summer doldrums

amanda here. so far to describe my summer: lazy!! :D at anytime i could change that and start planning things to fill my days so at the end of them i dont feel so unproductive, but i always tell myself i'll do that tomorrow ;)

anyways, i know once the fall starts i'm going to be go-go-go until may, when i graduate!! whoo-oo!!! the end is near and i am so darn excited. this time next year i will be studying for my NCLEX (the boards to become a registered nurse) and probably anxious/nervous/stressed as ever. once i have taken (and passed) my NCLEX i am hoping to go on a cruise as a celebration. there are two things i have had as rewards for myself ever since i started nursing school: new car and celebrate by going on a cruise. i have never had a new car and i have never been on a cruise. the cruise doesn't even have to be exclusively rob and me...the more the merrier actually. it'll be a celebration! as far as the new car, i probably wont buy brand new bc even though i'm not the most frugal person in the world, i know that the minute you drive that car off the lot it starts to depreciate in value. i'd rather buy used, with less than 10,000 miles and the car seems brand new. my eyes are set on an infinit g 37 coupe, even though i know that wont happen. probably get a nissan murano or something in that category. gotta start thinking of the new additions that will be here sooner than later!

speaking of starting a family...it's kinda surreal that this part of my life, being a mom, is so close. will i ever be truly ready? no. but who is? there are things rob and i want to do before having little ones (like travel to europe) but i know we are going to be the type where we dont let our little ones slow us down, they will just be on the ride with us! i am reading the Duggars book (the family that has 18 kids) and it is really amazing the values, morals, and character traits they instill in their children and how they do it. they are a christian family and the way they raise their children is amazing. i'm reading and thinking "wow, they are truly raising their children to live for and love God" and that is a goal of mine; however, i wonder how i could ever do it. but, that is where faith comes in and i know that God will give me the words when i need them and direction in raising our children and therefore i am not worried.

well, didnt think i was going to go into all that! was just going to write about how lazy and bored i've been this summer :)