Well!! I haven't really blogged anything in a while so......
The Fall semester is over and I managed an A so I was tickled pink about that! It was kinda bittersweet because we lost about eight this semester. I know in my heart that some of them will be good nurses and it breaks my heart that they didn't pass. I have one more semester left until I graduate...and if I can only make As in my classes this Spring I will graduate with a 4.0! I don't know why I am so obsessed with that, but I am.
All the Christmas parties are over with the exception of one we have Saturday with my step-sisters and their children. I loved watching the kiddos open their packages this morning. Shelbey and Dawson both wanted to stay up last night and wait on Santa...and I really thought for a while they would be up all night! I was so glad when they both crashed...and they really enjoyed themselves this morning. Daniel of course knows all about "Santa".
The best thing for me today was just spending the whole day with my family. Jeremy is working so much lately...this is his first day off since Thanksgiving, and I don't know when he will be off again. With the way the economy is, he is saving all his overtime money "just in case". I hope it doesn't come to that.
I do have to say that I have had a few sad moments this Christmas season. I miss Makenzie so much and every time a holiday rolls around it brings up memories. It is still so hard for me to believe she is gone. I am only her aunt...I can't imagine the loss a parent feels....I know it has to be agonizing. Hayden favors Makenzie sooo much! They don't have the same dad, but oh my gosh...I could see her in his sweet little face this morning as he was opening his gifts and it was all I could do to hold the tears in.
Tomorrow, I don't have anything planned. I want to be able to do as I please. Jeremy goes back to work and I will be home with the kiddos. I know several people are going shopping tomorrow to take advantage of all the sales, but anything I want I will purchase online. All those sales just brings out the stupid in people! I do not have the patience to deal with all the crazy people you can run into in the stores. Plus, there will be tons of crazy drivers out tomorrow as well. If any of you are braving the madness, I wish you luck!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I hope all my classmates are enjoying the break. It's hard to believe we don't go back until the 13th! But, once the semester starts it is full steam ahead! I am going to get the kiddos ready for bed then I am going to sit here with my husband!! Goodnight!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Fall semester is winding down!
Okay, this has got to be quick because I have a test in the morning and I need every single minute of studying I can get before then. But I really needed a break! I am so tired of school right now!! I had my last class yesterday and tomorrow is our last unit exam which includes yesterday's lecture...grrrr. Then I have to get ready for finals on Tuesday. I have a 95 in the class right now and I really do not want to drop to a B...so I have to study lots! I have at least got most every single gift purchased...not wrapped though! I won't even attempt that until after Tuesday. Poor Jeremy has his hands full right now because he is being Mom & Dad..lol...he works then cooks supper, helps with homework, gives baths (except Shelbey's, b/c she says Dad doesn't do it right....my little OCD child!), and he even does some laundry. I know he will be glad when Tuesday is over with as well.
Anyways, say a prayer for me in the morning! I can't wait to get a couple of weeks off!
Anyways, say a prayer for me in the morning! I can't wait to get a couple of weeks off!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
HaPpY ThAnKsGiVinG!!
Well!! I would like to say that I am up blogging @ 5:15 am on Thanksgiving because I am up putting some wonderful food in the oven, but that is not the case. Even though I went to bed well after midnight, I found myself unable to sleep...surprise surprise...lol
Insomnia isn't something new to me, especially upon entering nursing school, but I am sooooo tired of it! And bless Jeremy's heart because on my worst nights he doesn't sleep well either. I try to not bother him, but it's like he can sense it no matter how still I am. During one of his "awake" times in the night we both decided that we need to buy a new mattress set. I have tried to figure out exactly how old this set is, but I can't decide. I know we bought them some time before Dawson was born and he will be 6 in a couple of months. We bought a really nice set so I guess I was just thinking they should still be good....well actually I don't think I have ever given it much thought. BUT...I really do not want to buy a new set right now!! Jeremy wants to go buy new now, but I want to wait until I graduate. When we buy/build a house, I want to put a King size bed in our room instead of the Queen we have now. If we buy new now then we will just have to turn right around and buy new again. Jeremy points out that if we build that we could be on this mattress set for another year before we are in the new house with a new bed....that makes me feel good! We cannot put a King size in our room now because we just don't have room.
I also just could not shut my brain off last night...too many things I could think about...too many "to do" lists being organized in my head. Daniel, my 12 y/o, is not having a great year at school this year...basically one class. I won't get into all the details, but I have seriously thought about changing schools for him at Christmas. Not only for his sake.....but for mine. As I enter my last semester of school I know I will be stressed to the max. In addition to our classes (1 on campus and 1 online that we must take) and our normal clinical day (which includes a day of prep beforehand), we have to do 90 hours of precepting with an RN on her job. I am really looking forward to this, but it will require more time away from my family. I have chosen a great Nurse who got her degree a long time ago (don't know exact numbers, but I would say more than 15 yrs ago b/c she was a few years ahead of me in school and she went straight to school following her graduation). I also chose her b/c she works in the ER.....LOVE the ER. I had a couple of relatives who do precepting who would have been great, but we cannot precept with a relative and this time they were pretty strict about that. (Some have already asked me why I didn't pick one of them and it isn't because I didn't want to....lol) But back to Daniel...he has never had so much trouble at school...and it isn't behavioral. I don't want to get into it here....I have a wonderful friend who I know will offer me great advice...I have to call her!! I will before Monday. Dawson is in Kindergarten and all is good there...he does get on the yellow light occasionally, but he is the typical boy and really a few yellows don't bother me. Trust me, it could be A LOT worse!! Dawson is my rambunctious child...so inquisitive and curious. But he is soooo sweet! Gotta love him...yellow lights and all! My thoughts about Shelbey last night didn't go past the fact that I should have gotten her to Lyrica to get her hair trimmed before Thanksgiving! She has hair like mine and it is getting a little "fluffy" and needs a good trim. It's amazing how much her hair is growing since she gets a trim every 6 weeks or so. I know hair grows from the root and someone once told me that trimming it would not affect the growth rate...but she is proof that it does!
We still have 1 test and our Final left this semester so of course that has been on my mind. I started new reading in preparation last night. I hope I retained!! I feel like I have wasted a lot of time this week. Usually a day doesn't go by that I don't study or read something, but I haven't kept up this week. I have had an amazing case of vertigo and those of you have never suffered with this, let me tell you it is horrible!! You get this dizzy sensation...like the room is moving and you cannot orientate yourself to where you are. You also get nausea and sometimes vomiting because of the dizziness. I also had a huge headache! And...there isn't a miracle pill you can take to just cure it, (which I have learned that no matter what the sickness, there usually never is!), you just have to treat the symptoms. This had gone on since about Saturday and I think is getting better...don't want to jinx myself!! Lord I really hope so...several times this week I felt so bad with this that I didn't want to pick my head up off my pillow!
We did get our Christmas tree up last night...it isn't fully decorated, but we will finish it tonight...or maybe today before we go to my Mom's to eat. Dawson & Shelbey were ecstatic to get it up early. Last year I didn't put it up until after finals and I didn't want to do that again this year. Dawson and I went shopping Saturday and we bought this new tree to put up this year. My old one died Christmas 2006 and last year we used an extra Jeremy's mom had. I didn't want to buy anything spectacular (same reason as the mattress set...lol) so I got this 6.5 foot pre-lit....didn't give very much for it, and was so upset with myself for doing so at first! When we first got it up it was the most pitiful thing I had ever seen...Jeremy must have really felt bad for me because he did all this bending and fluffing of the limbs (he says you have to do this with every tree and he says he has always done it to our tree in the past..lol.....I believe him, but I am not the crafty type so if left to me it would not get done!)...anyways...he made it beautiful!
I think I have pretty much written a short story here....I guess I will hit the shower and get ready to run to Walmart.....I really despise this place and I would rather pay full price than to fight the crowds Friday....but I HAVE to get a few items so I want to just get down there and get it over with. Walmart just brings out the stupid in people and I usually leave there ready to pull my hair out (or someone else's ...lol).
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!
Insomnia isn't something new to me, especially upon entering nursing school, but I am sooooo tired of it! And bless Jeremy's heart because on my worst nights he doesn't sleep well either. I try to not bother him, but it's like he can sense it no matter how still I am. During one of his "awake" times in the night we both decided that we need to buy a new mattress set. I have tried to figure out exactly how old this set is, but I can't decide. I know we bought them some time before Dawson was born and he will be 6 in a couple of months. We bought a really nice set so I guess I was just thinking they should still be good....well actually I don't think I have ever given it much thought. BUT...I really do not want to buy a new set right now!! Jeremy wants to go buy new now, but I want to wait until I graduate. When we buy/build a house, I want to put a King size bed in our room instead of the Queen we have now. If we buy new now then we will just have to turn right around and buy new again. Jeremy points out that if we build that we could be on this mattress set for another year before we are in the new house with a new bed....that makes me feel good! We cannot put a King size in our room now because we just don't have room.
I also just could not shut my brain off last night...too many things I could think about...too many "to do" lists being organized in my head. Daniel, my 12 y/o, is not having a great year at school this year...basically one class. I won't get into all the details, but I have seriously thought about changing schools for him at Christmas. Not only for his sake.....but for mine. As I enter my last semester of school I know I will be stressed to the max. In addition to our classes (1 on campus and 1 online that we must take) and our normal clinical day (which includes a day of prep beforehand), we have to do 90 hours of precepting with an RN on her job. I am really looking forward to this, but it will require more time away from my family. I have chosen a great Nurse who got her degree a long time ago (don't know exact numbers, but I would say more than 15 yrs ago b/c she was a few years ahead of me in school and she went straight to school following her graduation). I also chose her b/c she works in the ER.....LOVE the ER. I had a couple of relatives who do precepting who would have been great, but we cannot precept with a relative and this time they were pretty strict about that. (Some have already asked me why I didn't pick one of them and it isn't because I didn't want to....lol) But back to Daniel...he has never had so much trouble at school...and it isn't behavioral. I don't want to get into it here....I have a wonderful friend who I know will offer me great advice...I have to call her!! I will before Monday. Dawson is in Kindergarten and all is good there...he does get on the yellow light occasionally, but he is the typical boy and really a few yellows don't bother me. Trust me, it could be A LOT worse!! Dawson is my rambunctious child...so inquisitive and curious. But he is soooo sweet! Gotta love him...yellow lights and all! My thoughts about Shelbey last night didn't go past the fact that I should have gotten her to Lyrica to get her hair trimmed before Thanksgiving! She has hair like mine and it is getting a little "fluffy" and needs a good trim. It's amazing how much her hair is growing since she gets a trim every 6 weeks or so. I know hair grows from the root and someone once told me that trimming it would not affect the growth rate...but she is proof that it does!
We still have 1 test and our Final left this semester so of course that has been on my mind. I started new reading in preparation last night. I hope I retained!! I feel like I have wasted a lot of time this week. Usually a day doesn't go by that I don't study or read something, but I haven't kept up this week. I have had an amazing case of vertigo and those of you have never suffered with this, let me tell you it is horrible!! You get this dizzy sensation...like the room is moving and you cannot orientate yourself to where you are. You also get nausea and sometimes vomiting because of the dizziness. I also had a huge headache! And...there isn't a miracle pill you can take to just cure it, (which I have learned that no matter what the sickness, there usually never is!), you just have to treat the symptoms. This had gone on since about Saturday and I think is getting better...don't want to jinx myself!! Lord I really hope so...several times this week I felt so bad with this that I didn't want to pick my head up off my pillow!
We did get our Christmas tree up last night...it isn't fully decorated, but we will finish it tonight...or maybe today before we go to my Mom's to eat. Dawson & Shelbey were ecstatic to get it up early. Last year I didn't put it up until after finals and I didn't want to do that again this year. Dawson and I went shopping Saturday and we bought this new tree to put up this year. My old one died Christmas 2006 and last year we used an extra Jeremy's mom had. I didn't want to buy anything spectacular (same reason as the mattress set...lol) so I got this 6.5 foot pre-lit....didn't give very much for it, and was so upset with myself for doing so at first! When we first got it up it was the most pitiful thing I had ever seen...Jeremy must have really felt bad for me because he did all this bending and fluffing of the limbs (he says you have to do this with every tree and he says he has always done it to our tree in the past..lol.....I believe him, but I am not the crafty type so if left to me it would not get done!)...anyways...he made it beautiful!
I think I have pretty much written a short story here....I guess I will hit the shower and get ready to run to Walmart.....I really despise this place and I would rather pay full price than to fight the crowds Friday....but I HAVE to get a few items so I want to just get down there and get it over with. Walmart just brings out the stupid in people and I usually leave there ready to pull my hair out (or someone else's ...lol).
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Just Haven't Blogged Lately!
Well I just noticed I haven't blogged anything in a while so I thought I might could come up with something....lol
I am so glad clinicals are over this semester! That means one more day out of the week to study for upcoming tests...PLUS I don't have all the paperwork to do. So I have really gained a lot of extra time that I really can use! I have class Tuesday then I am off until the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. In addition to getting some extra study time I am hoping to get some relaxation and maybe some Christmas shopping done. I remember last year I did not buy the first gift or even put up the tree until after finals....don't really know about when our tree will go up this year, but whenever it does, rest assured that Jeremy will be the one doing it! I thinks he likes to do it anyways.....he always puts the lights on and then helps the kiddos put the ornaments on. So what will it matter if he is the one that puts it together as well? :-)
I am having, or should I say Daniel is having a hard time with classes this year. I do not know what is going on, nor do I know what I should do to help him. We have tried just about everything short of changing schools and I don't know but what maybe we should try that next. But, that issue is driving me nuts!! Big time STRESS!! I won't go into any more details, but just say a little prayer for Daniel...he needs it!
I am looking forward to Christmas break as well....all of us at home will be great! Just not having to get up and get the children ready will be a nice break. Of course our break will be chopped full of activities so I know it will be busy. At least Jeremy is back to work in Fort Payne and on 1st shift...thank God for that! I am not sure what his Christmas & New Year schedule is, but I know he will be off a bit.
I have to be deciding who I want to precept with this Spring semester....3 different Nurses have offered...I just have to make up my mind where I want to precept. I have to choose a Nurse and work along with her on her shift for 90 hrs this next semester. This is in addition to our regular classes and our regular clinicals. Plus we have paperwork to go along with it. It really sounds like extra work, but I am looking forward to it. Not only do I need to decide what hospital I want to precept at, I have to decide what area of that hospital I wish to precept in. The three areas I am debating on is: ER, ICU, & the Med/Surg floor. I really want to go where is best for me...pray about that too!
I am off to bed! 5:30 will be here before I know it. Daniel has a BB game tomorrow night and there will be a pep-rally during the last period of school so my day will be cut short tomorrow. I will be so tired by the time I get into bed tomorrow night. Have a great week!!
I am so glad clinicals are over this semester! That means one more day out of the week to study for upcoming tests...PLUS I don't have all the paperwork to do. So I have really gained a lot of extra time that I really can use! I have class Tuesday then I am off until the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. In addition to getting some extra study time I am hoping to get some relaxation and maybe some Christmas shopping done. I remember last year I did not buy the first gift or even put up the tree until after finals....don't really know about when our tree will go up this year, but whenever it does, rest assured that Jeremy will be the one doing it! I thinks he likes to do it anyways.....he always puts the lights on and then helps the kiddos put the ornaments on. So what will it matter if he is the one that puts it together as well? :-)
I am having, or should I say Daniel is having a hard time with classes this year. I do not know what is going on, nor do I know what I should do to help him. We have tried just about everything short of changing schools and I don't know but what maybe we should try that next. But, that issue is driving me nuts!! Big time STRESS!! I won't go into any more details, but just say a little prayer for Daniel...he needs it!
I am looking forward to Christmas break as well....all of us at home will be great! Just not having to get up and get the children ready will be a nice break. Of course our break will be chopped full of activities so I know it will be busy. At least Jeremy is back to work in Fort Payne and on 1st shift...thank God for that! I am not sure what his Christmas & New Year schedule is, but I know he will be off a bit.
I have to be deciding who I want to precept with this Spring semester....3 different Nurses have offered...I just have to make up my mind where I want to precept. I have to choose a Nurse and work along with her on her shift for 90 hrs this next semester. This is in addition to our regular classes and our regular clinicals. Plus we have paperwork to go along with it. It really sounds like extra work, but I am looking forward to it. Not only do I need to decide what hospital I want to precept at, I have to decide what area of that hospital I wish to precept in. The three areas I am debating on is: ER, ICU, & the Med/Surg floor. I really want to go where is best for me...pray about that too!
I am off to bed! 5:30 will be here before I know it. Daniel has a BB game tomorrow night and there will be a pep-rally during the last period of school so my day will be cut short tomorrow. I will be so tired by the time I get into bed tomorrow night. Have a great week!!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Ahhhhhh!!
Yay! The weekend is here, bringing a very busy week to an end and allowing me some R&R. We had our 2nd test of the semester, which I did well on so that was good! We had our last "official" clincal this week...we have one more this upcoming wekk, but we don't have to do paperwork for it and it will be a short day. We don't have class this week b/c our class meets on Tuesdays and that is a holiday. Daniel had 2 BB games this week which is different than Saturday league...they are both during the week. I haven't decided if that is a good thing or bad. I had to make a quick trip to Chattanooga Friday for no good reason except to pay our car payment which is financed through a chain of banks that does not have any in AL. That was all crazy b/c I should have mailed it like I usually do, but I DID NOT HAVE A STAMP!! How crazy is that!?! Everytime I went to the Post Office it was closed for lunch and the little machines have been removed from the outer area. Jeremy pointed out that there are other Post Offices, but with everything else going on, I kept forgetting until I would be in bed at night. So in order to prevent it from being late and damaging our credit score, I just drove up there. I promise that won't happen again! What a waste of time and gas! Dawson was also sick this week. Nothing major, but he has these allergies that act up and end up causing a bacterial infection and he starts this coughing and wheezing. (BTW..that old wives' tale about putting Vick's Vapor Rub on your feet with socks to stop coughing actually works! We tested that several times this week!) I felt so bad for him b/c Halloween night he was asking me when he could go see Dr. Rimmer...he felt that bad! I have enoyed my day off...even though I sat here tonight after the AL game and finished all my paperwork. And ROLL TIDE!! They better get their booties in gear though...Lord knows we need a kicker! An OH! I forgot to even mention Election Day...I guess that's because I would really actually love to totally forget it. All I am going to say is God help us all and I hope Obama proves me wrong..(which I doubt seriously!) We had dinner last night to celebrate my friend Staphanie's birthday. (Love ya Steph!) We had a great time...even if I did do the cooking...or if Jeremy did...lol! Tomorrow I will start some reading to begin preparing for our 3rd and final test. It is still about a month away, but I would really like a 100 on this test (or @ least a 98...lol). I am off to bed...feels like it's about 2am to me!! I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday!
Monday, October 27, 2008
For a Good Cause
I had really good intentions of studying all day, but I haven't got started yet and it's 3:30!! But I have a really good reason today...our nursing class is having a bake sale tomorrow to raise money for breast cancer awareness. I have been in the kitchen most of the day. It shouldn't have taken me that long but I knew I would need 2 batches (Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies..yum yum). If I was to bake some for a bake sale and not bake Jeremy any, he would be upset...lol
Well, my first batch didn't turn out like I wanted so I ended up cooking 3 batches! Then I had to package 1 batch to sell. It turned out good though...I wrapped a couple of cookies and tied it up with a pink bow. Cute! But I am telling you, saran wrap is not a good thing to work with if you are even a little bit OCD....haha! This is for a really good cause so I don't think it will hurt me too much to give up a little of my time today :-)
And I am doing the low carb diet.... a friend has lost a lot on it and my clinical instructor has too. So I thought I may as well give it a shot! I haven't checked to see if I have lost any weight...I have only been doing it for a little over a week. I am spilling ketones though so that means I am burning fat...hope the lbs will start to come off!! BUT, I absolutely LOVE chocolate oatmeal cookies and I didn't eat the first one!! YAY ME! Now if I can do just as good tomorrow when all the other goodies are there....we'll see.
I am off to get busy...Jeremy called and said he will cook supper so I can get in some study time tonight. He is such a sweetheart! Gotta love him!
It's supposed to get cold so everyone stay warm...have a great week!!
Well, my first batch didn't turn out like I wanted so I ended up cooking 3 batches! Then I had to package 1 batch to sell. It turned out good though...I wrapped a couple of cookies and tied it up with a pink bow. Cute! But I am telling you, saran wrap is not a good thing to work with if you are even a little bit OCD....haha! This is for a really good cause so I don't think it will hurt me too much to give up a little of my time today :-)
And I am doing the low carb diet.... a friend has lost a lot on it and my clinical instructor has too. So I thought I may as well give it a shot! I haven't checked to see if I have lost any weight...I have only been doing it for a little over a week. I am spilling ketones though so that means I am burning fat...hope the lbs will start to come off!! BUT, I absolutely LOVE chocolate oatmeal cookies and I didn't eat the first one!! YAY ME! Now if I can do just as good tomorrow when all the other goodies are there....we'll see.
I am off to get busy...Jeremy called and said he will cook supper so I can get in some study time tonight. He is such a sweetheart! Gotta love him!
It's supposed to get cold so everyone stay warm...have a great week!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
My Friday
Well, today is Friday and I have the whole day to myself. I have actually been up since 5am and have already got quite a bit accomplished. I had clinical in the ICU yesterday and I had the BEST day! My clinical instructor, Mrs. Chandler, is absolutely fabulous and that really helps. I got to do so much! One of the RNs there was very good to me and just kept finding tasks for me to do. Many would see that as a bad thing, but I love it and she was doing it because she knew I really wanted to do more that take some vitals and give some meds. I really enjoyed my day. And today I am now able to devote the rest of my day studying, since I got up early and finished my paperwork! YAY! I was tickled pink when I checked my email this morning and saw I had a comment from a friend of mine from high school...Jenn I am so glad you found me! And Steph, thank you so much for your wonderful voicemail yesterday! That was soooo sweet!! I hope your shoot went well...you will have to post pics soon. I know you said you left a comment, but I haven't seen it. Must be a technical difficulty....just didn't want you thinking I didn't want it posted.
I saw several other blogs today and everyone has theirs decorated so nicely. I will not be doing that until after November 4th which is the test date. After that I will play around with it....do some decorating and post some pics.
I love you all bunches!! :-)
I saw several other blogs today and everyone has theirs decorated so nicely. I will not be doing that until after November 4th which is the test date. After that I will play around with it....do some decorating and post some pics.
I love you all bunches!! :-)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Running Out of Time
Well, this is my first post....don't really know how I can keep this up but I thought it may provide for a little venting now and again. Our 2nd test out of 3 is coming up in 2 weeks. I know that sounds like a lot of time, but trust me it isn't!! If I had 14 whole days to study and read non-stop then that would be awesome, but I don't. You have to figure in all the other things I have to do. I have pre-clinical today, clinical in ICU tomorrow, class Tuesday, clinical in Hospice on Wednesday, clinical @ Shepard's Cove Friday, trick-or-treating Friday night....PLUS all the regular wife and Mommy things. Jeremy is a great help, but sometimes Mommy is the only one that will do. Jeremy gave Shelbey a bath the other night and when he got her out Shelbey informed him that he wasn't doing it right. He didn't wrap the towel like I do and he didn't do her hair like I do. So.....I could really use a few days to just study and read. It will just have to do! I do this every time, so I shuold be used to it by now. I am off to pick up patient assignment today then come in and get ready for tomorrow. I work in ICU tomorrow which I am VERY excited about!! Everyone have a great day!
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