Amanda Smith, RN

Yes, you read right - I am now an officially licensed registered nurse! You can even go on the Tennessee Board of Nursing website and validate my licensure! I took my NCLEX on June 17 and 48 hours later got my quick results, and they said "passing" (The NCLEX-RN is a pass/fail test). Then, on Wednesday I was checking the Board of Nursing site and they had my license number up, and it says that I am an "active Registered Nurse"! I'm leaving Sunday to help out at our church camp, which I'm really looking forward to. I'm in the oldest high school girl's cabin, so it should definitely be an interesting week! After that I'm hitting the job search hard!

So you may be asking, "what have you been doing with your summer since you haven't found a job?" Well, I've been STUDYING, STUDYING, STUDYING right up until I took the NCLEX! Since then John and I went to some friends' wedding in Hohenwald, and then I spent last week at home cooking, cleaning, weeding, watering, and everything else Mom does around here on a daily basis. You never truly appreciate someone until you've done their job! And this weekend John took me to Memphis to see Wicked. It was absolutely AMAZING, and I recommend everyone go see it when it comes to Nashville in September. The music and costumes were spectacular! I expected it to be twisted and scary, but it was hilarious! Go see it!