SINGLE DIGITS!!

I am officially on the SINGLE DIGIT COUNTDOWN!!!!
9 DAYS!!!!

I missed it 3 times!!!

Yesterday was Christmas as of 7 min ago!!! Now something special happens on Christmas for all missioniares....they get to call home!!! Well it just so happens that my nearest & dearest friend from Snow College is serving a mission in West Virginia, she has been out for 13 months & is a major inspiration in my life, truly!! Well because of my decision to serve a mission it means that we will not see each other for 2 years & 8 months which truly breaks my heart!!! This girl is like my other half! As cheesy as this is I call her peanut butter & she calls me strawberry jam! Because we go together like peanut butter & strawberry jam on white bread!! Here she is!!!



Bobbi, Dave, Dallin, Me, Jessica



She is the kinda girl that will curl her hair, put on a fancy dress & heels to go eat dinner at THE PIE!!!! & not care one bit!!

Graduation Day!! Worst day ever....the day we parted!!!

Bobbi, Dallin & I were what we liked to call the 3 AMIGOS, well this one time Bobbi stole Dallin's car keys & it started a huge escapade of pranks.....here we are removing Dallin's tire at 2 am!! Mind you Bobbi remained the middle mad through the entire escapade & I was the only one that didn't know! However she is impossible to be angry with so I quickly forgave her!! Plus her & I totally dominated the prank war!!!

She LOVES small towns as much as I do!!

Sorry to get off on that random tangent, but now you understand this girl a little bit & why I love her with all my heart!! Well because we will not be seeing each other in so long she had this brilliant idea to call me on Christmas after she talked to her family!! Well I kept my phone next to me all morning awaiting this phone call because the last time she called me a year ago from the airport i missed her call by 8 min & still to this day I get angry with myself when I think about it!! Well the morning passes on & my family always goes snowboarding on Christmas day so I got ready for that & we left. Well I have no service where we go so when I get home & turn my phone on I have 3 voicemails!! I seriously almost cried!!! ALL of them were from Sister Clement!!! I found out that I received the message at 12:35 pm, I arrived up the mountain at 12:30 pm....meaning if we would have waited 10 more min at my house I would have been able to talk to my Dearest Sister Clement!!! She called 2 other times & left one random message that I don't think she knew she left & then another one an hour or so later!!!

Although she is going to give me her phone number as soon as she is transfered so when I fly to Washington at the end of January & I get a phone call at the airport you better believe I will be calling her!!!
So now I have hanging over my head that she has called me a total of 4 times & not once have I answered!! Can we call me the worst friend in the world?? I think so!!!

Oh how I miss my dearest BOBBI!! I can't wait to see her again!! I LOVE her with all my HEART & SOUL!!!

Dear Sister Clement,

Please oh please forgive me for not answering when you called me on Christmas, for I was up a mtn with no service, almost dying!! I wish with all my heart we could have talked today & you could have given me all the great tips on being an amazing missionary!!! Please don't treat me the way I have treated you when you have called! Answer your phone pretty please!!

Love,

Caitlin

Farewell talk

You could consider my farewell talk WRITTEN!!! Yes you are reading this correct it is written & ready to be given!! Consider #1 stress gone, so face can you let up a little now! This is extremely surprising considering I usually write the talk the morning before church! but with 9 am church & a ton of other things to do I buckled right on down & just did it!!! YAY!!!

Dear Stress in my life,

I would greatly appreciate it if you would let up a little bit! My poor face seems to have taken the brunt of it. Please don't continue to do this to me, as much as I love Dr. Hansen I don't want to pay him a visit before the mission.
Love,
Poor broken out Caitlin

Last day in the NICU....

Today was my last day in the Newborn ICU, where I have worked for the past 20 months & where I have met some of the greatest people EVER!!! In celebration of my leaving the WONDERFUL Kari & Donna put together an AMAZING "Waffle Wednesday" in my honor!!

I walked into the break room to find TONS of delicious breakfast food! (my favorite meal) The break room has never looked so good!! Table clothes & centerpieces!! They truly went above & beyond!!! I love them so very dearly!!! So many people came in to wish me well & of course eat some delicious food!! I really wish I would have taken more pictures!!! bah...

I love this girl!! She is a total crack up!! oh my! Everything she says I laugh at!! I wish she would have come to the unit a year ago so I could have gotten to know her better!!! Along with many of the other new nurses!! I wish I could have gotten to know many others better!!

Me, Amber & Donna! I love Amber to death! One of the housekeepers asked our clerk if her & I were sisters....YES!! I would claim Amber as my sister any day!! She is the greatest EVER!! I just love her & will miss her oh so very much....except she told me that she is going to write me everyday so that way I will never miss her!!!

Now Kari!! I love her with all of my heart!! She has been like my mom away from my mom!!! She has always been there for me & is the greatest support EVER!!! I always loved coming in to see her name on the long sheet because it always comforted me to know she was there if I needed her!! I love her to pieces!!!

They gave me a Willow Tree angel, the Angel of Remembrance, I will always remember my time in the NICU! Thank you all so very much!!

I really wish I had a picture with many of my other friends in the NICU! I just love them all & will miss all of them so very much!!! Along with the 25 cent refill of diet coke, snuggling with the babies, being made fun of for not liking to read, making fun of strange baby names, having wonderful nurses always willing to listen to my strange stories & laugh as stupid as they always are, many hours of conscious sedation....NOT & oh so many other things!!!

Even though I don't think I will ever be a NICU nurse the NICU will always be near & dear to my heart! So thank you staff of the NICU at IMC for all you love, support, knowledge & laughter that we have shared!!!

Addictions

Ok confession time....I have 2 horrible addictions. Both of which I was going to try & kick before I entered the MTC....um probably not going to happen!!! So addiction #1 is coloring my hair!!

I LOVE it!!! I love that the color looks so much richer, I love the scent & I love the way it feels! So this last week I realized that my roots have not looked so bad & that they sorta match my color...so I took a moment & thought about maybe taking the mission as an opportunity to grow out my natrual hair color. Then saturday rolled around.....I walk into the bathroom, looked in the mirror & saw a shiny white hair. Yes WHITE hair. I am only 21 years old!!! How in the world is this happening to me???? As I look through my hair I proceed to find 3 more!!! Are you kidding me?? I immediately got into my car, drove to sally's & bought new hair dye! I guess that conquering that addiction has now failed!!! I CANNOT be a white haired sister missionary!!! Now for addiction #2.....I LOVE diet coke oh so very much!!!!

I have also considered giving up on this guilty pleasure in life. I actually may still be able to do it! Bah it is just oh so very difficult!!! I LOVE it with all my heart & soul! Time will tell. They do not offer it in the MTC which may or may not be the end of my life! I do have great friends & family who are willing to help me with my addiction & sent me DC packages! But a year & a half without might be a good thing. As I said before, we shall see.....

LDS Hospital & Gamma Christmas Party

Yesterday I experienced a couple lasts that were rather difficult.....My last shift at LDS hospital. I was rather excited about it being my last, I feel as though I don't know the staff all that well so it wasn't hard to leave, until the CNA that I always work with showed up to replace me that day! She is so so nice & has been so fun to work with! She gave me a hug & told me how I will be an amazing missionary & how a mission is going to change my life & be the best part of my life so far!! I held back tears until I walked out of the hospital & I lost it!!! I cried until I went to pick up my friend to shop for some fantastic Christmas attire!! Thank you staff at LDS Labor & Delivery! It has been such a great experience to work there!!!

Here are my wonderful GAMMA GIRLS!!! I LOVE them with all of my heart & soul!!! Every Thursday night I will think of what my wonderful Gamma girls are doing & wish I was there! They are the sweetest bunch of girls ever!! This is where I have met some of my very best friends & this is what has made me love living in the city!! Each one has touched my heart in numerous ways!

Dear Gamma Girls,

You will always be near & dear to my heart! I will think of you always & the fun time that we shared together!!! I will miss you more than you will ever know! Thank you for all being you & being such great friends!!! I love you all so much!!

Love,

Sister Caitlin Miller

26 more days!!!

Final Countdown

I guess you could say I am on the FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!
30 DAYS!!!!!!

Happy Drugs!

I am just sitting here in the delightful living room of the Kenwood Residence thinking about my day. Kinda feeling a little weird, more tired. I went in for a scope this morning & got what I like to call happy drugs....or as the nurse called in the Michael Jackson drug. Well Michael I don't really like you but apparently we both have a similar love in life! It was the best sleep I have ever had!! My memory still feels rather foggy of what really happened this morning, but I remember being very happy! Plus I am just generally happy that there really is nothing wrong with me!!! (beside being delusional half the time in my life!) Received a delightful FREE caramel apple from the wonderful Candies on Main!!!! Then for lunch I went to my favorite mexican restaurant ever Los Amigos with my wonderful mom & headed back to the 801. Came in the door & as far as I got was the couch, called my mom to tell her I didn't die on the way home & had her tell me what to write for my 2 weeks notice e-mail, then hit sent! Yep thats right 2 weeks from today I will no longer be employed. I will be like most of the population & will probably begin begging for food on the street! So if you see me put a quarter in my cup & maybe give me a little smile, possibly a wink! hahaha! JK!
I really just can't believe how fast time is flying these days!! Here is the finally countdown
*2 more weeks of work approx 7 more shifts!
*15-17 more nights to sleep at the Kenwood Residence!
*25 days until my non farewell!
*5 weeks until I enter the MTC!!!

Things left to do....
*shop
*pack
*read the rest of the BOM
*get all of my playing out
*attend the Oquirrah Mtn, Timpanogos & Manti Temple
*write another talk

I hope that is everything, probably not but its the just!
This is really happening! I can't even wait! I am stoked to go play in Washington/Oregon maybe become a little more green friendly/granola like (actually that would kill my father) so maybe not! haha! Last night however I decided a goal I have while on my mission! Here it is....Change the mindset that elders have about sister missionaries. I hate it, it is a horrible stereotype & mark my words Sister Caitlin Fran Miller will change their minds!!!
Now that this post is totally & completely odd I shall end it. You can all probably tell I was given some sort of drug today!! bah hahaha!!