TODAY IS THE DAY!!!

The day has finally come!!!

Hello all---it is Noelle (Elizabeth's sister) here. Elizabeth asked me to update her blog to let everyone know what happened today at 11:00am since she isn't able to, but wanted to make sure that everyone who cared could know what was going on.

So this is my perspective of things.........
At about 10:45am this morning I started to pace and my stomach felt like blah and I wanted to die. ha The anticipation was KILLING me!
My sister texted me last night and told me to be ready right at 11am because I would be the first person she called.
So I'm sweaty and shaky and cannot believe how slow time is going by.

At 11:02am, I get a call on my cell phone from my sister's cell phone. I answer it and keep saying hello but she is not there. I can hear her in the background but she isn't talking! So I hang up and call her back and when she finally answers and is on the phone...my shaky voice says, "What is it?? Where are you going???"
And among the many many voices and craziness in the background I slightly hear Elizabeth say---"We got Rochester. Bryan has all 4 years at Mayo!"
And I just about lost it!!! For those of you who were at my sister and Bryan's wedding, you know that I'm not one to hold back emotions, happy and sad. So you can somewhat imagine what I was like when it finally registered that Bryan got in at Mayo for ALL FOUR YEARS!!!
None of this Portland or Pittsburgh CRAP!!!! haha At least thats what I was thinking!!!
When I finally stopped my crying or tried to stop, I went out into the main office area and of course everyone was waiting to hear my news...and I told them all that they will be in Rochester, MN only an HOUR away from me!!! YAY!!!
I cried again when I got a hold of Rian to tell him the great news.
But no more tears because Bryan got into Mayo for all four years, which is basically the best scenario that could have ever happened!
This means that they can actually get a house right away and be settled--which is SO exciting!

I'll stop babbling now, but I thought it would be fun to drag it out in the dramatic sense that I had to live it!!!

Maybe now Elizabeth will get some sleep!!! hehe

Thanks to everyone who has helped Elizabeth and supported her and Bryan through all of this craziness! It was far from easy but today is a very happy day and all the hard work from Bryan and all the stress of travel and decisions that they both had to make have finally paid off!!!

Hope everyone has a great day and a happy holiday weekend!!!

YAY!!! :-)