I'm moving too

If all goes as planned, I will be closing on my very own home the end of April. While I am so excited, and terribly anxious, I am definitely looking forward to decorating and making this place home for good. 

Of course, I've been pinning away and have so many ideas thanks to Pinterest! 

all images courtesy of pinterest. 

GASP...

I am coming up for air, only for a minute though.

Today we had test NUMBER FOUR... you know,

the dreaded one about the heart,
and big words I won't use,

and stuff like this

that would be dysrhtythmias. YIKES.

so I am

VERY

SORRY

I skipped out on my days,

but studying was WAY more important.

Although, not nearly as fun.

So now I am going back under to study for the final!!!

okay, inhale BIG DEEP BREATH,

and I'm OUT.

DAY 12.

Today after hitting the snooze 6 times (its only set on 5 minute intervals), I will get up, and check my phone 100x, but see that I really do have to go to work, although I still do not feel very good. I will stop and get one hot chocolate with WHOLE milk, and scurry into work. I will be bombarded, but notice that the day is flying by. I will even receive this from one of my sweet little supporter of the troops patients. I will gladly and proudly wear it in honor of our service men and women.

I will leave work promptly @ 3pm and head to feed my family member who was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. They had a peg tube placed today because regular feedings became nearly impossible. I will talk with them, and they will tell me not to come if I am too tired. But I think, sure I feel AWFULLY congested (but not contagious because no fever), but how could I be more tired than someone going to radiation everyday and chemo once a week for 7 weeks, with 5 weeks to go. I will gladly go assist them, because I'm not too tired to do something so very simple, yet important. I will be very grateful for this family member, because selfish me would love to curl up in my warm flannel snowman sheets

and snooze after dosing up on mucinex, but their struggles are far greater. 

And I will think, today is NOT about me.

I will go home and begin reading chapter 36. Its the one about DYSrhythmias. I will be confused and read each section multiple times. I will draw pictures of each abnormal rhythm, and I will study. I will study so very hard because I know I only have 12 days left. That is less than 2 weeks. But still, it is 12 long days before I can say goodbye to this semester. 

But I know, no matter what, I will be just fine.

DAY 13.

Today I will wake up thinking I'm in a horrible dream, because it is just 0430, and have to quickly remind myself to get up and get moving, to make it to the hospital by 0630. However, I will hit the snooze just a few more times. The drive will be horrible, because the weather is frightening, and tornadoes are lingering throughout the cities. But I make it. I get my very last clinicals over with for this semester, and I will be thankful, although, the killer allergies are only getting worse. I will leave clinicals, and make it to my car partially NOT DRY thanks to some more rain.

However, I will still be thankful, because

no more clinicals until the next and FINAL semester.
I will go home, crack open chapter 34. Its the one about Coronary Artery Disease and Myocardial Infarctions, and I will diligently read, make note cards, answer every study guide question, and absorb, until I go to bed. Of course, I will eat sometime, and maybe even watch Glee. Then I will go to bed, and 

cross my fingers that there aren't enough sick people 

who need me at work in the morning. 

But we all know it is still 13 whole days
until the end of this semester. 

And I remind myself, I CAN do this.

DAY 14.

The next two weeks I will give you, or try and give you a small little glimpse into the life of a nursing student. Although some have husbands, wives, and/or kids, and work.... I just have work and school.  I counted the social life out 4 semesters ago. And I still haven't figured out how people do this with added pressure, but it makes them all that much more awesome.

So for me, on my 14th day until the end of the 4th semester, I will go to school, and do my best not to be late. We will learn of heart monitors, and ECG strips, and V-tach, OH my! Makes me cringe too. We will listen, absorb, take notes, and do our best to stay alert for the entire 2.5 hours.

Then, because it is monday, I will eat lunch with my daddy. We will eat at a chinese restaurant, and I will hope my fortune is correct.

Then I will head back to school and study//gossip for 2 hours with my buddy, kelli. We will get hardly anything done since we haven't seen each other in quite a while. I will learn a little more about dysrhythmias though. Excitement!

Next up is preclinicals. You know, go to the hospital, pick a patient, meet patient, fill out tons and tons of paperwork on sans patient. Blah blah blah, that's all I hear these days too. Its all about as much fun as it sounds. Promise.

Then I make my 40+ mile trek home, to begin paperwork. Another deep breath, because I woke up with some killer allergy nonsense this morning. Let's not forget this lovely Bama weather. 72 on thanksgiving and 49 the day after, or something like that. Either way, one other reason I love summer!!! 

So Ill do paperwork, I will study, and I will go to bed. And I will wake up tomorrow and start a brand new day. But today is still 14 days away. Sigh.