The Week After....

Let me start by saying this... High School graduation is WAYYY better than college graduation. Now that I have my certs, all people want to talk about if I have that job yet or not... It hasn't even been a week!!!

OK yes, I am stressing. If I could have a job and a paycheck right now, trust me I'd be doing overtime. But, in these times, the "experts" say its better to just stay in college, rather than try and get a job.

So, I am going to try and do both. I am in a transition program where I will have my RN by May, if I pass my NCLEX in a few weeks :)

OKOK, enough stressing, lets rewind a bit. To July 21st, the day of magical happenings that I had been hoping and praying for in this past year. All my closest friends and family showed up to watch me graduate in my old-school nursing gown and hat. Sneak preview as follows:

Afterwards, we went to the favorite local pizza place

It was nice, but the real fun began when we went to Lake Livingston up by Huntsville. My parents rented a lake house and we had tons of fun in the sun with good friends.

GG and Poppy!

The dock with our boat

Sunset

Feeding the ducks

Rope Swing included

The group :)

Tubing was also included for the weekend...

Dad posing :D

It was so much fun to be around some of my best friends. Its been a long time since I have seen them, and the weekend truly reflected how close we all are. We picked right up from the last time we saw each other, shared a bottle of Goldschlager with Dad, and stayed up late partying like the good 'ol Tech party days.

Things will be slow now as I start interviewing for new jobs, and start more school, but as soon as something happens, the story will be told.  

First Attempt at These New-Fangled Blog Things

I’ve been working on starting one of these blogs for a good year now. My year of LVN school has finally slowed down enough for me to start to contemplate. I think about life a lot, but maybe, just maybe, if I put my thoughts (which are typically irrelevant) to a page I can get some input on my crazy life. 

I figure that graduation, or close to it, is a good place to start. I graduate in a week, almost exactly. After the trials and tribulations of this year, I am still emotionally numb to that fact.

Today, we had our exit exam. Apparently I have a 97% chance of passing the NCLEX. How the internet can measure that? I have no clue... Then we all got in our ridiculous garb consisting of a white scrub dress and white nursing cap and white nursing shoes. What did I learn today? Dont eat mexican food the night before you need to fit in a little white dress.... The myths are true, white does make you look fat. Why cant we wear black?

Tomorrow, Friday, I begin my last weekend of three twelve hour shifts. I am in my preceptorship, so basically I get my five patients, and a licensed nurse follows me around and makes sure I don't kill them. I have a clean record so far.

So instead of continuing on and complaining about how hard this past year has been, and all the issues I have going on I think I should just thank Jesus that I have one last hurdle before I graduate and can start my big girl life.

My blog needs a lot of work. But, I am done for the night, so just be patient with me.

All my love.