The Wedding Bell Blues…

To answer Sues’ question. Yes. I am not lying when I say that 99% of my friends are married. So, all my guy friends… are married. There was one other guy…but it was a worse scenario than asking J.

I guess I don’t know enough about hospital scheduling… I wondered if maybe he could have just said to the schedule person “hey… I need Sat, the 27th off to attend a wedding” & maybe it would have been really easy to have the evening off… but who knows. It was easier for him to bow out this way.

He didn’t hurt my feelings… I did expect him to say “no” all along…(better to not get one’s hopes up).

I’m just sad that I have to go alone to a wedding again where I don’t know anyone except the bride & groom. I can’t NOT go to this one…since I’m technically the “wedding coordinator”

Ok… it’s time for bed. Tomorrow is a 4.30am wake up call. It’s almost 10pm and I feel my body getting more sleepy. Gosh, I couldn’t even last to half time of the Eagles/Giants game…but then again… it’s not much of a game.

Until later…

He said no.

That’s it. He said that his nursing schedule wasn’t posted for the end of the month… And, he had to “pass.”

OK… now you can all tell me “I told you so.”

So, I’ll be going alone. As always…. I’m alone.

Short.

This is going to be short…I’m due at a friend’s house for a game night.

I’m nervous that the wrong grade was put into the computer. Maybe I really only got a 78 instead of a 98? Maybe it was scantron error????????? I mean… my pharmacology grade changed from a 80 to 76…. maybe this is the same thing. I still can’t believe that I got a 98.

Confession. I asked J. to the wedding. I actually did pray about it & felt pretty good about asking him (although the way I asked him… was ANYTHING but ok… I was pretty shy about it). Bottom line…he’s a good guy who can make good conversation and I like hanging out with him. When we talked on Wednesday, I asked him if he still talks w/ M. His answer was amazing. He said “yea, she’s in a pretty bad place right now… so, I need to keep up with her.”

Maybe someday I’ll find someone like that. In the meantime, I hope he will say yes to eating bad salmon with me on a Sat evening in Oct.

OK… not as short as I wanted…

Now….. I’m outta here. Have a good weekend.

(oh… and dare I say… Go Phillies?????)

Grades are in…

98 out of 100.

(ok.. this is the first grade… she is known to change her grades multiple times…)

but, yea…  even better than I could ever expect.

I just might graduate.

Now the waiting begins…

OK.  It’s over.  I finished with about 20 minutes remaining.  I don’t think I scored a 90…but I don’t think I scored a 70 either…  Solid mid-80s… maybe?  A few of us walked over to Wawa to grab food (I couldn’t eat beforehand) and to talk it out… Unfortunately, I’m *sorta* friends with a person who writes 4,000,000 note cards…  And she knows all the correct answers…  It was hard listening to her and then trying to remember what I got right or wrong.

It’s over.  To quote one of my favorite classmates… “It is what it is.” 

It’s now raining in the city (10.32am)… I am going to walk to Old City in the rain (one of my favorite things… walking in the rain) and run an errand. 

Ta-ta for now… And if you prayed… thank you… I wasn’t nervous going into this morning. 

I will either know my grade tonight… or it will not be posted until next Wednesday…  I’m hoping for tonight.

Test tomorrow.

Please pray… if you are into that sort of thing.

9am-10am EST.

It’s my first test for “Management of the Acute & Chronic Patient.”

I’ve been studying since last week… going to go over everything one more time tonight and that’s it.

I think I’m well prepared…but that doesn’t mean anything.

I’ll let you all know what happens…. all 9 of you!

Ta-ta.

And it’s back again…

Hi DSL!! Thank you so very much for deciding to grace me with your presence again. I was sorely missing you.

Ahh… the Internet. I was really beginning to go through withdrawal. I couldn’t update my facebook. I couldn’t play my online Scrabble games (of which, I am addicted to), I couldn’t pay my bills… etc…

Ok… back to the fun stuff…

Today was a 4.30am wake up call for me. I took the 5.39am train out of Media. Got to Snyder & Broad by 6.40 this morning. Enough time to get my Pumpkin Latte from Starbucks before pre-conference started at 7am.. Today I actually touched a real patient. We paired up and did vital signs on the patients today. I know it’s not much..but then again… I don’t know very much yet. I took the patient’s blood pressure and pulse rate. The woman I was paired with has been a critical care tech at TJU for a number of years… so, she is pretty good at this sorta of stuff… After I did the BP, she repeated it to see if she got the same thing… She did!!! :O) I was sooooooooo excited. I know it’s a small, small thing…but my bp for his 11am vitals is the one recorded in his chart. Kinda excited about that.

Tomorrow is back to class. I’m meeting a classmate to study in the morning. Have class in the afternoon and then meeting J. @ 5.31 (yes… 5.31pm). I probably won’t ask him to the wedding… b/c I don’t have the courage to do it anyways. And, yea… it just doesn’t seem right. Things are just weird enough as it is (& fine at the same time… if that makes sense).

Well, I’m going to go and study. I have a test on Friday and I NEED to do WAY better than a 76. I’m shooting for a 90. I’m hoping that I’m studying the right things… tomorrow I’m studying with one of the smart guys… I’m going to ask him…

Ta-ta for now.

Yea.. just what I thought..

I did a dry run to Methodist early this evening.  It’s worse than I thought.  No parking whatsoever.  The lot attached to the hospital is off limits to students (it’s a small lot…so it’s reserved for patients and visitors).

I am going to try the public transportation tomorrow morning.  I don’t have to be there until 7.45am.  It gives me a little more time in the morning to figure things out… because on Tuesday… I have to be there at 7am…

Ta-ta….

And, yes…. my DSL is still down… typing this from my friends’ house.

Still no Internet…(and other random things)

I’m sitting here on a Saturday evening updating this from my best friend’s place.  We are all waiting for the kids to go to bed so we can watch a grown up movie.

I think I’m allowed to not study tonight.  I read 5 chapters today and outlined two lectures last night for my test next Friday… I still feel guilty as hell for not studying though.  I’m hoping that will get better.

Oh.. yes, my Internet is still down.  According to the customer service department (located at an undisclosed location somewhere in India), I should call back every 24 hours so they can dtell me the same thing….

Other randomness…

1.  I need an *escort* to a wedding at the end of Oct.  Not a DATE… an escort… I’m tired of going to these things myself.  I’m seeing J. on Wednesday (long story.. we are fine), he is my first choice… he is going to say “no” (probably in a vague way) and then I’ll ask my 2nd choice.

2.  The Cubs are going to the playoffs… WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO????  UGH.

3.  Oh… I’ll be on a telemetry (did I spell that right?) floor at Methodist.  I’m going to do a dry run tomorrow morning (Sunday) to make sure I can find it.  Again… I like the hospital… hate the location.

4.  I think I got a 100% on my first medical calculation test.  Kinda exciting.  And, the bad news… my pharm grade dropped from 80 to 76.  Again, passing was a 73.  BLEH.  Next Pharm test is 10/4.

OK.. that’s it for now.

Ta-ta.

It’s almost Thursday already…

I’m sitting at the library at TJU posting this… my DSL line is down yet again… and after being on hold this morning for 20 minutes and then still not getting my point across to the call center help person (ok… I yelled, kicked, and screamed… still didn’t help… no Internet) I’m still trying to decide what my best options are…

It is now 5.48pm.  My class let out before 3pm today.  I *thought* I was having a study group tonight at 7.30 for our math test tomorrow.  I drove especially into the city for this reason… well, it was supposed to be 3 of us.  I just got a call from the one person… she is bailing…  which means…. the other person is also (they are joined at the hip).  Not a happy camper right now.  I would have much rather  been at home studying.  Blah, blah, blah……………….

I did get placed at Methodist for clinicals.  Nothing is wrong with Methodist.  The only thing I don’t like about Meth is the location.  I have never been there and will have to do a dry run this weekend… I’m actually glad to be going there because it is different than Jeff.. A small hospital, more community based…  It will be a nice contrast.  I think it will be a better place to learn because it will not be so chaotic.

Ok.. that’s it.  I’m going to go say hi to my old pastoral care class since I’m still here and they are breaking for dinner right now.  Then I’m going home.  and studying in my PJs.

Ta-ta.