Until my super secret fiance birthday celebration! I don't know what he's doing besides cooking (I don't know what), but I am so excited!!! I miss him too :( It'll be 2 days since I have seen him by tomorrow! It doesn't sound long, but he's my best friend! I just want to cuddle him all the time!
The first day of school went well, I think. I may or may not have made a 100 on my med math test, we will find out soon. I have one more chance if I didn't... but let's just hope that I did! I am ready to start learning again. It makes me feel good (and exhausted at the same time) to have things that I HAVE to do. School, work, wedding planning, and fiance should keep me super occupied! We are having a breakfast for the incoming juniors this morning, which should be interesting! Oh, and everyone asked me a ton of questions about the wedding, and loved the ring, and how he did such an awesome job, etc. :) It was nice! It was also nice to come back with no ill feelings and everyone in a good mood. Refreshed and ready for depletion, like last semester. ;)
I still weigh 130. Poop. I am going to try real hard today since this weekend, all diet bets are off. Food tomorrow with Nathan, and food Sunday with my family! I can't wait!
I guess I better get ready, or something.
Showing posts with label nursing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nursing. Show all posts
8.17.2012
5.02.2012
i'm a senior!
I AM OFFICIALLY A SENIOR NURSING STUDENT!
I never thought I would see the day.
Things I learned and did during my first year of nursing school:
1. Cleaned wrinkly old people in a shower, and was totally cool with seeing them naked.
2. C. diff poop smells... different.
3. Hot and dry = sugar high
Cold and clammy = needs some candy
4. Nervous breakdowns are a weekly event.
5. It is very possible to have chronic IBS during test weeks and finals.
6. It is also very possible to diet in nursing school, mostly due to stress.
7. Anxiety r/t nursing school AEB IBS, failing med surg test grades, not being able to keep nurse face when irrigating a pressure ulcer, and chronic fatigue.
8. Self diagnosis is popular.
9. Mental health is grey; there is no black or white.
10. Health assessments are the most thorough in nursing school, taking upwards of an hour to complete. In real life, almost non existent.
11. APA format sucks.
12. ABC's are not what you think they are.
13. If airway is an answer for a priority question, pick it.
14. If hand washing is an answer, pick it.
15. Lab values must be memorized, when in reality there is a chart for everything.
16. Buy stock in highlighters.
17. If your textbook is not yellow, you're not highlighting enough.
18. Clear before cloudy.
19. Pregnancy is terrifying.
20. MAGNESIUM SULFATE.
21. In the case of postpartum hemorrhage, massage the fundus.
22. Diabetes will mess you up.
23. Drug dictionaries are priceless.
24. ATI SUCKS
25. Nursing school makes you hate everything/one, especially people with free time.
26. If you don't know it by 2 AM, it's not happening.
27. Doctors and anesthesiologists are mean.
28. You really DO see EVERYTHING in Mental Health clinical rotations.
29. Friends can bring you the most support.
30. You cannot study effectively while sitting on Facebook, Netflix, or playing Bejeweled.
31. Gossip is plentiful.
32. Crying is essential to survival.
33. Boyfriends and kittens make it do-able. Barely, but it works.
34. FHT's
35. Scrubs, pen, paper, stethoscope, and ID badge always at clinical.
36. What's free time? Or friends?
37. Tabatha's Salon Takeover is not conducive to studying.
38. Hard, rigid, board-like abdomen = peritonitis.
39. Manual blood pressures are hard to do when you have ADD.
40. Give digoxin only if pulse is > 60.
41. Endoscopy is probably the cleanest place in the hospital.
42. Suicide notes are creepy to read.
43. IV's ARE SO FUN!
44. ACCUCHECKS ARE FUN!
45. Care plans.
46. Drug cards.
47. Diagnostic labs and test are important for your tests.
48. Pick the rightest right answer.
49. Therapeutic communication.
50. MED MATH.
In short, that's nursing school. Poop, naked old people, vital signs, heavy books, stress upon stress upon stress, medical math, trick questions, raised grade bars, unneeded competition, schizophrenics, and nervous breakdowns all for the price of a new car. It's amazing. How am I alive? I don't know. God pulled me though, family helped, and Nathan carried me through a lot. The last month of nursing school I went catatonic; alienating my friends in class and basically living in my books just to pass my final for Med Surg. I passed all of my classes, and now I am a senior. Wow!
I have 3 months nursing SCHOOL free. However, I start an externship on the 21st, Public speaking the same day, and Spanish 2 in June. I have a feeling that this Summer is going to be bittersweet.
I never thought I would see the day.
Things I learned and did during my first year of nursing school:
1. Cleaned wrinkly old people in a shower, and was totally cool with seeing them naked.
2. C. diff poop smells... different.
3. Hot and dry = sugar high
Cold and clammy = needs some candy
4. Nervous breakdowns are a weekly event.
5. It is very possible to have chronic IBS during test weeks and finals.
6. It is also very possible to diet in nursing school, mostly due to stress.
7. Anxiety r/t nursing school AEB IBS, failing med surg test grades, not being able to keep nurse face when irrigating a pressure ulcer, and chronic fatigue.
8. Self diagnosis is popular.
9. Mental health is grey; there is no black or white.
10. Health assessments are the most thorough in nursing school, taking upwards of an hour to complete. In real life, almost non existent.
11. APA format sucks.
12. ABC's are not what you think they are.
13. If airway is an answer for a priority question, pick it.
14. If hand washing is an answer, pick it.
15. Lab values must be memorized, when in reality there is a chart for everything.
16. Buy stock in highlighters.
17. If your textbook is not yellow, you're not highlighting enough.
18. Clear before cloudy.
19. Pregnancy is terrifying.
20. MAGNESIUM SULFATE.
21. In the case of postpartum hemorrhage, massage the fundus.
22. Diabetes will mess you up.
23. Drug dictionaries are priceless.
24. ATI SUCKS
25. Nursing school makes you hate everything/one, especially people with free time.
26. If you don't know it by 2 AM, it's not happening.
27. Doctors and anesthesiologists are mean.
28. You really DO see EVERYTHING in Mental Health clinical rotations.
29. Friends can bring you the most support.
30. You cannot study effectively while sitting on Facebook, Netflix, or playing Bejeweled.
31. Gossip is plentiful.
32. Crying is essential to survival.
33. Boyfriends and kittens make it do-able. Barely, but it works.
34. FHT's
35. Scrubs, pen, paper, stethoscope, and ID badge always at clinical.
36. What's free time? Or friends?
37. Tabatha's Salon Takeover is not conducive to studying.
38. Hard, rigid, board-like abdomen = peritonitis.
39. Manual blood pressures are hard to do when you have ADD.
40. Give digoxin only if pulse is > 60.
41. Endoscopy is probably the cleanest place in the hospital.
42. Suicide notes are creepy to read.
43. IV's ARE SO FUN!
44. ACCUCHECKS ARE FUN!
45. Care plans.
46. Drug cards.
47. Diagnostic labs and test are important for your tests.
48. Pick the rightest right answer.
49. Therapeutic communication.
50. MED MATH.
In short, that's nursing school. Poop, naked old people, vital signs, heavy books, stress upon stress upon stress, medical math, trick questions, raised grade bars, unneeded competition, schizophrenics, and nervous breakdowns all for the price of a new car. It's amazing. How am I alive? I don't know. God pulled me though, family helped, and Nathan carried me through a lot. The last month of nursing school I went catatonic; alienating my friends in class and basically living in my books just to pass my final for Med Surg. I passed all of my classes, and now I am a senior. Wow!
I have 3 months nursing SCHOOL free. However, I start an externship on the 21st, Public speaking the same day, and Spanish 2 in June. I have a feeling that this Summer is going to be bittersweet.
1.23.2012
thoughts and love and things
Life as an adult is HARD.
What I wouldn't give to be a kid again with forever summers and no responsibilities and free food and housing, unlimited time with your friends, a bountiful imagination, a certain naivety that escapes us as we grow up, and zero stress. I wouldn't give up my sweetest boyfriend and best friend, Nathan, and I wouldn't give up my maturity and experience... but all of the kids stuff would be fantastic. I think about being a kid and it makes me want to cry because I will never have that EVER again. I probably spend an abnormally long amount of time thinking about when I was little, before tons of bad things happened in my life and the lives of others around me. Playing until it got dark, coloring, making up stories, having tea parties, playing hide and seek, super nintendo, and recording your favorite songs on TAPE off of the RADIO. And then, I think about how stupid I was when I was little and I couldn't wait to grow up.
Now, I am adult. I have school, hours upon hours of studying and less and less of sleep, stress coming from all directions, money worries, job worries, relationship strain, spiritual crises! Oh, the joys of being an adult. I can't complain though. I have learned a lot. I value so much in my life. I love my family, my friends that I meet everyday, my boyfriend, how much I've grown spiritually... All of this because I grew up.
I'm still super immature in some areas though... but that can't be helped. Right now I should be making more drug cards for OB, and studying for an OB test, and looking at GA legislative stuff regarding nursing, but here I am listening to Law and Order and blogging. Some things never change :)
Boyfriend and I had an awesome mountain date in the gloominess on Sunday. We went to a really cool antique store in Sautee, and went to the Sweetwater Coffeehouse and Nate got me a brownie that was mega super awesome, and we had chai teas and we played mancala and mushed and went to this other place in Helen but I can't remember the name and we got wings and listened to drunk people yell about football and came back home and cuddled and looked at wedding venues even though we aren't even engaged. But it was the best! I LOVE the mountain dates. LOVE them. I love the drive because I get to hold hands with Nate and sing and laugh and talk about everything under the sun. He's my best friend, and I'm so glad that he's mine!
I started my first OB clinical today! I got to feel the fundus of a postpartum patient and a patient at 20 weeks, I got to administer medication and give a Tdap shot, remove an INT, assess a postpartum patient, and I got to let a lady hear her fetal heartbeat with the doppler! It was an amazing day and further reaffirmed why I am busting my butt and crying and stressing over school. I will LOVE being a nurse!
I am so thankful for everything that I have in my life and how things have turned out. I remember being so stressed to get INTO nursing school, and now I have a semester under my belt and only 3 more to go until I am BSN Wilson. I got the externship at the hospital on the medical floor for the summer! I am SO nervous/excited. It will be a learning experience for sure!
Ok, I am going to go to bed I think. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 tomorrow!
What I wouldn't give to be a kid again with forever summers and no responsibilities and free food and housing, unlimited time with your friends, a bountiful imagination, a certain naivety that escapes us as we grow up, and zero stress. I wouldn't give up my sweetest boyfriend and best friend, Nathan, and I wouldn't give up my maturity and experience... but all of the kids stuff would be fantastic. I think about being a kid and it makes me want to cry because I will never have that EVER again. I probably spend an abnormally long amount of time thinking about when I was little, before tons of bad things happened in my life and the lives of others around me. Playing until it got dark, coloring, making up stories, having tea parties, playing hide and seek, super nintendo, and recording your favorite songs on TAPE off of the RADIO. And then, I think about how stupid I was when I was little and I couldn't wait to grow up.
Now, I am adult. I have school, hours upon hours of studying and less and less of sleep, stress coming from all directions, money worries, job worries, relationship strain, spiritual crises! Oh, the joys of being an adult. I can't complain though. I have learned a lot. I value so much in my life. I love my family, my friends that I meet everyday, my boyfriend, how much I've grown spiritually... All of this because I grew up.
I'm still super immature in some areas though... but that can't be helped. Right now I should be making more drug cards for OB, and studying for an OB test, and looking at GA legislative stuff regarding nursing, but here I am listening to Law and Order and blogging. Some things never change :)
Boyfriend and I had an awesome mountain date in the gloominess on Sunday. We went to a really cool antique store in Sautee, and went to the Sweetwater Coffeehouse and Nate got me a brownie that was mega super awesome, and we had chai teas and we played mancala and mushed and went to this other place in Helen but I can't remember the name and we got wings and listened to drunk people yell about football and came back home and cuddled and looked at wedding venues even though we aren't even engaged. But it was the best! I LOVE the mountain dates. LOVE them. I love the drive because I get to hold hands with Nate and sing and laugh and talk about everything under the sun. He's my best friend, and I'm so glad that he's mine!
I started my first OB clinical today! I got to feel the fundus of a postpartum patient and a patient at 20 weeks, I got to administer medication and give a Tdap shot, remove an INT, assess a postpartum patient, and I got to let a lady hear her fetal heartbeat with the doppler! It was an amazing day and further reaffirmed why I am busting my butt and crying and stressing over school. I will LOVE being a nurse!
I am so thankful for everything that I have in my life and how things have turned out. I remember being so stressed to get INTO nursing school, and now I have a semester under my belt and only 3 more to go until I am BSN Wilson. I got the externship at the hospital on the medical floor for the summer! I am SO nervous/excited. It will be a learning experience for sure!
Ok, I am going to go to bed I think. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 tomorrow!
1.11.2012
getting back
I've prayed a lot lately, and I've reached a bit of peace that I haven't had in awhile. Things are looking up!
Nathan is gone for a few days for work. It makes me so sad to see him go. I just love him so much! But, I'll keep busy while he's gone. I'm going to go to my first spin class Friday (gulp) and study for nursing school. I have been researching how to make jewelry. Silver jewelry. I am obsessed. Which of course that means that my manic behavior is kicking in and I'm going to want to try and make something. It's cheaper than photography, and it will keep me busy, and if I get good at it, maybe people will want them :)
I'm so thankful for everything in my life right now. Nathan and I are celebrating a year together next month! It might not seem like a big deal, but it's a big deal to me, and just wonderful all the same. It's bizarre how time flies... and sometimes drags. Nursing school has put my life in fast forward since the beginning, which is good and bad. I don't want to be 26 in August (I just had a mini-breakdown after reading that), but I am looking forward to more time with my Nathan and the dwindling down of my nursing student career! I interviewed at a hospital today for a Summer internship... I pray that I get it! If not, God will have me do something else, so I'm not worried about it.
Cheers!
Nathan is gone for a few days for work. It makes me so sad to see him go. I just love him so much! But, I'll keep busy while he's gone. I'm going to go to my first spin class Friday (gulp) and study for nursing school. I have been researching how to make jewelry. Silver jewelry. I am obsessed. Which of course that means that my manic behavior is kicking in and I'm going to want to try and make something. It's cheaper than photography, and it will keep me busy, and if I get good at it, maybe people will want them :)
I'm so thankful for everything in my life right now. Nathan and I are celebrating a year together next month! It might not seem like a big deal, but it's a big deal to me, and just wonderful all the same. It's bizarre how time flies... and sometimes drags. Nursing school has put my life in fast forward since the beginning, which is good and bad. I don't want to be 26 in August (I just had a mini-breakdown after reading that), but I am looking forward to more time with my Nathan and the dwindling down of my nursing student career! I interviewed at a hospital today for a Summer internship... I pray that I get it! If not, God will have me do something else, so I'm not worried about it.
Cheers!
12.09.2011
christmas break!
I feel like I'm 14 (or any age below like, 18) again and school has let out! Except for now I have to work a full-time job until school starts back... but no bother! For in 4 days I will be on a plane to Long Island the visit family and venture into the city with my sweetest boyfriend and brother (I know I wrote that last time). My tonsils are real big and hurting at my head has that "sick" feeling this morning. At least it held off until after finals, right?
I better get ready for work.
I better get ready for work.
12.07.2011
tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day of my first semester of nursing school. I have learned a lot, both academically and about myself. I learned that it is very possible for me to cave under pressure, that I stress eat/sleep, that crying is not beneath me, that sometimes C's are okay if that's what you get after studying for hours on end, that friends who are struggling with you are the best kind of support, that good teachers make all the difference, and I have learned to appreciate every moment with people in your life during free time (which is very little). In my short 2 clinicals I learned that older people need compassionate people to care for them, and that state run nursing homes need to be regulated better. The things I saw broke my heart. Maybe one day I can help change some of that. I am so excited about next semester! OB, med/surg, and mental health! I feel like this will be a hard semester, but it will be one of my favorites because the material is so interesting!
I should be studying pharmacology. I really should. I will, I just can't seem to cram anymore information about drugs into my brain at the moment. I also have an interview for my internship at Athens Regional for the summer tomorrow. I hope I do well!
I get to go to New York on Tuesday with my brother and my love! I am so so so excited! Depending on when Nathan's last present gets here (it better get here soon...) that's when we will do our Christmas. So maybe Monday, or maybe we will wait until Christmas. I just can't wait!
So many things are happening to people around me (in good ways) and I am just so happy for it! Engagements, babies, work being found, better grades... life is good :) As always I'm still very blessed to have the most supportive boyfriend in the entire world ever. He's carried me through some tough times this semester and I love him even more for it. His encouragement keeps me going when all I want to do is cry and give up. I love him to death!
I'm going to try and study now...
I should be studying pharmacology. I really should. I will, I just can't seem to cram anymore information about drugs into my brain at the moment. I also have an interview for my internship at Athens Regional for the summer tomorrow. I hope I do well!
I get to go to New York on Tuesday with my brother and my love! I am so so so excited! Depending on when Nathan's last present gets here (it better get here soon...) that's when we will do our Christmas. So maybe Monday, or maybe we will wait until Christmas. I just can't wait!
So many things are happening to people around me (in good ways) and I am just so happy for it! Engagements, babies, work being found, better grades... life is good :) As always I'm still very blessed to have the most supportive boyfriend in the entire world ever. He's carried me through some tough times this semester and I love him even more for it. His encouragement keeps me going when all I want to do is cry and give up. I love him to death!
I'm going to try and study now...
11.17.2011
it's almost the end...
of my first semester of nursing school! After much stressing (there's still a lot of that to come, I'm sure), I can safely and confidently say that I am going into my finals with all B's and I hope that I'll be able to keep them :) I owe it all to God and the thoughts and prayers from my friends.
My new job is going pretty good, although I wish they would give me less hours, but again, I should be thankful that I have one in the first place.
I have found my perfect engagement ring. Nathan says it's too much money. I don't think so, but I guess I'm not the one buying it eh?
It looks like this:
, except for the stone isn't that big and it's like $3,000. Yes Puh-leeze.
Also, I'm sick. Fever, chills, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore nose ;(
I can't wait for Thanksgiving.
My new job is going pretty good, although I wish they would give me less hours, but again, I should be thankful that I have one in the first place.
I have found my perfect engagement ring. Nathan says it's too much money. I don't think so, but I guess I'm not the one buying it eh?
It looks like this:
| Plain and simple and beautiful. |
, except for the stone isn't that big and it's like $3,000. Yes Puh-leeze.
Also, I'm sick. Fever, chills, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore nose ;(
I can't wait for Thanksgiving.
11.07.2011
increased sleep latency = pinterest, blogging, & netflix
Well, actually it isn't increased latency if it's just disrupted sleep patterns which is very much what it is. I just went to bed at 9, woke up at 11 something, and I have my very first ever nursing clinical at 7 in the morning. Will I get ANY sleep? Perhaps. Maybe in an hour or two my circadian rhythm will kick back into "oh crap, you're supposed to be asleep" mode and I'll hit the pillow and make some Z's in sleepytown. Probably not.
Nursing school is... stressful still, but I am FINALLY getting into the swing of things. I think in the past two weeks I will have taken 3 tests, done my first clinical (STRESS CITY), written 3 papers, practiced for finals, and all the while maintaining a relationship with my Nathan and a part time job that gives me more hours than I could possibly want. I am relieved though, that I am officially going into finals with B's in ALL of my nursing classes. I don't know what is going to happen, but I have been praying, and God has carried me through this semester at my hardest points, and I know that he will continue to carry me through if it is what I am supposed to do.
My Grandmother and Dad are coming down from New York to say hello and to pack all of my Dad's stuff to move to New York and then Nathan, my brother, and I are going up to New York in December. Too many New York's.
Nathan and I went to this really good pasta place tonight called Mirko. It has homemade pasta and sauces and it was delish! Definitely will be going back again!
Nursing school is... stressful still, but I am FINALLY getting into the swing of things. I think in the past two weeks I will have taken 3 tests, done my first clinical (STRESS CITY), written 3 papers, practiced for finals, and all the while maintaining a relationship with my Nathan and a part time job that gives me more hours than I could possibly want. I am relieved though, that I am officially going into finals with B's in ALL of my nursing classes. I don't know what is going to happen, but I have been praying, and God has carried me through this semester at my hardest points, and I know that he will continue to carry me through if it is what I am supposed to do.
My Grandmother and Dad are coming down from New York to say hello and to pack all of my Dad's stuff to move to New York and then Nathan, my brother, and I are going up to New York in December. Too many New York's.
Nathan and I went to this really good pasta place tonight called Mirko. It has homemade pasta and sauces and it was delish! Definitely will be going back again!
9.14.2011
Nursing School is so Hard
Seriously. If you or anyone you know has thought of becoming a nurse, tell them not to do it. It makes you cry all the time and your face break out and stomach hurt from stress, and you have no personal life, and they tell you to get organized and you finally do, they throw more stuff at you out of nowhere and you have to make a 74 in the class or you fail, and and and...
I just want to cry. I have been trying so hard and I have gotten C's on the past 2 tests. I can't take it anymore. ;(
I just want to cry. I have been trying so hard and I have gotten C's on the past 2 tests. I can't take it anymore. ;(
8.31.2011
Insomnia
I can't sleep, so I am off and on studying for health assessment, looking at urban outfitters and anthropologie for crafty diy inspirations, craigslist for a cheap nightstand/mirror/desk, watching Law and Order, and babysitting jobs. What the heck. I should be sleeping, but alas, I am not and cannot.
This is where a sleep aid should come in handy. I find that if I take anything to help me sleep though, I feel just as tired in the morning as if I didn't sleep, so I might as well stay up and be somewhat productive than sleep and feel just as awful in the morning. I'll just get coffee and try and survive my 3 hour class in the a.m.
Anyway, I passed my first nursing check off just fine. My first test is Thursday, and I am a bit stressed about it since I don't know what the tests are like. Such is life. I cooked my first dinner ever in the house yesterday! I made pasta with a meat sauce and a nice salad for me and my boyfriend :) Then we watched Home Alone 2 and ate some ice cream. Nights like those make me the happiest!
I am the biggest home-body in the world. I like to go out and have my fun, but at the end of the day I want to be in my comfy, familiar house with my boyfriend (which doesn't happen nearly enough). I have the craft bug. I made a bunch of "crackle" frames that I need to fill with pictures. Next on my list is a jewelry "frame"! I think I have latched onto this because it's a way to relieve some of the mega ultra stress from nursing school. This is the most stressful thing I've ever done. Knowing the material is one thing, and the thing that I love the most, but having to apply it to real patients and being responsible for lives... that's the stressful part. I just want to be done with school and married and make money to pay off debts so I can make my own cutesy house and not have to worry as much. Can that happen please?
Boyfriend is still the best thing ever and I fall in love with him more and more everyday. It's fun to look back at my blogs about our first few dates and how everything progressed. It makes me smile to see how something so great has blossomed from a giant leap of faith. God has blessed me for sure. I wanna marry this man someday :)
This is where a sleep aid should come in handy. I find that if I take anything to help me sleep though, I feel just as tired in the morning as if I didn't sleep, so I might as well stay up and be somewhat productive than sleep and feel just as awful in the morning. I'll just get coffee and try and survive my 3 hour class in the a.m.
Anyway, I passed my first nursing check off just fine. My first test is Thursday, and I am a bit stressed about it since I don't know what the tests are like. Such is life. I cooked my first dinner ever in the house yesterday! I made pasta with a meat sauce and a nice salad for me and my boyfriend :) Then we watched Home Alone 2 and ate some ice cream. Nights like those make me the happiest!
I am the biggest home-body in the world. I like to go out and have my fun, but at the end of the day I want to be in my comfy, familiar house with my boyfriend (which doesn't happen nearly enough). I have the craft bug. I made a bunch of "crackle" frames that I need to fill with pictures. Next on my list is a jewelry "frame"! I think I have latched onto this because it's a way to relieve some of the mega ultra stress from nursing school. This is the most stressful thing I've ever done. Knowing the material is one thing, and the thing that I love the most, but having to apply it to real patients and being responsible for lives... that's the stressful part. I just want to be done with school and married and make money to pay off debts so I can make my own cutesy house and not have to worry as much. Can that happen please?
Boyfriend is still the best thing ever and I fall in love with him more and more everyday. It's fun to look back at my blogs about our first few dates and how everything progressed. It makes me smile to see how something so great has blossomed from a giant leap of faith. God has blessed me for sure. I wanna marry this man someday :)
8.18.2011
Stress
Well into my second WEEK of nursing school I have learned and done many things:
I am finding my place in Athens. Things are still in boxes, and I feel like I haven't had a moment to do any serious settling in. My roommate seems to have been able to get unpacked and moved in in record time which is kind of ___________. I don't know how to feel about it. I kind of like to pretend that I live alone ;) I am also finding PLACES in Athens. It's fun to have Nate come over and him show me around and us explore. I really want to go thrifting soon. Last time we tried to go I was feeling like poop, so.
Umm... I really have been into jewelry lately. I want some more dainty silver rings and cute earrings. Etsy has been my online window shopping epicenter. I love it!
Also, my birthday is Sunday. A quarter-of-a-century years old. I hate that, but Nate is making me excited for my birthday. I know he has dinner planned, but I don't know details, and I am looking forward to my birthday for the first time in YEARS. Well, time to veg for a bit before I start to read more about Pharmacology and Med Math and Nursing Fundamentals and Health Assessment...
- had at least two crying fits/nervous breakdowns
- learned that I need to organize and prioritize
- appreciated that my boyfriend is the most supportive, amazing, wonderful man in the entire world
- prayed a whole lot
- read more than I have in my entire life
- slowly came to terms with the fact that I will have no life for 2 years
- made some new friends
I am finding my place in Athens. Things are still in boxes, and I feel like I haven't had a moment to do any serious settling in. My roommate seems to have been able to get unpacked and moved in in record time which is kind of ___________. I don't know how to feel about it. I kind of like to pretend that I live alone ;) I am also finding PLACES in Athens. It's fun to have Nate come over and him show me around and us explore. I really want to go thrifting soon. Last time we tried to go I was feeling like poop, so.
Umm... I really have been into jewelry lately. I want some more dainty silver rings and cute earrings. Etsy has been my online window shopping epicenter. I love it!
Also, my birthday is Sunday. A quarter-of-a-century years old. I hate that, but Nate is making me excited for my birthday. I know he has dinner planned, but I don't know details, and I am looking forward to my birthday for the first time in YEARS. Well, time to veg for a bit before I start to read more about Pharmacology and Med Math and Nursing Fundamentals and Health Assessment...
8.11.2011
Christa W, BSN, RN
This will be my title one day.
For now, I have completed exactly one day of Nursing school, and it was pretty daunting. I feel like there will be a lot of studying and crying and being on the brink of giving up, but I will prevail because I have a ton of supportive people in my life and prayer. I was doing pretty okay until I started looking at Pharmacology... but I don't have that class until tomorrow so I'll find out, I'm sure. There were quite a few people in the classes that I was in that failed in the Summer, so that's not exactly inspiring. I just have to stick with studying and reading and not get behind. Updates soon. For now, I have a date with a cute boyfriend that is going to cook me a burger and play me songs on the guitar.
For now, I have completed exactly one day of Nursing school, and it was pretty daunting. I feel like there will be a lot of studying and crying and being on the brink of giving up, but I will prevail because I have a ton of supportive people in my life and prayer. I was doing pretty okay until I started looking at Pharmacology... but I don't have that class until tomorrow so I'll find out, I'm sure. There were quite a few people in the classes that I was in that failed in the Summer, so that's not exactly inspiring. I just have to stick with studying and reading and not get behind. Updates soon. For now, I have a date with a cute boyfriend that is going to cook me a burger and play me songs on the guitar.
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