Wishing...

I had the balls to say all the things I think to the world. My heart bleeding for all to see. Somehow I think that would help me gain a rare form of sanity. Somehow I still remain scared. Why the torture?

For reals.

My girls and I, officially known as "the nurses" as of this morning. We passed our boards with flying colors. Now I must consume copius amounts of wine considering I am off for 3 days.

Ain't that a bitch?

Yes, yes.... we took our NCLEX today. Melo, Chara, Neriss, and Liz are done. Jax is up to bat tomorrow. We are going for the win. (Mel is already in with her results and she passed, but we knew she would!) So now it is up to the rest of the team to bring it home. Ironically, I get my first "nursing paycheck" tomorrow...without my license...yet. Waiting for results sucks.

All in together now!

Our first official day as nurses was Tuesday. We all start our shift this week. My first is tomorrow. Here is the lovely bunch of new grads!

Brain Trust

The Nurses and I got together at Jax's casa for a study sesh today (for the most important test of our lives today). It worked very well and went by quick. Thursday we conquer 150 questions, then we eat pizza, watch the Laker game, and have drinks. I am excited. BE EXCITED, B-E EXCITED. Melody, my dear, I hope you can make it. It will be good to see some b-ball rivalry go down before me eyes.

Summertime and the livins' easy

Ah, yes. Sunday we went to our first concert of the summer, the FM 94.9 Independence Jam. We saw a ton of great bands both local and nationally known such as, Cold War Kids, Santogold, the Ting Tings, The Whigs, MGMT, The Hold Steady, Transfer, The Muslims, and more. All of them sounded great live too... an added bonus.


My plan is to attend all the concerts I can this summer. Even Mr. James Purvis went, and he was not really feeling it at first. By the end of the day he said he had the best time ever! I know there are a whole lot more good times ahead during the warm and lazy days of summer!

D-Day

I just freaked myself out. I signed up to take my BOARDS! The NCLEX-RN examination will be taking place on Tuesday, July 1st at 8 AM, for me, here in San Diego.

Yeah, just a little scary. I have started to study but I am sooooo paranoid. I didn't take the "prep course" and I know I will be okay. I know it. But there is a fear in me. Then the next minute I think I will be fine. My head still feels foggy. Like I have been eating clouds all day. I have not taken pain pills in over 24 hours. What? OH MY, what if I have that thing, that thing we learned about in class, where people wake up from surgery and they are just, "not quite right", OH GOD, what if I have that?
SNAP OUT OF IT. Liz, you don't have that. Stop thinking crazy thoughts. Just gather your things. You will be great. You are a rock star. You just completed three years, no wait, like 8 years of school. You are a pro test taker. Test quiver when they hear your name.

Mommy?!

Death to Darth Vader

A little tidbit I forgot to mention. I got my nose fixed. NO, not a nose job. Just tweaked the inside of my smeller so that I can breathe like a normal person and hopefully get sick a whole lot less. This is very exciting and blog worthy to me! I am tired of hearing, "Gee Liz! You get sick more than the Ebola monkey." Also, quite frankly, I am tired of feeling like one too. Antibiotics are not my friends.

So I am not feeling too bad but not fabulous either. Chara picked me up afterwards and stayed with me like the wonderful nurse she is until Jimmy could come get me. They told her I could not be alone for 24 hours, and she took this very seriously even though I tried to convince her to take me home, she would not. Then, I was also really surprised she let me go home with Jimmy, because if I remember correctly the paper did say RESPONSIBLE ADULT in big, black, bold letters--- and she signed it. Therefore, I maybe should have stayed at her and Ben's and not with Jimmy. Just kidding!

Here are a few shots of the good times, plus they gave me Vicodin, which is not very good to take when trying to study for the NCLEX. Therefore, after tonight, no more Vicodin for Lizard. I must save brain cells for learning.

Waking up from my nap I had to snap this shot of my loves sleeping with me on the couch.
Boomer just lays with me all day, watching me..
Once in a while he brings me coffee and gives me kisses, he said they have healing powers.

I'm back!

Nursing school is over!!! Ding dong the witch is dead. I have been very MIA since December due to staying busy with school and rocking my last semester. I am almost official (still waiting to take Boards) and I do indeed have my first dream job at a great hospital as an ER Nurse. I start in a few weeks.

In the past few weeks this is what I have been doing...

Mom and Dad visited for the festivities which was a great graduation present in itself.
I made them proud (and me too!)...
These are the girls and I posing with our first clinical instructor, Professor Kohler. She even had the honor of being the first nursing instructor to EVER pin students at our "Pinning Ceremony" she was very touched and honored, as were we. I have come to love these ladies and hope to always have them in my life. We got each other through nursing school.

Our post-graduation party extravaganza, not even the rain could stop us...
Then it was off to Mexico. Thanks to Chara and Ben for inviting Nicole and I along. Oh, and a big thank you to Ben's Dad, Mr. Roy, for giving us his place to stay in for the week. My pal Squints a.k.a Nicole, met us there all the way from the MIA. Plus, I got to meet Brandon and Chelsea. who are soooo much fun! They are the coolest ever and I hope to hang with them again in the NEAR future. It was a great trip here are some outtakes. Or you can also visit their blogs as posted to the right... and see their pics too!

Getting our barter on at the Bucerias Flea Market...

Here we are eating some great food at a place on the beach called, "Fat Boys" in Bucerias.

I will be posting the rest (PG-13 of course) on my MySpace later on tomorrow. The day after we got back Chara and I both had strange cravings for Mexican food, all the great seafood we had been eating, and of course chips and salsa. Plus, we discovered a margarita recipe which the Charo loves! Always a bonus.

December in Florida...

Nuff said.

I think I can, I think I can't, I think...

That is what I am saying. I am saying I cannot study. I do not know why. Maybe I do not care. But I do care. But this seems to easy. How could I not know this. UGH!!!! Can't wait till it is all over.

Dear Blog,

I am sorry I neglect you so.

I wish I could come here and take care of you daily.

I do not.

I am bad for not sharing the many thoughts in my brain with you.

One day I will love you the most, more than my other blog.

I am sorry.

Love Lizard,

P.S. I am cold and tired.

Trick or Treat?

So tonight was Halloween and we did some menial decorating... enough to make the front of the house look inviting. I already took most of it down. Anyway, we were hoping to attract more kids than last year. It seems we actually attracted less. The first kids showed up around six-thirty and the last about eight. Huh?

I guess things have changed from the days when I was a kid and we would stay out trick or treating until ten and then roaming around until eleven or twelve. We lived in a gated community though. So maybe that was the difference who knows?

All I do know is this... there is a decent amount of candy left over and I was giving out handfuls. Oh what? You are only three? Well, here are eight pieces of candy and remember... brush your teeth!

Alright, back to the books. Test tomorrow. Evil.

Still burning...

So as we wake up this morning we see the fire situation seems to be improving. It is almost time to get a wide scale view of the damage. I hope that our friends whom had to evacuate will have homes left to go to. We will help anyone in any way we can. I still remember how it felt to go home to a house that didn't exist after Hurricane Andrew, and I was only 12 years old. I could still cry thinking about how hard that was and all the challenges we faced afterward. I hope to never experience that again for the rest of my life. My heart goes out to anyone who does. So the threat of immediate danger is over but now it seems the worst is yet to come.

Keep Southern California in your thoughts...

Just fine...

This morning the skies have returned to blue above our house and the winds are clam. There is a perimeter of smoke all around us but right above us is slightly hazy but blue. Blue sky makes me happy! There is still ash in the air and it still smells like fire. All the fires are still burning but it seems that they are spreading to the east now. I hope they are under control soon. Today there is more help in the form of water dropping planes and such. We will wait and see what happens by sunset. I just want to go back to normal life. I am done sitting around the house watching tragedy unfold on the TV screen. Especially when it affects people I know.

Goodbye blue sky...

Yeah, really. What a difference a day makes. We are still safe. No worries people. Although the skies have changed and it is snowing ash. Our deck is covered. Here are some pictures of the apocalypse that I took this morning around 0700.

Where there's smoke...

...there's fire.


There are 7 or 8 fires burning all over SD county right now. It's pretty crazy and way worse than it was during the fires of 2003. So, I went outside to take a few pics of the smoke rolling in from the South and East. So far, I think Oceanside is one of the only places that the smoke has not reached yet. No one in FL worry. Our home is not in any danger of burning. We do have friends in trouble though so send them good vibes! Little sister I hope you feel better soon. Love you all.

forumla two

not formula one. we are going go kart racing at k1 in carlsbad. will be much fun. oh joy.

Jaws...

dun dun dun dun dun dun duna....it's shark week....time to get scared of the ocean again!

Night

Check out these photos @ http://www.lostamerica.com/

Pretty cool.