love my life :)

Well the house is still underway. No more cats in the walls. But we have the flooring in the house ready to be layed(spell) down. The wood is put in there so that it can get used to the temperature of the house etc... they sanded the dry wall today. So the next step is to pick out the paint that we want to use for our different rooms. I can't decide what to go for. I am thinking having the colors of brown, navy/blue and cream. Not a clue!!! We are hoping that we can hopefully get in the house by the end of july.. but we're not sure if that is just wishful thinking.

Today was a slow day at work. We had to find stuff to do. We are about to get slammed in the next few days at work... so it is like the calm before the storm. Tomorrow alone we are going to see about sixty patients or more. That is from 7:45 - 4:30 with an "hour" haha for lunch. that hour for lunch usually translates into maybe twnety minutes!!! Well anyways.. (i'm ADHD!!) Laila, my co-worker got flowers today at the office. all the ladies were oo-ing and aahhh-ing. After work, we were walking out to the car and i couldn't help but say "man... wish that i could get flowers like that!!!!" I walk out to the car only to open the door to a dozen red roses!!! With a card. The card is of two little kids in black and white about to kiss :) The flowers the little boy is hiding behind his bad are in color. The card was filled with wonderful things. I loved it and it was the sweetest thing ever. It made my day!!!! I'm so blessed to have a wonderful guy beside me!!!

Well, I feel i am getting more boring and more boring as i go.. but I just want everyone to be informed!!! I love you all!!! Goodnight!

WOW. i am a horrible blogger. Sorry guys. I dont even know if anyone is reading.. but our reconstruction is under way. Sub flooring.. check.. dry wall and mudding.. check. now onto the good stuff..w e have spent all weekend looking at cabinets and appliances etc. Funny story. So we have been keeping the cats out at the house. My parents go out there last night and were checking everything out. They hear the cats, but can't see them. Thinking they are scared and hiding, they look for them. After a few minutes they realize they cannot find them. so they follow the meowing.. welp, little did they know.. the cats were stuck inside the walls. The construction crew put the drywall up around the cats while they were inside!!! SO it was a hilarious little set back on trying to get them out of there. That is just a little insight of what we have had to do while this house is being rebuilt.

On another note, I took my NCLEX on monday. WOw i cannot tell you how nerve wracking it is to walk into a test that determines your career. You have to be fingerprinted and photographed to go in and leave, and you have to be videotaped while taking the test. can we say anxiety? Yes we may. IT was okay, but glad it is over. another section hopefully done ;)..

Tonight after work, i rushed over and had dinner with one of my good friends, adriana. We had MOE"S!!! Love it. Well then i went and met my other friend nikki and we went down to bridge stone arena for the nashville rising flood relief concert. WOW. that was amazing. The best concert ever!! There was everyone from zz top, martina mcbride, julie roberts, lee anne rhymes, faith hill, tim mcgraw, taylor swift, miley cyrus, billy ray cyrus, jason aldean, luke bryan, miranda lambert and carrie underwood. Those were a few that showed up. IT was an amazing show. I got to hang out with intern adam.. a personality on the radio here in nashville. It was fun.. AND best of all.... sandra bullock made a guest appearance. I was in the same room as sandra bullock!!!! unbelievable.

Well i have probably fried your brains with all this small talk. I hope to add more later. I just wanted to make sure i wrote a little bit of something tonight!

Goodnight all. and God bless... as Martina McBride says.. "when i pray, it doesn't always turn out like i think it should, but i do it anyways."

PRAY HARD..

tired and exhausted ... ChecK!!!

Wow what a month and a half can do to one person. it can graduate someone.. turn them a year older. displace them from their home. rebuild their home and give them a full time job.. LOTS of changes.. but hey! i'll take it. Graduation was the highlight of may. Being a graduate now feels so good. NOW, i just have to pass my boards on monday and i'll be golden. I really cannot wait until i do not have to study for a while!

My birthday was last saturday, and my wonderful boyfriend took me to Arrington vineyards in arrington TN. We took a blanket and set up a picnic over the vineyards. Live music was playing in the background. It was a wonderful date!!! He even made the homemade chicken salad by himself!!!! It was awesome.. We both enjoyed it a lot. After Leslie and marc got home, we went to eat at cock of the walk on sunday. YUMMMM. loved it.

So the house is on its way. we're in the process of picking out flooring, colors etc. We are picking out cabinets at this moment in time. Its kind of neat to be able to pick out all of the stuff, but it can get overwhelming. looking at about 50 something different shades and styles of hardwood flooring is not my idea of fun! Anyways.. our contractor in charge is awesome. If anybody needs work done. i highly recommend him.

So needless to say through the stress, tears and many long hours, LIFE IS GOOD. Love you all who are actually reading this thing :)

Update

It is late, and i have no contacts in.. For this i will apologize in advance for any and every mistake i make. I just wanted to give a small update. We are picking out cabinets and flooring tomorrow. Dry walling should start tomorrow or at least this week!!! We're getting there!! The contractor has been awesome.. he does really well with showing us what will look good and what will look bad etc..

On my end of things, I take my boards next monday. I am super nervous at this point. A lot of people who i went to school with have taken it and passed.. NO PRESSURE!!!! Anyways, i have once again chosen my recluse ways for this one week to get this test out of the way and then i'll be free!!! YAY..

I am a professional house and dog sitter now ha. I am on my second job for the month. I house sit for my boss a couple of weeks ago, and now am at a friend from church's house watching their dogs and their parents dogs closer to the condo where my parents are. The dogs are so cute.. but HUGE. diego is some kind of husky, and the little one is a golden retriever.. ally. ( or so i think).

Anyways... all is good in the haislip household.. wait. not household ha.. but you know what i mean. ALl is good with us and we're moving right along. Hope this isn't too boring! i wanted to give an update but dont have much time or energy at this point!!

Goodnight!

Life according to ME!!!

So I'm not a writer, and I will never claim to be, but I have been asked so many times as of late about how I'm doing and people wanting updates that I figured, hey!! why not just blog! I've never done this before, so it may be a little bit squirrely at first. We'll see. As of May 1st, my family has been thrown a curve ball. The floods that affected Nashville hit really close to home (literally haha).. My house was fortunate that is was not totally destroyed, but it was messed up enough to displace us for a few months. It has been a whirlwind. That saturday we all got out of the house in time, but left poor Lucy at home. I, to say the least, was VERY upset. I cried and cried. That night, my dad called me and my mom to tell us the waters had receded and we were able to go back in the house. Not knowing what to expect when i opened that door, I held my breath. As i looked around, I saw mud everywhere. I've always said that i love being dirty and getting muddy, but lets get real people!! this was a little over the top!!! We had mud everywhere and water standing other places. Although the water didn't get above a foot (as far as we know) it did just enough to really put us in a bind. Within an hour, we had three shop vacs, friends, boyfriends and family over sorting out stuff, sucking up water and trying to just get stuff started. We had no idea what to do or where to go. These people have been a blessing to my family along with many others. Well, the first week was a little crazy. As many people knew, I was finishing up nursing school and trying to get all of my work done etc. I even had a final later that week or the next week. It feels like every day after may 1st, we had people over at the house helping clean up. It was amazing and thoroughly touching to see the way nashville responded to this tragedy. All of the stories that were told and seen through the media were heartbreaking. I think for a whole month straight after the flood, I could cry on command ha. The sincere generosity of so many people literally brought me to tears. That monday we had about ten more people over to the house to pack and pull out carpet and particle board.. wooohoo. NOT FUN! haha. We all felt about ten years older the next day. I don't think there was a non-sore muscle out there for us all!! That saturday, Woodson chapel sent out volunteers to people at woodson who were affected, bellvue, and other places. It was amazing. I was truly touched by the church familiy that i have. They all worked so hard and were so amazing. We got everything out of the house and into a storage unit it seemed like within an hour or two. After that, we pulled all the hardwood floor up and packed some more. We even looked out to see the grass being cut!!! I felt so overwhelmed by the love my church family has shown us. It is truly a blessing. I honestly do not know what people would do if they had not had a church family. A big question throughout all of this has been why do bad things happen to good people? my answer to this is: Bad things happen to good people because we have the resources to get back up on our feet. We are able to bounce back. Good people surround themselves with good people, therefore it is a little easier to get back on the right track. This shows as an example for the bad people. They should see what a blessing it is to be on the right track. Bad people don't have anyone to rely on during tough times, so why make them suffer more? I'm blessed with a great family, boyfriend, friends, church family, and work family and many more people. So its all been a whirlwind since then..

I have started playing church league softball on thursday nights. It was fun up until two nights before graduation!!!! I ran around the bases and felt my foot start hurting. I went the morning of my pinning ceremony and got x-rays.. STRESS FRACTURE! when it rains it pours ha.. so i was in a boot alll day up until my pinning ceremony. I refused to be pinned with a huge boot on my foot!!!! So i limped across the stage and got pinned. I also did the same thing for graduation. i wore the boot up until time to graduate and then i limped across the stage and got my diploma! That day i had an amazing graduation party and had the best time with all my guests! It was awesome.

In the meantime many people are probably thinking "where are you staying"? Well if you ask, we are staying at a condo in Lenoxx village. A church friend's father has a condo that he does not stay in but occasionally that he wanted to help out. We are staying there for right now. It has been close to the house, so we have been able to bounce back and forth. it is nice and cozy and a perfect place to lay my feet up at night.

Sophie? Lucy? the cats? well sophie is staying with my nana for now :( sad i know. I miss her so much. She gets so excited to see me. I love it. Can't wait until we can snuggle again in my own home. LUcy? well she isn't missing us at all. She is staying at my aunt and uncle's house. She has a friend, maggie,... their lab. Lucy has probably lost over ten to twenty pounds from being able to run around outside and play all the time!!! The cats are still at the house and haven't had a problem. Jack's kinda skinny now! and he was my fatty!!! !

So updates on the House:

As of lasty friday 6/4, the subflooring had been put down. The studs for new walls had been either put up or torn down. We have nothing in the house rightn ow.. Everything is in the storage unit down the street. We are having the electricians come out today and this week to get that all set up. We will have that inspected at the end of this week and hopefully dry walling will start next week!! We're so excited it has gone so quickly and so blessed..

Also, After graduating, I have accepted a full time position at Elite SPorts Medicine as a registered nurse to Dr. David Moore. I am monday through friday. Hours are great and i love love love my co-workers!! It is a great job and a wonderful position. I love it. Although i absolutely love it, I am hoping to transition in the next while into a full time position. I love the hospital and absolutely love the medical aspect of the hospital.