HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANEL!!!

Today is my sweet little girls 4th birthday!!!

She got a little spoiled this weekend.. She recieved presents from me, my parents, and my grandparents!

Posing with one of her presents! My parents let her pick out one present to open when we got home on thursday night.

She chose the duck.

I gave her a bag full of presents last night.

I think this was her favorite!

Some of her presents.

This dog has seriously been a life saver of mine!! I couldnt have survived my college years without her!! And, if i didnt have her here in Augusta with me, I would be super lonely and depressed! This dog does not think she is a dog, and nobody that I know treats her like a dog! She is my best friend! :)

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I have to work until really late tomorrow night, so I decided to go ahead and post this today!

I am LOVING that I am going home this weekend!!! I havent seen my family or Anthony since the very beginning of January, and it is starting to wear on me. I am homesick!!

I am LOVING that I get to "scrub in" on Thursday!! I get to put on scrabs, a hat, mask and watch the doctors put a patient "to sleep" and then watch an entire surgery!! I am so excited & I have always wanted to wear scrubs!!

I am LOVING that Sunday is Chanels 4th birthday!!!

I am LOVING that I am so close to having a "real job" !!!

I am LOVING that Valentines Day is next week!!!

I am LOVING that I was able to cross of something off my bucket list: going to the movies alone!!

I am LOVING that Anthony is taking me to see The Vow this weekend!!!

What are YOU loving today?????

Make A Difference Monday : NYC

I decided to take a break from doing my "Make A Difference Monday" on people and do it on a place that has made a difference in my life. For those of you who know me, you know that part of my heart is in NYC! We try to go every two years or so, and I hope that tradition continues or either becomes every year :) New York is such a cool place to go, and it is impossibly to describe to anyone that has never been. There is so much to do: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Broadway shows, Brooklyn Bridge, Today Show, 9/11 site, Central Park, back rooms where you can get knock off purses, searching for celebrities, going to places that you have seen in movies, I could go on and on!!!

NYC made a difference in my life because of how fast paced and loud everything is. It is definitely the city that NEVER sleeps. I have grown up in the country where you can get anywhere in 10 minutes, there are fields everywhere, tractors that drive on the road, and country hicks. You will see NONE of that in NYC. It was cool to see how different life in NYC is than life in Albany.

I always get SO excited in the plane when I see this!!
This was from the restaurant Serendipity. This is the same seat that the actors from the movie Serendipity sat in and drank their frozen chocolate!!

Going to cool shops is always fun! This was inside Anthropologie.

The madness of the city.

The tourist stores are literally every single store on the block.

Looking for celebrities in the airport is always fun!

Seeing this show, will change your life. The Lion King is already my favorite movie, but this show made it seem so real!

You cannot go to NYC without going to FAO Schwartz

I love the Kardashians, so we had to go to their store! So surreal.

This was a cool place to go to because the workers perform the entire time you are waiting for your food. A girl who tried out for American Idol started her career here!

Empire State Building..

The Rockefeller Center Ice Skating rink

graffiti!

Going at Christmas time was so cool! There were beautiful decorations all over the city.

The Today Show is something that you HAVE to do! I have gone twice with my family, and once with my friend Paige. We had to be there at 4:00am to be able to get a good spot to make sure we got on TV!

Walking the Brooklyn Bridge is something that I will never forget! It took forever!

Seeing the Statue of Liberty

Going where celebrities go.

Central Park.

On top of the Empire State Building. I had a HUGE panic attack!

The loud taxis everywhere.

more graffiti.

If you have never been to NYC, please put it in your bucket list! I promise it will make a difference in your life!! I could not find any of my pictures from the 9/11 site, but that is definitely a must see. One thing that was so cool about it, is noone talks when you are there. They have so many different pictures up of family who lost love ones, and letters every where. It takes you back to that day, and makes you remember everything that went on. It is heart breaking to go there, but also a cool experience.

This week..

This week was by far one of the most tiresome weeks I have had at the hospital during my internship. We had homework overload. Projects to do. Early mornings and late nights. But I am learning why this is the most respected internship in the US. They challenge us so much.

One project we had to do this week was design a playroom for a hospital to meet the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers, school-agers, and teens. It doesnt sound hard, but it was the hardest project I have ever done. We had to come up with our own budget, talk about the price of each item we put in our playroom, the rules, why you chose the items that you chose, etc.

Tricia's project.

A fun part of this week was a group came to do a special event involving magic clay and paper clips. These are some of the patients creations.

Carrie made the rose, and I made the bracelet :)

This is the bug I made. haha.

We got to put our hand prints and names on an apron afterwards. The group is going to auction off all of their aprons one day.

Even though many tears were shed this week because of stress, I am still very thankful to be where I am. I could not have asked for a better hospital to be at. I am learning so much, and cannot wait to put it into action when I enter into "the real world".

Things that make a 90's kid feel old...

The first taco bell commercial aired 14 years ago. This dog has been dead for two years.
Jonathan Lipnicki

The macarena has been around for 16 years.

Most kids do not know what "rewind" is now.

Napster came out 11 years ago.

Family Guy has been on tv for 12 years.

The ages of the Boy Meets World cast.

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey have been divorced for 6 years.

The fist state quarter came out 11 years ago.

Aaliyah has been dead for 10 years.

The ages of the Rugrats

Marilyn Monroe would be 86.

JFK would be 92.

TV guide 20 years ago...

15 years ago...

10 years ago...

ages of the Backstreet Boys

ages of the Spice Girls...

Surge hasnt been sold in over 10 years

Macaulay Culkin in 30.

This years 18 year olds were born in 1993.

What AOL used to look like

Top 5 songs 15 years ago...

The final episode of Teletubbies aired 10 years ago.

The Pepsi girl is now 19 years old.

" Clarissa Explains it All" is now 35

funny!

One of my favorite people to follow on twitter is @90sgirlproblems. A few weeks ago they listed this website of "40 things that will make you feel old" I did put all 40 but I put some things that blew my mind!! I guess 23 years old is now considered old.. YIKES!!