so grateful to be able to give it. I knew then and there that nursing was what I wanted to do, I wanted to help people like that every day. I have had an incredible journey through nursing school with experiences I will never forget, and I can't wait to actually start working!

P.S. Jaron started school yesterday at the University of Phoenix ground campus, free school, yay! He is going for his bachelor's in psychology... Way to go Jaron, I'm proud of you!

Happy New Year!

Well, Christmas flew by and it was fun spending time with family, I was lame and didn't get around to see anyone this year... That part was sad but we painted and re-arranged my parent's bedroom and back room so my mom could have a scrapbook room, so that pretty much took all of our time! Well worth it though, it looks great. We also found out Emilee is pregnant with baby #4 and we find out Monday what it is, I'm so excited, I love being an aunt, even though I have to be one from 800 miles away!
For New Years, Jaron got tickets to the Insight Bowl through a mission friend of his so we decided to go to that and then hit up the Mill Avenue Block Party afterwards. We had a really good time and it was the first football game that we got to sit down and watch together without him being the coach. Here are some pictures! Happy New Year everyone! We hope 2009 is a great year for you!
They had a parachute team do a five-man drop into the stadium before the game, it was cool!I thought this picture was cool, I wanted to unscramble the letters and spell something but all I came up with was SUBFHLR- not a word really but hey...