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Right this minute I'm having a nice cup of coffee, sitting here at my tutoring job with no students...and still getting paid. It's strange to have no one come in for help. But it's also nice, because I can get some good net surfing done and study for my NCLEX board exam. Fridays are typically less busy. Even the school parking lot looks empty. I think people avoid taking Friday classes and just want to get started early with their weekends.
The weather here in Michigan has been very fall-like, strange for this time of year. I want to plant my garden but I'm concerned about frost. We've had several nights with frost warnings lately. I may chance it this weekend.
I've been studying with my friend Tracy as much as we can get together. I'm hoping to take my boards with her on the same day/time.
I feel like I'm ready and I'd just like to get it over with.
Still hunting for a nursing job. The nursing field in my area has been supersaturated by new grads at the moment. Meanwhile I continue to tutor, apply online for jobs, look for nursing job openings & job fairs in the classifieds, and enjoy spending time with my family.
I've resumed babysitting my little nephew who's now almost 3. I go over to my brother's house once a week and watch the little guy over there. I have big plans to take him out to my friend's house later this summer on some days. She has a huge backyard, a cute new puppy who loves everyone, and young children who already know my nephew and like him. I want him to have a ton of fun. I'm also hoping to do finger paints and other arts/crafts with all the kids. I loved visiting my grandparents when I was little, and they always did arts & crafts with me every time. It was so much fun! What great memories.
I just had a student come in for tutoring, and she is major league stressed out. I hope I was able to calm her down. She's working on her first paper that's due in the nursing program, regarding elderly patient falls. It's making her crazy. None of the students have had the APA format seminar yet and she is worrying about how to do it. Boy do I remember the stress! My very first semester of nursing school caused my heart to beat irregularly and race sometimes. The unknown and unexpected takes its toll on the mind and body. I'll be right back in it by this coming fall when I work on my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Thankfully no more patient care plan reports to turn in, but I'll be doing loads of papers and other homework.
I've also done a lot of catching up with my mother-in-law . There are lots of doctor's appointments to schedule, test results to get, medications that need to be organised, light housework in her apartment that always needs to be done, and trips to the grocery store for her supplies. I got lots of that done yesterday. Her health is better and we're trying to keep it that way. Her heart is still beating irregularly, but it's become the norm to have it this way and it's well controlled with her medications. I'm hopeful that we can keep her in this same mode so she can retain a lot of her independence for many more years.
My surviving grandmother is now bedridden, cannot see, but can still hear and talk. I visit her as much as I can. She had several more strokes in recent months which took her eyesight and made her more confused. She just turned 93.
Just refilled my coffee cup, and it seems extra good today. Takes the chill off me from the coolness outside.
Sunday I intend to turn the soil in the garden and start my planting. Determined to grow tomatoes, several kinds of squash, cucumbers, sweet peppers, green beans and snow peas. I have a whole lot of raspberry bushes which I hope to get a nice crop from this year....if the robins and blackbirds don't pilfer first. Lots of good plans for Sunday/Monday. I also hope to throw some good eats on the grill outside and spend some good quality time with my beshert.
Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends! Please take some time at 3pm Monday afternoon to observe a moment of silence to honor all of our fallen soldiers.
The weather here in Michigan has been very fall-like, strange for this time of year. I want to plant my garden but I'm concerned about frost. We've had several nights with frost warnings lately. I may chance it this weekend.
I've been studying with my friend Tracy as much as we can get together. I'm hoping to take my boards with her on the same day/time.
I feel like I'm ready and I'd just like to get it over with.
Still hunting for a nursing job. The nursing field in my area has been supersaturated by new grads at the moment. Meanwhile I continue to tutor, apply online for jobs, look for nursing job openings & job fairs in the classifieds, and enjoy spending time with my family.
I've resumed babysitting my little nephew who's now almost 3. I go over to my brother's house once a week and watch the little guy over there. I have big plans to take him out to my friend's house later this summer on some days. She has a huge backyard, a cute new puppy who loves everyone, and young children who already know my nephew and like him. I want him to have a ton of fun. I'm also hoping to do finger paints and other arts/crafts with all the kids. I loved visiting my grandparents when I was little, and they always did arts & crafts with me every time. It was so much fun! What great memories.
I just had a student come in for tutoring, and she is major league stressed out. I hope I was able to calm her down. She's working on her first paper that's due in the nursing program, regarding elderly patient falls. It's making her crazy. None of the students have had the APA format seminar yet and she is worrying about how to do it. Boy do I remember the stress! My very first semester of nursing school caused my heart to beat irregularly and race sometimes. The unknown and unexpected takes its toll on the mind and body. I'll be right back in it by this coming fall when I work on my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Thankfully no more patient care plan reports to turn in, but I'll be doing loads of papers and other homework.
I've also done a lot of catching up with my mother-in-law . There are lots of doctor's appointments to schedule, test results to get, medications that need to be organised, light housework in her apartment that always needs to be done, and trips to the grocery store for her supplies. I got lots of that done yesterday. Her health is better and we're trying to keep it that way. Her heart is still beating irregularly, but it's become the norm to have it this way and it's well controlled with her medications. I'm hopeful that we can keep her in this same mode so she can retain a lot of her independence for many more years.
My surviving grandmother is now bedridden, cannot see, but can still hear and talk. I visit her as much as I can. She had several more strokes in recent months which took her eyesight and made her more confused. She just turned 93.
Just refilled my coffee cup, and it seems extra good today. Takes the chill off me from the coolness outside.
Sunday I intend to turn the soil in the garden and start my planting. Determined to grow tomatoes, several kinds of squash, cucumbers, sweet peppers, green beans and snow peas. I have a whole lot of raspberry bushes which I hope to get a nice crop from this year....if the robins and blackbirds don't pilfer first. Lots of good plans for Sunday/Monday. I also hope to throw some good eats on the grill outside and spend some good quality time with my beshert.
Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends! Please take some time at 3pm Monday afternoon to observe a moment of silence to honor all of our fallen soldiers.