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listerine ZERO?

Today as I walked into Walmart, I saw this:  Listerine Zero, and not seeing the “Zero Alcohol” on the top, I thought, “listerine ZERO?  Like, Coke Zero as in zero calories?  Are people DRINKING listerine here??”  Crazy.  But rest assured, now we can all wash our mouths without having to worry about accidently swallowing 21.6% alcohol.  Not fun, folks.

good news!

Julie Williams, RN, BSN – it feels really good to write that!  After possibly the longest 48 hours of my life, I got onto the Florida Dept of Health website and thought I’d look myself up, kind of for kicks since they say the DOH is slower than Pearson, and Pearson hadn’t posted my results yet.  And to my surprise, I was there!  Julie Wargo Williams, professsion: Registered Nurse!  (Well, the exclamation point wasn’t there, I added that in)  With my home address so I knew it was really me!  I even have a license number.  I swear, that test (the NCLEX) will rip any ounce of confidence you have to shreds.  170-something questions, I don’t know because it just shuts off after you’ve passed or failed with no warning.  Actually, now that I think about it, that might be a good thing – you know at the end of a test you kind of start getting ancy for it to just be over?  I do, anyway, so maybe the no warning thing is good.  But still, I was in there for almost 3 hours, and I had a sinking feeling of doom when I walked out – very close to “failing-the-HESI” feeling, which I know all too well.  But today – all is good!  And I have a job offer at Shands, and my family is coming to visit next week, and I can RELAX, for the first time in a loong time! 

Yesterday Dusty took the day off to help me get my mind off the test, and we went here:

 

I was cold – a miracle, really.

the sweetest spud

While in Idaho, I (finally?) tried an Idaho Spud candy bar.  No potatoes involved.   Only marshmellow-y…stuff, and coconuts-  not exactly what I was expecting!

But I found this great recipe online!

Chocolate Cream Spud Pie

“Be elegant - easily! Fill your favorite cooked pastry shell or crumb crust with a rich and light, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate filling.

In a microwave melt 8 Idaho Spuds and 1 1/2 cups of milk. Whip 1/2 cup of heavy cream, saving some for decorating the top. Add to slightly cooled mixture. Pour into pie shell and refrigerate.

Serve with pride!”

We ALSO did a lot of other cooler things, like spending the 4th of July in McCall with family,

Rafting,

camping, more rafting, laying in the sun,

and biking to the top of Bogus Basin – happy birthday, Mom-in-law!!!

We ate Mexican food,

And mostly just enjoyed being with family :)

life is good!

It’s been awhile..

Blogging has been slow lately, sorry folks :).

Mr. Dusty and I have been going a bit crazy with school, Florida heat, and more school, but some things have happened in the past few months!  Here’s a quick synopsis:

I pseudo-graduated in April:

And I really graduate this Friday!  :)

(also – update – I finally passed the HESI…the third time I took it.  I better pass the NCLEX is all I have to say)

And our kitties got spade:  Sumo hiding behind our nintendo, giving me her evil eye.  I don’t blame her.

 

 

My big brother got MARRIED!!

And we got to spend time with family :)

     I love the DC Temple! 

 

And we squeezed in some sight-seeing in DC too

                                                                                          (I love the Red Cross!)

 

Of course, we happened to be there the same day as about 20,000 bikers…happy memorial day!!

 

 

Mr. Dusty’s favorite place in DC…there were NO PEOPLE.  anywhere to be seen – kind of eerie if you ask me.

This was my (almost) favorite part of the day.  I got yelled at by a security guard right before this picture was taken.  :(

It’s been a good few months!!  And we found this spring back home in hot hot florida (it’s 85 degrees at 11:15pm!  that’s not right.):

 

so beautiful!!

HESI…

Not passing the HESI today sucked, but a good facebook-chat late at night with an old friend, and this song, made it a little (a lot) better.  Thanks, Crystalyn.  :)

 

happy (late) Easter!

 

 

hope you all had a lovely Easter :)  Dusty and I went on a picnic, where we were (almost) completely eaten by mosquitos (and remembered why we don’t do so many picnics in florida anymore..) but ate good food and appreciated our state – it really is beautiful. 

 

                                  

 

Things are good  here in G’ville…just plugging along, still doing the school thing.  I’m almost done (I can’t believe it!) and had a few job interviews already – we’ll hear if I got anything at Shands next week…keep your fingers crossed for me!  Dusty has a new MOTORcycle (well, WE have a new motorcycle -Dusty drives it), and he planted a garden in our backyard too :)  He is my biker-horticulturist-neuroscientist-husband :)  What else could I ask for?