so close

wow. I am so close I can taste it. So close to graduation. Yesterday at the end of the day we got our invites for graduation. Graduation is June 12.....thats ledd than 1 month away. 

More and more every day I am beginning to feel like a nurse.....I am learning everyday. I enjoy the patient care, passing meds, yes even treatments. I feel like I am really truely helping these people. 

I have started applying for jobs as an LPN.....hopefully I can take (and pass!!!) state boards end of July, beginning of August. Its all coming together. The past year has been difficult at times but oh so worth it

tri 3 so far

Mental Health Assmnt test today. First test of the tri. Made some stupid mistakes......changed 3, yes, 3 correct answers, turned a regular question into a multiple multiple. I should have had a 95......got a 90.....boooo

Next week I have Repro, maternity and newborn A&P on Tuesday and Mental Health TM on Thursday....oh joy.

In 2 weeks we start clinicals and this week we start taking pravtice NCLEX exams .....NCLEX is the state boards. May 1 we have mock interviews. Gotta start job hunting in May

its been awhile

since my last post. Am having fun on spring break with the kids, watching some great movies, Slumdog Millionaire was GREAT!!

School is going great, so far 2 As, 4 Bs, gpa of 3.15. This trimester we have Mental Health, Endocrine System and Reproductive system. No clinicals til May....but they will be fun I think, Labor and Delivery, peds, etc...

vent

I get so upset at my hubby sometimes. I am in school 40 hours a week. I work 30 hours a week. I maintain the house to the best of my ability. I cook, clean, do the laundry and get the kids ready in the morning. I do the grocery shopping. I dont ask for anything in return. He works his 40 hours and comes home and watches tv.......when I sit down to watch tv with him its HIS shows. I dont complain. I ask him to work out with me.....no he has to go to his friend's house to work out with him.....fine whatever. The straw that broke the camel's back.......there is a UFC fight coming to town tomorrow night. His friend, the one he is working out with, got tickets for Christmas to go to the fight and invited Rex. Do I have a problem with that...normally no, BUT I work every Saturday for 12 hours.......he expected ME to find a babysitter for him so he could go out while I am at work.....oh yeah and did I mention WE havent been out as a couple for months.......I refused to find him a sitter, what is wrong with him picking up the phone to find someone to watch the kids. He even wanted me to take off work for him.....Um no........I feel like I am getting the short end of the stick.....he has all the time in the world for his friends and brothers but me, eh I get what is left over.......ARGH!!!!!!! I love him but he infuriates me so bad sometimes

Nuero A& P test and overall tri 2 update

it was a doozy.....I "had" all Christmas break to study but truth be told I didnt crack open my book til last Thurs and I didnt study like I should have. Monday night Katie came over to study and thnk goodness Tues morning Dani flashed me nuero diagrams.......

so I ended up walking out of the test thinking I was lucky to pass with an 80%

BUT 

I got a 94%....which is the lowest A.....YAY for me!!!!

so so far an 94% A in A&P and 90% B in Therapuetic

looking back on 2008

So much happened.....Nicholas turned 11, Morgan turned 10 and my baby turned 5. Wahhhh!!!! I celebrated 12 years of wedded bliss, I started a new job and quit another. I also enbarked on a journey thru nursing school and now feel like a real life grown up who knows what she wants to do with her life......

2009 will bring many changes, but its nice to look back and reflect on what has been accomplished

once again

I am getting back on the horse......it gets easier and easier to fall off.....but I have to do it.....I need to set a positive healthy example for my children and I want to be able to say I DID IT!!!! I want to be the woman I used to be, trim and self confident......New Year, New Me