And the Award goes to....

So my job as a Clover Patch Camp counselor finished on Friday.  I wish I could say that I am sad, but we all know what happens to liars. Just kidding. I am a little sad to see my new friends leave. I'm not sad to be done changing the diapers/showering adult males. I'm not sad that I no longer have to chop up my campers food into miniscule pieces and then out of habit, accidently do it to my own food. No, I'm not sad about that, but I am a wee bit sad that my international friends are gone. No matter the drama they stirred up or how annoying they were. I will never  see them again. (Score!) 

To celebrate the end of the camp, we had a banquet on Friday night, where we all got dolled up, had real food, got awards, and reflected on pictures from the summer. We also took approximately 100000^1000 pictures. As much fun as taking pictures was, the distribution of awards was my favorite part of the night. However,  I am not sure how I feel about the award I got. Should I take it personally that I got the award "The Biggest Chatterbox"? Or should I be excited that I didn't get a more offensive award, like "Most Likely to Appear on Jerry Springer"? I suppose that award does fit, since I am a big fan of talking and telling stories. My specialties are the stories that end when my friends say "and then did you find $100 on the ground?". Yes. I am proud to have gotten the Biggest Chatterbox award rather than the "Most Likely to Pop Up on YouTube" award that I thought I was for sure going to get thanks to my stupidity on the swings (if you haven't seen that yet, you are totally missing out. Get to my facebook pronto! It will be worth it!) So here's to the Biggest Chatterbox, and not Most Likely to Get Arrested! Cheers!

This Town Ain't Big Enough

When I chose my job, I based a lot of it on the fact that I was going to be so close to home. It only takes three minutes; five if there is bumper to bumper traffic. However, One thing I didn't factor in to this decision is the chances of bumping into my fellow counselors! I work with only 2 other Americans: one from Clifton Park and one from Michigan. From there, it breaks down like this:
1 from Kazakhstan
1 from Korea
1 from Poland
4 from Scotland
5 from Wales/England
5 from Russia.
Therefore, these people really cant GO anywhere when we don't work on the weekends. There has not been a single weekend when I haven't run into them walking down the street from Dollar General, or checking their email at the library, or walking down Scotch Bush to a yard sale like 10 miles away! Now don't get me wrong, I love these people who think Walmart is heaven and Stewarts (aka "The Shop") is practically the most amazing thing on earth. I love them, but in the famous words of Woody the Cowboy, "this town ain't big enough for the [24] of us."

What Erin Would Do.

Erin Brooksby Wilson has kindly pointed out to me on this very night, that it has been a long time since I have posted a blog. I feel the need to remind that I work from Sunday at 11 am until Friday at 3 (that includes nights) at an isolated camp in the woods, so my blogging time is often very limited. But here are some quick updates:

-Eric got home last Wednesday!! it has been so nice to have him home...even though he steals my car.....
-My birthday was Monday! woot woot!! 19!! That has to be the most boring age ever. There is nothing exciting. Although, it probably won't be as bad as 15. now THAT sucked.
-I hate work. Just kidding, I like it, but dang it's a lot of time/not enough money! I am scared to figure out how much money I get paid per hour because I know its going to be a number that will make me want to stick my head through a wall because of all the work I do. 3 more weeks.....
-For the record, my brother has been home for a week and a half now and we have not yet had a full family dinner. That's 90% my fault, but I prefer to blame Scott, who ran off and decided to get a job at SPAC when he is only 16. Who does that?!?! Gosh, when I was 16, all I wanted to do was date on a Saturday night, not work a concert! kids these days.
-I have 6-8 weeks to get myself fingerprinted, get a federal and state background check, and a drug screening for the nursing program. That should be fun. Not.
-Our trip to Salem at the beginning of August sounds like it is going to be a short one. That sucks. Big time. Everyone else only wants to be there 4 days or something like that. I know you would think 4 days in a town 10 miles across would be more than enough, but I think 4 WEEKS sounds about right. Too bad I am seriously outnumbered.
-And oh yes, I am still single. This is getting ridiculous now. SOMEONE FIX THAT FOR ME!

That's probably it. My life is truly not that exciting. That's the REAL reason I haven't blogged yet. Forget this whole "no time" thing. That's just a cover. Which I plan on using until I have something totally brilliant happen to me which I will immediately blog. Because that's what Erin would do.

I'M GOING TO BE A NURSE!!

"Congratulations! Your application for entrance to the Nursing program at BYU has been reviewed and the College of Nursing Acceptance Committee has voted to grant you acceptance to the program for Fall 2008"

Well, today was the day that I have been looking forward to for months and months. But the waiting is now over and I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted to BYU School of Nursing! Although I don't know the exact number of applicants, the most recent number I heard was around 400. We were going for 45 spots. It's such a relief to get that burden off my shoulders!! And now I am so excited that I know what I am going to be doing with my life :)

Digital Scrapbooking!

So these are my first attempts at digital scrapbooking, following in the steps of my mother. They are a little bit rough, but everyone has to start somewhere! The two pages with me and my roommate go together and they were the first ones I did. For the record, my mother didn't help with ANY of these! woohoo!

testing

This is just a test to see if Erin Brooksby Wilson will truly read my blog. ha ha :)

Big Day!

So its not even 1:30 in the morning, but I am so excited because today is a big day. In one month from today, Eric comes home!! and in 2 months from today, Eric, Scott and I (and possibly mom) are going to go to Salem!!
It's an exciting day :)

Sick!

I hate being sick. It's the worst ever, and now I have the weirdest sickness I've ever had. Monday night my throat started to hurt and it killed to swallow/talk. It was worse when I woke up the next morning and I felt like I had strep, so I went to the doctor to be tested, but turns out I didn't have strep but rather some sort of viral thing. So Tuesday was strep throat day, Wednesday was killer migraine that makes you want to kill yourself, Thursday was sneezing, coughing, wheezing day, Friday was combination of it all and today seems to be another day of wheezing and coughing so much that you have to lie down before you pass out. Fun, eh?!

APPLIED!

I have FINALLY finished my application to the nursing program!! It has been a long journey, but it's done now! Here is a little sum up of my application:

-Impromptu Essay. Go in at 7:45 am and have 50 minutes to write a complete essay from the topics presented. My options: death, integrity in nursing, or someone I am grateful for. I wrote about how I cope with death and how that will help with nursing.
-Polished Essay. I started writing the one page essay in February. Combined, it took about 5 hours to get a rough draft of my essay about experiences that have helped contribute to nursing. Then my parents and I took about 4 hours disecting every sentence until it was perfect.
-Became certified in CPR and Adult First Aid. Had to get front and back copy of my cards.
-Service List. Had to think of EVERY bit of service that I have done in the past 5 years. Not an easy task.
-Resume. Trying to make yourself look impressive on a piece of paper is not always easy.
-Fill out form after form of personal information, right to a background check, etc etc. It took forever.
-Letters of recommendation. Had to get two people to fill out forms for recommendation and had them mail it back to me because it needed to be in to the Advisement Center no earlier than May 12, and no later than May 30. what a pain.

BUT ITS FINISHED!! now I just have to sit around and wait. I'll probably find out one month from tomorrow...............

not dead!

I cant believe it has really almost been a full month since I have posted on my blog. oops. I said I would update it and so I will. Of course, I'm really not sure that anybody really checks this, so maybe no one even noticed. That's my vote.
No fears though! I am alive and happy. It's good to be home. I have really enjoyed being home with my family and my friends, although I really have not seen too many friends, which is really kinda sad. But it's ok, they get out of school really late for the most part.
I got a job! I am going to start working at Clover Patch Camp in the beginning of June. It's a camp for mentally and physically handicapped children and adults. It will definitely not be a pretty job, but it will be a really good experience for me, and will look good on my application to the nursing program! :) It could be brutal though. I start work Sunday and 11 and go until Friday at 3. I only work 8 weeks of the summer though, so that is nice. But I have to stay overnight and only get 2 hours off a day. I don't know all the little technical points of the job, like when I can come home and when I have to stay, but hopefully all of these things will sort out in time!
Finally, my application is almost finished! I have my package with the letters and forms ready to be mailed tomorrow, and I have the essay written out ready to be edited, and my resume ready to be emailed in. It should be done hopefully by the end of this week! then it's just the wait...