Green grapes and a Swiffer.

Well, I'm all done unpacking. Mom and Dad left a few hours ago and are now safely back in Hometown. I went and bought a vacuum cleaner and some candles from Wal-Mart. Now this place is starting to feel like home. I Swiffered and vacuumed the entire place (it was pretty dirty from us tracking in and out for three days straight) and I just finished a nice bowl of green grapes on my comfy couch. I also just finished reading my old blogs and am sending huge thank yous to my past self for posting some of the encouragement meant for others going through my same situation.

Nursing school orientation is tomorrow! I'm super excited, but I'm also really nervous. I hope that I make some new friends! I'd love to be able to have company over sometime. Some of my friends have already said that they plan to come to visit. It sucks being so far away, but I'm glad that my friends from the big city and Hometown want to see me!

Tomorrow, I'm going to start what may be the hardest two years of my life, but I've never been more ready than this.

This is me, and I'm just alive.