Times are a-changing.....

We celebrated graduation this weekend...well, thursday and friday. It has been a fun last two days of partying!

Thursday night was the Faculty of Nursing Pinning Ceremony. I hadn't really thought about our grad until the day before. It hasn't been on the top of my priority list. Well, once we (Christina and I) got there and we're chatting with all the grads, including Kendra, I started to realize how special this experience really is! I started to feel really honored and proud to be finished my degree (except my senior practice which begins next week). I did four years of university and am emerging with an actual career! That is something to be proud about! And so I will be!

Here is a funny and sweet little story! During the Pinning Ceremony, we had to line up and each grad went up to the stage seperately to shake the Dean's hand and receive a pin. Before going up, someone read your name aloud for all to hear. Well, I was concentrating on not tripping while walking up the few stairs and across the stage to where the Dean was standing. I started to shake his hand when I heard, loudly, from the balcony......"Way to go, beautiful!!!". Well, the entire place heard it along with me and there was a buzz and some chuckles in the audience. My lovely hubbie had cheered very loudly for me. I was tickled inside, and a little embarassed as I, with a very red and warm face, finished shaking hands, explained that the fellow in the balcony was indeed my husband and turned to face the audience and walk back down the aisle to my seat. Ahhh....love.

Friday night, last night, was the party! We had our grad dinner and dance, tropical style, at Canad Inns Polo Park. It was really quite fun to dress up all formal, see my babe in a suit, and dance the night away! Boy, Steph and Christina have incredible endurance on the dance floor! They hardly stopped all night! I needed breaks in between for sure! My poor hips needed rest from all the swinging and shaking! A little different style than the regular worshipful sunday morning dancing (which I must say is still my fav).

So, now some doors in my life are closing and some are opening. Graduation really did signify the end of my time at the University of Manitoba and saying good-bye to all our fellow nursing students really was the end of something. Yesterday was also my last day at Unity Massage. I can't work there while doing my senior practicum because of the crazy shift work, and senior practicum is full time hours anyways. So, ode to the life as a student, the familiarity of the university campus and my nice job as a receptionist. Hello, ward nursing!

I begin my senior practicum at St. Boniface on Labor and Delivery on tuesday night. I begin on a set of 3 nights! Yikes! I hope that I adjust to my new schedule of life well! It should be an incredible learning experience and I hope to absolutely love my time there! I am going to miss all my evenings and weekends with Shaner though. There will be some weeks were we just pass like ships in the dark unfortunately.

So, off I go to relax a little more before bed! Ta ta for now!