Graduation Party

I took on the responsibility of planning the class graduation party. The school gives the 7th semester students money to have a graduation party. After much deliberation, I decided to have the party at the Groove Cafe. It turned out to be a great success! We had mini crab cakes, meatballs, spinach and artichoke dip, chicken salad wontons, fruit and cheese platter, and tomato and mozzarella skewers. We were also able to have 2 drink tickets per student. Congrats yellow class!!!

Miami

I'm officially done with PT school! So, my friends and I decided to take a road trip to Miami! We had so much fun celebrating, and boy is Miami a "poppin" town! I would love to go back and stay more than a day; however, I need a little more money to spend too (it is an expensive town)! We stayed in a beautiful hotel which had complimentary happy hour :) We then paid $20 a piece to go to a club and have bottle service. Apparently this is a big deal because it costs $40 to get into the club usually. So we enjoyed free drinks and danced the night away since the bars don't close until 5am there. Cheers to finishing PT school!

Finally

Wow! It's been almost 2 months since I've posted! So, I've decided that I'll slowly add the pictures from life lately :) P.S. Today was the official last day of PT school and I graduate on April 13!!!!

So for spring break, Pat and LeAnna came to visit. We went to the Jacksonville Zoo and then went to dinner at PF Changs. We HAD to have dessert at the Cheesecake Factory since it was next door! It was so nice to spend time with them :)

Life Recently

Wow, sorry I haven't posted lately, but life has been BUSY! I thought the last semester of physical therapy school was going to be easy, but boy was I wrong! I have had assignment after assignment, a huge case report, weekend seminar classes, being a teaching assistant, doing treadmill training at a neurological hospital, and taking tests. It has not be a great ride, but I'm just counting down the days until graduation... 54 days to go!

When I have found time, Ryan and I like to head to downtown St. Augustine for some drinks with friends to soak up our last few months in this town before we graduate and head back to South Carolina.

We also participated in the Annual Polar Bear Plunge hosted by my school to raise money for physical therapy research. It was definitely colder than last year when we participated, but it was well worth it! I can't imagine how the people up north participate in something like this. It was 50 degrees or so here with the water temperature in the 60's.

And lastly, our most recent celebration was Valentine's Day! Ryan sent me on a scavenger hunt for roses and my present of a new Coach satchel purse! We then went to dinner at my favorite place Olive Garden. Nothing too fancy, after all, we do have an anniversary to celebrate at the beginning of March :)

New Year Resolutions

1. Since Ryan and I have moved to Florida, we have not found a church we would like to call "home" so my first new year resolution is to read the Bible daily and focus more on God. I am following WMHK's Bible reading guide to try and read the entire Bible in one year.

2. Lose weight and tone my body. I need to lose about 15 pounds to be back at my "pre-college" body :) I want to try and lose this weight before May because Ryan's family is taking us to Europe for a graduation present. The hard part will be keeping the motivation to exercise while in my last semester of PT school.


3. Be more organized. For those of you who really know me, you are probably thinking how can I become more organized than I already am?? Well, by being more organized, I mean keeping my house more organized. Throw away things I don't need, vacuum more often because of the dog hair, etc.


4. Ryan and I have already started cooking more before the new year, so I want to continue this trend to eat out less. Each week, I write out a menu for dinner so we aren't tempted to eat out so often.


5. Since I will be graduating PT school in April and Ryan will graduate law school in December, I really want to get a hold on our finances. The past 2 years we have lived off of student loans, and the last thing I want to do is splurge my REAL paycheck when I start working. So I am looking for a good way to start managing our finances better, so if you have any suggestions please let me know!


6. Run a half marathon. My resolution last year was to run in the first annual Columbia marathon this March, but with my back problems and tendonitis in my leg I was unable to accomplish the necessary training for the marathon. So, as I'm trying to lose weight this new year I also plan to train for a half marathon probably in the fall.


Here's to the new year and resolutions!

Christmas and New Year's Eve

Ryan and I were able to go to North Carolina to visit his family the week before Christmas. We then spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family in South Carolina. It was so nice to be with both families during the holidays. Here are some pictures:

We then came back to St. Augustine to celebrate the New Year with some of our friends here! Here are some pictures:

Up next: Exit Exams for PT school are tomorrow, so once those are done I'll be posting my new year resolutions :)

Happy 21st Birthday LeAnna!

Happy 21st Birthday to LeAnna! What a fun night :)