| - Stuck On You Howdy all!!!
Wow - I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've written! Guess crazy life just gets in the way sometimes. Thankfully, my now crazy life will be shifting gears to another kind of crazy in approximately 19 days :)
Yep, that's right. In about 19 days I'll be graduating from Medcenter One College of Nursing with my BSN - then all that's left is to take my boards and I'm officially an RN!! Woo Hoo!! I have terrible Senioritis right now - I never used to procrastinate, but I'm hitting the "don't care" stage and am finding I have less and less motivation for school. The fire for school has officially died and I am BURNED OUT! :) lol lol...at least I know that Sarah (my roommate) feels the same way and so does pretty much every other person in our entire nursing class lol lol....
My last rotation has been mental health - been everywhere from the State Hospital in Jamestown to the acute psych floor at MCO, to the state pen. - and then at YCC (the state Youth Correctional Center.) Much to my surprise, I really enjoyed YCC - I don't know if I'd want to ever do nursing there full-time, but for some reason, II don't think I'd mind doing it part-time someday....Go figure...the nurse we had their as a preceptor was awesome too - I really enjoyed talking with her about different issues, as well as the independence she allowed us in caring for the kids their and doing the various nursing tasks.
I've recently begun to enjoy life again the last 3 months or so....I've been able to hit Bible Study on Sunday eves more often lately and I've actually been able to hang out with some of my friends! Valentine's Day we got together with all our friends from Bible Study for a lasagna dinner. On President's Day Barb, Sarah and I were had some fun playing a couple of the guys in tackle football - they won (barely - it's along story), but we had a good time anyway. Of course, we owed the guys supper after this so the Friday before Spring Break (the day after we got back from the State Hospital in Jamestown - and no we weren't patients - we were there as students from the college lol) we cooked the guys steak and baked potatoes, spinach with cream/vinegar topping, and homemade cherry pie. Talk about spoiled!!! :) lol....we also went on a "treasure hunt" and made them find all kinds of crazy things - each team (guys vs. girls), had 1/2 hr. to find 10 items on the list the other team had prepared for them. We found some interesting things - lol...I mean, did you know that gas stations GIVE AWAY the little match books? Yeah - you shoulda seen the look I got when I asked the clerk if I could buy 1 match book - he was like "Umm, they're free." lol lol - oh yeah did I feel like a dumb blonde lol lol... oh well, live and learn!!
Anyways, it's been such an awesome blessing to hang out with Christian guys who don't mind the fact that we're a little weird lol lol - and who obviously are on fire for the Lord. They even get "Flower Power" notes on their vehicles every once in a while...keeps them on their toes. We're still waiting for their retaliation lol lol....
I've officially put in my notice at work for them not to put me on the schedule after May 6th - I'm really going to miss working at TL - I almost cried when I put my notice in the book - I don't think nights will be the same without DeAnn and our crazy conversations and laughing at all the stupid things we do...and of course, I don't know what I'll do without Aron - who's going to attempt to throw whoopee cushions under me in the middle of the night, put "kick me" signs on my back, decorate my car antenna with thread, put depends on my steering wheel, etc. etc....and then who's bag can I stuff big blue pads in or send on treasure hunts that lead to to "tagged" double D bras hanging from the top shelf of the magic closet???? lol lol....And of course, I'm going to miss all the laughs with nurses Aileen and Shirely and all my other coworkers that I've come to be friends with over the last 4 years. Sounds crazy but I'm really going to miss them all - and all of the residents too, as weird as that may sound. You kind get attached to them and miss them when they're not around anymore.
I actually graduate May 12th at 3 PM - and I start work on June 2 - I might let the TL hospital know I'm available a few days in between there if they need me - but I'm going to be busy moving into our new apt. (Sarah and I) and studying for the NCLEX Exam (state boards/licensing exam) - and then the week of Memorial Day I'm going to be helping with the Mercer Community Bible School again. I'm super excited for that - but this year I hope the music comes with actions so I don't have to spend many nights making up my own - (imagine what I looked like dancing around the room doing actions by myself when I was making them up lol eiyayei hahaha ).
Anyways, I have to finish some work - I have just a few pics to put into the church booklet yet so I better get that done - and then I need to finish some of the trivial homework I have. I pray the Lord is blessing you all and that you recognize His presence. Take care and hope to hear from you soon!
Love Shell
Psalm 86:11
"Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.'
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