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Alright people.  I know I'm probably the worst contributor to this blog, but it's 12:50 am and I have to stay up for another 7 hours, so I figure why not humor you.  I have a cute little snuggle buddy on my lap, so he's going to help me write.

Basically what my baby friend looks like...same blankets and
 pacifier even! But NOT ACTUALLY because that would be
 breaking HIPAA and would be a bad start to my nursing career.

So, in the past two weeks I've made a lot of life changes!  It all started on August 18 when I woke up to a call coming from the 3-1-3.  I was super excited because this was the call I'd been waiting for for weeks.  It was the HR rep at the DMC calling to offer me an RN position in the NICU!!!!  I was so happy I even told the lady that she was my favorite person ever (which maybe is unprofessional?).

My approximate reaction to "the call"

A little more info about my new job.  Orientation starts September 15, and I get to go to a bunch of boring seminars that week.  Then, I'll start really being a nurse and will be working three 12 hour shifts a week.  Some really awesome things about my job are that a) I get to work day shift so no more nocturnalism for me! and b) I already got a pay raise and haven't even started yet!!  So far I'm really liking this job.  But most of all, I'm excited to take care of babiessss and help them get better so they can go home :)  Also, last night I ordered this super cool badge clip that I'm kind of obsessed with.  

Mine won't say Wendy.  Snapchat of the real
thing comin' at ya in a few days

I'm official!

After I heard the good news about my new job, lots of things happened really fast.  The next big change in my life was that Taylor and I signed the lease for our new apartment.  We moved in last week and are so in love with it!  We each have our own bathroom and walk-in closet, there's an enormous balcony overlooking the pool, and it's 800 million times better than Blakely Court CART house (minus the fact we're missing half of us :/ ).  

This is an actual conversation we
had this afternoon

My room.  Taylor will have
to show you a pic of hers
so you can see how
coordinated we are!

Bathroom...obviously

View of the pool from our balcony.
The sad news is it closes in 4 days :(

Giant balcony where we  sometimes
dine and watch netflix

Super modern couch aka your bed
when you visit us


The next exciting thing that happened was that I bought a car!  Actually, the process of finding a car to buy isn't that fun.  Howie and I probably put about 20 hours into searching that week.  We went to tons of dealerships and had them price out different options, test drove the same three cars about four times each, and finally I made a decision.  On August 25, I bought a brand new Chrysler 200!! It's awesome and I can't wait to take all of you for a ride in it!

To top it all off, my dad
surprised me with this
sweet license plate holder =)

Well that's my life.  Hope you enjoyed!  Excited to hear about yours :)