1. I worked on finishing up my last year of nursing school at Purdue University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May (with a 4.0!). I think Matt may have been a little more relieved than me-he said my studying stressed him out...ha! I also had to see a couple of my close nursing friends move away :(. Darn real world!
2. I studied my brains out and passed the NCLEX (state boards for Registered Nurses) in June. I never never never want to have to do that again.
3. While I was trying to finish up school and study for boards-I was interviewing for jobs! Ah! I interviewed at a couple different NICUs in Indy and ended up getting my dream job at St. Vincent Women's Hospital as an RN. I am certain I work with the world's best group of women, nurses, and friends. The staff is amazing and the teamwork in this unit is just unbelievable. I can honestly say I LOVE my job! I love that my patients are teeny babies and that I am working to make their lives, and the lives of their families, better.
4. We packed up and moved down to the north side of Indianapolis from West Lafayette. We moved away from our family and friends to start our new life in a new city. Exciting, but scary all at the same time. Matt wasn't too excited to move at first, but after we got settled in we are really liking it here.
5. We got MARRIED on September 18 on the anniversary date of our 6th year together. We have come a long way in these 6 years and I can't imagine my life with any one else. Our wedding day was absolutely amazing and more than we every imagined it would be. Having our friends and family together to celebrate with us was just the absolute best. I love my husband!
6. We added a member to the Dunn family in October. A Boston Terrier puppy, Jax! Jax is named after Jacksonville which is the vacation destination where Matt and I fell in love. It was a long time coming and all we needed was a little Florida sunshine to spark the flame. We started dating a week after we got back and the rest is history! Anyways, we had been talking about getting a dog for 2 years, but our house in Lafayette wouldn't let us have one. We were sitting around the house on a Sunday afternoon and after looking on a few websites we found ourselves in the car on the way to Claypool, IN (2 hour drive) to go pick up our Boston puppy. Spur of the moment for sure. He is currently making this post difficult because he is laying on my lap and keeps putting his chin on the laptop. I love this dog :).
7. We are leaving for our honeymoon (belated) to Ocho Rios, Jamaica this week. I didn't have enough vacation time to go right after the wedding, so we waited until I had some built up. We are going back to the Sandals resort we went to last December. We had so much fun, we couldn't imagine going anywhere else! There are still so many things we didn't get a chance to do that we have planned for this time...IF we go at all.
...I got a text this morning from my mother-"Omg hurricane heading to Jamaica by wed or thurs". WHAT?!! I thought she was kidding, but after I checked weather.com I believed her :(. There is a tropical storm and a hurricane in the Atlantic right now and the hurricane is projected to hit Jamaica by Wednesday. Just our luck. I called 1-888-SANDALS today to ask what we should do about this and her response was "Just wait and see. Call back tomorrow or Monday and we will know more". Well, our Jamaican vacation is in limbo at the moment, but I am a wishful thinker (a hurricane can stop, turn around, and go the other way without leaving any rain or clouds right?).
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