College Station + SEE-ster + Friends = FUN!

Let’s just say my weekend in College Station didn’t turn out as I expected it.  I ended up having a “SEE-ster weekend” that I thoroughly enjoyed.  I love my sister….(it’s a good thing because in less than a month we will be exploring NYC together!) 

Not only did I get to see Jenny, but I also ran into several good friends while I was in College Station.   I love running into people unexpectedly!  These are the beautiful faces I got to see this weekend…

CHRISTI
 
I love this girl!  Infact, pretty soon she gets a post of her own!  She’s my best friend, and she’s getting married in December.  You can imagine my surprise Saturday night when Jenny and I were sitting at Chickfila and I got a text from Christi.  She was studying in Bryan…I didn’t even know she was in town!   Jenny and I were in a little bit of a time crunch to catch a movie, but I had to go see Christi.  We sat and talked at Starbucks for about 20 minutes.  It was short but super sweet time together.  Since we don’t live close to each other anymore, I forget just how much I miss her until we get back together.  I truly love this girl, and she is such a blessing to me! 

EMILY & HANNAH

While waiting in the ticket line to purchase “The Blind Side” tickets, I here someone behind me say, “Is that Katie?”  I turn around, and it is these two beautiful girls along with their friend and Emily’s boyfriend.  We talked for a second and realized we were both going to the same movie/same time.  Wonderful!  We sat together, Hannah and I got to catch up on life before the movie began, and all was well with the world!  :D  We ended up making plans to go to church with them in the morning followed by an incredible lunch at “THE Chinese place”…..that’s not it’s real name (I don’t even remember what it’s called though).   It’s my FAVORITE Chinese food place in College Station…I introduced Hannah to it, and it quickly became a favorite by all.    Two sweet girls who love Jesus with everything in them.  It’s one of my favorite things about both of them. 

LINDSAY
 
(I totally just took this picture off of her facebook!) 

Anyway…Lindsay and I met my junior year/her freshman year at A&M.  I co-led a bible study for freshman, and I was blessed to have her in my group.  She’s beautiful inside and out, and she brings joy to everyone around her.  While I was at Starbucks talking to Christi, Lindsay walked in.  I hadn’t seen Lindsay in probably 3 years.  It brought tears to my eyes to get to see her.  I can’t believe she is now a SENIOR in college!!  It makes me feel EXTREMELY old! 

There’s just a little snapshot of my weekend.  I’m so thankful for friends and for the “unexpected sightings” that always happen in College Station.  Thank you Jesus for friends and for see-sters!  They are all blessings to me.

I’m EXCITED….

….for an Aggieland weekend with some amazing girls!  These amazing girls to be exact!  Jessie is coming to Aggieland too, but she isn’t riding with us.  :(  Baylor plays A&M this weekend in Aggieland, and what better time to take our Baylor-lovin’ friend, Julie (and her sister Diane!) to get a taste of AGGIELAND.

Call us losers if you must, but we are staying ALL weekend just so us Aggies can hit all of our favorite Aggieland restaurants we don’t have in San Antonio.  We are also going to the came, hitting up the tent sales (YAY for $5 A&M t-shirts!), showing the others around campus, hanging out, oh ya….and eating some more!  What a great weekend is ahead!  

Jeremiah 1:4-10

“Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and  before you were born I consecrated you;  I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.’  Then I said, ‘Alas, Lord God!  Behold, I do not know how to speak because I am a youth.’ But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am a youth,” because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak.  Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you.’ declares the Lord.  Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.  SEE, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” 
Jeremiah 1:4-10

Occasionally the Lord will put a specific scripture on my heart for weeks at a time.  Usually it happens that I’m not certain of the significance of the scripture at that time in my life, but God is preparing me for something down the road.  This passage in Jeremiah has been on my heart for a few weeks now.  I’m anxious to see how He is going to use this one!  :D 

Life After Nursing School

I’m currently praying about what life is going to look like for me after May.  Seeing how the past year and a half of nursing school has flown by quickly, I’m expecting my final semester of nursing school to be the same.  The job search will begin for me in January, and I am actually really excited about it.  There is ONE particular job at ONE particular hospital here in San Antonio that I would LOVE to have.  Being a new graduate RN, I’m not sure if I will be able to get it though, but you better believe that won’t stop me from applying for it.  :D 

In addition to finding a nursing position, I also have an incredible (or so it seems at this point) opportunity for the summer that popped in my email inbox this week.  It’s a perfect fit with what I feel like the Lord is calling me to do…it fits a passion of mine perfectly…and yes, it involves CHINA!  The problem is it being during the summer…THIS summer in particular.  The summer that is PRIME TIME for me to be looking for and beginning my nursing career. 

This is where you, my friend, come in!  Would you pray along with me?  The desire of my heart is to follow the Lord wherever He leads me.  If that is working in a hospital in San Antonio…I’ll go!  If that is going to China…I’ll go!  Would you pray I would be sensitive to the direction the Lord is leading?  Would you pray that I would have the courage to run through the doors He opens and praise Him for the ones He closes knowing that He is completely in control? 

Let’s just be honest, though…I REALLY want to go to China.  :D 

Where to Begin…

Pediatrics….

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!  Well, clinicals, that is.  I’m at Methodist Children’s Hospital for my pediatric rotation.  This week I was in pediatric oncology, and I am CONVINCED this  is where I want to work.  I’ve said for a while that I would like to work in oncology, but I never had any experience there.  I decided to have my “observation” day on this unit, and I was not disappointed.  

Having clinicals on two consecutive days usually means you get to see the same patients.  I had two of the most awesome girls as patients.  One girl, 9 years old, had the biggest smile and the biggest personality of anyone I have ever met.  Each time I walked in her room, she wanted to know how long I was staying for that shift and when I was coming back.  We played a lot of Deal or No Deal…laughed…talked...and had an all-around fun time.  She was SO proud of her hair growing back, and so I asked her what color it was before.  She said, “It was JUST LIKE YOURS!”  It was a small connection between the two of us, but a sweet one none-the-less. 

My other patient, a 13 year old girl, was also absolutely incredible.  Meeting her was one of those “God” moments…something only He can orchestrate, but I am oh-so-glad He did.  I’d love to share the story, but I’m not sure that’s ok on my blog.  Basically, one of my T bar M campers knew this sweet girl, and we prayed for her ALL WEEK last summer at camp.  It was neat to be able to share with this sweet girl and her mom that I had prayed for her and “knew” her before.    I felt like I should start singing, “It’s a small world after all…it’s a small world after all…”  I can’t tell you how much I love moments like that.  :D 

Class, on the other hand, is a different story.  I feel like I can vent because this is MY blog, so here I go…I can’t stand it when people feel the need to cheat!!!  Last week, we were lectured because somehow  a test got out and a few people in our class decided it was okay to use it to “study”.  AHHH!!  INTEGRITY, people!!!  Does it not mean anything???  I know for me, personally, my integrity is extremely important to me, and I get really mad when it’s called into question over something I didn’t do.  I don’t care if it’s my personal integrity…or a “class integrity”.  Our class has already been in trouble once for cheating in 1st semester, and I feel like we had to work really hard to earn trust back to the instructors of future semesters.  Once again…it’s ruined.  No, I didn’t do it, but simply because I am in the class where it occurred, I have to deal with the ramifications.  Not only me…but the majority of the others in my class. 

I NEED CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!! 

In other news….

I’M GOING TO NEW YORK OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK!! 

My sister and I are going to spend a few days before Christmas in NYC!!  I am SO SO SO excited.  It is definitely needed after the semester I have had. 

 

 

Life is crazy right now...I'll be back with an update post soon! :D

Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football

There is nothing better on Saturday in the fall than a Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football game.  I know, I know…the game yesterday wasn’t the best showing of my Ags, but nonetheless, it is such a fun experience.  As a student at A&M, I rarely missed a game.  I stood…yelled…and stayed till the VERY end.  No way I would be called a “two percenter”.  

One of the perks of being a student is getting a sports pass (thanks DAD!).  Each week, you give the nice lady at the ticket counter your sports pass, and she hands you a ticket which allows you to stand (squished like sardines) and sweat more than you ever thought possible while yelling (no cheering!), waving your 12th man towel,   and enjoying the atmosphere of Kyle Field.  NOTHING better!  :D

There’s just a couple of pics of Aggie football throughout my years as a student.  I LOVED it…if you couldn’t already tell. 

Since I graduated in 2007, I haven’t made it back to Aggieland for a football game….that is until last weekend!!  My mom drove from Lufkin with some friends from church, and I drove in from San Antonio.  We all went to the game on Saturday evening…..1st deck….45 yard line…right behind the band!  I have my see-ster to thank for those tickets!  :D    As always, it was so great to be back in Aggieland….standing (squished like sardines) and sweating more than I ever thought possible while yelling (no cheering!), waving my 12th man towel (except I forgot it, ahem), and enjoying the atmosphere of Kyle Field. For some reason I didn’t take many pics this weekend, but here is one I got of my mom, my see-ster, and me!  I love it…and I love them!  :D