It's not easy being green

Guess who I found hangin out on a basil leaf, in our deck box (which, btw has grown up a LOT since that picture was taken)? Of course, we totally tortured the little guy trying to get a good picture of him with our new camera. It think this one came out the best. I shall name him Kermie and he shall be mine forever.

I am officially...

completely obsessed. Ahhh... in some other life...

Paradise, here I come!

As I hinted in a previous post, HH and I are gearing up for our once-in-a-lifetime trip to HAWAII! More specifically, Kauai. We're going for almost two weeks, and I absolutely CAN'T WAIT. We're still figuring out the balance of planning activities without over-booking ourselves, but I think it'll work out just fine. I just want to be sure we get some relax-time in there too (including frozen tropical drinks- with umbrellas, of course!).

Some of the planned adventures:
Scuba Diving - at least two shore dives, and a boat dive
North Shore Ocean Tour - this was highly recommended to us
Kayaking - a great way to see parts of the island, but good for you too! ;)
Surfing lessons - we'll see how good we do, honestly, I'm a little nervous
Hiking - I think it'll be another great way to see the island

And again, many frozen tropical drinks with brightly colored umbrellas!

My Hockey Star

Congrats to Handsome Hubby and his roller hockey team! They made it to the semi-finals of their league! Unfortunately, they lost their game today, which knocks them out of the running, but it was a good game. HH personally had a great game with two goals and one assist, with the final score being 4-5. Even though they didn't win the championship, they had a great season and I know HH is already looking forward to next year. (Check him out below, lucky number 11) Could I be any prouder? ;)

My Hockey Star 

It's over!

Phew... it's done! WAHOO! Today went a bit better than yesterday, at least... I think it did. I was a lot less nervous going in this morning than I was yesterday. I think knowing that I was half done helped. This exam was more like what I expected. I feel better about the clinical-based questions on this exam than yesterday's. But some of the counseling questions were a bit shady. It's hard to know how I did because a lot of those questions could go either way, and can be pretty subjective at times. So, it's hard to know what they wanted.

Either way, it's over! Well, for now anyway. Worse case scenario, I'll have to take them again in two years. So, I won't have to think about them for at least a year and a half, but hopefully never again!

Oh, I hope these next couple of months aren't torture... I think a trip to Hawaii might help me forget... :-D

Half way there

Well, I'm 1/2 way done. This morning was... well... I dunno what it was. When I walked out I was sure I had bombed it. I made "educated guesses" on probably at least 1/2 of the questions... argh. There were a lot of questions I thought for sure would be on there, that weren't, and of course there were tons of completely random things. I remember just sitting there thinking, 'They've got to be joking.' But, there were definitely some that I did know cold, which was nice. I guess I just wish there had been more of those...

So, after being convinced that I know absolutely nothing even after *hours* of studying, I started to feel a little better after talking to others who took the exam. Turns out, I'm not the only one to feel this way. Phew... Even still, I'm not completely reassured. But- I've got one more exam to get through tomorrow morning and then two months to sweat about it so I'm trying to not think about it too much tonight...

My new mantra:

I can, I will, I must.
I can, I will, I must!
I CAN, I WILL, I MUST!

3 days left

Ok, I think I've reached the point of delirium... PUHAHAHA! Either I've turned completely psycho from studying all day, or I just haven't crashed yet from my massive sugar-high. What's a girl to do when her supportive co-workers give her a HUGE study-essentials bag, filled to the brim with M&Ms, Lindt truffles (oh yeah!), rock candy, cookies, and skittles? Not to mention gold fish, a zillion granola bars, popcorn, animal crackers, calming tea, power bars, and so much more. Even a bottle of wine to celebrate when it's all done and over! They rock.

Speaking of support, I also received a beautiful basket of flowers from my nomad mom and dad. How sweet! It's nice to give my eyeballs a break from staring at textbooks to look at something much nicer, which is also much less likely to give me a migraine.

Ok, back to work... Quantitative Genetics, here I come... HAHAHAHAHA!!!

The countdown...

...has begun. 10 days to go till the dreaded board exams. I'm doing my best to not be burnt-out. Lord knows, I do NOT want to go through this again.

Aggravating and Annoying

6am: Handsome Hubby's clock-radio goes off, and I wake up just at the "right" time to hear the dj reveal a HUGE Harry Potter spoiler (don't worry, the links are just definitions). I heard about 5 words before I made it over to the other side of the bed to slap the radio off (and nearly throw it across the room). And of course, those 5 words were just the "right" words to totally give it away... I'm PISSED. Of course, I refuse to listen to that station again. I just don't get how you can be in that kind of profession and be SO COMPLETELY RUDE AND INCONSIDERATE!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!