Busy Busy Busy

Wow the last month has flown by!!! Fall semester ended (needless to say it was not one of my more stellar performances), Christmas came and went, followed by the New Year (oh yeah squeeze my birthday in between the two), and on to the start of Spring Semester. Not sure how I feel about it. I am in my semester clinical of nursing school and I have to admit I was extremely OVERWHELMED to say the least. Last week was our first hands on with patients and let's just say it pretty much solidified my wanting to be a surgical nurse :-)  Concepts and Pharmacology are both rather dry (although Concepts should be a little easier since this is the second time I am taking it :-(  I cut back to part-time hours at Depot and that seems to be helping to ease the stress of finding time to study. I am beginning to take "shadow" call this week at the hospital (basically if the on-call person gets called in, I do too). Looking forward to learning more and becoming more responsible for more things at the hospital. I never thought that a full-time spot there would open so quickly but I am more than glad it did, especially since the healthcare system I work in will help me finish paying for nursing school (YEAH!!!) and all I have to do is give them 2 years after I graduate, which in the grand scheme of things is just a tiny speck on the timeline of life. Very excited and proud of my sister who is finishing up her STNA training in the coming weeks before she has to take her Boards (Woo hoo JEN!!!) Still feeling a bit overwhelmed with classes this semster but hoping it will ease it's way out sooner rather than later...Ok need to eat and get back to the books...and...I'm out!!!