*Side note: As much as this post is for all you crazy people who like to hear about my hectic life, it is probably more for me, a reflection for now and a way that I can always look back and remember how my life is now.
Let's face facts here: While 2017 might have been the best year I've lived thus far, it was FREAKING hard! But, man, was it amazing!!
The first half of the year was a little bit miserable because of my dear, sweet stomach. It made it more than painful to eat ANYTHING. I'm pretty sure I kept a brand of granola bars in business just because that was literally all I ate. After a few tests and doctors visits, we decided that I had a little demon inside of me that had to come out. So now, 6 months later, I'm one organ down and have a few cute scars to prove it.
Summer happened, and I thought for sure I was going to die. Chemistry. The suckiest class to exist. Holy Hannah, good golly Miss Molly, gosh darn it, that class sucked! It didn't really help that I decided it was a good idea to take a class I already knew I was going to struggle with during a shortened semester and online. But hey, I passed! Okay, let's be honest, it was the large amounts of extra credit that even let me be close to passing!
Summer flew by and before I knew it, it was August. To say a lot happened in August would be an understatement. To start with, I got a new job! I loved working at Alta View, and I miss it all the time, but I think you would have had to put me in a psych ward if I had to work with old people any longer. I saw, and learned so much there. I got to make some amazing friends there, meet some pretty great people, and learn a lot about myself (there's something about watching someone die that changes your life a little bit). Working there was definitely a highlight last year.
And then I got to work at my dream job. I've literally been dreaming about working, as a nurse eventually, in the PICU at Primary Children's Hospital. And now, I do!! I truly love working there! The first few days, weeks really, I went home having no idea what happened because I was learning so freaking much. Okay, okay, I still feel like I know nothing. There is so much to learn, and experience there. Some of the saddest things I've ever seen has been there. But, some of the most amazing things I've seen has been there. In the craze of it all, some of the most peaceful feelings I've felt have been there. It's crazy how close heaven feels when there are angels in the room helping you all save a life. But those are stories for another day.
Fall semester was an interesting one. I've never gotten a grade lower than a B in my entire life, so you can definitely say that I felt like a failure this semester when I got a C- in anatomy. I. HATE. FAILURE. That class had me feeling defeated in so many ways. Knowing that I wasn't going to pass with a good enough grade to get into nursing school was almost harder mentally than the class itself was! I did get to take a fun class that was my saving grace, though. Jewelry making. Although, I'm 100% positive that my teacher helped with at least 50% of all my projects, it was really fun. I got to make some cool stuff and now I know how a large portion of jewelry is made.
October was probably my favorite month of it all. It's my favorite holiday month (where we carved super cute pumpkins and dressed up as Mickey and Minnie Mouse), AND I got to go to Disneyland with some of the best people. That was seriously one of the best weeks of my life. Disneyland is MAGICAL. It's like being in a fairy tale for an entire day. It was so so so much fun. *Okay, I know I've got a lot of blog posts to catch up on, but I've been writing them in my head until I have time to put them down on my blog so this week long adventure is going to have to be one too.* On our last day in California, we went to the beach. At sunset, the most amazing, sweetest, kind, handsome man who I am lucky enough to call my best friend sang me a song and got down on one knee and asked me to be his eternal adventure buddy. I would be the world's biggest idiot not to have said yes! You guys, the amount of love I have for him is crazy! We're so happy! Definitely the best ending to the best week.
And to end the year, I got to spend lots of time with my family, and friends. Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's were all amazing and I loved every second of getting to spend time with my friends and family.
2017 was hard. Like really, really hard. But it was oh, so good. I wouldn't trade this last year for the world. And I don't think that I've ever looked forward to a year more than I look to 2018. So, cheers to a new year and new adventures yet to come!!
