Graduation

Yes this did happen a while ago... but my dear friend Tori took forever to get me the pictures!!! ;0) Anyways in mid-June I finally got to walk with my nursing friends to get our degrees.  I am officially Mrs. Virginia Ashley Wood RN, BSN, PHN... yup that's a lot of letters...lol!!! Who would have thought!!  I could not have done it without all the support from my friends and family!! You guys are the best!! Thank you!! It took a team effort for me to get through nursing school and it looks that way on the job front too!! lol!!! Anyways here are some pictures from the special day...                      

My mom graduated the weekend before (although she didn't walk!!) from medical assistant school!!! YAY for Mama Shadd!!! And of course a thank you to my girls sitting there for so many hours in the blistering heat!! Your amazing!!

Thank you Mikey for putting up with me for the crabby two and a half years!! Your the best!!

Last Day of Nursing School

So this past Thursday was my lastday of school for forever (well at least as of right now).  Suprisingly it was kind of bittersweet.  I always imagined that day as a day of nothing but pure happiness, but I definitely was a little sad.  Its hard to believe that 2 1/2 years is already over!!! Although it was the toughest years of my life, it did go by very fast.  Thankyou everyone for supporting me through the program, I know Iwasn't the most pleasent of people at times and I am really glad that everyone stuck with me until the end!! After our class on Thursday we went to Mr. Lucky's for some drinks and had an awesome time pre-partying/ getting ready for the next day.  On Friday we had a huge party with about 170 people!!! Everyone in the program showed up.  Of course like the idiot I am, I forgot my camera, so I had to steal photo's from others...lol.  Anyways, thanks to Kimmy I looked pretty good that night ;0). Here are some pictures... I realize that the picture of me and Mike makes me look somewhat preggers (but I am not...by the way!!!) I have just put on a little weight since the begining of the program. The nursing 25 hit me hard...lol.  Anyways the night turned out really great and all my hard work paid off!!! Now it is time tostudy, once again, for the last test that I will ever take, so can get a job!! YAY for paychecks!!!

First Day of Preceptorship

Today is my first day of my preceptorship at Children's Hospital Oakland!!!!  My shift is from 3-11:30 tonight...so its totally awesome to walk to my car after working (just kidding I will get escorted by a security gaurd, mom).  I felt some pressure to put my first day of school up because of Gabby and how she put Jason's first day of school up...so I just copied the idea.