Nursing School...

Nursing school is hard.

I find that all my time is being consumed by it.

If I'm not doing homework or studying for school...I'm stressing over the fact that I should be doing homework or studying! It's pretty much a constant thing.

On my first day of clinicals my patient DIED. Yeah.

So honestly... at first I hated nursing school. Hated, hated, hated. Somedays I still feel that way.

It's starting to get better though. I've done a lot of praying over it & had my dad give me a father's blessing & I've decided to continue pursing nursing.

I am definitely still keeping my options open, as funny as that sounds. I know nursing will be a great career but I don't know if it's all that I want.

I would love to be work for a humanitarian organization. I don't know in exactly what role... but that is a goal I am going to pursue.

I only get one shot at this life & I want to squeeze all the happiness out of it I can :)

Give 'em 5!

Friends & family: I have an amazing opportunity I am asking you to be apart of.

As many of you know, I was fortunate enough to travel with a group called Mothers Without Borders to Zambia, Africa. Not only was this experience the neatest thing I have ever been apart of but was so life changing & more rewarding than I can even express.

So to my point now... :)

Mothers Without Borders is trying to raise enough money to build a school in Africa and all they are asking is a $5 donation! $5!!! We just need 15,000 people to donate

$5 and we are set!

If you donate $10 or more dollars you can get a cute shirt:

*Lori & Julie - some of the most amazing women I went to Africa with!*

The goal is to have the money raised by Thanksgiving and we already have over $4,000. With your help I know we can do this!

Check us out on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138228756212977

(definitely check this page out: cute pics of my little African friends & the current school they have running!)

AND Just click the following link to donate:

https://www.motherswithoutborders.org/donation_form.php?type=five

(Let me know if you donate over $10 & I will get you hooked up with a shirt!!)

Please email me with any questions - I have TONS of info on the project if you want more to pass along to your friends and family. I appreciate you taking the time to read this.

Mothers Without Borders means the world to me and I am so excited to share this opportunity with you guys to join in and help this amazing organization! Thank you, thank you, Thank you!!

Changes.

Ever have one of those days where it feels like after it.. things just won't be the same?

Not that things are necessarily changing for the bad but,

I am totally having one of those days.

I start nursing school Monday.

I am so thrilled, nervous, anxious, overwhelmed, & ready to puke all at once! I know nursing is the career for me and I am prepared to work hard but there are always those "what if's" that like to pop up and pester me.

McKall moves to college.

This is both an excellent and sad thing. I am so happy she will be getting the college experience (and not keeping me up every night, since I get up for work at 4 am! sheesh!! ha ha) but I have always been so protective of McKall. I just worry about her.. guess it's the big sister in me. Along those same lines... I have been panicking that my little brother Kaden will be in high school next year & baby sister Shelby is in junior high!! People always get mad at me when I say this but it makes me feel old!!!

It's crazy to see my family growing up and changing. I am so excited for what the future holds for the amazing Killpack +1 Garcia family :)

I guess I wouldn't have things any other way...

As hard as change is.. I know it is necessary & (gulp) good!

My great guy!

Micheal Lee King & Taylor Michelle Garcia

So as I was editing & putting together some photos for Mike to take as he heads back down to school... I decided I had to share.

I am so grateful for Mike & the amazing boyfriend he is :)

We have some great times together & he makes me really happy!!

He is one amazing guy & I am so lucky to know him.

(I know.. mushy, mushy)

but... he is fabulous.

The end.

Foreign Exchange Student!

Say hola to Christina our foreign exchange student from Spain!!

She has come to stay with us for a few weeks and we took her out to a nice American meal... Teppanyaki. :)

It has been so fun to have Christina around and to learn so much about a different culture! I love it. It's funny to ask her about the simplest things because in Spain.. they do everything so different.

One thing I found funny - Christina has had a hard time adjusting to our meals because she eats lunch at 4pm & dinner at 11pm! wahh!! Crazy. But awesome. I'll keep you posted on the fun things we do...

adios!

Eat Pray Love

I recently read this book over my Lake Powell vacation (amazing) and totally loved it!

I admit I first wanted to read this book because I knew it was being made into a movie with Julia Roberts. Who doesn't love her?

But as I began to read this book it really opened up my eyes as to what I want out of life. I was so envious of her adventures and found myself thinking: "Hey, I wanna eat pasta in Italy! I want to meditate in India.. I want to have my palm read by a medicine man in Indonesia!"

For some reason this book really put into perspective what I want out of the big picture in my life... and that involves a lot of traveling! I want to see everything I can... set foot on every continent (maybe not Antarctica.. haha) and experience all that this beautiful world has to offer. After going to Africa and falling in love with the people & the culture I developed an itch inside me that seems to drive me to adventure out & involve myself in my global surroundings.

As cheesy as it sounds, it's the truth... "live life to the fullest, you never know which breath may be your last"

And that is definitely what I intend to do :)