Mr. & Mrs.

Love is a high wire act

I've found my net below

I married the love of my life on June 19th! I could not have asked for a more spectacular day--it was simply magical in every single way. Since then, I've spent eight amazing days as Mike's new wife and I couldn't be happier! :) Much more on this later though--for now we are back from the honeymoon and exhausted!! :P

Licensed

I found out today that I'm a licensed pharmacist, which could only mean that I passed both of my board exams! I can't explain how I felt when I saw my registration number, instead of the usual "pending" next to my status. Getting the exams finished before the wedding was gift enough, but actually finding out that they went smoothly was such a wonderful surprise! It was simply the best wedding gift I could have ever asked for.

I never have to study again!!

Lady In Waiting

Five days before the wedding I managed to finish both of my board exams. I had no delusions about this being easy, so when it turned out to be one of the most stressful things I've done in school I tried to take it in stride. I told myself that being able to go on my honeymoon without a thought of school in my head would be worth anything I would have to go through to make it happen--and I was right. So worth it.

Now I've been scrambling to accomplish last-minute things for the wedding, pack up what remains of my things at Mom and Dad's, and pack for the honeymoon. In three days I'll be married to the man I've wanted to be with since our very first date, and there will be no more goodbyes for us. Much like graduation, I feel like I've been striving for this my whole life. I'm ready to put love, family and friends first for a change, and put school, being a pharmacist, and work far from my mind. Now is that time and I'm going to soak up every moment.

Inside of me is like a supernova. :D

My Masterpiece

........says it all :)

Post-Nipplex (for MJ ;) )

Me: You help me so much. You're like... Mike-Zen.
Mike: Making people happy since 1983.
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Beth: I kept my phone down my bra and between my boobs on vibrate so that I would feel you when you called back!
Me: .......... I feel so close to you now.
Beth: You kind of felt me up!
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Well, I survived the NAPLEX. Having done this, I can definitely say that preparing for that exam was the single most awful thing I can ever remember doing, followed closely (and in order) by Internal Medicine, Chemo, and BioChem. Notice all these awful things involve pharmacy school? WTF WAS I THINKING????

I've been studying for this beast since mid-March, before excited thoughts of graduation were swirling around in my mind and long before I could even dream about getting excited that the wedding was getting closer. When I told people I wanted to take these stupid tests before the wedding they all looked at me like I was insane--and they were right. But it was honestly the best choice I could have made. Not only do I deserve to relax and have a blast without the thought of board exams looming over my head my entire honeymoon... but so does Mike. He's earned my undivided attention after sharing it for four years with my needy, handicapped child named PHARMACY SCHOOL.

The test was pretty rough and I felt mentally exhausted after it was finished. I'm anxious to know if I passed or not, but I told myself that no matter how I felt I would push it from my mind and move on to the next thing--MPJE. The pharmacy law exam I take on Monday morning, and then I will be free. Only four more nights of studying. And all this school crap aside, I'm getting married in 9 days!!!

So I'm glad that this is over. The last 36 hours have felt like a long, drawn-out panic attack as I clung to the edge of my sanity. But thanks to the kind words of my family, cheer leading encouragement from my most cherished friends, and oodles of love from Mike, I made it to the other side of this. Another hurdle in my rear view mirror, and only ONE MORE TO GO!!

My Hero ;)

Me: Man, I'm so glad I'm not graduating from high school tonight.

Mike: Me too. When I graduated from high school, I hardly knew anything about the zombie apocalypse! These kids are fucked!

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Me: Can you fix it?

Mike: Pfft, of course sweetie, it's me. You see this badge? It's a "do anything I want and get away with it" badge.

Bachelorettes

This past weekend was my groovy up north Bachelorette weekend, which can only really be described by a series of quotes and pictures! I'll let them do the talking ;)

Me: I think Beth left something on her car...
Beth: It's the penis cake!! Get it before it melts!
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Me: Why is the jizz orange?
Beth: He's been on Rifampin.
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Me: What are we going to do with all these bananas?
Colleen: Carve penises out of them!
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Colleen: It only counts if you swallow, right?
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Me: I taught her how to eat meat.
Beth and Colleen: *judgmental laughter*
Me: Chicken. Chicken!!
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Tom Tom: After 350 feet, turn left!
Beth: You're not the boss of me Tom Tom!
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Beth (on marriage): It's like a life sentence only three times as bad, because most life sentences are only 20 years or something.
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Beth: My mouth is out of practice. It's not used to blowing this much.
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Me: Ugh, you know what we suck at?
Beth: Penis?
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Beth: I like your penis!
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Ahem, so needless to say, there was a lot of penis going on. I guess we wouldn't be doing the term "bachelorette" any justice without that! ;) Anyway, I had a fantastic time and the weather was beautiful! We were able to do a ton even with the limited amount of time we had and the limited amount of girls who could make it. :)

Now it's crunch time, as I prepare to take the NAPLEX literally one week from today and become Mrs. McDonald two weeks from Saturday! O_O