Bryan Graduates PA School

For journaling purposes (since I've decided this blog will be our journal/scrapbook), I had to add this post in (for back in June)...

(As said by Bryan...)
I PASSED!!!

I took the Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE for short) last Friday. It is a comprehensive, 6 hour, 360 question, gut-busting exam whose content ranges from Cardiology to Neurology to Urology and everything in between. It tested me on everything I had learned during the past two years in PA school at the University of Florida. I graduated from the program on June 21, 2008...

(Graduation photo from PA school, left to right: study buddies Bart Miller, myself, Travis Randolph, and Dave Baca)

...and took my exam on July 25, 2008. I found out this morning that I PASSED the PANCE!! What a relief!! I am now officially done with my formal training! School is over! No more papers to write for some useless subjective grade and no more studying (cramming) late into the night for an exam the following day! I feel so free right now. I have been in school my whole life; and now, I am officially done!

Now I can start concentrating on really important things like where we will go to dinner tonight to celebrate! Now I can focus on neglected priorities like my golf game and my jump shot! Now I can begin learning how to successfully navigate my dish DVR and PS3. Now I can commence my domination over faceless internet foes on my newly acquired NCAA '09 college football game. Now I can guiltlessly start the countdown to the Summer Olympics and Gator Football! I am free, I am free!

...for now...

Go Gators!!

An official problem

I have an official problem... I don't read privatized blogs. Why? Because they don't show up in my 'morning newspaper' aka my email blog subscriptions. I barely get through reading the 'unprivatized' blogs before some little kid (oh, I mean mine) comes tugging on my fingers for help. And therefore ends the daily blog reading. So.... I have missed reading some of my friends' blogs (Lyns) but perhaps when I get a life again (aka my own residence) maybe I can send the kids outside and I can have time to read all the private blogs I want. ( :

Overall

Overall, I'd say it's been a good week. We bought a house, landed a job... and we've been eating otter pops everynight nonstop. To answer some questions... Yes, it is directly in St. George and infacto... it is approximately 3 1/2 minutes away from Bryan's work. Bonus!! It also happens to be right around the corner from the brand new Barnes & Noble... HUGE BONUS!!! Another bonus?... it faces the East so after 4pm our backyard becomes a shady paradise. Unlike Florida, the shade is actually very pleasant here. Let's see... Bonus #14: it was a foreclosure home so we got a smokin' deal. It's in a very quiet, unbusy neighborhood. And, oh ya, right up the street from Hollywood Tans (jk). ( : The only thing I can find wrong with it is that the jetted tub is not wired for a TV. hehe! Kidding.
Ok, so, job: Bryan will be doing Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. Green. Yay! Incomes are nice. And that's all I can fork out on this dial-up connection. Oh wait, one more... I STILL have not seen the scene from the Twilight movie. What the heck is the matter with me. I must very involved in some major life decisions to miss out on this one. Either that or dial-up sucks. Soon! And then I will goo and gaa all over my blog about it.

There's No Place Like Home

The front...As you walk in...A view from the great room...The Kitchen...The basement...

And the back... And then there's the view...

We are SOOOOOO excited for our new home. If all goes well we may close in a week or so. There are so many things that I really like about this home... Mainly the view is what we're so tickled about. I can just imagine making cinnamon rolls in the kitchen and staring out over the valley as I roll the dough. The double ovens are definitely a perk as well as the gas range. Quite the change from our 1,000 square foot, sea of green, daddy long leg laquered into the floor apartment in FL. But, of course, we all know that 'these things' don't make us happy........

BUT THEY'RE SURE NICE!!!

uh.....

WE'RE BUYING A HOME!
Details later. ( :

And no, I haven't seen the scene from Twilight on MTV yet. blah

And... we're using dial-up so it's pretty much hard to stay in touch with earth internet. But hopefully I'll be able to fill you in with all the gory details soon.

EXCITING!

Bloggin

It's really hard to blog when you're playing house hookey, or house lookey for that matter. All I want to do is look at houses online everyday. There's this one in particular Spanish style home in St. George that I've developed quite the liking for (a mini obsession, if you will). I love the homes that are unique. I'm just not in love with the cookie cutters - no matter how nice or big they are.
Anyways, the reason I haven't posted what exactly we're doing and where we're going yet is because basically we're still in limbo. I mean, we pretty much kind of have an idea but I just thought I'd wait until everything is final to post about it. So that's that.

What I would REALLY like to blog about...

• how cute it was when Bo and I read books in front of the fireplace last night and then fell asleep.
• how Bryan met a Sandy Dermatologist on the plane yesterday.
• how routines are a word of the past when you don't really have a home.
• how working out is a thing of the past when you don't have a routine.
• how cookies are apart of every meal when you're at Grandmas.
• how somehow ever since I've been in Utah I feel like ratting my hair, bleaching it, and sitting in a tanning bed.

um, ok, out of time.

LOVED IT! You know what I'm talking about!

Archuletta and One Republic? Yesssssssss!
Carrie Underwood... I want her wig.
Uh, George Michael? FANTASTIC! Do you not love the words to that song!
Gladys Knight... FUNNY!
What happened, Archie?
Um, well, till next year. I think I'll try out.
Psych!

Idol

I can't help read other people's opinions about Idol and not offer my own...

Archuletta should win... because he's such a dang good guy. The kid wouldn't hurt a fly.

I, personally, like Cook's style of music a little better but you're right... Why does he have to seem so arrogant.

Syesha HAD to go. Was anyone else EXTREMELY uncomfortable and on edge during her 'Fever' song because her skirt was about one millispec away from a 'not so appropriate' show? Yep.

Expressionary.com

I officially love these...

Expressionary.com. $45 for the personalized stamp and about $12 for 10 notecards. Worth every penny.

The Pioneer Woman

I am way stinkin' late getting on the bandwagon here (I know, I know)... ThePioneerWoman.com may very well be the best cooking blog EVER. A picture of every step? How did I miss this! And I've heard that she hasn't had a 'dud' recipe yet. Definitely worth checking out.
Still, if you want to make the best ever sugar cookies... the Picky Palate is the place to go. I've also had personal, credible referrals for the Picky Palate's ... Chicken Pot Pie Bowls & Puffy Croutons AND Baked Rigatoni Romano Florentine with Italian Sausage AND Pepita Crusted Southwest Chicken Mac N Cheese. All apparently 'Best Evers'.

OH MY HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP!

I am so way stinkin' excited for this...

Twilight in HD

AND...
"TAKE ME AWAY"...

song: awesome. Music video: LAME.

Roomie Party XII: Favorite Things

Keara, Sara, Missy
Alana, me

I'm pretty sure I have the coolest college roommates ever. We get together at least once a year, sometimes 2 or 3. Last Friday we did an Oprah-esque Favorite Things party. I'm pretty sure it's the coolest idea for a party ever. We all brought one of our favorite things for everyone. Here is evidence of our loot...
Yes, those would be tampons. New Playtex Sport. Best Ever according to Keara.
My favorites out of all the favorites are Missy's round plate earrings and Lane's "Psssssssst: Instant Spray Shampoo". I'm all about not washing my hair. And then there's this...
Lash Stylist comb mascara by Maybelline. A Lane referral. MAC Zoom lash just wasn't cuttin' it in this extremely dry climate. Clump central. But this is just FAB!

Other items brought: Jergens shimmer lotion, steele cut oats, so-cute homemade fridge magnets (awesome, Sa), scour pads, Wet 'N Wild lip shimmer, and Wet Ones.

We collectively decided to have a favorite things party every year... till we're 90. I wonder what our favorite things will be then... interesting thought!
We also did some Lane-inspired painting. Our parties are becoming so culture-esque.

'Do Discrimination

One of my favorite things to do is try to go through airport security without a drivers license. I love it when they let you get on a plane and fly somewhere and then don't let you come home. My Fran-hair is the only reason I can think of why they let me on the plane in the first place. Here's how it went down:

SLC Airport: (Security guard looking down at my ID): "This is all you have?" (He looks up.) "Hm, you have great hair. Good enough. Proceed".

Seattle Airport on the way home: "You have no Drivers License? And you don't have great hair. You must be a terrorist. Step aside, ma'am. Please hold still while we do a cavity search and disarm the bomb in your carry-on.

Could there be such thing as 'Do discrimination?

The Hair

I still haven't washed it. It's turning into dreads. (jk) But it did last a good 5 days. There's nothing better than Fran-hair.

Thanks Fran

I'm currently sitting in a super nice Marriot hotel room overlooking the Columbia River in Pasco, WA. I have no time to blog right now because Bryan will be here in 10 minutes and we're going to lunch with some of the Docs. I did want to let Fran know that it's day 3 and my hair still looks fabulous. There's other things I want Fran to know like how fabulous I think her family is and how I think she's secretly my 'sister'. I would love to blog about the plane ride out here and how I pretty much cried the entire time and how I left my wallet which contained my iphone, wedding rings, and financial security at the Gainesville airport. And how Fran got the call from the police man and thought I'd been in a horrible accident. I would love to blog about Bowen and Bryson and how much they love Bernie, Bonsie, Benny, and Louie (Jill & Rula's dogs). I would also love to try and explain how I've been feeling (an impossible task). Perhaps it's because I feel different every five seconds. It's like a roller coaster that's never ending. I'm up, down, stopping, going, interview here, there, everywhere. It's really too much for an over-emotional, melodramatic chic like myself to handle. Thank goodness for fabulous hair. Thank goodness for secret sisters.