The End of the First

The second half of this semester has been full of anticipation as we all looked forward to finishing our first year of graduate school!! We have tried out best to enjoy more and spend more time together outside of school. Here are some pictures of the SLP ladies...

Cheryl and her fiancé, Michael, anticipate the arrival of their baby!

Some of the 1st year SLP ladies enjoying brunch out in DC

But most importantly.............I finished my first year of graduate school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally! I never thought the day would come where I could say that I was finished! I just checked my grades and I passed all my classes and clinic as well! Sooooooooo excited and relieved to have that behind me.

I am currently home in NC for my one week-long summer break. I start classes again next Monday (May 18) and continue in DC until June 20 or so. I will be back home in NC after that interning at the hospital here in town in the speech-language pathology unit.

Several of the girls in my program and I celebrated the end of our first year by going out to eat and heading to the DC zoo! Here are a few pictures of us smiling for the first time in a long time...



I want to thank everyone for being so supportive of me during this past year! You all mean so much to me! Thank yooooooou!!

GO HEELS!

Hello everyone!!!

It's been a crazy month since I last posted. Most importantly, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS are NATIONAL CHAMPIONS again!! It was an exciting month for Tar Heel fans! I love March Madness!! I got many text messages and phone calls that night which made me feel not quite so far away from Chapel Hill, NC!


I made it to Chapel Hill this past Friday night and Saturday morning and made sure to shop around and find myself a good NCAA Championship T-shirt. It was fun to be on Franklin Street surrounded by so many fans buying T-shirts in support of UNC. I love it!

School is difficult these days. We are all really busy trying to cram in all our assignments, reports, papers, presentations, and final exams before May 8th. What a crazy time in school!!!

It is so nice to see spring finally arrive. The weather has turned all the trees into beautiful blossoming creatures! I loved seeing the cherry blossoms on campus!

For housing at Gallaudet you have to apply early in order to get a good room with people that you like. I have 3 good friends that I've decided to live with next year!! The 4 of us went out to dinner and a movie together to celebrate our future as roommates!! We will live in a suite together with Nicole and Heidi in the double room and Krystin and I getting the single rooms! We are so excited!

Me, Nicole, Krystin, & Heidi = future roommates!

I got to go home for Easter break and loved seeing my family. David & Vickie got to come home too (and they brought their dog, Fu). It was very nice to get away from campus and enjoy some down time before the big rush of assignments due in the next few weeks.

I hope everyone is doing well. I expect to see many family members at David & Vickie's wedding this summer. Unfortunately, this falls during my summer classes here at Gallaudet but I will be there for everything because I'm missing one day of class. I can't believe my brother will be a married man in less than 2 months! YIKES!

As an aside: Ben and I are no longer dating.