Fast track continues!

Life is definitely on the fast track these days. I don't know where the time has gone. The semester will be over in a month. YAY! I am gearing up for my summer internship. I was accepted at the hospital in St. George and IMC. After much deliberation, I opted to go to St. George. I have been having anxiety about turning down IMC. I did not think I would actually get that position, and was hoping the decision would be really easy. But it came down to doing what's best for my family. Brook will be able to spend the summer with Nana and Papa, and Jeff will have no distractions while he goes through the Anatomy class at BYU. (Jeff applied as a visiting student at BYU this summer so he can take anatomy there.) I am really excited about the opportunity at St. George. I will get experience working in an acute rehab setting and an acute inpatient setting. I am hoping to end up in that type of setting, so I was really excited to get this opportunity. It will be hard to be apart from Jeff for that long, but we will both be super busy, so I am sure that will help.
This semester has been overwhelmingly busy, and I am not sure how I have made it this far! It has definitely been a miracle. I survived my midterms, and am completing a sleugh of projects. I am really looking forward to this semester being over, as it has been and will be the hardest semester of the program!
Brook is growing up so fast. She is picking up words right and left. She has a new best friend: Our friends' dog Sofie. Brook loves to play with her! We are dog-sitting this week, and Brook could not wait for Sofie to be freed from her cage so she could play. She kept saying "Tofie out." It is so fun watch Brook chase Sofie and wait for Sofie to chase her. She just giggles the whole time. We have had some struggles with the toddler bed transition. Brook has ended up in our bed more often than not. Last night, we finally locked her in her room, and after crying for a while, she fell asleep and stayed in her bed all night. Hopefully we keep this up!
Jeff is spending lots of time with Brook these days. She adores him. He is gearing up for a challenging summer. He will be taking chemistry in the first block and anatomy in the second block. I wish him luck in those endeavors! He has been working really hard to get to this point and to get ready to apply to the nursing program. (He will hopefully apply in a year) He has been a great support so I can get the work done that I need to for school.