April Fools'

Oh yes, it is that time of the year, when everyone plays jokes and pranks on their family and friends. Well, my boyfriend thought it would be hilarious to play a few jokes on me throughout the day... the first time he got me and well, he got me every time... Good Job Bruce, Goooood Job. 

Photographer: "Look Here!" (shakes Elmo)

Today was a nice day, I spent it with my awesome Novio and when I say awesome I really mean awesome. He asked me what I wanted to do for the day and at first I thought this was a trick question because I had already told him that I wanted to go to the mall and have my picture taken with the Easter Bunny. But i guess he truly forgot...

I answered his question and this time around he said ok! So we went to the mall and got in line to get our picture taken, and when i say we got in line that was just a figure of speech because there was no line...my favorite part of getting our picture taken was when the lady held Elmo over the camera and said "look here" we both laughed at the fact the photographer treated us like little kids... haha! But thanks to that our picture came out great! 

Then we headed to the movie theater to watch the Hunger Games. During the movie previews we watched the movie preview for Johnny Depp's upcoming movie Dark Shadows. On our way out from the movie we saw the movie poster for said movie and I had Bruce sit on the chair they had out by the poster and I took his picture. It was very nice :) 







April is starting out to be a scary month, 

Mommy checking in :(

what with my mother randomly deciding to fly down to Mexico and stay down there for a month. I won’t see my mom starting today, April 7^th until May 12^th, the day of my Graduation. I think this is crazy but oh well, she wants to go to Mexico. Anyways, this week I am starting my Medical Interpreting Class with Metaphrasis and I am super excited! I am super excited about the program and I can’t wait to see what I will be learning in the next couple of weeks.

Photograph taken from Sasha Federiuk Carrillo  

First Day of Class- 
I am very exhausted and satisfied with my first day of medical interpreting class. My instructor is wonderful! She used various teaching strategies and made class a lot of fun. My class is small, and I really like that, not to mention the loft is super nice and comfortable, I didn’t feel like I was in class for 8 hours. I have a lot of homework to do, mostly some reading but the good thing is I don’t have class tomorrow until Saturday! 

Undergraduate Scholars Conference-

            Today is the day, the day I have been waiting for the past couple of months. Today I am going to present my Capstone Topic at the Saint Ambrose University Undergraduate Scholars Conference. I am very nervous because I am still going to my Medical Interpreting Class, I will be leaving Chicago at 3pm and try to make it to Davenport, IA by 645pm which is the time I will be presenting. I am very nervous, I obviously know my topic because I have been working on it for the past few months but I have a lot of anxiety because I don’t know who will be at my presentation and I am worried that I will bored them and this is a big chunk of my capstone grade and well, I am just very, very, very nervous :O

Yummy!

            The scholarship conference went pretty good, better than I thought. I froze once or twice but I was happy when my instructor, who evaluated my presentation, told me that I did a good job! Thank Goodness!! Now I am nervous about my final exam for the medical interpreting program not to mention I need to catch up on what I missed on Thursday. Today’s class was intense, our medical terminology instructor had me on my toes today and as much as I liked that it also made me nervous. There was a lot of medical terminology covered today, thank goodness I have some engrained in my brain from my Nursing classes otherwise I would have been very lost today. After turning in our paper, homework, and wrapping up all of the material from our class we had a mini fiesta with lots of yummy food to say goodbye to our wonderful instructor and to my classmates. I will miss them very MUCHO, thank goodness for Facebook! 

            Alright! I passed my medical interpreting exam!!! Now I just have to wait to get my internship hours scheduled at a hospital that works with Metaphrasis and I will be ready to start working!!! I am very excited because I will be walking in 12 days! I am in such a great mood because my grades from Spain FINALY came in and I did great! I passed all of my grades and I feel good knowing I had a lot of fun in Spain and pulled all As and one B! I can’t wait for my mother to get back from Mexico so I can show her my report card! Also, I am glad things are working out for Bruce and I, April was a rough month and I am so glad it is over, its officially Tuesday, May 1^st, 2012 

Which means Bruce and I have been dating for a Year as of today :) 

This is my favorite picture of us, he took it with his cell and we weren't even dating at the time.
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