I finally converted to the blogging world and am surprisingly very excited! I can sit online for hours going from blog to blog finding out the latest in friends lives, seeing pictures of their recent vacations, and of course finding out a little gossip.  I hope that others will do the same to mine. Although my life might not be all to interesting, hopefully something I share with you will catch your eye. I sit here today at a loss of what to do. I just finished finals a couple days ago which is a relief in itself! This coming week I have my nursing school exit exam which is supposed to be a killer, then I take the NCLEX! After the two hardest tests of my life are over I will be a full-fledged nurse!! I cant be more excited. I feel like I have been in school forever! I have missed holidays, countless vacations, memory making with friends and lots and lots of sleep. I have become anal and a stress case. I feel like I have sacrificed way to much these past two years  in school. But all the trips, memories, and sleep I have lost will never overpower the joy I feel every time I walk into a patients room. I love feeling connected with a patient. Every time I am thanked for doing the simplest thing that the patient couldn't do for them self. Or for just being the only person who would listen to the patient pour out their concerns, trials, or deepest fears. Nothing can take away from the love I grow to have for a complete stranger. Yes a lot of nursing is rather disgusting. I don't find joy in changing adult briefs or putting in catheters. But find joy in nursing a patient back to health. After patients spending countless weeks in the hospital nothing makes me feel better than having a patient smile and thank me for the work that I had done to help them walk out the hospital doors. I know for 100% that I chose the right career for me. While in school there were so many times when I was ready to quit and give up but how thankful I am to my Savior who constantly reassured me that this is what I am meant to be doing with my life. My Grandpa Lake always taught me that the most valuable things in life are difficult and man was he right. Although he is not here on the beautiful green earth anymore I know that he will be proud of me in a couple weeks when I walk across that stage to receive my diploma. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world to be in such a rewarding career. I just cant wait to continue helping those who cant help themselves.