The last day of 2007--Where has this year gone?

I remember celebrating the start of 2007, now we're about to celebrate the coming of 2008. Time's fun when you're having flies.

Tonight (since I'm writing in the wee morning hours of Monday) we're having our Sunday School class (and some extras) over for a New Year's party. I hope it turns out to be fun. Most of them have kids, so I doubt that we'll be up too late.

I have orientation on Friday and then start classes on Monday. Break is almost over.

To update you on our dirty Santa game--I decided not to put the brown quilt in the game. Instead Emily is getting it. I made her a purple one to match her couch, but she preferred the brown one. So I gave the purple one to my Mamaw, who LOVES purple. My cousin really seemed tickled about the black, white and red one though. I was glad.

I'm enjoying quilting, but I'm about to run out of time for it.

Dave and I are headed back to Tuscaloosa this weekend to see his brother Matt and his family. They are just now making it down for Christmas. Always on the go.

Until next time.....

Christmas is a time for sewing!

I always make some sort of crafty item each Christmas. I was so afraid that this year I wouldn't have enough time to get that done. I got some fat quarters (pre-cut quilting fabric for all you non-sewers) to make my project easier and began cutting squares for lap quilts. Granted, I've never quilted before, but that was just a minor set back. My mom can do ANYTHING!! Mom came down yesterday (she and Daddy will stay til Monday morning) and she's been helping me put my 2 quilts together. I'll quilt them at her house (her sewing machine has a roller foot that will make quilting easier), but wanted to show you all a picture of my first 2 quilts.

One will go to one of my cousins for Christmas and the other will go into the Dirty Santa game we play at Mama and Papa's every year.

So, good luck to you all--I'll be trying to win my own present too!

It's beginning to look a lot like....

NURSING 2!!!

Finally, I can say that I am done with Nursing 1! I took my final today and did pretty well on it. I missed the last math problem for a dumb mistake, but it was only worth 1 point, so I really don't care!!!
I can't believe this day is here! I remember like it was yesterday going to orientation! Now, I'm not the bottom of this nursing totem pole anymore!
I can't tell you how excited I am!!!

ONLY 4 MORE SEMESTERS TO GO!!!

You'll never believe what I did in DECEMBER!!!

Only in south Mississippi can you get up on Saturday morning--in DECEMBER--and go jet skiing! Yes, you read correctly, I went jet skiing last Saturday. I've never jet skied before so this was an adventure.

Leslie has a jet ski and I went to go hang out with her this past weekend. When I got to her apartment, she was in her truck with the jet ski already hooked up behind her. We had the whole lake to ourselves. I had the best time!!!

This is what it looks like when you hit 4 G's on a jet ski!!

Thanks Lez....

How lovely are thy branches...

I wanted to put up a picture of my Christmas tree, so everyone could see it. Dave and I travel to family each year, so our families rarely see our house. So, I'll just bring my house to them. I got my tree put up in November, before Thanksgiving break was over. Dave was not happy about that, but if I didn't do it then, I wouldn't get a chance before my final was over (next week). I wanted to be able to enjoy it longer, so up it went!

So, to catch you all up on things...

1. I didn't fail my last CV test--hooray! I made an 88. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I got that test back. I was so sure I failed it. So, now I'm going into my final very comfortable with my grade.

2. Today I finished all my check-offs. I had to go to school on my off day to do sterile gloving and sterile dressing change, but that's okay--they're done!! I have finished all my check-offs for NSG I. What a relief. I'm most excited that I didn't have to repeat any. That wouldn't be fun--they're bad enough the first time around. Today was the most comfortable I've been doing a check-off. Normally, I'm all nerves, but either I was confident enough in what I was doing or just naive one.

3. So our nursing class is getting smaller. I think to date, we have lost 11 (or is it 12, Leslie?)

students. Some of them left for family reasons or just because they didn't think they were cut out for nursing, while others left because of grades. We'll pick up some that are repeating Nursing 2, so the class won't stay small.

4. I have only one more lecture and then the final on Monday and then I'm done!!! This semester has FLOWN!! I don't know what I'm going to do over break. I won't know what to do with all my spare time. Leslie will be gone for some of it with her family, although I'm sure my phone will still ring, but things will go back almost to the way they were pre-nursing school (but only for about a month). Then Nursing 2--here I come!!

Stay tuned Blog-fans!

My vote is for no more breaks!

Thanksgiving break really did me in. When I got back to school, I didn't want to do ANYTHING! I was so not in the homework mode.
I think I officially failed my first nursing test. I just didn't study enough. I'm going to have to go back and review that stuff on the test (It was our 2nd CV test) to make sure I know it, because it was really important stuff. I just couldn't get myself back in the school mode. I would NEVER be able to make in year-round school. All those breaks would make sure I would FAIL!!
We get the test back tomorrow, so I'll see just how I did, but I'm pretty sure I didn't pass. I'll let you know.
We also start musculoskeletal tomorrow. It should be way easier than CV.

One more week of class, a final on Monday and then I'm OUT of NURSING 1!

Tomorrow is the uniform fitting for the new Spring semester nursing one students. I'm excited to see them because it will make it a bit more real that I won't be at the bottom of the totem pole anymore! Hooray!

Stay tuned readers!