CANCUN!!

We had a great time in cancun. robby, who is super super white, didn't believe me when i told him to put on sunscreen and got bright pink, and we layed out, the family scuba dived ( i made snorkel as the spanish instructor said), and ate way way too much. my dad of course worked...he never leaves his computer. i told him is was against the rules but he said he was thoroughly enjoying himself. my mom made friends with one of the old waiters and he built her this pretty glued piece together shells, which my dad than kneeled down in the sand to get this pic. we went to cozamel one day so that they could dive, and we had to take a ferry over, which i threw up on it was so bad, but cozamel was cool. and than we went and saw the mayan ruins. also very cool. it was hot and sunny, and seriously humid.














Yes, the mound under the blankets was me...it was like 5am!

after finals party!

Well after a very hard semester, my classmates and I had a great party where we drank and let loose!

finals

Sorry team, I have been a bit busy and have not been a great blogger... these are pics of the last few days of 2 weeks serious studying. It is really sad when kelly and I got kicked out of our study room (was too late) and the only place to sit and study besides the floor was the sauna in the women's locker room. I liked it. it was warm. than we took a couple of wierd pics since we had been studing too long and were going a little crazy. speaking about going crazy the pic of the air freshener... so there is this air freshener right outside our study room that went up about halfway through the semester and every time it goes off it (timed at every 15min) sounds just like a soda bottle opening. well the first time we heard it, we thought some guy was outside our room being very quiet and drinking a coke. but than it went off 15min later, and we thought, wow he is thirsty, and than the next 15min, we got creeped out thinking there was some guy outside listening to us. than we got up and investigated, and found the air freshener...but horray this semester is over. it has gone by so unbelievably fast! I don't know where the time went!

Horse races

So my friends Kelly and Carey(classmates) and I went to the horseraces this Friday. I tried betting based on the name of the horse, but alas I came out negative $5. I like the horse races because you can bet as little as you want. That way I got to bet a lot, but still didn't win...Hmm, I should have had vonnie with me and than maybe my luck might have been better!

Visiting Carmen (and fairclough)

I love this little girl! I drove down to San Diego to visit Fairclough and her adorable little girl carmen. It was so nice to see them and I can't wait to see everyone at Thanksgiving! It was totally worth the 3 1/2 hour drive through traffic! I love how this baby just chills. You can just set her up on the couch, cross her legs, whatever, she is just happy to be there.

The Getty Center

This is one of my new favorite places to study. Today sunny and I went to the getty center to study. It was sunny and about 78 degrees. It overlooks the Santa Monica area and since today was clear enough, we could even see the ocean. And than when we needed a break, we walked around the gardens and checked out van gogh and monet and all sorts of other paintings, sculptures, ect.

Copying Sarah Jones

So as to copy sarah jones....
One year ago...
I was living in Seattle. I had just finished my travel assignment as a nurse and was trying to decide where to live, seattle or slc, and where to work. I had just interviewed at the university of washington medical center and found my huge apartment (all 502 square feet!) that was in sarah's apartment building. The idea of school had not even crossed my mind yet (that didn't happen for another month). Crazy how fast everything changes, and how fast time goes by! It doesn't feel like a whole year ago.
One week ago...
I had an anatomy test this past week, so I was studying like crazy. The days kind of blur together so I can't really remember exactly which day it was, but it doesn't matter. Oh ya, now I remember, I studied the brachial plexus. (just a bunch of nerves in the neck/shoulder). And I went to costco.
Yesterday...
During the day I studied fire safety in the OR (did you know that people's breathing tubes really do catch on fire!) and pre-anesthestic assessments. very exciting, but I have to say, the fire thing freaks me out! Than to celebrate being half way done with this semester, we decided to go out to a club and experience real LA. Let me start by saying it was fun and I am glad I went. One of my friends knows a guy who owns (works?) at a club called sugar (which is actually the bar that was built for the movie knocked up) and got our name on a list. We got free glasses of champagne and got in for free so that was cool. I have never seen so many beautiful people. everyone looked the same though. All the girls probably weigh 100-110 lbs, wearing little bitty dresses that barely covered their ass and I have never seen so many fake boobs. they even had a go go dancer. oh ya and since it is LA there was some tv crew, I think for next season of real world. We left at 1230, and I have a feeling that the party was just getting started, but it was way past my usual bedtime of 930-10 pm. What can I say, I am a wild and crazy girl!