the best parts of my summer.........

in our singles ward for fhe every week they ask an ice breaker question. last week they asked what the best part of the summer was. since i wasn't at fhe, i thought i'd list my favorite things. (and why not update the blog - since i'm so good at that)

* moving to colorado.... i never would have guessed i would move here. i didn't see the draw. in school kept talking about wanting to live in colorado after graduation - i never understood it. crazy how things work out.

* licensed pharmacist.... i was begining to wonder if it would ever happen. after months of trying to register for the licensing exam, i took my tests and they let me be a pharmacist in the state of colorado. it is still weird to tell people at work that i am the pharmacist.

* meeting r..... he told me that this was the best part of my summer, although he did tell me that meeting me was not the best part of his summer. he's made the transition here a lot easier, and a lot more fun.

* cliff jumping..... yes we did go to the middle of nowhere colorado and jump off a cliff into a small pool of water. i was only brave enough to jump off the 25 foot but there were a few brave people (crazies) that jumped from the 85 foot.

* bear lake.... i love that place. it is always a fun time with my family, add in some competitive mini golf, and the boat and amazing water and it doesn't get much better. it was also fun to have r come.

although it seemed to me that i spent a lot of my summer working, it really was a pretty good summer, and i can't complain. too bad it is over :( . ...... i love the summer.

just call me dr.......

it is official. i am now a college graduate. believe it or not, last weekend i walked across the stage, had a few pictures taken and got my diploma. oh how time flies when you are having fun.
i really don't know that i am old enough for this grown up world of working full time. the school thing i could handle. work is still questionable.
time for a new adventure. i move on tuesday, start work on wednesday. nothing like waiting until the last minute. procrastination, got to love it.
it is strange to think that i will get no summer break this year. that is ridiculous. all my buds i got used to seeing everyday for the last four years won't be around me anymore.
strange how life works.
i was even told today how typically only burnettes are smart and i was a blonde with a doctorate..... i guess anything in life is possible.

oh the memories

yesterday as i was hanging with my cute little neighbors in the back yard, my neighbor told nicole and i how it was class picture day. of course i then remembered all the wonderful school pictures i had taken.
one friend in high school would never let me forget my kindergarten picture with my permed hair that was cut to my ears. pretty stylish.
but the real memories that came to me were.....
i remembered a year that we had class pictures taken and it seemed that everyone's complexion was faded out except for two that were right next to each other. so of course us being girls, we said they looked cute together or something along those lines. i remember soon after our teacher said that we should not say that a boy and girl look cute together. seriously take a joke people.
well my bff moved away in the fourth grade and we would visit each others in the summer. one summer we decided to predict the futures of our classmates. of course we were experts at the whole fortune telling thing. so we matched up people in our class, and decided what careers everyone would have and how many kids. we didn't leave anything out. we were pretty proud of our skills. too bad i lost that paper.... i am positive nothing turned out how we predicted but i can only imagine the things that we had come up with. apparently when it comes down to it people who are in the same fourth grade class don't usually end up having a future with other members of your fourth grade class.

since i've been gone........ from omaha

i've had a request for a blog update.... apparently i'm pretty pathetic at it, but sadly it is because my life is not so interetsing. here is what i've been up to......

• finishing up my last rotation at intermountain medical center. i've been working with pharmacists in the heart and lung building
• saw a cabg surgery - it was awesome... pretty sure i could have been a good surgeon
  
• saw part of the lung removed - not so awesome. my dreams of being a surgeon are no more
  
• learned all about meds for the heart
• spent a lot of time with the family. oh what good times when the six of us get together.
• watched a ton of march maddness, i still believe that michigan state could have and should have won

pretty lame isn't it. well some not so fun or cool things was trying to fit all my blongings in my bedroom. yeah you try to fit 4 years of crap accumulation + my bedroom = no chance!! there is no way i was going to pull that one off, so i now live in a partial storage space/bedroom. it is a dream.

but for real.... i miss my pals in omaha, but really life isn't all too bad.

visit from friends

i was instructed to let everyone know that kate, lynette and doug smith stopped by in omaha to visit me last week. well not really omaha we met in lincoln, but still close enough. it was fun to have dinner out here with some friends from back home. thanks for stopping in friends!

i'm growing up

i've done it. i got a job. not just any job, but a real grown up, full time, college degree required job. who would have ever guessed the day would come. i questioned it at sometimes. but all those years of hearing the hard work will pay off, yeah we'll see about that. in a year from now, i'll get back to you on that one.

now that i've accepted the job i realize that was the easy part. i have to find a place to live. i have to move. i have to actually be a grown up with a full time job. not really my dreams coming true. life of a student really isn't that bad. i've actually kind of started getting really good at it. class in the morning, nap in the afternoon, homework at night, favorite tv shows and a little more studying then sleep, and repeat. but you never know this working thing might be kind of fun.

sad news is i'm leaving my home in omaha. that is right it has become a second home to me. my friends here are the greatest. i never thought i'd be this sad to leave, but the idea of not coming back is just not normal. good news is though everyone can always use a good road trip. so they will just have to all head out to visit me.

so that is it, i do have a job to go to once i graduate.