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i got up this morning at around five-fifteen. i got into the shower, did whatever, got out, flipped NPR morning news on. i got my blue uniform on and because i took my year-and-a-half old white k-swiss out of commission on friday, i put my dark green and orange nikes on. take that, school uniform codes.
i went out to the kitchen to fill up my fiji water bottle with fresh water. i took my vitamin, five wheat grass capsules, and two aleve. i measure out four ounces of tropicana orange juice and sit in front of the television a little after six to watch "home improvement" on channel six. mark pissed me off, as usual, and he left before i did. i checked my cell phone and it kindly tells me that i should get going. okay, phone, i'm leaving.
i gather all my books for my night class, grab my purse, bottle of water, and hoodie. i toss it all into my car and put the key into the ignition. this is where i sighed because i really do savor routine. it gives me both a sense of structure and discipline. it also made me feel incredibly productive.
"this will be the last time i have to leave for a school that is forty-five minutes away this early in the morning. bye, six-thirty commutes."
the drive to school was incredibly uneventful as no one tried to swerve into my lane and hit me this morning. sweet. i pull into the parking lot around seven and i just sit there, listening to NPR. there was an really sad story about a reporter for NPR news who lives in iraq and paid almost one hundred thousand dollars ransom for his father's safe return yet hasn't seen his father since before he was kidnapped.
purse, hoodie, pens, emergency room report on thermal and cold emergencies all in hand... check. i walk into the building, chatting it up with amanda h. and glenn on the way up the stairs and i tell glenn to calm the hell down, he'll be fine with his finals. he's in level two and he's starting level three on wednesday and he's just a big ball of nerves. i'm glad i never got that way during this program.
mrs. krugh comes in, we write out our school and teacher evaluations. we set out our emergency room reports. we walk down the hall to the computer lab. i go through the mechanics of logging onto the ERI website and i hunker down in front of an electronic test which consists of eighty questions all on nursing care of an adult. basic med-surg crap, yeah? yeah. i only need forty-one points to pass this course with a B. eighty-nine points if i want to shoot for keeping my A average. i finish first and i get one of the average scores, an eighty-three. sweet. my high B average is intact.
the rest of the time i spent in the buildling was boring. everyone was taking pictures and talking and i just sat in my corner and played tetris on my phone. i finished my applications for being licensed in the state of florida and to take the actual test to get licensed. i was handed my certificate of completion and i hauled ass back out to my car which i had parked at the far end of the lot.
i say bye to gary as he drives by, he was always one of my buddies in the class. i hop into my car, start it, and switch the radio to 102.5 and "free bird" had just started.
it was almost too much. i spent my last ride home from the beast rocking out to "free bird" and passing snowbirds the whole twenty-six miles back to my house.
man, i'm hungry.