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!