Back to school on Monday for another 8 weeks. Hope this semester will be much less stressful than the last. I'm very happy with the lecture and clinical instructors I've been assigned. Got some good things done during my week off. Now it's back to business...lecture class on Monday mornings, two clinical days a week at a hospital, and my tutoring ( Read more... )

 
Seems like the only time I update this blog is when I have a school break. I am wrapping up the last three days off before my next and final semester of nursing school at OCC kicks in. Although, I am planning to pursue my BSN starting in the fall at OU. I can take classes there at my own pace, one at a time, which I think is magnificent. That way ( Read more... )

This is a picture from January 1, outside the hospital where my mother-in-law was for the second time in 5 weeks. Family health problems are all-consuming. I'm now back in school trying to finish up my last two 7-week semesters, then it's off to take the nursing boards ( Read more... )

You know you are from Michigan when ( Read more... )

Back to the books. I passed my semester math quiz on the first take. Relief ( Read more... )

Wow, so much to catch up on. I was sure I would have more time to be here during my summer vacation from school. Instead, I filled my time with babysitting my little nephew, visiting my grandma at the nursing home (who was hospitalized recently with a dangerously low blood glucose level and UTI), and taking care of my acutely sick mother-in-law ( Read more... )

So I am now officially a second year nursing student ( Read more... )

The cottonwood trees are snowing. I think I am allergic to them. Not fun. Our lawn is turning white ( Read more... )

make me know impossible things ( Read more... )

This is my favorite time of year. The temperatures are warming up. The air smells so fresh. Flowers are blooming. The sunshine feels wonderful without scorching. There are very few insects around. Birds are chirping, frogs are singing.

I am almost done with a semester and looking forward to a week off. The yard and house need some