WOW, I recently realized how long it has been since I have updated the nursing blog. I really did work on another memories page for the end of last semester, but it wasn't finished and it accidentally got deleted from my saved stuff, and it was just too much to rewrite. I was too busy wanting to run out and enjoy my winter vacation from school too... sorry to screw you guys out of that end of the semester tradition.
Speaking of winter vacation from school, can I just say that this last break was so desperately needed and none of it was wasted at all! I have not had so much fun in a very long time. Cori and I lived each day of that vacation up to it's fullest... to put it simply.
Now we're back to hitting the books and having no life yet again. But it will all pay off in the end, and we realize it. But it's hard not to get a little down when you want to go out and play and have fun and notice the stack of homework looking back at you mocking you. This semester I'm taking Med/Surg 2, Pharm 2, and nursing management (what I like to call the biggest waste of time class on the face of the planet). We are stuck having at least one test a week (some weeks more) and have found that most of us are a little bit flustered with all of the work going on. For example Jared and papa studying for the wrong test (you think papa would've learned after the final fiasco last semester), or people panicking because they suddenly think a B.S. management paper is due this week when it's really not due until March. It's been quite funny to read the message board for our co-hort on facebook! Thank you friends for that entertainment.
Like I said earlier, I have noticed that many of us (ok, most of us) in my co-hort right now are really feeling the pressure and are starting to let it get to us more than ever before. I think what it really comes down to is we are all exhausted to a whole new level we never realized before and are letting the small things get to us. But I guess at this point what we all need to do is adopt Josh's positive outlook on things. We are on a downward slope from here on out with school. We are closer to the finish line than ever before. And it will pay off ten fold in the long run. We signed up for this because we wanted to help people but I guess before we can help those in need we need to help ourselves. We need to push ourselves harder than ever before, and do everything we can to do it with our heads held high. Plus, friends, lets look at some of the funny things that have happened this semester, like Kim. My god that woman is hilarious and is the perfect fit for our class! Oh, and you guys missed my time spent on the IV simulator, but lets just say I felt bad for the poor girl who was in doing her time as Cori and I was... I don't know if cursing offended her, but I am sure I exposed her to new vocabulary that she has never heard before (that stupid program continuously saying I didn't let my prep dry long enough... my god! I don't have all damn day!)
I just wanted to do an update about school and to tell those who I don't have a chance to see often and want to know about how school is going I want you to know that I am surviving (barely some days, but overall I am surviving) and I want those who do go to school with me know how much I appreciate each of them for their understanding of what I am going through. We have already spent a lot of time of the phone reassuring each other that we can do this! We can get through this! Together. These people in my class are some of the best people around, and I am so thankful to have them there with me enduring the endless pain of what is called nursing school!
