11.23.15 - Nursing program!

Today Jack found out he got accepted into the nursing program! This is wonderful news for several reasons: it's a top-rated program, local to where we live, and he had been waitlisted the first time he applied, so it's a relief to know he's in for sure this time.

We toured the program a couple weeks ago and found out that there's no part-time schedule for taking the classes. Everyone in an entering class takes all classes together and finishes in two years, barring some complications. On the one hand this means things will be pretty intense the next two years, but on the other hand I now find it more plausible that he really will finish in two years instead of three, and that would be great.

So after he got home last night, he, Clara, and I went out to celebrate. We went to Burgers and Brew, one of our favorite spots, and had some delicious avocado burgers and curly fries and he got a beer. Clara slept for most of the wait for food and was just hanging out in her carseat for a lot of it. After awhile she started fussing so I held her in my lap and let her try some avocado and, for the first time, a pickle. She liked it.

There are a lot of fans in the restaurant and she was checking all of those out. She also enjoyed trying to spin the top of a bar stool near our table. You'd think a "date" where you bring the baby wouldn't be fun, but, while it's not the same as going out on our own, I do enjoy it. Everything is new and interesting through Clara's eyes.

Laughing at the mirror and slapping Jack's bald head over and over.