Well, Monica is coming towards the end of her nursing school and I am coming towards the end of my my degree also. Monica is staying very busy and working her tail off with work, clinicals, and precepting on the weekends. She is the toughest and most motivated woman I have ever met and I am proud that she is my wife. God definitely was responsible for putting is together and I could not have asked for anybody better to take care of me through all the medical issues I have been through. Therefore, I know she is going to make a great nurse, because if she can put up with me, she can handle anybody or anything thrown at her.
This is my last semester of classes and I will be interning in the spring. Seems like it has been a forever journey, but we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. This has been my toughest semester academically and my brain is fried. For my history capstone class, most of my grade is based on a 25 page thesis paper, in which I had to also present a couple of weeks ago, so that pretty much was the crux of my stress during the first part of the semester. Monica actually got the inspiration for the title of this blog from one of my books I was using for my 25 page thesis..."Failure Is Not an Option", but Gene Kranz. The day after that paper was due I had a 15 page paper in another class that had to also be presented. I still have a couple of important papers to turn in, some field
experience to complete at Decatur Heritage (FYI...Mrs. Stephenson at Decatur Heritage is probably the best mentor I have ever had for a field experience assignment), and a few exams to take, but for the most part
the toughest part of this last semester of classes is behind me. I just have to make sure I don't get too relaxed for those remaining assignments. I will find out where I am interning on December 19th.
The holidays are coming up and every year Monica asks me what are we going to get Brayden and Aslynn, and every year I tell her the same thing, "I'll know it when I see it." I have always had that philosophy, even for my own kids when they were younger. Now, Allison and Ryan are both at that age where it is easier just to give them money or gift cards.
I guess that is all for my first official blog post ever! Being the tech and sports guy I am, most of my posts will probably be relates to those subjects, especially the tech side as I find out about new and cool toys that interest me. Monica will be responsible for most of the familial updates, but I will chime in from time to time with something witty or to embarrass Monica with something I think the her friends and family might like to hear. So, with that, I leave you with this original thought inspired by my lifelong hero, the late and great Neil Armstrong:
"That was one small blog for a man, and one giant waste of time for mankind."
