Stressing

Yes, now I am in stress mode again. I have a BIG exam this Thursday in Microbiology. Prof said it will be a "humdinger"...that can't be good. There is so much information I don't know where to start. But, I am about to dive into one of the four chapters covered.

I had a great Easter vacation. My sister came down from up north. The Lion King was really good. My daughter was on the edge of her seat the whole time! My Mother, on the other hand, was medicated due to her viral infection and fell asleep three times!!! We all got a laugh out of that!

I dropped my sis at the airport yesterday and went straight to my Algebra class. My daughter (7) and my son (3) are having a hard time getting up in the mornings. I think they got used to sleeping late over the 9 day break. Hopefully they'll do better tomorrow morning.

Okay, I have got to go study!

Feeling Better Now

I am feeling much better these days. We are out for the rest of the week for Spring break...YEAH!!! I need a break! I have been doing really well in school. Yesterday I had a math/algebra test. I made a 99!!!! This morning I had a Microbiology quiz and made 10 out of 10...PERFECT!! I also made a 20 out of 20 on a Micro lecture test last week. Whew-Whoo!!!! That makes me very happy!

Today we finished up our "Unknown Organism" report. That was interesting. I ended up with Bacillus cereus or B. cereus. It was fun doing all the tests and marking down the results to finally learn what was in my test tube! I think the entire class enjoyed doing the project.

I have had to break down and buy some new clothes. My old ones are not fitting me...too tight. I have been wanting to get out and walk. But, the temperatures here are getting hot and none of my shorts fit me. So, I bought some shorts and some t-shirts. Also, a couple of nicer looking tops for work, church, etc. I want to lose weight but I just don't have the motivation. I don't know if I'll ever get motivated.

My seven-year-old daughter and I are leaving today or tomorrow morning to go to my Mom's house. My sister is flying in tomorrow. We are all going to see The Lion King on stage. I am so excited about it. It should be absolutely fabulous.

I turned in my scholarship application. I think I have a good chance of getting one or more. I won't know until next month though.

This summer I won't be going to school. So, I am trying to figure out what I will do with my free time. I want to do some volunteer work. Any suggestions out there? Anyone reading this???

Well, I have a ton of stuff to do before we can leave. I just wanted to decompress a little before plunging into the packing!!!

Oh, also, my Mom has some awful virus. Has been to the ER twice this past weekend, to her general doc yesterday and still feels horrible today. So, I have really afraid my daughter, me or my sister is going to end up catching it. I am taking my lysol. We will be washing our hands...ALOT! I sure hope Mom gets better so she can go to the show!

I'll let you know how it all turns out.

I'm Tired

My brain feels as if it should be leaking out my ears.

I have studied for four days straight. I still don't know all the material that will be on our Microbiology exam tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. There are three chapters. It is SO much information. So many details. I study and study one chapter. Then I study and study the next chapter and the next. When I get back to the first chapter...I can't recall a damn thing.

My hubby says I will probably recall it when I am testing on it. I have my doubts. Big FAT doubts about that. This is making me wonder how in the hell will I ever pass nursing classes if I can't even get the Microbiology class????? Here are some questions I have: Is Microbiology this hard for most people? Are nursing classes harder than Micro? Am I a moron? These and many more questions are banging around in my already-too-full brain.

I wish I had cookies.

ME WANT COOKIES!!!!!

I need cookies and a big glass of milk...RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just so ya know...

I am new to blogging. I love reading blogs and religiously read certain blogs everyday to keep up with the people. However, I don't know how people get their blogs to have all those great things all around their posts. For example: links to their favorite blogs, calendars that keep up with the time they have left in school, etc.

If anyone is reading this and knows how to explain this to me...please help!!!!!!

Nice

We had yesterday and today off from classes. So, I have had four days of no quizes, no tests, no classes...Nice. I have been really lazy and not studied at all. I know I should have. I did think about studying. But I never did.

I have been reading my new book: Student Nurse Handbook by B. Gayle Twiname. It is a good read and is very helpful. I have always been the type to read, read, read about anything I am getting into. So, I am now starting to read up on nursing school. I have been reading several nurse and student nurse blogs for a while now. They are very informative too.

But I will be back in class tomorrow. Thank goodness they didn't schedule any tests or quizes this week...NICE!

~Sigh Of Relief~

I just got my grade for my Math Exam. I passed! I made an 83. Wow. I was sweating it. I really felt as if I froze up and couldn't remember anything. But I guess I must have remembered something!!! Yeah!!!! Maybe I can pass this class afterall!

The Squirrel Funeral

We pulled into the driveway this afternoon and my daughter wanted to go over to our neighbor's fence and visit with their dog. My son, of course, followed her. I went in to put our stuff in the house. That is when I heard my daughter yelling for me: "MAMA!!!" I could tell there was a certain urgency to her voice. So, I ran outside. We met up in the yard. She had a very upset look on her face. "Mom, I just, the poor little thing, I don't know what to do..." She wasn't making any sense. I thought something was wrong with the dog. So, I followed her over there. She was pointing at the ground a couple feet in front of their fence. The dog was barking like crazy! I looked down and saw a big, gray, deceased squirrel. That is when the real commotion ensued. My daughter wanted to pick it up for inspection and petting. I told her no, we don't know what it died from. It might be carrying some dreaded disease. So, daughter, son and I got the shovel and went out in the back yard. I dug a hole. We all went back out front with a t-shirt/rag from the garage. I picked up the squirrel and wrapped it in the rag. My daughter was having a fit to pet it. "Please Mama, PLEASE!!!" Finally, when we made it to the grave site, I did let her pet it on it's back a little. (I made her promise she would not touch anything or anybody afterwards until she had washed her hands.) That little pet seemed to satisfy her. Afterwards, I wrapped him up in the rag. We put a pine cone in for him and then buried him. R.I.P. little guy.

Lazy Saturday

This morning I woke up to my little girl waking me up. She had gotten my husband/her Daddy up and asked him to help her fix me breakfast in bed. So there they were, my hubby holding the Barbie TV tray with my breakfast. How sweet is that??? She was so excited to be getting to do this. She and hubby had made scrambled eggs and an Eggo waffle and chocolate milk. She and I shared the breakfast in bed. She is such a sweet girl. I am so proud of her. Also, hubby is pretty great too for getting up early on a Saturday morning to fulfill her wishes.

After that I got up and started the overdue housecleaning. I picked up and vacuumed. The upstairs is looking great. Now I need to clean downstairs and keep working on the pile of laundry. I also need to study. I am really behind on my Math homework. I have got to practice how to do it before the test rolls around. And I need to study my Micro because I have a test in that this week. It is a hard chapter and I am thinking I will never learn it!!!! It is all about bacterial DNA. It is interesting but difficult for me to understand and remember it all.

I took my Midterm Practical in Micro this past Thursday. I think I did well. But he hasn't posted them to the web yet. I will be glad to see exactly how I did. He had given us a study sheet for the midterm. He said "if it's not on the review sheet, it won't be on the test." He lied. Why do professors do that???? I know of 3 questions that he had on the test that were not on the review sheet. One I had to leave blank 'cause I had no idea what the answer was. I couldn't even think of a good guess!!! When I turned my paper in I asked him what the answer was. He said "Mycobacterium." WTH??? I know that was NOT on that review sheet. But I know better than to even bring it up to him. It won't do any good. So, hopefully I got all the rest of the test right.

Okay, I am going now to get my butt in gear and study.

First Post of My New Blog

I am a 40-year-old woman who has two small children, a husband, two cats and a home. A little over a year ago, I decided to go back to school to become a registered nurse. This blog will be about that journey as well as personal stuff along the way. I hope you enjoy it. I think I will enjoy writing it.

So, last spring semester I took Anatomy and Physiology Part I, Math 101 and Psychology (Human Growth and Development). I absolutely loved getting back into school. I know, that sounds really weird, but I do love school. This is funny because I hated school during high school. Oh well. Then last summer (2006) I took Anatomy and Physiology Part II and Math (Probability and Statistics.) I have really been fortunate to get really awesome professors. Those courses gave me enough to get a "PreNursing Certificate" which is not really a paper certificate. But it is a way to get into the nursing program here. I was given a slot for January 2008. So, I have a year to wait.

I hate having to wait. But I am trying to spend my time wisely. Last Fall I took the semester off. This semester I am taking Microbiology and Math 102 (Algebra.) I have two professors that are out-of-this-world wonderful. Again, I am loving it. I get to go out into the world and be around other adults and have adult conversations without any children interupting me. It is wonderful.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my kids. But, I have been a stay-at-home Mom for 7 years now and I am ready to get back out into the adult world. I am not cut out to be home forever. I think my children are better off when I am happy. Like the saying goes: "If Mama ain't happy, nobody is happy!" I agree with that.

I think that is enough for my first post. I have to go get the children to bed.

Good Night