Let me just start by saying that today was a great day!This morning I woke up at 7:20 and snuck into Katherine’s room to decorate the wall in her room with a birthday sign, paper flowers, the birthday card I made, and pictures that we had printed. We also put her present on her desk! She was in the shower as this was happening, and she also got a surprise in the shower…we filled it with balloons after she went to bed last night because we knew that she would be the first one up in the morning! She was surprised by everything!
After getting ready and studying for a few quick minutes, we went to campus to take our very last final for the semester! The final went alright…there were a few questions that I don’t think we ever read about or took notes on, but oh well, it was a great feeling to be done! After class we all met at the Boardwalk at Dulce for lunch to celebrate Katherine’s birthday! We were able to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine and eat our lunch! I had a tram for lunch (could be my last one L) and it was delicious! We came back home and I was the lucky winner and I got a postcard saying that I had a package waiting for me at the post office! I walked the windy walk (it was the windiest it has ever been) to the post office and to my surprise it came from J. Krasinski (aka Aunt Kathy)! She sent a card with the St. Ben’s Sacred Heart Chapel (reminded me of home and school) and an Office package! There was I heart Jim post-it notes and paper, Dwight note pads, magnets, and pens (which by the way are the greatest pens in the world because they are fine tip…love those!). it made my day and made me smile as I was opening it! When Alex and Brenna came back from shopping I ran to show them because they are also Office fans and they loved it!
I spent some time beginning the packing process of y souvenirs and figuring out which things should go in my checked luggage or my carry-on. At 6:00 Tonya, Alex, Leslie, and I took Katherine out for a birthday drink at Gondwana! Katherine and I split a two for one and it was one of the best fruity drinks that I have had in South Africa! We came back home after a drink and after about an hour of sitting around in our room the power went out! We all grabbed our flashlights and conserved computer power because some people were still writing paper that is due tomorrow! We walked in pairs through the hall because it was dark and creepy! We think that the power outage is due to a large fire that happened in a township by the airport. We don’t have any details about it, but it was all smokey all over PE this afternoon and some people drove past the airport to go to Walmer and they were told that it was a fire in the township. Hopefully everyone is alright. The power was out for an hour and when it came on we all jumped around because we could finally see and not rely on two small flashlights!
At 9:30 we walked down the hall with a chocolate cake with candles singing Happy Birthday to Katherine! We all ate the yummy cake together and sat around talking…then Ashley announced that we got the email about our clinical placement for next semesters Capstone class! We all ran to our computers and I found out that I am at North Memorial Medical Center on the pediatric unit!!! I seriously am the happiest person right now! I was jumping around the apartment with the roomies and we were all giddy and excited! Carrie and Katherine are at Children’s and Ashley is in the schools for the St. Cloud School district! All of us got where we wanted and we were all so darn happy! I was so excited that I had to call mom at work to tell her and we talked for less than a minute but I was so excited! I tried skyping Dad but he was at work already! I was waiting for Marcus to sign on to AIM so I could tell him and it made me happy to have him excited with me too! He was asking me all kinds of questions about it and it made me all excited! It seriously has been such a great day today!
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