New Job

So I found a job!! It's an awesome one too. In hygiene it's really hard to find a full time job because dentists are cheap. They like to split the 40 hours between two hygienists so they don't have to pay for any benefits, so that means you have to search for two jobs if you want to get around 40 hours a week. I was not looking forward to that! My dream was to get into one office where I could make myself comfortable, instead of skipping around between two. I started job searching about a month before I graduated. I thought I would get a head start since I figured it would take me awhile to find one anyway. Then one day about a two weeks before graduation I saw a posting on KSL for a full time job in Roy. Bingo! So I emailed in my resume, and called to make sure they had received it. No one answered, so I left a message. Well a few days later I got a call that they had received it and wanted me to come in for an interview. SWEET!! My first interview!!! Let me back up for just a min.-this wasn't the first resume I had emailed/taken to an office. This was probably the tenth I would guess. And ALL of the other offices said that they were looking for someone with experience. UGH! It had been so frustrating! So finally someone was giving me a shot! I couldn't believe it! So I went in for my interview and it lasted about 45 min. Good interview I would say! By the end he was joking with me and I just had a good feeling about it. The only thing that worried me was when he was wrapping up the interview he asked me this "If I decide to go with someone who had more experience, would you mind if I kept your resume in case it doesn't work out?" Experience- I hate that word!!! So what else could I say except "of course"? He said he would give me a call the next week and let me know either way. So the long week passed, and the next week I got a phone call. They wanted to set up a second interview with me! YAY!! I was so excited!! So my second interview was the week after that on Monday. I was more nervous for this one than the first, because I was so much closer to getting it! He had narrowed it down to three of us. THREE! I was one of three. So in my second interview he just wanted to clarify some things. Then he said "My only hang up with you is lack of experience." So the next five minutes I tried to convince him that that wouldn't be a problem and that I knew I could work quickly and efficiently. I said my piece and that was that. It was all up to him now. As I left he said he would know by the end of the week, and would give me a call. So the next three days dragged on and on as I sat there waiting. Friday morning came and when Andy got up to go to work, I could fall back asleep like I usually do. I was too nervous! So I turned on the tv to distract myself, but after a few hours of dumb tv shows I couldn't take it anymore, I had to call him. I called and Kara, one of the front desk ladies, answered the phone. I asked her if Dr. Wade was available and she said he was with a patient. I told her who I was and wondered if he had made a decision about the job. She went back and checked with him, and came back to say that he had made a decision, and would call me in a bit. NOOO! More waiting! I was going to go crazy waiting. I jumped in the shower and got ready for the day trying to pass the time. Four hours later I finally got a call! He said sorry for the anticipation, and that he would like to offer me the job!! HALLELUJAH!!!! I couldn't believe it!!! The first place I interviewed and I got the job, even before I had my license! That's insane!! I was on cloud 9 the entire day. I couldn't wait to tell Andy! He was so proud of me. It was such a great feeling. I start on June 4th, so now I am just relaxing and enjoying my free time because soon I will be a working woman!

Graduation

I'm finally a college graduate!!! It feels sooo goood. Now I can move on with my life!! Here are some pics from the blessed day

It was really dark in the UCCU Center, so this is pretty much the only one that turned out from the actual graduation.

My Andy brought me these beautiful flowers

The whole fam minus Miranda, Brett and Tate

Mom and Dad-the two people that made this day possible. Love you both very much!

This is Mrs. Knight, one of my favorite instructors.

So these are the pictures from one of the many cameras that were there that day. When I get more put on the computer I will put more up!

Saying Goodbye

So I am graduating tomorrow...whoohoo!! And while that is SO exciting, I can't help but be a little bit sad. These past two years in the program has had it's up's and down's but through all of it I have made some really great friends. We have made it a goal to get together as a class every year, but some of us are moving to different states, and I highly doubt I will get to see them again. I am going to miss these girls so much! I love all of them!!! Thanks for a great two years!

Four Down, One to Go!!

Since my last post was one down, four to go, I thought it would be fitting to do a post now that it's four down, one to go. One more exam to go!!!! This makes me so excited!!! I took the big national board exam today, and I think it went alright. It took me a little over five hours, so the last hour of it was a little rushed (I was beyond ready to be finished). This Friday is the big clinical exam. The whopper!! I'm not too nervous, I've only spent the last two years preparing for it every day in clinic, so hopefully all goes well. Send me good vibes that my patient will be accepted by the examiners, and that he won't pass out when I give him his injections (he's a little afraid of needles...). And of course good vibes that I will clean him well and pass! Because I definitely don't want to have to redo this one...and pay the 1,200 again. I would be pretty upset, to say the least. So here's to a happy Friday and to me finally becoming a Registered Dental Hygienist !!!!:)

One Down Four to Go!!

I passed my first Board exam!! One step closer to becoming a dental hygienist. Hoorah!! I was so nervous for this first one, since I had no idea what it would be like. I studied and studied and STUDIED for it until I literally ran out of material to study. It was the written local anesthesia exam, which isn't a huge one, but i'm still really glad I passed. My next one is in two weeks and it's my Process of Care exam. I need to start studying for it, but my score on the last exam has given me a false sense of security...dang it!! Then a couple weeks after that and I have my clinical local anesthesia exam where I inject someone while two old ladies lean over my shoulder and make sure I do everything exactly right. Not excited for that one. Then my two biggest tests after that, and then I am done!!! So sorry I have been an awful blogger lately, but I have more on my plate than I can handle sometimes!! I just can't quit imagining about the day I graduate and how wonderful it will be to actually make money!!! Just the thought of it all is so exciting!!!