It's been a long time
I don't believe that I've posted since February. In fact, I haven't been in the basement since just after Road Runner was installed. I keep meaning to come down here to file paperwork, set up my altar and get the craft room cleaned out yet again, but something always seems to crop up and take up my time.
Work is work. I hate it. Not so much the work but the BS that I have to deal with from other employees/management. I love the residents. Love spending time with them and giving them the care that I know they're not receiving from the rest of the staff, but the drama that people need to fill their lives with in order to make themselves feel important really gets to me. I just keep plugging along, keeping to myself and biting anyone who thinks they can ruffle my feathers. I just keep telling myself that it's only for a few more months.
School is hectic and takes up much of my time. We're learning very little in class and I have to take on so much more outside of school. I purchased an NCLEX book (since the teacher feels the need to hold onto the ones we've been billed for because she doesn't feel we're ready for them), the other day to start getting prepared for the boards. I took the first 100 questions and found I had only passed 45 of them. I need 82 to pass the boards. I discovered that we've been taught incorrect information according to some of the questions and I think that the board questions are also made up by a bunch of drunk nurses who thought it humorous to throw in some questions you'd be bound to get wrong. Pharmacology is still my weak link but then I hate fundamentals because the obvious answer is never the right one - it is always some obscure answer that doesn't make any sense. I hope I'll pass come July.
I have all of my seeds ready to plant. I've been meaning to do it for the past 3 weekends, but like the rest of my life lately, something else has come along and disrupted my plans. I was hoping to get them in today......didn't happen. Tomorrow doesn't look good either but maybe I can squeeze the peppers, corn and herbs in. Haley selected some seeds to plant in her garden. She wanted an outdoor space - actually, she wanted a club house but that wasn't happening - so I told her we can build a temporary arbor and cover it with climbing plants. The remainder of the garden will be butterfly attracting plants. I can have the rototiller man out once the ground dries up a bit more.
I've been going for walks every day and trying to get 10,000 steps in each day. That's a task and I don't always do it, but according to Dr. Oz, all you need to do is walk 1/2 hour each day and I do that easily. I went to NatureThyme the other day and sat down with the pharmacist to discuss my needs and what I am currently taking. I've added some products for digestion as well as energy boosters and they seem to be working. I've been eating well but find that I fall off the wagon at night or when I'm stressed. I cut out all white flour and sugar as I feel I'm highly addicted to them and having just a little bit of them causes me to overindulge terribly. A few weeks ago I actually age 2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies on my way home from school. I can't seem to have just one or two. Once that first piece of temptation is past my lips I have an intense desire to continue to shovel it all in until it's gone; so no more naughty food is allowed in the house and I try not to grocery shop when I'm hungry. I picked up Dr. Weil's book at the library the other day and I'll start on week 1 tomorrow.
Well Chris is whining to go to bed so I'd better end this and head up to get some studying done.
Work is work. I hate it. Not so much the work but the BS that I have to deal with from other employees/management. I love the residents. Love spending time with them and giving them the care that I know they're not receiving from the rest of the staff, but the drama that people need to fill their lives with in order to make themselves feel important really gets to me. I just keep plugging along, keeping to myself and biting anyone who thinks they can ruffle my feathers. I just keep telling myself that it's only for a few more months.
School is hectic and takes up much of my time. We're learning very little in class and I have to take on so much more outside of school. I purchased an NCLEX book (since the teacher feels the need to hold onto the ones we've been billed for because she doesn't feel we're ready for them), the other day to start getting prepared for the boards. I took the first 100 questions and found I had only passed 45 of them. I need 82 to pass the boards. I discovered that we've been taught incorrect information according to some of the questions and I think that the board questions are also made up by a bunch of drunk nurses who thought it humorous to throw in some questions you'd be bound to get wrong. Pharmacology is still my weak link but then I hate fundamentals because the obvious answer is never the right one - it is always some obscure answer that doesn't make any sense. I hope I'll pass come July.
I have all of my seeds ready to plant. I've been meaning to do it for the past 3 weekends, but like the rest of my life lately, something else has come along and disrupted my plans. I was hoping to get them in today......didn't happen. Tomorrow doesn't look good either but maybe I can squeeze the peppers, corn and herbs in. Haley selected some seeds to plant in her garden. She wanted an outdoor space - actually, she wanted a club house but that wasn't happening - so I told her we can build a temporary arbor and cover it with climbing plants. The remainder of the garden will be butterfly attracting plants. I can have the rototiller man out once the ground dries up a bit more.
I've been going for walks every day and trying to get 10,000 steps in each day. That's a task and I don't always do it, but according to Dr. Oz, all you need to do is walk 1/2 hour each day and I do that easily. I went to NatureThyme the other day and sat down with the pharmacist to discuss my needs and what I am currently taking. I've added some products for digestion as well as energy boosters and they seem to be working. I've been eating well but find that I fall off the wagon at night or when I'm stressed. I cut out all white flour and sugar as I feel I'm highly addicted to them and having just a little bit of them causes me to overindulge terribly. A few weeks ago I actually age 2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies on my way home from school. I can't seem to have just one or two. Once that first piece of temptation is past my lips I have an intense desire to continue to shovel it all in until it's gone; so no more naughty food is allowed in the house and I try not to grocery shop when I'm hungry. I picked up Dr. Weil's book at the library the other day and I'll start on week 1 tomorrow.
Well Chris is whining to go to bed so I'd better end this and head up to get some studying done.