candle in the wind

I did wake up in the middle of the night and watch The Royal Wedding today. Ten in the morning London time was four in the morning Central Standard Time in the States. And of course it was absolutely beautiful. This event brought back out my fascination and secret obsession with the British monarchy and British history in general. As much as the United States is our own country, we lack the sense of national pride and regal-ness of having royal monarchs. As "independent" as we are from Britain, their kings and queens are still our kings and queens to follow, love, and pray for. I spent all day watching royal weddings on YouTube of William and Kate, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Queen Mother Elizabeth and King George VI, and Princess Diana's funeral. Elton John singing Candle in the Wind makes me think of her every time and it makes me cry.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, here is the video of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge walking down the aisle.




God bless the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and God Save the Queen!


"your candle burned out long before your legend ever will"

band on the run

This is definitely a test email to see if the mobile blogging I set up works.  I probably will never use this, but I'm bored in the rain and wanted to try it out.  :)


"the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun"

Sent from my iPhone

praying for sunny days

It's been a long time since I updated. Obviously. Quite a bit has gone on in my sabbatical from blogging, though! I am now working at Mercy Medical Center as an RN. :) And yes, I did pass NCLEX first time! 220 questions into the test, mind you. Horrifying. The test definitely lived up to the hype about being a fairly terrifying experience. I am grateful I won't have to do that ever again. In any case, I am doing well as a new nurse and am fully off of my orientation period at the hospital. I love where I work, and I hope I don't have to leave any time soon!

In current events in Northwest Arkansas, it has been raining basically non-stop for a week. On Good Friday, we had several tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the area, with a particularly ominous wall cloud passing over the hospital with some rotation in it, causing us to basically go into lockdown, not letting anyone - coworkers or patient family members - leave the building. In retrospect, since no tornadoes actually occurred in the Pinnacle/Rogers area, it was a rather exciting experience. Yesterday, I was at work during a ferocious flash flood of the entire area. I was able to get home since the flash flooding had gone down by 7:30pm when I left work, but many roads and homes were flooded all evening. Let's just say I am more than sick of spring severe weather and am ready for an Arkansas summer drought. I don't know what the deal is with our area and accumulation of excessive precipitation this year. (Recall the Snowpocalypse: 23 inches of snow, not fun)

The last bit of life update I will leave off with is a picture of our puppy, Abigail. She is seven months old and some kind of lab/other stuff mix. She is a very naughty puppy, very silly, but we love her. :)

"seeking the warmth of the solar rays"