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| It's been rough! I bombed my 2nd and 3rd Fundamentals quizzes. The critical thinking questions were really getting me. I met with my prof, studied more, and practiced tons of critical thinking questions and got a 100 on the following quiz. I needed that boost because I was beginning to feel like maybe my brain just isn't wired to do this. Clinicals are both terrifying and exciting at the same time. We really had no skills under our belts when we started so there was never much we could do. But I am slowly getting used to being around patients. This week I have to do an interview and exam on a patient. I was supposed to last week but my patient slept all day. I got to go to the OR one clinical and see 2 lapband surgeries. That was so exciting!! I loved the atmosphere of the OR - rock and roll cranked up, cool surgeons that talked and joked during surgery - really fun. The surgeries were interesting too. I have moments of panic, wondering if I can manage all of this but I talk to other classmates to get it under control. Thank God for awesome classmates - I love them all!!! They throw a lot at us - there is so much to learn. I focus on only one week at a time to manage it all. | | |
| I've never called myself a nursing student before because I was still in the gen ed part of the program, taking all of the prerequisites. We're at the end of that now - finals Mon & Tues - have a break, then begin the core nursing program on July 20. My grades are high enough that even if I bomb the finals I will still pass the classes with a C or better. I will study though because I would like to keep my straight As (though I know the As will end in nursing school). Last Thursday we had nursing orientation. It it is now so real and SO EXCITING!! The first week, in addition to regular classes, we will be taught basic nursing assistant skills, i.e. bathing patients, brushing teeth, taking vitals, bed making, giving baths, etc. We will then demonstrate them back to the instructor the following week. In August we begin clinicals 1 day per week. I got the hopsital and day that I wanted so I'm very happy about that. So now begins the real work! | | |
| Saw our old house listed for $160,000 less than we paid for it!!!! We would have been fools to have stayed. Found the house we owned before that for $40,000 less than we paid for it so even if we'd have stayed in that one, I imagine walking would have been the best decision there too, esp since the neighborhood has gone way down. | | |
| We're so happy in this house - it has lots of windows, lots of light, lots of open space, and best of all, no stairs. It feels like we're living again. When I think back to the 2-1/2 years at the old house I don't remember anything, really. Since I wasn't working every day was about the same. Time stopped in that big dark house. It's not that I was unhappy - just bored bored bored. I love the challenge of school. And speaking of school - we're dissecting pigs. This week we skinned them (not that I did a lot of that - my partner did) and next week we cut them open to look at the organs. I didn't think I could survive this but I did and even managed to do some of the cutting. I'm 7 months into school now. Next month we end 2nd semester and begin the nursing part. I get so excited I can barely stand it when I think about it! In the meantime though it's pretty fast-paced and they keep us loaded down with reading, homework, and tests. I'm keeping up and getting good grades even though I'm also working too right now. It will get even busier when the nursing part starts so I will have to cut back on the transcription. | | |
| Today we had the inspection of the house and the realtor gave us a check for the keys. They gave us more than we ever expected so we're happy. Between that and missing 11 payments before they asked us to leave, we have recouped a lot of the money we had in the house - not all of it but no point in dwelling on that. We love the rental house - the location and the house itself. Am registering the kids at Sierra's old charter school. It's a great school and I'm so happy to have them go back. My husband is getting work again - this time more in property preservation/restoration. We should be okay for the next year and a half that I have of school. May even do really well but we will see. After he gets done unloading the last truckload from the old house we are going to go out for lunch and celebrate losing our house. Yes, we celebrate bad news like this because we can always find the silver lining! | | |
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