Hello!  I've been AWOL, but busy.

My course work is over, and now I'm only doing clinicals.  Of the 360 total hours I need, I have 253.5 of them down!  I'll be glad when they're all finished and I can start working somewhere.

Technically, I could begin PRN work now, but I want to concentrate on the clinicals to get them done.  I still won't get my certificate until the end of July or in August, so I can't sit for the registry until September, but that's OK.  It'll give me some time to study/review before hand.

Michelle's little LC is 4 1/2 months old now and weighs 18.2 lbs and is 26 inches long!  He's a solid kid, though.  Cherie is preggers with baby #2 and is due at the end of September, beginning of October.  She found out yesterday it's yet ANOTHER boy! 

The other nephews and nieces are all well.  The older 2 boys on my side have been in plays recently, and the younger of those 2 is going to be Will Scarlet in ROBIN HOOD.

As far as my marriage, I'm not discussing it.  It's not worse, but it's not really better, either.

I've made a few friends of my own recently.  Funny thing is, one of them is from 'back home'.  Well, not really, but she did live there for a while and understands why living here has been so difficult for me.  Other's aren't actually new friends, but friends from school I've become lots closer to.

Oh, I watched the CSI season finale tonight and was SOOOOO mad!  I mean, all implications are that Warrick was killed!  I didn't think they were supposed to do that, so I was pissed.  Maybe the waitress in the restaurant went out back and saw it and will get him help before he bleeds to death???  I know Gary was not going to be a regular character anymore, but I thought he was still supposed to be 'available' for the occasional episode, like Jorja Fox. 

My cousin, Shirley has been doing VERY poorly.  (She's a free-bleeder who contracted hep C from a blood transfusion in the 80's before they tested blood for it.  Because of her condition, a liver transplant was out of the question.)  She was actually quite close to dying around my birthday.  Not sure what God has planned for her, because she's been doing some better.  Jeff's cousin, Patty, has terminal cancer and was given 5 months.  She decided not to do chemo or radiation when she was 1st diagnosed, but did homeopathic treatments instead.

I think that's got me up to date.

Hugs!