Friday, April 27, 2012

Thank Yous

I have been super busy at home, I always come home with the mentality that I will just chill and I never do! But this post is about my future job. Everyone has been amazing and supportive and I have had so many congratulations I can't even count! Drew is so cute it is like he feel honored to be with such a smart and sexy nurse I mean me. He introduced me as his soon to be fiancee since I was listed in the program as fiancee and then he would go on to tell his family and friends about how I had a job and how proud he was of me and how it is my dream job. It meant more than he will know or realize. After I found out of course I send out massive amounts of texts and made a good number of phone calls.  I have already gone and wrote the texts down so that I can scrapbook them.


Gina  – You Did!!!! CONGRATS!!!! I’m sooo excited for you Liz!!!:):):) is that were you were today? - Mon 17:04
Debi - Sooo proud of you! And excited!!!! My voice is gone so I am txting!! :) I love you !!!!!!!- Mon 17:52
Melissa - Ahhh!!! Go girl!!! – Mon 17:18
Melissa-Congrats :)- Mon 17:41
Elizabeth - So sorry about Drews gma!! CONGRATS on the job!!!!! That’s awesome!!!!! So exciting!!! Thanks for the update I was wondering!! ;) keep me posted!
Mckenzie- PRAISE GOD!!!! And what a PERFECT job for you! He knew right where He wanted to place you! HOORAY!!!! How do you feel? – Mon 17:10
Mckenzie - They absolutely are answers. I am just  so so genuinely excited for you! God is Good!
Misbah- Liz!!! Abby just told me the great news. I am sooooo proud and happy for you roomie. Love ya CONGRATS! – Mon 17:09
Randi- Oh well that’s great news too. With that career you will be able to work anywhere in your future. (And NICU nurses and doctors are much better people to work with in general). Congratulations girl!! Come see us sometime.  – Tues 10:59
Aunt Robin- So excited and proud of u. Congratulations!!! You will be great!!- Wed 10:25
Grandma Margaret- Yes, Kim told me, last night. I’m very proud of you and for you. Congratulations! It was a long old haul. – Wed 13:28
Joshua- That’s amazing and ur engaged mom told me. I’m happy for u. – Wed 10:41
Taylor- Congulations on getting you dream job! I am so ridiculously proud of you and cannot think of a more deserving person =) you have worked so hard and I love watching all of your hard work pay off! Lov you =) deliver my babies! –Wed 20:04
Garlan- Call us soon as u hang up so we can hear about job. We love u.- Mon 17:09
Abigail - Good Job!!!!! – Mon 17:09
Abigail - by good job I meant congratulations idk why I said good job. – Mon 17:09
Drew ;) the love of my life- Congratulations on your dream job babydoll, you are gonna rock that NICU!!!! – Mon 22:44  
Meaghan- Woohoo congrats!!! I knew your hard work, passion, and smarts would pay off! :) I’m so proud that you get to start your dream job. You’ll be a wonderful nurse! Love you and congrats again.- Mon 19:01


They are such sweet and loving words!! I called my mother, my step mother, my daddy in Switzerland, Meaghan, Drew,  Drew's parents, Grandma Joyce, Taylor, Ashley, Tracie and I sure some other people. They all were super excited for me and told me how proud they were. Finally after making sure everyone close to me knew I posted my status on fb. I received such support. So now I want to send my thanks you to everyone. 

Thank you for supporting me and encouraging my dream for so many years. Thanks you for listening to me complain about Nursing school or A and P or boys and anything else I complain about ! :)  

I want to thank all my parents for their unconditional love and support. I want to thanks my father and step mother for always being there and for providing the financial means for me to go to Baylor. I want to thank my mother for all the sacrifices she does to provide for my brother and I. Thank you mom for being so caring and passing that trait onto me.  I want to thank them all for believing me.

Thanks you Mom and Dad (Judie and Garlan), Thank you for giving me the honor of being with your son, thank you for raising a perfect gentleman that makes my heart smile. Thank you for welcoming me into your family with open arms and for loving me like I am your own. I am truly blessed to have you as parents.

 I owe my best friends a thousand thank you for the support she has provided for listening to me cry, laugh and scream over the last 4 years. They have tried harder than anyone I know to understand where I am coming for and support my decisions even when they suck. I know that if I need someone they are there even if it is 4am. 

My boyfriend and future husband deals with all the drama and sees the tears more than anyone that I know. Thank you sweetie for your love, support and harsh honestly sometimes. Thank you for teaching me I deserve so much more . Thanks for making me laugh and wiping away my tears. Thank for calling me a sleeper pick and making me believe in myself and make me the women I am today. 

My roommate has really been a god send.She has been my lifeline in nursing school and made those many many hours of class just a little bit more fun. She is there to complain about school ,  boys or anything else that has got our panties in a wad and most importantly to wake my butt up for class when I hit snooze one too many times.

Thank you Tracie , Thank you for all your support and for still loving me after you know. Thank you for you many hours of venting time and for teaching me homemaking skills even if I still don't succeed.  
My family, I love all of you. Thanks for you for believing me and thank you grandpa for telling me I would make a great nurse. I obviously took it very seriously. 

I am sure I forgot someone, but really thank you all. I know that each and every one of you have helped me become the women i am today and I just want to say thanks.







You guys are all responsible for this :) 
Thanks,
Elisabeth 




Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Finally


So Today started out Bad and I mean horrible. I woke up and emailed the reciter for Baylor and the manager in Labor and Delivery and the manager in NICU. I got a quick reply from the manager in L and D, she apologized for the delay for the decision but that I should hear something from the recruiter by midweek. I then got a reply from the recruiter saying they were perusing other applicants. I was crushed to say the least. I started bawling. Then my Dad calls from Switzerland to see how things are. I had been kinda moody to say the least. I had gained some composure to answer the phone but of course my Daddy could tell something was wrong and asked and the waterworks started again. I started being dramatic and saying that I had failed and why doesn't anyone want me. It sort of felt like the Labor and delivery department had broken up with me as ridiculous as that sounds. He calmed me down slightly telling me I could get a job in a nursing home which obviously didn't really help. But we talked for a while and I hung up feeling slightly better. However after I hung up I just lost it and cried for a good 20 minutes then  I decided I was done crying and would move on with my day. It was a very organized moaning period. I then made lunch for drew and I ( tuna helper) and then started reviewing for finals/ NCLEX with my hurst review. I was a normal human being by the time that Drew got home from class.

I left for Houston around 4 o'clock. I called my step mom to tell her I was leaving Waco and we talked about how I was having trouble trusting in God but he has a plan and sometimes you have to wait for everything to unfold to see what he was thinking, I just needed to trust him. Our call was interrupted by my mom who was calling to check up on me and I told her about not getting the job and she of course encouraged me and told me I was gonna find a job just be patient. Then Taylor intrupted that call to see if I was on my way  and I told her I didn't get the job and we talked about why I thought this was a failure to me ect... Then I called my step mom back because I had to ask her several questions about my suit and this week. While I'm on the phone I get a call from a 817 number not one I recognize so of course I answered. It was Amy ( the Baylor Recruiter)

Amy- hello, is Elisabeth there?
Me- Yes this is she
Amy- Hi Elisabeth, this is Amy , I think i send you an email by accident today and the NICU at all saints called me and wanted to extend an offer to you?
Me- what ? wait the NICU at all saints
Amy- Yes, The NICU at Baylor All Saints would like to extend an offer for a GN-RN Position in their NICU ,would you like to accept or have you accepted a different position?
Me- ( my voice is literally shaking from excitement) Yes, i would love to accept
The conversation goes on to discuss the details such as pay, start date June 18, and she would send me an email with all the information blah blah and then at the end she said



Congratulations Elisabeth and Welcome to Baylor! 


Monday, April 23, 2012

Phone photo Monday



I was teasing Drew about the serving size of the cookies and so he processed to stuff them all in his mouth. 



no words!

Lily the Rainbow dress

The colorful risk board 

all of drew's planes attacking johns ! 

The winning color! 

Bushes Chicken ( half price on sunday for Baylor students) 

Cheers ! 

Depressed I don't have a job :( on Sunday


Love, Elisabeth

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Dia, Risk and a Photo shoot

So I have been in Waco since Thursday and it makes me all the more excited to be moving in with Drew in a few short weeks. I love spending time with him and it is never a dull moment between us. I was really excited because a band called parachute was playing for Dia and I love several songs from them like "Ghost" and "She" (for liz). They were not amazing live but I wasn't expecting too much lol. We stayed for a while and I got bored and of course Drew was ready to leave so we did but not before I got some great pictures.




Those are all from Drew's Phone







Those were from my camera lol

Friday- Drew had to go to school and I just hung out and cleaned while he was gone. Then one of our friends Katie invited us over to hang out. We went to Georges and a large amount of food. We order to start out with Texas tooth picks, fried pickles, fried mushrooms, and the Baylor beggars ( which is unlimited rolls) . We were obviously hungry. After we stuffed our faces we watched an episode of cougar town. Which was so funny and went home.

Saturday- We got up around 9 which is VERY early for us but I needed Drew to take some pictures to put in my graduation announcements. He did a great job, I had probably a good 8 to choice from. 



I love these sunglasses! 



And the picture that we choose 


After we got the pictures printed we headed to Drew's friend house so he could play Risk. Since I couldn't remember the rules I was voted out of the game by my boyfriend. He said I wouldn't be good at world domination. 








I use the time to play with my camera and Drew let me be the missile distrubuter . After Drew dominated the world again. We decided to play poker which I actually really enjoyed. I came in 3rd place out of 6 players not bad for a rookie. The boys there played egpytian rat screw but I just kinda of watched. When we got home I cooked Hamburger helper called Cheesy Ranch Hamburger which was actually pretty tasty! Over dinner I decided I would ask Drew if he has originally planned on proposing today. He kinda of looked at me and laughed and said maybe why? I told him how he was totally obvious with the weekend and the comment in the car about this weekend  and finally that I had stumbled upon the ring while cleaning. I of course asked what changed his mind and he said with his grandma being so sick and our families could be there so now he has to find a whole new plan poor thing. His first idea was amazing and I sort of still hope he does it!!! I was extremely tired that I kept falling asleep after we ate so we didn't end up watching a movie. Drew got a call around 1am that his grandmother had passed away. I only had the chance to meet her once but I know Drew's mom loved her very much and hope that God helps her through this tough time. 

Sunday- I woke up super early like 8am. I decided to catch up on some of my shows I watch. I watched make it or break it, secret life, revenge, and then like 5 episodes of Grey's anatomy. I started getting ready for our photo shoot when Drew came home. He took forever trying to decide which shirt to wear but he looks so handsome in the end. 

















This are all the unedited versions and I do have some work especially on the darker ones. But overall it was a great shoot for us. Well i head home tomorrow and have a stop in college station to see two of my best friends!
Love, 
Elisabeth