Spring Break and Painful Pilates

Hello all!

My spring break was last week and I had a whole lot of fun doing a whole lot of nothing. (Unless you count creating a bustling prosperous farm on Harvest Moon: Magical Melody doing something, which I certainly do.) I met up with the DJ for my wedding which went pretty great considering he wasn't at all phased by my mother and her crazy ideas (let's just say she really enjoys disco and wants to include something called "the loco hour?") He also didn't even flinch when my maid of honor mentioned her idea of playing one full hour of Def Leopard (spelling? I don't care enough to look it up.) So it's safe to say he has a great sense of humor and kept on saying he would do whatever I wanted, which is basically the magical phrase to say to any bride and gain instant approval.

The NHSC application cycle just opened today and I'm debating on whether I should apply or not. Before I got my scholarship from Michigan, I was 100% prepared to apply for it. But now that I have such a huge amount of my tuition taken off, I'm not sure it's worth it anymore. Sure I would have a guaranteed job after graduation and I wouldn't have to pay anything for my schooling, but I'm pretty well off finance wise right now even without the NHSC scholarship. It would be such a huge honor to get it though... I don't know, decisions decisions! I'm going to talk about it with my fiance and discuss the pros and cons before I make any decisions.

Back to physics homework I go. Wedding in 94 days (WE'RE DOWN TO DOUBLE DIGITS!!) Dental school in 103 days! I'm not sure if these are the things making me nauseous right now or if it's the vomit-inducing pilates class I just got done with... cause seriously. Pilates is no joke.

Until next time,
PJ

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