Well, we weren't allowed to do the co-president thing, so I decided to be the Treasurer. Counting money is something that I can do! It's not something I often do -- But that's another story ;)
So I have been crazy! This junk does not let up! They keep cramming and cramming us - I feel like I'm going to poop a list of the steps of assessment in the nursing process. I haven't took my nose out of the books unless it was to change a diaper, straighten my house (there's a difference between that and actually cleaning), or show my kids and husband that I am still alive and still do love them. I can't figure out how but somewhere yesterday, after making 160 notecards and having my family over for lunch, the 20th cup of coffee actually did it's job and I got 3 loads of laundry washed dried and folded. How's that for an accomplishment? I won't say that it's put away yet, but hey I'm trying.
Today I went to lecture, got one of the three labs done for this week, did my communications paper and submitted it, and did my written medical terminology paper. This is how my days are now. That was just my day too - Now I have to get out my text book and start reading for Friday cuz we start new material. Oh and did I mention that J's away in Louisiana til Friday on a job site? Oh yeah, this is just how I function best. Throw a couple of Harley-won't-go-to-bed nights in there and I have a recipe for the nut house :)
There was a girl today that was so nervous about everything and I'm all like - She needs to calm down. Everything's fine!!! Have a glass of wine (Works for everything Lamaine)! After she left, me and one of the other girl's were like "What's she so worried about? This is hard but it's not like it can't be done" Well, we sat there for a couple of beats and she took her calendar out. We started looking at beyond this week and next to see what's in store. Ummm... now I know why she was hyperventilating. She actually was forward thinking. She saw that in the next few weeks there are one to two projects due every week on top of clinicals and on top of lectures and on to of exams. Have you ever passed by a cop speeding and had him pull out behind you? You know that feeling in your tummy that says, "Well, I'm sorry to inform you, but now you're officially fucked." That is exactly what happened to me sitting at that table and staring at a calendar that reminded me of flashing lights.
Gotta get my nose back in my books now.... Maybe if I keep going I can bullshit my way out of a ticket. My chest certainly isn't going to help me with that one anymore ;)

BTW - If anyone was wondering I'm not going to say lots of blessing because I used the f word, referred to poop and boobs, and I think I threw a bullshit in there too. Wouldn't wanna be a hypocrite now. Gotta keep up the integrity

FUN WITH A DUMMY

Hey! So I've been up since 5:15 this morning and it's now 11:50. I have to get up at the same time tomorrow and be in the lab. I haven't stopped running or reading or taking care of the rest of my crazy world! So what better time then spilling it all out here in my blog that I found out does get read by my girls @ my old work and a couple of my friends. Gotta love the loyalty!! :)

So here's the thing. The dummy's look like men. But when you pull back the blanket it's a vagina. Pretty real looking, too. And not that I'm judging the people that want to look like men and have womanly parts (?) but on a dummy, can we get one that's like neutral? Come on - There's people like that everywhere! You can go to Walmart and find someone that you can't figure out if it's a girl or a guy. Any Walmart - Anywhere in AMerica. I can guarantee it. So why can't we have dummy's that are like that? End rant.
We had to do a bed bath on the shim dummy. With the vagina that should have been a penis. It would have been easier if it was a penis, you know. And we video taped it. You gotta see this - It's freakin hilarious! We had to stop and redo it at parts so when I re-watched it, I would say put up the bedrail - Then I put the bed rail back up. I would say "I'm going to wash my hands now.... and it would take me a full minute to get back in the frame. And I wasn't even actually washing my hands.... Very funny stuff :)
Just got done my reading for the week! Yay! I finally caught up haha! The next step is to get next week's assignments done. Then the week after is clinicals. I should know by Friday where I'm going to be. I thought it was def Psych ward for me, but now it's all messed up. I think that they don't quite know what they're doing either, to be honest. You would think that they haven't been doing this for over a hundred years! Yes over a hundred years. So you would think they would be able to organize a class right? Nope. And double nope for organizing how we're doing our labs. We went up and down between three levels today five times. For an hour here and forty minutes there. Then back down again. I think they're trying to slim us down. Thinning the herd LOL
K - I'm done blowing off steam now I need to get some sleep. I'll post Friday where my clinicals are. Lots of Blessings ~ Mary

Oh yeah and I'm trying for co-president of the class with one of my clinical girls. Let's see how this one pans out ;) I should put a poll of when ya'll think I'm going to fall over and pass out. Can't stay there for long, though. My lab partners would get my BP and start a saline drip! Then it's back to getting some more enema training LOL!