This week I was downtown volunteering for the 2010 Special Olympics National games. It was SO fun to be a part of this organization and to have the privilege to interact with the athletes. I worked at Pershing in the Healthy Athletes division. Here they were able to go through and have their teeth looked and procedures done, vision checked and glasses prescribed on the spot, hearing checked (over 10 pairs of hearing aids were given out) and have their feet looked at and orthopedic inserts made on the spot for them. There was also a station for fitness to test their strength, help them stretch and learn about fitness. My first day I helped the athletes do strength exercises and the other two days I helped out at the Fit Feet station. It was so great to meet so many athletes and volunteers from all over the US. No one had a bad comment about Nebraska either :) I encourage everyone to help out with this organization if you get the chance!

Paaaaacking!

I had a really good weekend with my two girlfriends that came down to visit me. We got up Saturday morning and went to the farmers market. After that we spent about 4 hours shopping and ended the night by eating at Olive Garden, yuuuuum! This week has been nothing but packing!! I am SUPER excited to move in with Julie and Abby BUT, the packing is not one bit fun. I have also been helping my boyfriend move this week. It will be nice just to relax on Sunday and be glad its over! Hope everyone is having a great week! It sure is hot out!

Hope everyone had a pleasant holiday weekend! Mine was spent up in Sioux Falls SD kayaking and canoeing down some rivers. We have our roommate roundup on Friday and then it's BryanLGH night at the Salt Dogs game. I'm taking my best friend from high school and better see some fellow students there! I really don't have an interest in baseball, but I heard there were fireworks after the game :)

This week my mom came to Lincoln on Monday to stay with me until Thursday. I have been enjoying her company a lot! She has been helping me pack up the things in my apartment because I will be moving on the 16th to live with Julie and Abby. I am pretty excited to be living with those two. They are soo much fun! I will ride back home with her Thursday and be home all weekend. It will be nice to see all my friends and family back home. Back home they always have a fireworks show and if I am lucky I will be able to spend a few hours at Lake Mcconaughy by Ogallala, NE. Hope everyone has a happy Fourth of July!!

Not a whole lot going on this week besides tests and studying for me. I only have 2 more patho classes left this summer. WAHooOOoo!! It will be nice to have that over with, then I can spend more time on physics as the sonography students have to take a physics board exam. Yuck!! By the way, for all you who didn't know this, General Sonography is now called Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Don't forget to come to the pool party at Patty Bollinger's house this friday the 25th at 1 p.m. Come, enjoy some treats, and soak up some rays!

Hey everyone,
Its been a very busy summer for me and I'm sure it has been the same for all of you! I have spent most of my time working and when I'm not doing that I try to spend my time at the lake or by a pool relaxing! So far I haven't done anything very exciting this summer, but I will be traveling to Austin, TX before school starts to move my brother down there so that should be pretty fun.
For all of you incoming students our roommate roundup is on July 9th this year so plan on attending if you need a roommate or if you would just like to meet new people! You can call Lisa at 402-481-8697 to R.S.V.P. Also, we will be having a book swap after the roommate roundup so everyone can sell their old books and buy books that they will need for the upcoming semester for a cheap price! That evening there will be a Salt Dogs game so everyone should go to that too!
-Shelby

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Hope everyone is having a good summer so far! It's going by faster than I would like it unfortunately! I would love to see my classmates again, but just not in school :) I've discovered my two new favorite shows to keep me occupied this summer: Modern Family (even though the new season doesn't start until fall) on ABC and Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List on bravo. They are both comedy shows and are hilarious so you should check them out! Welp that's about all I know!