Last weekend in Tuscaloosa before GRADUATION!

This weekend was my last weekend in Tuscaloosa as a student. The realization of everything hit me today... HARD. I just suddenly realized that I'm leaving. Soon, when I come to Tuscaloosa, I'll have to find somewhere to stay because I won't have a place of my own there anymore. Which, under any other circumstances, wouldn't be too upsetting because I'm ready to be done and graudated. It's just sad because from now on, Chuck and I won't live in the same city anymore until we are married. And it's going to make things difficult regarding visiting him because I won't have a place of my own to stay when I'm down there.

But, on a happier note, my graduating class rented on the Bama Belle on Friday night to celebrate our graduation. We had such a blast! I loved getting to spend one last get together with the nursing crew before graduation. We went on the Bama Belle (which is a riverboat that goes down the Black Warrior River by campus) from 8-9:30pm and then everyone went out together to The Bear Trap, which is a bar on the Strip. I'm not much of a bar person, but it was fun for a little while ;)

The other day, Cameron, Kim, and I went around campus taking pictures on campus in regular clothes and in our caps and gowns. Chuck was so nice and put up with us (mostly me and my ridiculousness) and took the pictures for us. He even was nice enough to pose in some with me. Cameron was amazing and let us use her fancy, shmancy camera, too! I need a nice camera SO badly it's insane.. I will buy one SOON! Hopefully before camp so I can use it on the road trip and while up there to take pictures of the beautiful, northern landscape. So, anyway, here are some of the pictures... again, they are SOTC, but because they were taken on Cameron's good camera, they don't need much editing anyway :)

in front of the stadium.

good 'ole Paul 'Bear' Bryant.

Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Cameron, me, and Kim in front of Denny Chimes on the quad.

These two girls got me through nursing school.

Cameron and I literally became best friends basically the very first day of nursing school. She was my partner through everything and held my hand as we walked into our first patient's room ever the first day in the hospital... which turned out to be quite an interesting patient. I almost threw up in the bathroom before walking in.. I was terrified. And she's been by my side since.

Kim has been a blessing in the last few semesters of nursing school. Pharmacology was when we first became friends, and since then she has been quite a hilarious addition to my life. My weeks during my Preceptorship would have been so boring if she hadn't been there in Tuscaloosa with me to keep me sane. AND she's going to be my sound support up in Pennsylvania because she's going to be a camp nurse with me this summer! I'm so excited about spending our first nursing experience together and growing even more close :)

Me and Cameron. Gosh, I love her and am so blessed to call her my friend.

Me and Chuck in front of Denny Chimes. What a support he has been to me throughout school. I am so blessed to have the kind of outstanding guy who will simply sit with me in the library while I study because he knows it's the only time I'll get to see him :) I'm sure he's about as glad that I'm done with school as I am!

I am so lucky :)

I love this picture. Girls, we are grown up now!


Ecstatic to be an almost graduate!

This picture captures us perfectly. This is such a definition of my personality.. I'm sure I was saying something that was totally NOT funny, but I cracked myself up. Cameron knows I'm a total idiot and was telling me so, I'm sure. And Kim? Well, Kim just plays along and laughs at me despite my ridiculousness.


Alabama Alumni! (almost)

I'm so proud to have gone to such a wonderful school.

Us 3 girls.

In front of Gorgas library, where we spent many hours studying our lives away.. ;) We became quite close with the both the comfy chairs and the tables on floor 4M.. the silent floor. hah

Russell Hall. The nursing building. We are the last graduating class from Russell Hall. A new nursing building is currently being built, and it looks beautiful so far! It opens in August. I'm sad I won't get to see the new building or spend anytime in there going to class, but it's cool being the last graduating class from the old building.

This week, I plan on going around campus and taking pictures of things around the area. Of buildings, people, the quad, just things I want to remember. I do love this school. And the campus. And the wonderful people I have met along the way.

I'm still feeling confident about camp. And I'm hoping it stays that way for a long, long time.

Love you all.