Week One: Introductions

Hello Everyone!

My name is Lauren. I am a mommy in my twenties of 2 beautiful little girls, aged 5 months and 3 years. They are, of course, the light of my life! I am married to my best friend, who happens to be a Sergeant in the Marine Corps. We are originally from Connecticut; Virginia is our second duty station. We have an obnoxious (but sweet) Boxer named Tyson, and an insane feline named Gary (a-la Spongebob...thank my 3 year old!). I spend my days with my little ones, spend my mornings at the gym, afternoons cooking and cleaning, and my evenings catching up with my equally busy husband. I love to watch movies, hit the beach or play outside whenever I can, cook and bake, and am a self-proclaimed Facebook Addict (Bejeweled Blitz anyone??)

Last year, I graduated nursing school with a diploma in Practical Nursing, and am now an LPN. Although on an "extended maternity leave" as I like to call it, I will be pursuing employment sometime in the near future. For now, I am a student at NOVA, taking online classes in order to prepare for entrance into the LPN-RN transition program. Obviously, I am a glutton for punishment. I am taking this course not just because it is required of me for my associate's, but because I enjoy the study of human behavior and learning how and why people relate to eachother in the way that they do.

Before completing this first blog entry, I was really intimidated by blogging because I feel that I won't really know what to say to the "audience" or how to say it. But even since writing this, I feel a bit better about writing in this arena. So if anything seems inapproprate for this format, please don't hesitate to comment. And if anyone has any questions about who I am or what I am all about, please feel free to ask!

I look forward to writing more for this class, and reading my classmate's introductions as well.

Till next week,
Lauren