And the saving continues!

I went back today to buy a witch cookie jar for mom and Rachael to find that all the Halloween stuff was now 50% off! So I picked this festive nightlight up for myself. Was $10, paid $3! Going back tomorrow and hoping everything will be 60% off plus my 20% employee discount!

Gotta Love the Perks!

While I am in school Cracker Barrel is letting me get away with only working once a month. This way I can still get my employee discount and I still have a job to come back to over Christmas/Summer breaks. I have had my eye on this Halloween cookie jar for a while and it was just my luck they had three let for 40% off. Tack on my employee discount and what would have been $25 was only $10!! Oh yeah! Can't wait for the Christmas sales!

Halloween!

So excited for Halloween. Here is a hint of my costume. Can you tell who it is? It's pretty obvious if you ask me!

Mid-term Review...

It's finally here...mid-term. This semester has flown by so fast I feel like my head won't stop spinning. So many tests (and so close together), 80% more clinicals than last semester, and teachers who keep throwing last minute assignments at us! It feels like it will take a miracle to pass this semester. But then again, that is the way it felt last semester too.
Today I finished my forth day of clinicals. It has been a great experience to work with such a diverse group of patients. Getting to see things that I have till now only read about and really getting my hands dirty has made me feel so blessed to have my health. And at the same time reminding me that I really should make a few lifestyle changes.
For example: today I got to change a wet to dry dressing on the toe of a diabetic. About a week ago this patient had no particular problems on this toe and now it looks like it is ready to fall off. This patient seems convinced that it will get better on antibiotics alone, but unless they act fast most of the foot will end up being removed. It's hard when no matter what you say people won't listen and in the end the choice to take action is theirs alone. So what's worse getting your toe cut off or your entire foot?

Death to Blogger!

Around the end of August I tried to post stuff I did this summer and right before I went to post it...half of it was erased. I was so mad I left the rest as a draft until today when I tried to add the missing pictures again. It would not let me so I just posted what I had for now not realising that it would be posted on the original date it was started. Anywho, if you want to see it you have to scroll down the page. Arg!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Black is back!

Viva El Paso!

About a month ago I made this really big post to sum-up what I did this summer and right when I was about to post it half of it erased! Arg! I tried to add to it again recently but it won't let me so I guess I will have to do two posts.
In August I spent a week in El Paso with mom and dad. It was alot of fun to hangout with them and these are a few things we saw.



The grave of the famous outlaw John Wesley Hardin.



El Paso



The end of the Rockies.



Viva El Paso! The show that tells the history of El Paso and all who have occupied it.

For the record Dad...

I tried to post about a week ago but my computer was giving me trouble. Anywho, this past week was the first week of my second semester in nursing school. I have so much to do. It's a little over whelming, but I get to do alot of fun stuff as well. We are required to do about 56 hours of clinicals, half in OR and half in Med/Surg. It's gonna be so cool and I'm so ready to get my hands dirty... or my gloves anyway.

Just like last semester I have a lot of reading to do and I was excited to get a jump on it, but the day before school started I got sick. Not only with cold like symptoms, but with some serious goop coming out of my eyes. Ever since Tuesday afternoon I have had fluid in my left ear that has yet to drain. Thursday morning I woke up to find the goop in my eyes turned green so I decided to go to the doctor. I am on two types of antibiotics and lots of Excedrin and Sudafed. I am feeling a little better, but still have so much sinus pressure. Needless to say it was very hard to pay attention in class this week. Just hoping next week will be better.

This week in lab we learned how to start an IV. I thought it would be as easy as drawing blood, which I did last semester, but man was I wrong. I did not realize that once you hit the vein you then have to push the catheter in as you pull the needle out. That it's easy to think you are in because you got a flash of blood in your needle, but you just went right through the vein. And just because you got in the vein does not mean that the catheter is going to stay in. I started to get nervous as I watched so may of my classmates try and fail. And of course how much pain their lab partners seemed to be in. But by the time I decided that I just needed to go for it we ran out of time and I could not stay late because of another class. My teacher said not to worry though, I will have opportunities in the OR.

All in all I very much looking forward to this semester. As long as I stay healthy I will make it out alive!

The BEST email ever...

I am not the best at checking my email, but tonight I got one from Ticketmaster that I almost did not open. It looked like spam, had a red exclamation point next to it, and said something about a concert. I did not even realize it was from Ticketmaster until I opened it. Anywho,it was to let me know U2 is coming to the US next summer and the new date for my concert!!!!

I had tickets to see them in Denver last month, but the whole North American portion left of their tour had to be cancelled because lead singer, Bono, had to have emergency back surgery in Munich. On their Facebook page the band posted a home video with Bono stating after some good "German engineering" he is doing great.

I am so excited and will be in Denver May 21, 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(And if the new date works for them, mom and Daniel will be there too.)