Where has this summer gone?!

Can you believe it?! It's already July 19... incredible. I think the "older" I get, the faster time seems to fly. Ridiculous. Summer has been a conglomeration of events that have all kind of merged from one to the next. Graduation happened OH so long ago, then came the NCLEX stresser *passed=RN (its about time)* not to mention the 40+ hours a week at the nursing home (which is totally NOT a bad thing) woof, no wonder it's already the middle of July!

The official acceptance letter into the University of Iowa's College of Nursing for the online RN-BSN program has been in my hands for almost 3 weeks now which caused some stress. I am NOT a fan of the unknown, it stresses me out. I like to know exactly what is going to happen, how its going to happen and when its all going to happen. Thankfully I have a face to face orientation in Iowa City on August 11 *um, yup thats a 6 hour drive from home for an /entire/ day of orientation "stuff"* However, its a mom and daughter date opportunity, and I am quite looking forward to seeing the campus, buying some t-shirts that sport the Hawkeye logo and getting some answers to my hundreds  try thousands perhaps of questions. Not to mention the entire day before filled with SHOPPING! =]

Hmm, what else has this summer included? I trip to the zoo, a week with the cousins, surviving desert heat in Iowa, seeing friends, having barbeques, going to weddings, visiting with friends from afar (soon!) and oh, did I mention living at work? Hey, at least I'm making money and have a "full-time" job... which I'm pretty sure is a good thing. =]
Things I should be doing instead of blogging:
Cleaning up my room- I honestly hate it when it's a mess, but I can tear myself off of my bed at this point 1. (5am this morning is kicking my butt- and I have a fun night ahead of me and yet another 5am morning just around the corner- yuck)
2. Helping my mom upstairs- I'm really not that bad at it (but when you don't eat with the family--do you really need to help clean up?-- Ok, ok, I'm going... right after this blog is done (promise). )
3. Make my bed- I absolutely dislike a messy bed- ugh.
4. Find some motivation to print my pictures and get them into photo albums- I'm really not that far behind at all-thanks mom- but keeping up is the trick.

I'm sure I could continue this list... but I'm off to a night with friends.
Blessings.