No candy. No trick-or-treaters. No costumes. What has Halloween become? I thought I would be helping at school with Treats in the Streets, but alas, that was last night--I missed it! There are never trick-or-treaters at our house either, but they "trick-or-treated" last night anyway! Why does the high school football game take precedence over Halloween? In fact, the school celebrated yesterday because of a Jones football game. This wouldn't bother me so bad if last year Halloween weren't on a Wednesday and did they cancel for church? NOOOOO!!! But they'll cancel for a football game! Where are our priorities?
Maybe I'll boycott Halloween this year--oh wait--I can't boycott it, they moved it to last night--I missed it!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
That's why Dave found soap in the laundry hamper.
Yesterday we had 12 hour clinical--it was great! I actually started by going to an OB/GYN clinic, but there was only one doctor and he ended up going to the hospital pretty early, so I went to the hospital too. I didn't get to follow him, I had to go to my clinical group, which wasn't bad. We are doing post partum, which is my favorite of the three places we go this semester (Pediatrics and nursery being the other 2). I only had one patient, but I think our students had every patient on the floor. The day had it's up and downs, it's fast moments and moments when we had NOTHING to do, but it was a good learning day and I REALLY enjoyed sleeping in this morning.
I turned in my last paper of the semester yesterday and wanted to sing the Hallelujah Chorus when I did. I really don't care what I made on it (which is NOT like me), I'm just glad its done and it's turned in.
Today I think I'm going to spend some time with my boys and maybe take them to play with Katie at the pond. It's pretty chilly outside, so I won't throw them in, but if they get in on their own--so be it.
1. Did you know that if you suffer from RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) that you might can get some relief by putting a bar of soap in the bed, under the covers, down by your feet? I have tried this and can testify to its effectiveness. I don't know if it is just psychological--and I don't care! It works! Who cares why it works! Just don't use Dial, supposedly it isn't as effective.
2. Tomorrow (on my real day off), I'm finally going to get some sewing done! I can't wait.
3. If you ever have an opportunity to have a student nurse while in the hospital--take it. We're really not so bad. We also do everything by the book--no shortcuts here!
4. My house has exploded. I guess that's what happens when you haven't cleaned it in a while.
5. I am loving this cold weather! I'm going to wear a sweat shirt today!!!!!
I turned in my last paper of the semester yesterday and wanted to sing the Hallelujah Chorus when I did. I really don't care what I made on it (which is NOT like me), I'm just glad its done and it's turned in.
Today I think I'm going to spend some time with my boys and maybe take them to play with Katie at the pond. It's pretty chilly outside, so I won't throw them in, but if they get in on their own--so be it.
1. Did you know that if you suffer from RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) that you might can get some relief by putting a bar of soap in the bed, under the covers, down by your feet? I have tried this and can testify to its effectiveness. I don't know if it is just psychological--and I don't care! It works! Who cares why it works! Just don't use Dial, supposedly it isn't as effective.
2. Tomorrow (on my real day off), I'm finally going to get some sewing done! I can't wait.
3. If you ever have an opportunity to have a student nurse while in the hospital--take it. We're really not so bad. We also do everything by the book--no shortcuts here!
4. My house has exploded. I guess that's what happens when you haven't cleaned it in a while.
5. I am loving this cold weather! I'm going to wear a sweat shirt today!!!!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
One more paper....
Several things to catch you up on. I went to the Mississippi Student Nurses' Convention this weekend. I had a really good time. I got to talk to recruiters from lots of surrounding hospitals. Still don't really know where I want to work, but it will come in time I'm sure. I was awarded the Mississippi Student Nurse of the Year (cool honor). Got lots of free stuff from the hospital recruiters (pens, CD cases, hand sanitizer, koozies, etc).
We had our church picnic Saturday and had a great time. Lots of food, football, and fun (and a little Phase Ten). And the most wonderful thing happened Saturday evening--Alabama beat Tennessee! ROLL TIDE!!
Today I had a test at school. After convention Thursday and Friday, church picnic on Saturday and church all day Sunday, I finally started studying last night. I hate that I had to wait so long and have so little time, but my other options were pretty non-existent. We asked to have our grades put online so we could know whether we had to do the "remediation" work required for a failing grade. The teachers were wonderfully accomodating and the grades are already posted. I was almost scared to look, although I didn't feel like I did too badly on the test. I made a 90! Hooray! I needed another A after that horrible midterm grade. What a relief! Now I have a paper due tomorrow. Blah! But its the last one! Yea!!!
Tomorrow is our 12 hour clinical, and then we have Wednesday and Thursday off (although I still have to go to Micro).
Today is turning out pretty good after all. I'm tired as all get out, but its been a good day!
1. I got home and my toes were SO cold. I grabbed a pair of socks from the drawer and they were cold too! Solution: I put my socks in the microwave! 30 seconds and they were nice and toasty!
2. The dogs are together in the fence now. Before we were keeping Bama on the runner outside the fence. They play like brothers--rough. But they're doing well. I think they just had to get used to each other.
3. Today we learned about colic. It brought back bad memories of rocking Anna when she was a baby. We all took turns until our arms were ready to fall off! We also learned about eczema--a topic I am altogether too familiar with.
4. I am LOVING this fall weather! I love sweaters and jeans and light jackets! However, all our trees are still green......
5. There were lots of cool tee shirts for sale at the Nursing Convention. Schools use them for fundraisers. Here's one that I picked up that was especially cute.
6. Nope that's not a spiderweb. It's what happens when a rock gets slung by a lawnmower through your front door!
7. My niece and nephew just had birthdays this month. It doesn't seem possible that they can be 9 and 10 already! I remember when they were born--and it seems like yesterday!
8. 5 weeks of school left (with Thanksgiving in the middle)! ....but who's counting?
9. Today I had lunch with Darci and Michelle, 2 of my very best friends. They are both so laid back and wonderfully dry and witty in their own respective ways. I couldn't ask for better friends.
10. I was so convicted by our Sunday School lesson yesterday. We are going through an Andy Stanley series on Discovering God's Will. Andy brought out a very important principle about God's will. God's will is not advice or His opinion for our consideration. When we seek God's will, we must be willing to say to God, "Your will is most important to me and regardless of what it is our the ramifications to me--I will do it. I want your will more than I want what I want." How many times have I asked God to show me His will, but then lived as though I only wanted it if it was in line with what I already had going on or what I wanted. How often have I considered God's will merely as advice? Ouch.
Stay tuned...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
It's feeling like rush hour!!
I'm so impressed with the traffic volume on my site lately! I love it! It makes me want to blog every day! Some of you are still lurkers and don't comment--that's okay too, but feel free to comment anytime!
I'm so glad that our clinical schedule got messed up this week. If it hadn't, I would've missed Friday's class (which we had today) and would have missed A LOT!! Today we learned about congenital heart defects in children. It was really interesting--I enjoy cardiovascular lessons--but really difficult to get my mind around it all. By the end of class I understood way more than I did after reading last night, but still...
I have Micro tonight, which includes a lab test. I'm still shooting for a B in that class and am making high B's or low A's. I just don't have the amount of time or energy it takes to make an A in there. I'm learning a lot and retaining quite a bit too, but I just can't study enough to make an A. My priorities are elsewhere.
Miranda and I leave tonight for convention. It is in Biloxi, so we won't have far to drive, but we'll still be getting there late. I've been nominated for Mississippi Student Nurse of the Year and that will be awarded Friday night. I'll let you know if I get it. I'm excited about convention. There are always lots of vendors with free stuff. In the past (Nursing 1), I've gone just for the free stuff, but now that I'm about to graduate, I'm interested in some of the vendors and who they represent.
1. Did you know that to buy the $2.27 gas at Kash King, you actually have to pay with cash? I know that sounds stupid, but I waited in a really long line only to get to the pump and find I couldn't swipe my card. Who carries cash anymore? What gas station wants all that cash on hand?
2. I've had no time to work on my little scrapbook. I did manage to get to Walmart yesterday and print out some pics to go in it. This is going to be a slow go. Don't expect any pictures anytime soon. I'll get there when I get there. Maybe Thanksgiving break?
3. Alabama is undefeated this football season--ROLL TIDE!!
4. I'm trying to save money for a new digital camera (trying is the operative word). I've been doing research online and think I know which one I want now. It's going to set me back over $600. I have $40 saved so far. I used to have more, but I spent it.
Wow, this ten things list is getting shorter every day! I'm going to keep it up though.
Stay tuned...
I'm so glad that our clinical schedule got messed up this week. If it hadn't, I would've missed Friday's class (which we had today) and would have missed A LOT!! Today we learned about congenital heart defects in children. It was really interesting--I enjoy cardiovascular lessons--but really difficult to get my mind around it all. By the end of class I understood way more than I did after reading last night, but still...
I have Micro tonight, which includes a lab test. I'm still shooting for a B in that class and am making high B's or low A's. I just don't have the amount of time or energy it takes to make an A in there. I'm learning a lot and retaining quite a bit too, but I just can't study enough to make an A. My priorities are elsewhere.
Miranda and I leave tonight for convention. It is in Biloxi, so we won't have far to drive, but we'll still be getting there late. I've been nominated for Mississippi Student Nurse of the Year and that will be awarded Friday night. I'll let you know if I get it. I'm excited about convention. There are always lots of vendors with free stuff. In the past (Nursing 1), I've gone just for the free stuff, but now that I'm about to graduate, I'm interested in some of the vendors and who they represent.
1. Did you know that to buy the $2.27 gas at Kash King, you actually have to pay with cash? I know that sounds stupid, but I waited in a really long line only to get to the pump and find I couldn't swipe my card. Who carries cash anymore? What gas station wants all that cash on hand?
2. I've had no time to work on my little scrapbook. I did manage to get to Walmart yesterday and print out some pics to go in it. This is going to be a slow go. Don't expect any pictures anytime soon. I'll get there when I get there. Maybe Thanksgiving break?
3. Alabama is undefeated this football season--ROLL TIDE!!
4. I'm trying to save money for a new digital camera (trying is the operative word). I've been doing research online and think I know which one I want now. It's going to set me back over $600. I have $40 saved so far. I used to have more, but I spent it.
Wow, this ten things list is getting shorter every day! I'm going to keep it up though.
Stay tuned...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
We're painting the roses red!
Okay, so I wasn't painting roses, but today at clinical I had my first experience with triple cord dye. It's purple dye that is used on babies' umbilical cords after birth to prevent infection. Suffice it to say that it's tougher to use than I thought. I wasn't having much luck with it and squeezed the tube really hard and it went everywhere! Good grief!
We had a little time conflict today at clinical with the LPN students from our school, so to accomodate schedules, we have swapped our clinical tomorrow and our class friday. I'm not upset by that because the Mississippi Association of Student Nurses convention is this week and I'm going. Because of the convention, I was going to miss class on friday (which I didn't want to do). Now I'll miss a day of clinical, but won't miss the new material to be tested on Monday. We also have a 12 hour clinical next week rather than two days of 6 hrs. I'm excited about it.
Past that, pretty boring day.
1. I got a small scrapbook today. I decided that my best bet with this new scrapbooking idea would be to try a small project to see if I like it. I think I'm going to do a book about my sisters kids. If my pages turn out decent at all, I'll post pics of them.
2. I got my hair cut again today. Now that it is short, it grows SO fast. What's the deal?
3. I've decided that the more adult you become, the less you get to sleep in. Adulthood stinks sometimes. I'm tired.
4. Dave's brother and his wife just had a baby. Her name is Isabella Jada Roshto. I now have 11 nieces and nephews.
5. I'm beginning to see deer on the road every morning, no matter which road I take to school. I'm just waiting for the day when I have to post about hitting a deer with my car--knock on wood.
Okay, just 5 things tonight.
Stay tuned...
We had a little time conflict today at clinical with the LPN students from our school, so to accomodate schedules, we have swapped our clinical tomorrow and our class friday. I'm not upset by that because the Mississippi Association of Student Nurses convention is this week and I'm going. Because of the convention, I was going to miss class on friday (which I didn't want to do). Now I'll miss a day of clinical, but won't miss the new material to be tested on Monday. We also have a 12 hour clinical next week rather than two days of 6 hrs. I'm excited about it.
Past that, pretty boring day.
1. I got a small scrapbook today. I decided that my best bet with this new scrapbooking idea would be to try a small project to see if I like it. I think I'm going to do a book about my sisters kids. If my pages turn out decent at all, I'll post pics of them.
2. I got my hair cut again today. Now that it is short, it grows SO fast. What's the deal?
3. I've decided that the more adult you become, the less you get to sleep in. Adulthood stinks sometimes. I'm tired.
4. Dave's brother and his wife just had a baby. Her name is Isabella Jada Roshto. I now have 11 nieces and nephews.
5. I'm beginning to see deer on the road every morning, no matter which road I take to school. I'm just waiting for the day when I have to post about hitting a deer with my car--knock on wood.
Okay, just 5 things tonight.
Stay tuned...
Monday, October 20, 2008
Routines--I love 'em!
This morning I overslept. I do it about once a year--"wake up" and in my sleep turn my alarm clock off. I haven't done it yet in nursing school--until this morning. God woke me up at 7:20. I was supposed to leave to meet Leslie at 7:00. Oops. I jumped out of bed, threw on clean clothes, brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and threw my contacts in. I forgot my phone (which made for a dull ride to and from school), but after some not-so-slow driving, made it to class with a minute to spare. I wasn't tardy---whew!
However, all day long, I suffered from paranoia that I stunk. I don't think I did, but still...no shower...yuck. My hair is not the type hair that can go days without being washed (like my sister's), so it was a little shinier (ie, greasier) today. My whole day was thrown off just because I overslept and didn't get a shower.
After class, I had a meeting with the blood drive people to plan a blood drive at the church. What a day to have forgotten my phone and have overslept! I had to go to the meeting unshowered! How humiliating. I don't think she ever suspected I hadn't had a shower, but the whole time we talked, all I could think was, "Can she tell my hair is greasy?"
I finally made it home and the first thing I did...yep, you guessed it...got in the shower! CLEAN AT LAST, I'M CLEAN AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I'M CLEAN AT LAST!
Tomorrow is clinical, so I can't oversleep. I think today scared me enough that I'll set several alarms tonight.
I think I'm gonna try something new on my blog. There are often things I want to tell you all, but they don't really fit anywhere in a story. I'm going to try to do a top ten list on the bottom of my posts of the things I want to tell you. So here goes:
10. I made an 84 on my test last week. I don't care what they say, I still would think twice before giving po drugs to a woman who is violently throwing up.
9. I got gas today for $2.37 and wanted to shout for joy.
8. I'm trying my hand at scrapbooking. I love all those stickers and pretty paper and stuff. It's an expensive habit, so I tried to just hit the clearance rack at Hobby Lobby today to get a few things (6 stickers shouldn't cost 4.99). We'll see how this goes. I may decide its just too much trouble.
7. Tomorrow I'm back in the nursery. I still don't want to be a nursery, peds or L&D nurse.
6. They are retarring the roof of our nursing building and all the classrooms STINK!! (Maybe that's why no one could smell me today! Small blessings!)
5. This weekend, I got to spend a lot of time with my family. My mom thinks that you get Alzheimer's from eating out of aluminum pans. (I love you Mom!)
4. Halloween is coming and Emily's kids are suiting up. Anna will be a vampire girl (Em says she thinks she wanted to wear a long black dress.), Jacob is Jengo Fett, Jonah is, as he calls him, Flame On (to the rest of us, Johnny Storm from Fantastic Four), and Thomas will wear a Halloween shirt and jeans.
3. My dogs are learning to like each other. They're not there yet, but they have no choice. Bama still cries a lot and Trevor barks at him. I think Trevor still thinks Bama is his toy. I bought Trevor a frisbee this weekend, so I could teach him to catch it. I think Trevor would do okay, but my frisbee won't fly. It just falls and rolls on the ground.
2. I'm getting my hair cut again tomorrow. How come when your hair is short, it grows faster?
1. My friend Darci has started a blog of her own. She's a phenomenal writer and is dry and witty. Feel free to check her out! http://www.darcib.blogspot.com/
Wow, having ten things to say was easier than I thought!
Stay tuned...
However, all day long, I suffered from paranoia that I stunk. I don't think I did, but still...no shower...yuck. My hair is not the type hair that can go days without being washed (like my sister's), so it was a little shinier (ie, greasier) today. My whole day was thrown off just because I overslept and didn't get a shower.
After class, I had a meeting with the blood drive people to plan a blood drive at the church. What a day to have forgotten my phone and have overslept! I had to go to the meeting unshowered! How humiliating. I don't think she ever suspected I hadn't had a shower, but the whole time we talked, all I could think was, "Can she tell my hair is greasy?"
I finally made it home and the first thing I did...yep, you guessed it...got in the shower! CLEAN AT LAST, I'M CLEAN AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I'M CLEAN AT LAST!
Tomorrow is clinical, so I can't oversleep. I think today scared me enough that I'll set several alarms tonight.
I think I'm gonna try something new on my blog. There are often things I want to tell you all, but they don't really fit anywhere in a story. I'm going to try to do a top ten list on the bottom of my posts of the things I want to tell you. So here goes:
10. I made an 84 on my test last week. I don't care what they say, I still would think twice before giving po drugs to a woman who is violently throwing up.
9. I got gas today for $2.37 and wanted to shout for joy.
8. I'm trying my hand at scrapbooking. I love all those stickers and pretty paper and stuff. It's an expensive habit, so I tried to just hit the clearance rack at Hobby Lobby today to get a few things (6 stickers shouldn't cost 4.99). We'll see how this goes. I may decide its just too much trouble.
7. Tomorrow I'm back in the nursery. I still don't want to be a nursery, peds or L&D nurse.
6. They are retarring the roof of our nursing building and all the classrooms STINK!! (Maybe that's why no one could smell me today! Small blessings!)
5. This weekend, I got to spend a lot of time with my family. My mom thinks that you get Alzheimer's from eating out of aluminum pans. (I love you Mom!)
4. Halloween is coming and Emily's kids are suiting up. Anna will be a vampire girl (Em says she thinks she wanted to wear a long black dress.), Jacob is Jengo Fett, Jonah is, as he calls him, Flame On (to the rest of us, Johnny Storm from Fantastic Four), and Thomas will wear a Halloween shirt and jeans.
3. My dogs are learning to like each other. They're not there yet, but they have no choice. Bama still cries a lot and Trevor barks at him. I think Trevor still thinks Bama is his toy. I bought Trevor a frisbee this weekend, so I could teach him to catch it. I think Trevor would do okay, but my frisbee won't fly. It just falls and rolls on the ground.
2. I'm getting my hair cut again tomorrow. How come when your hair is short, it grows faster?
1. My friend Darci has started a blog of her own. She's a phenomenal writer and is dry and witty. Feel free to check her out! http://www.darcib.blogspot.com/
Wow, having ten things to say was easier than I thought!
Stay tuned...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
I've been plagerized!
Okay, so Leslie and I often tell the same stories on our respective blogs since so many of our hours are spent together (she's in my clinical group this semester). I've even noticed that every now and then, she'll pull pics from my blog to put on hers--no big deal. But then the other day, she posted an entry that she took directly from my blog! Not just the pics, but the whole thing! She changed it so that it seemed like she wrote it and then published it! LOL!!!! The title of her post--A New Level of Laziness! How fitting!!
We've all be so exhausted lately! Leslie's comment about our clinical group the other morning was, "We all look like we've been drinking for a week!" All you other nurses who keep up with my blog can probably relate. I'm sure there were times during nursing school that you looked pretty rough too!
There is an end in sight though!!!
Stay tuned...
We've all be so exhausted lately! Leslie's comment about our clinical group the other morning was, "We all look like we've been drinking for a week!" All you other nurses who keep up with my blog can probably relate. I'm sure there were times during nursing school that you looked pretty rough too!
There is an end in sight though!!!
Stay tuned...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Introducing my boys!
I have been letting Trevor and Bama spend a little time together every day. Trevor thinks Bama is a toy I think. Neither one is very sure about the other one!
Trevor bites on the back of Bama's neck, but he doesn't seem to mind. Yesterday, I let them play together and had to bring Bama inside to get a bath afterward to wash off all Trevor's slobber. Bama wants to be wherever Trevor is and vice versa. It'll take a little time, but I think they'll end up being great brothers.
Dave is preaching in Alabama this weekend, so Leslie is keeping Bama for me. Trevor will be fine here, but I didn't want to leave the baby. Thanks Lez!!!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Ode to Romeka
There is a really cool girl in my nursing class. We met in Nsg 1, but I didn't get to know her very well until Nsg 2. She and I did our respiratory therapy rotation together. Romeka is so laid back--she's like the opposite of me. She's got a very dry sense of humor (which is probably why I like her so much)--she cracks me up!
Today at clinical, Romeka was going over her doctors' orders for her care plan and she suddenly read, "Hold hand 8 hrs q day." Now I know that our patients at this facility are often maximum care patients, but I never dreamed a doctor would write an order for hand holding!
As it turned out it was pitiful doctor handwriting and the order was actually to hold a certain med for 8 hrs, but the look on Romeka's face when she thought she was going to have to go hold her pt's hand for 8 hrs was priceless!!!!!
I think everyone needs a Romeka in their life--especially if you're going through nursing school! She makes things so much lighter!
Today at clinical, Romeka was going over her doctors' orders for her care plan and she suddenly read, "Hold hand 8 hrs q day." Now I know that our patients at this facility are often maximum care patients, but I never dreamed a doctor would write an order for hand holding!
As it turned out it was pitiful doctor handwriting and the order was actually to hold a certain med for 8 hrs, but the look on Romeka's face when she thought she was going to have to go hold her pt's hand for 8 hrs was priceless!!!!!
I think everyone needs a Romeka in their life--especially if you're going through nursing school! She makes things so much lighter!
A day of many posts.
Today at clinical (our last day at this clinical facility--hallelujah!), my patient was gone, so I got a new pt. That was fine b/c it changed my daily routine. The day was pretty slow though. At one point, we were all sitting around trying to think of a name for my new puppy. We were going through the alphabet (which is trickier than you'd think, as I just established in a another post) and Leslie kept throwing out names. I told her that I didn't want a sissy name, since New Puppy will be a big boy dog when he's grown. I also like 2 syllable names so that when you call the dog, his name fits just right. So she threw out several names...
Harley
Dobby
Chaco
Baxter
Cody
Barton
Clipper
Dakota
Then she said, How about Patch? I replied, "That's not a 2 syllable name." She laughed and said, "Sure it is, you can just yell, 'Paaaa-aaaatch'"
Only in the south can 1 syllable words become 2 syllables without even trying.
Feel free to keep the voting going. We also thought of:
Max
Ace
Durango
I'm open to any input you have, but sorry Sam, Rebel just didn't make the cut--I think I'd name him Princess first! :) It would be heretical (or something) to name my dog Rebel! :)
Stay tuned...
Harley
Dobby
Chaco
Baxter
Cody
Barton
Clipper
Dakota
Then she said, How about Patch? I replied, "That's not a 2 syllable name." She laughed and said, "Sure it is, you can just yell, 'Paaaa-aaaatch'"
Only in the south can 1 syllable words become 2 syllables without even trying.
Feel free to keep the voting going. We also thought of:
Max
Ace
Durango
I'm open to any input you have, but sorry Sam, Rebel just didn't make the cut--I think I'd name him Princess first! :) It would be heretical (or something) to name my dog Rebel! :)
Stay tuned...
You hope your nurse knows the alphabet!
We're past midterm and I think our whole class would unanimously say--WE'RE EXHAUSTED!!! I was driving home from clinical yesterday and came to a red light in Hattiesburg. I thought to myself, "It would feel so good to just shut my eyes." I almost did, but decided if I closed my eyes, I'd go to sleep.
While Leslie and I were on our way home yesterday, I commented to her that I got a new backpack purse, but it's solid brown and I want to get it monogrammed to add some color. She suggested I put Lad on it instead of my initials. I thought it was a cute idea. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
Lez: Yeah, put 'Lad', L.A.D. It would stand for loud, obnoxious and......boisterous!
Lad: Boisterous doesn't start with a D!! **LOL**
We laughed for a minute and then it dawned on me...
Lad: Obnoxious doesn't start with an A either!!!
We've gotten the biggest kick out of this story. It totally didn't bother me to be called obnoxious since it didn't even start with an A. It somehow made everything okay.
I'm serious when I say we're all exhausted.
Stay tuned.
While Leslie and I were on our way home yesterday, I commented to her that I got a new backpack purse, but it's solid brown and I want to get it monogrammed to add some color. She suggested I put Lad on it instead of my initials. I thought it was a cute idea. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
Lez: Yeah, put 'Lad', L.A.D. It would stand for loud, obnoxious and......boisterous!
Lad: Boisterous doesn't start with a D!! **LOL**
We laughed for a minute and then it dawned on me...
Lad: Obnoxious doesn't start with an A either!!!
We've gotten the biggest kick out of this story. It totally didn't bother me to be called obnoxious since it didn't even start with an A. It somehow made everything okay.
I'm serious when I say we're all exhausted.
Stay tuned.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Our new kid is here!!!
I finally got word that the puppies are ready. (That's sounds so Cruella DeVil!) They are only 5 weeks old, but are weaned and have been away from momma for 1 week. I have a vet appointment Monday for a puppy checkup and 6 week shots.
Dave and I went and picked him out. He's so cute!!
We're not decided on a name yet. We're tossing out some ideas...Jack...Cosmo...Bama (just to torment our MS friends)...feel free to vote!
He's so small! He's just a little fur-ball!
More pics to come. Stay tuned...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
What a day!
This week has been HORRIBLE!!!
Monday was midterm--yuck! That was by far the hardest test I've ever taken in my entire life. How can a multiple choice test be that hard? One of the four answers is right--you just have to pick the right one! Sounds simple right? WRONG!!!
We all left looking shell-shocked. There was stuff on that test that we never did talk about in class. The questions were fair since the topics were within our reading material, but a few of them were low blows. I haven't gotten my test back to see which ones I missed, but I did find out I made a 76! That's tied with my lowest test grade EVER! The whole class made between 60-85--and there was only one 85. That doesn't speak well for the test since there are several of us that normally make A's and high B's. Oh well, I guess its water under the bridge now. We'll get it back on Friday and I'll get to see exactly what I messed up on.
I'm so tired and I just want to go home, but I still have my micro class tonight. I think I left home without my backpack this morning. Hmmm... oh well, can't do anything about it now.
Night before last, I woke up at 1:30 in the morning, got out of bed, turned off the alarm (that wasn't going off) and went to the bathroom to start getting ready to leave for clinical. I realized I was very tired and it was very dark outside and thought I might should check the clock. By then I was awake enough to realize that I'm not supposed to get up THAT early. How frustrating! By then, I'd been up long enough to keep me from going right back to sleep.
I wish I could be a night nurse now. My body doesn't know how to wake up early in the mornings. Right now, my sleep schedule is rebelling!
stay tuned...
Monday was midterm--yuck! That was by far the hardest test I've ever taken in my entire life. How can a multiple choice test be that hard? One of the four answers is right--you just have to pick the right one! Sounds simple right? WRONG!!!
We all left looking shell-shocked. There was stuff on that test that we never did talk about in class. The questions were fair since the topics were within our reading material, but a few of them were low blows. I haven't gotten my test back to see which ones I missed, but I did find out I made a 76! That's tied with my lowest test grade EVER! The whole class made between 60-85--and there was only one 85. That doesn't speak well for the test since there are several of us that normally make A's and high B's. Oh well, I guess its water under the bridge now. We'll get it back on Friday and I'll get to see exactly what I messed up on.
I'm so tired and I just want to go home, but I still have my micro class tonight. I think I left home without my backpack this morning. Hmmm... oh well, can't do anything about it now.
Night before last, I woke up at 1:30 in the morning, got out of bed, turned off the alarm (that wasn't going off) and went to the bathroom to start getting ready to leave for clinical. I realized I was very tired and it was very dark outside and thought I might should check the clock. By then I was awake enough to realize that I'm not supposed to get up THAT early. How frustrating! By then, I'd been up long enough to keep me from going right back to sleep.
I wish I could be a night nurse now. My body doesn't know how to wake up early in the mornings. Right now, my sleep schedule is rebelling!
stay tuned...
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