Sunday, October 11, 2009

They Were Here...


and now they're gone. Left behind are empty laundry detergent jugs, cooking laughs, meal squabbles, contented cats and jack-o-lanterns. The house is quiet, and this is one of the few times I wish they were all still little. I told you that your eyes would get stuck like that Duch. xoxo

Friday, October 9, 2009

Nursing Note - Exam 2

90, bitches !!! Sooo much better than Exam 1. For the first time in a very long time nerves were getting the better of me - I actually had the shakes. Note to self - no Large Columbian Coffee with two creams and one sugar an hour before exam time. Up to this point, the information has been straightforward and not so intellectually challenging and by that snooty comment I mean not so hard to understand, but there's just so much of it, pages and pages and pages of it - what do I read, what gets prioritized, what resources are more helpful ??? During lectures and labs we are told to "Know this" - yup, this strategy's a keeper. Tonight, after four weeks in the lab, we begin our actual clinical at a state of the art nursing home facility thirty minutes from home. Not so nerve wracking since we have a good idea as to what we will be doing given the summary from the Tuesday night group. But first, five hours of my paying job. Today will be easy becaaauuuse...I'm coming home to a house full of family and all seven of us will be breathing under the same roof tonight - life is good.