"Winner Winner Chicken Dinner"

As quoted by the great philosophers Dougates and Jillistotle! I won tickets to Mixfest!! I was caller 19 to Mix 96.1 this morning.
Here's the conversation:
DJ: "Mix 96.1"
Me: "Do you have a winner?"
DJ: "Who is this?"
Me: "DENISE!!??" (Because I wasn't sure of my name after the shock of actually getting thru the phone line.)
DJ: "Do you want to go to Mixfest?"
Me: "YESSSSS!" (While doing the happy dance in the car!! Other drivers probably thought I needed to pee really bad, which after that excitement I did!!)


I picked up the tickets this afternoon and had lunch with Cade. The "high" from my day was shot to heck when I got home. I talked to the nursing dept. and received my bad news:(

Oh well....I'm going to Mixfest! I'm going to Mixfest!

Bummer Dude :(

I found out today that I did not get accepted to nursing school for the fall semester. My composite score was not "adequate". The two classes I am currently enrolled in do not count toward that score until I have completed them and have the grades. I need a 6.5 and I have a 5.4. So even when I finish everything and have the points, my application still has to be reviewed and there is no guarantee that I will even get in next spring. I am pretty bummed out, but I know things will happen when they need to.

Nursing Practice

All moms have to play nurse at some point...As if one sick baby isn't enough, both kids are sick this week. Delaney missed school Wednesday and the nurse called Thursday. Since our new doctor wasn't able to see her until next week, we decided to take her to the ER. While I was on the phone trying to get the appt. arranged, I noticed Braxton had a fever as well. Since we were making the trip to the ER anyway, we decided to let him be seen too. Good thing, because by the time it was his turn in triage, he had a fever of 105. Now that's how to get quick service in the ER! After Tylenol, Motrin, and Pedialyte it came down to 102. Both kids had clear chest x-rays. We were out in about 2 hours with....."just a virus". What every parent loves to hear. So we've been giving Tylenol,Motrin, and popsicles around the clock and sleeping alot. I think they will make it. I start my new class Monday, so I have to get them well! Looks like my shift won't be over for a couple more DAYS!

Jefa-fa DUN-ham!!

We just got home from seeing Jeff Dunham, and he was GRRRRREAT! We discovered him on youtube last year, and we've caught him on comedy central a few times. I have been checking his website for tour dates, and last Oct. bought tickets for tonight's show, with AWESOME seats btw. It was my Christmas present to Cade, Jana, and Danny. He is so amazing. If you don't know him, he's a ventriloquist (had to look that one up). He is so good that you forget he's talking to puppets. Here he is with his gang:

Peanut is my FAVORITE!!!!

YEA ME!!

I got a B in English!!!

Happy Dance-Happy Dance!!

I wish I could scream right now...I am finished with English!!! I mean no disrespect to anyone who loves English and Literature. I don't mind the grammar part of it; in fact I have always done quite well in that aspect. I don't love the literature and writing part so much. I know I will still have more writing ahead before I get myself graduated, but it should not entail summarizing, analyzing, and dissecting short stories and poems!! Anyways, since it's almost midnight, I don't want to wake the fam by screaming so I just needed to tell the cyber world--I SURVIVED!! I may not be dancing so lightly when I get my grade in a few days....I'll let you know...