7 weeks Left!

7 weeks left and I feel this last part is going to be the worst. I have 3 big nursing tests left on the hardest stuff: cardiac, neuro, and respiratory and lots of other things to get done (like applying for jobs!) I've also been feeling very discouraged this past week because sometimes in the hospital, people don't do things the way you think they should, or the way that maybe they are supposed to. It was a disappointment to my future profession. I started thinking, is this how everyone is going to act? Well probably not, but you always have a few... Also, I really am having a hard time with a few of these cardiac dysrhythmias. So if anyone understands them and would like to explain them to me, I would really appreciate it!
All of my classmate's senioritis is kicking in but I can't give in because there is too much at stake! I just keep reminding myself, only 7 weeks left, you can anything for 7 weeks( including studying things that you don't understand ;) !)

Lent

I don't think I have ever observed Lent before, but this year, one of the students in the youth group that I help lead want to learn more about it take a part in it, so we are. I am really bad at knowing what is going on in the world and praying for people other than those in my own like NRV circle so I thought Lent would be a good opportunity to keep myself informed of and pray for people in other countries who's lives are really rough. Hopefully I can periodically update you with some things that I've learned and who I'm praying for.

Wedding Weekend

Unfortunately this weekend went by super-quick because I was having so much fun with friends from college to celebrate former roommate Natalie's wedding. The wedding was in Roanoke so I got to have a couple of out-of-town guests stay with me! Although I had seen these girls more frequently, it had been about 1.5 years since we had all been together! Hopefully we won't need to wait til the next wedding to get together again!

The beautiful bride:

The rest of us (minus Claire):

there she is:

Spring?

Perhaps the ground hog was right! It seems like spring is just around the corner. There are no days in my 10 day forecast with snow, nor weather much below the 50s! This makes me really want to start planting things again but I should probably wait at least a few weeks longer, just in case there's still some snow lurking around.
This weekend I'm super-excited to see all of my former roomies plus Amanda for my friend Natalie's wedding! It's been awhile since I've seen some of you and I can't wait for all of us to be together! Next week I have spring break. No big plans for that this year. Hopefully I can just get caught up on a lot of school stuff and wish for at least one day in the 70s!

Wednesdays

Wednesdays are nuts. I don't like them. They start at 7:15 when I take Justin to work. Then I pick up people in carpool. Class, 8:30-1. Drive back to Christiansburg. Eat lunch. Go to the hospital from 3-10:30. Yesterday was my first full day of all of that for the semester and  let's just say there was not enough diet coke in the world for me!

Trust Part II

So before I started this semester, I was really excited- excited that it's my last semester and I will have no more school soon. But then I go to class yesterday and the nursing director for my school really puts a damper on my spirits. Now, she usually does every semester because she talks about how hard the semester will be and how nobody's going to make it. Meanwhile I chew off all my nails and am in pain for a couple days...a nice reminder of whatever she told us. Yesterday, she talked about the NCLEX and getting jobs. Both bad news. Apparently no one will pass the NCLEX and this is the worst nursing job market in all her years. Awesome! The thing I was most excited about (getting a job) is now the thing I'm most worried about! I'm thinking, should I apply other places than this area and commute back on my days off, will I have to drive like an hour to work, will I have to work at Target??? Then I have to think back to last year, when I had days and weeks where I wasn't sure if I would make it through the semester. During that time, all I knew was that I was in the place that I thought God wanted me to be, and if He wanted me to be a nurse, He would make a way for me to get through the semester. And I did. At the end of that semester, I knew I was supposed to be a nurse. Now I just have to trust that God will enable me to pass the NCLEX and find a job. Thanks for all your prayers and support through this journey I've been on and continue to keep me in your prayers.

Groundhog Day!

Today is Groundhog day and usually the ground hog sees his shadow meaning 6 more weeks of winter but not this year! Phil, the groundhog did not see his shadow meaning an early spring! Yay!