Finally!!

I had my last official day of class today!!! WOW!!!! It seemed like it would never get here, but now I just have my last day of clinicals tomorrow and life is good! Just wanted to share cuz I'm a little excited about this whole pending graduation thing. Anywho, hope you are all having an equally fantabulous day!!!!!!! Smile Big :D

A "Wicked" Weekend!!

I finally have some time to post, the last few weeks have been crazy! But we're almost there, only two weeks until graduation!!!!! I can't WAIT!! But, I got to do something incredibly exciting a few weeks ago.

I spent the weekend with my mom, my awesome bud Paige, and her mom in Salt Lake. We went shopping and hung out, I finally got to go to Ikea--that store is so cool! I will absolutely go back there when I have a house to decorate. We also ate at this totally cute little restaurant called "Bucca's" that's just down the street from PF Chang's. It looks kinda dumpy from the outside, but it is SO fun and the food is amazing!! I tried Bruscetta for the first time- YUM!

But the best part of the weeked was going to see the musical Wicked at the Capitol Theatre!! It was AMAZING!!! If any of you have not seen or heard of it, it's very worth your time. Basically, it's the pre-Wizard of Oz story. It tells the story of Elphaba, the "Wicked" Witch of the West, and how she and Glinda met and became friends in college, and then how she becomes "wicked." The music is incredible and very moving. The gal that played Elphaba in our show was SO GOOD!! I loved her voice and how she brought her own things to the character. I just can't say enough about it, I was extremely anxious to see this show and it was all I was hoping it would be!! (I'm still a little excited about it, can ya tell? ;) hehe) Anywho, to show my enthusiasm, enjoy the ginormous set of pics to follow...but thanks Paigie, Melanie and Mom for a fantastic time!!

Here's Paige as we get ready to leave on our road trip

The beautiful Capitol Theatre--it's very old-fashioned with the red velvet everywhere and stuff

Me and my gal before the show...

The Stage-- The TimeClock Dragon and a map of Oz

A view of the theater from the balcony

Paige and her cute mom--love these gals!!

Me and my beautiful Mom (pardon my big head though-yikes!
The two amazing leads for Glinda and Elphaba--all I can say is WOW!!The whole cast taking a bow, they put on a great show!! If you ever get a chance, you HAVE to see this musical!

Mom getting treasures at the "Oz Dust Boutique"--I got a REALLY awesome shirt and a "Wicked" pin that I can wear on my lanyard at work.

After the show, all smiles!

Anywho, hope you enjoyed the pics. It was an awesome trip and a fantastic show!! Now I just want to see it in New York on Broadway...hubby? ;)