It's Only Life, Afterall...

Wow! Sometimes life surprises me, and this time it was a very pleasant surprise.

This week has been really quite fun!! I was able to schedule the NCLEX... September 14 is the big day!! Hooray for the NCLEX (right?). Also this week (and the last few) my calling has been going super, duper well! I love being the FHE co-chair, and my committee is the greatest!!

Also new this week is a little friend of mine... Chris Brockman. He isn't new per say, he moved into my ward about May. I didn't really meet him until June when he was called as the Elder's Quorum President, and wound up being my home teacher. At first he bugged me (shocker, huh? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a little sassy), and then he began to grow on me. He's been flirting with me for a month solid now, jokingly proposing, etc. Our ward has formed a coalition to get us to date (I wish I were joking, but I am not... from my friends to his Elder's Quorum Presidency to a member of the bishopric and the new freshman, so many people have been working it! Its funny, but also kind of awkward to be getting all this attention :-/ ). So this last week, he finally asked me out! I can't say I didn't see it coming, but I was really excited!!

On Friday night he took me to the Park City High football game... he is teaching seminary at Park City, and a few of his students were playing (GO Miners!- they lost, though :-( ). Afterwards he showed me his room and his office in the Seminary building, we got ice cream and watched a movie. The next morning we went to a ward service project and played until noon and then we went out again Saturday and last night. He's fantastic!! My dad loves him!! He is completely supportive of me, hilarious, and a total stud. I adore him!

So, here's my disclaimer... I haven't a clue what is in store, but if my gut is any indication, I think there are only good things in the future with this one. I am not worried, or nervous, I am just trying to enjoy the fact that I actually like a guy and he likes me and he treats me awesome!

In the words of the Indigo Girls, in their infinite wisdom... "the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all." So, here's to letting the Lord guide me and doing what He would have me do... turns out it is the greatest and feels so happy!!

NCLEX

Some of you may have noticed that the countdown at the bottom of the blog has timed out! That means that I am officially DONE with nursing school!! It feels great to be done and be able to do all sorts of things that I really want to do! There's only one problem... I still have the NCLEX hanging over my head!!

The NCLEX is the National Licensure exam for nurses.  It is a minimal competency exam, so theoretically I should pass it with ease.  The problem is that it costs $300 to take, and I have to pass it! It is standardized (boo! I can't stand standardized tests), and it is a computer adaptive test.  That means that I can pass it in 75 questions (if I get them right) or I can pass it in 300 questions (if you miss questions, the test gives you easier questions and works you back up to the hard ones). 

So, everyone think happy thoughts as the test inches closer... I don't know precisely when I will take it, I am waiting for authorization to test  and trying to study for this nebulous icky test that is hanging over my head and preventing perfect happiness in life!