A week's worth of updates!
Wow, I've been meaning to update ever since Monday night, but obviously got run over by the Thanksgiving laziness train.
To start off, my Practicum went well on Monday. I practiced the four possibilities (blood pressure, smoking cessation, inhalers, and drug consultation) with two different groups of people from about one until close to seven. I was having a some problems hearing the top number on blood pressure, and REALLY didn't want to get it the next day. So of course, you know what I ended up getting for the Practicum. It was hard using their "two-headed" stethoscopes (one bell and two sets of earpieces: one for you, and one for the proctor), and different BP cuffs from the one I was accustomed to using. I heard so many weird extra sounds...-_- And I walked out of that room just certain that I'd failed. But thankfully, I didn't get the 6:00 pm email tell me I had to retest, so you can imagine the total relief. ^____^
Tuesday and Wednesday were spent attempting to do work, but failing miserably (especially after Nick came home!) Thanksgiving was nice: we went to my cousin's house for the first time. It was a little weird not having anything at our house, but it sure was nice to not have to do a major clean-up either! XD It was certainly ones of the nicest Thanksgivings is recent memories. Except that Dad has been laid low by some sort of flu/cold/bad cough bug, and stayed home to sleep it off. I've felt my throat getting a little scratchy, but have been taking Zicam pretty regularly (which seems to be holding it at bay - I can't afford to get sick right before finals again!).
Due to a lack of cash, I wasn't really planning on going out on Black Friday unless there was something that I really wanted at an incredible price. How foolish of me. We (including Nick, a very sick Dad and a reluctant Mom) started off at 6:00 at Staples, where I picked up a 256-CD/DVD binder and a pack of burnable DVDs for great prices. Staples is always a mad house, because nobody knows where the deals are going to be. XD But it's tradition that we start there every year, and so we do. We hopped over to Target for a few minutes afterward, where I picked up Spider-Man 2, Eragon, and the 300 2-Disc special edition for under $6 each. Then Dad and Mom picked up a few things in Lowe's and we made a pit-stop at Panera Bread for nourishment and coffee before heading into Stockton. We started at Circuit City (longest lines ever!) where I was able to get The Illusionist, Spider-Man 1, and Season 2 of Smallville. Ah, I love DVD bargains. :D
The rest of the day, I didn't buy anything else (though I was sorely tempted by the $5 Labyrinth in Best Buy!) due to still not having a job (which I may need to do something about shortly).
Anyway, Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you are all very blessed. :)
To start off, my Practicum went well on Monday. I practiced the four possibilities (blood pressure, smoking cessation, inhalers, and drug consultation) with two different groups of people from about one until close to seven. I was having a some problems hearing the top number on blood pressure, and REALLY didn't want to get it the next day. So of course, you know what I ended up getting for the Practicum. It was hard using their "two-headed" stethoscopes (one bell and two sets of earpieces: one for you, and one for the proctor), and different BP cuffs from the one I was accustomed to using. I heard so many weird extra sounds...-_- And I walked out of that room just certain that I'd failed. But thankfully, I didn't get the 6:00 pm email tell me I had to retest, so you can imagine the total relief. ^____^
Tuesday and Wednesday were spent attempting to do work, but failing miserably (especially after Nick came home!) Thanksgiving was nice: we went to my cousin's house for the first time. It was a little weird not having anything at our house, but it sure was nice to not have to do a major clean-up either! XD It was certainly ones of the nicest Thanksgivings is recent memories. Except that Dad has been laid low by some sort of flu/cold/bad cough bug, and stayed home to sleep it off. I've felt my throat getting a little scratchy, but have been taking Zicam pretty regularly (which seems to be holding it at bay - I can't afford to get sick right before finals again!).
Due to a lack of cash, I wasn't really planning on going out on Black Friday unless there was something that I really wanted at an incredible price. How foolish of me. We (including Nick, a very sick Dad and a reluctant Mom) started off at 6:00 at Staples, where I picked up a 256-CD/DVD binder and a pack of burnable DVDs for great prices. Staples is always a mad house, because nobody knows where the deals are going to be. XD But it's tradition that we start there every year, and so we do. We hopped over to Target for a few minutes afterward, where I picked up Spider-Man 2, Eragon, and the 300 2-Disc special edition for under $6 each. Then Dad and Mom picked up a few things in Lowe's and we made a pit-stop at Panera Bread for nourishment and coffee before heading into Stockton. We started at Circuit City (longest lines ever!) where I was able to get The Illusionist, Spider-Man 1, and Season 2 of Smallville. Ah, I love DVD bargains. :D
The rest of the day, I didn't buy anything else (though I was sorely tempted by the $5 Labyrinth in Best Buy!) due to still not having a job (which I may need to do something about shortly).
Anyway, Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you are all very blessed. :)