The past 7 weeks have flown by. Since then I've had one skill exam, two assessment exams, 1 foundations exam, 3 pharm exams, 3 week rotation in long term care facility, long term care packet, 2 write ups, and started rotation in acute care facility. And this week I have a medication administration skills exam.... AAHHHHHHH!!!!!! I have definitely never been so stressed out with school in my life... Trying to get good grades and try to spend time with the family has been tough. The kids each have at least 2-4 games/practices a week. It's been hectic. I'm glad they get time outside and enjoying the summer but I'm not going to be entirely sad for it to end! It will be nice to not be home at 8-9pm at night and then have to cook dinner for the kids.
Also I will be excited to get a two week break come August before I start semester 3 on Sept. 6th! I have to keep reminding myself only 1 year of nursing school left!!!!!!!! Then we won't be nearly as broke and at least have some sort of income between Jake and I to support the family, find a house and live comfortable. It would be nice to not be limited on where we should drive to based on gas expenses and having no money. Right now with the exception of softball/baseball and school (which the games are right down the road from us) we don't go anywhere. I've had to recently acquire my WoW gaming hobby to have some kind of "me" time at least once a week because I was having such bad nightmares every night for the last month and a half. I think they have toned down since I've had my focus on something semi fun. That's pretty much all that's been going on lately... still surviving and doing amazingly well considering all the obligations I have atm. My lowest grade in all my classes this semester has been a 84 :) Not too bad! My all day saturday study sessions have paid off. Definitely owe tons of gratitude to my wonderful husband who has been so supportive throughout the program <3
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
First week and Pharm Exam
So I've survived my first week of Trimester II and just got done taking my first exam in Pharmacology this morning....
It was a crazy weekend too which I don't think helped as much as I wanted it to in studying aspect! Lets see last week I had classes where 4 out of the 5 days I have to be there really early and me not being a morning person really made getting up early a rather unpleasant experience! To top it off Ximena has been so high maintenance which makes for a very exhausting day on its own. She's so cute but holy cow can she be exhausting!!!! Kids started practicing for softball and baseball last week as well. Jake took Mila to her softball practices while I took Tyler to his.
On Friday, Mila performed for her school talent show and we went and watched it while Tyler was at his dress rehearsal for tap. She did such an awesome job dancing by herself I was so proud of her!
Saturday was followed by taking Mila to ballet and going to Pharm tutoring in the morning. Then came home managed to eat a little bit and we each took the kids to their baseball and softball games. It was a gorgeous day outside even with the winds around the fields. Tyler hit the ball in the 2nd inning and got to first base without getting out. Jake told me how Mila hit as well and got some runs in! She's improved so much this year in softball and is doing awesome. On Saturday night we took Tyler to his dance recital where we watching him and a family friend's daughter dance! They did such an awesome job on stage we were very proud of them :) We took the kids out to dinner with my parents to celebrate since they were starving and hadn't eaten yet.
Sunday consisted of relaxing as much as possible. The kids went to my mom's house where they rode their bikes while I attempted to get some studying in for Pharmacology. Since my classes don't start on the normal university schedule I had to study at home since the library was closed. It's really difficult to study at home for me because I get so easily distracted especially when I can hear the baby from downstairs. Didn't fall asleep until close to 2am and had to wake up at 6:50am which ended up being 7:15am to shower and run out the door. My wonderful husband made me coffee in the morning which awesome! Took my exam, which I definitely passed just don't know the exact score yet... I was semi-bummed because it wasn't an A, which is a 93% or better in our program. Normally I don't care about getting A's because this program can be difficult enough without putting that type of pressure on myself but because Pharmacology is so chemistry related and more concepts I can grasp than in Patho I have a complex where I want an A. We'll see how it goes on future tests. :)
It was a crazy weekend too which I don't think helped as much as I wanted it to in studying aspect! Lets see last week I had classes where 4 out of the 5 days I have to be there really early and me not being a morning person really made getting up early a rather unpleasant experience! To top it off Ximena has been so high maintenance which makes for a very exhausting day on its own. She's so cute but holy cow can she be exhausting!!!! Kids started practicing for softball and baseball last week as well. Jake took Mila to her softball practices while I took Tyler to his.
On Friday, Mila performed for her school talent show and we went and watched it while Tyler was at his dress rehearsal for tap. She did such an awesome job dancing by herself I was so proud of her!
Saturday was followed by taking Mila to ballet and going to Pharm tutoring in the morning. Then came home managed to eat a little bit and we each took the kids to their baseball and softball games. It was a gorgeous day outside even with the winds around the fields. Tyler hit the ball in the 2nd inning and got to first base without getting out. Jake told me how Mila hit as well and got some runs in! She's improved so much this year in softball and is doing awesome. On Saturday night we took Tyler to his dance recital where we watching him and a family friend's daughter dance! They did such an awesome job on stage we were very proud of them :) We took the kids out to dinner with my parents to celebrate since they were starving and hadn't eaten yet.
Sunday consisted of relaxing as much as possible. The kids went to my mom's house where they rode their bikes while I attempted to get some studying in for Pharmacology. Since my classes don't start on the normal university schedule I had to study at home since the library was closed. It's really difficult to study at home for me because I get so easily distracted especially when I can hear the baby from downstairs. Didn't fall asleep until close to 2am and had to wake up at 6:50am which ended up being 7:15am to shower and run out the door. My wonderful husband made me coffee in the morning which awesome! Took my exam, which I definitely passed just don't know the exact score yet... I was semi-bummed because it wasn't an A, which is a 93% or better in our program. Normally I don't care about getting A's because this program can be difficult enough without putting that type of pressure on myself but because Pharmacology is so chemistry related and more concepts I can grasp than in Patho I have a complex where I want an A. We'll see how it goes on future tests. :)
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