the side effects of nursing school (the ones no one tells you about)

Okay maybe this picture is a bit extreme, but it cannot be denied that my dark under eye circles have become much worse since beginning nursing school. I know this how? 1) my under eye concealer is disappearing like it's going out of style, and 2) I drink coffee like it's going out of style. I know I should know better and just get more R&R, but, even though I know that layering on the concealer and pouring myself yet another cup of coffee can't be good in the long haul, sometimes it is absolutely necessary. Senior year of nursing school is such a time; sacrifices must be made! ;)  So until graduation in April, I shall continue to rely on much too little sleep, gobs of under eye concealer, and multiple cups of coffee each day to get me through. That and prayers. LOTS of prayers. 

Cheering for a new OSU...

I may be chastised by my Oregon relatives, but I've been living in Oklahoma for 4 years now and I've had so much fun this year rooting for Oklahoma State. And they've had a great year so far (undefeated!) Ranked 3rd by the BCS and I have high hopes for this year's team. "Go Pokes!" 

puppy owners for a day

Okay maybe it was more like a morning, but Ben helped me dog sit for two precious little yorkies on Saturday during the summer. The yorkies belong to a family I babysat for (until they just recently moved to Florida this fall -- miss them terribly!) and Ben was such a great help. We both loved pretending to be dog owners and Cody and Bailey had fun, I think ;) 

Honduras -- finally finalized

Apologies for forgetting about the last pictures of the last part of my Honduras trip! We got the opportunity to take a little vacation the last few days before returning to the states.

Ready for a whole day of snorkeling!

Earth Day?! haha....