Finally some relief

Finally some relief

Well I passed Nutrition with a “B.”  I wanted an A, but considering everything I’m quite thankful for a decent grade.  Almost everything with school is winding down.  I have a test, and 2 finals left, but I’m not too worried about any of them.  The biggest stress factor was the Nutrition Final, which if you didn’t pass, you didn’t pass the course... regardless of your current grade. 

I got over being sick, but then seemed to catch something almost immediately after.  So far it hasn’t spread to the chest, so I can deal with it being just a head-cold much easier.  Plus with less school pressure, I’m sure I’ll get better much quicker.

It’s been so cold lately.  I washed my favorite blankets yesterday, so I think snuggling up and reading a book sounds like a plan.  Even though there’s a lot of new stuff I should read, I think I want something familiar.  I’m thinking of The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.  Haruki Murakami is one of my favorite authors.  Yeah.  That does sound good.  I even have 2 feet warmers dying to share my blanket.

Ugh, I hate cold season

Ugh, I hate cold season

I haven’t felt much like blogging while I’ve been sick.  Here’s to hoping I’ll feel better soon.

Boy, it sure gets dark early now.

Boy, it sure gets dark early now.

I tell you, I am very thankful that when I get off from work, it’s still daylight. It seems that the days are getting shorter and shorter; today it was right around 6 PM and the sun had already set. I realize it’s all part of the season, but it sure snuck up on me.

I’ve spent the last couple of days doing a lot of homework, organizing my time, and using silly little “look-forward-to’s” to stay motivated. It’s an awful lot of work, and it really does wear me down working full time and going to school practically full time. I have to keep it close in my mind how much of an investment it all is, how in the future it’ll be all good, because right now in the present, it’s the all suck. I’m really dreading not having a single free day next semester, and thinking about how that will affect my grades, job performance, sanity, and irritability level. It’s one thing to just graduate, but a whole other level of stress knowing you have to keep your GPA high because of constant competition to get into programs. Heck, I’ll have to work even harder than I am now when I actually do get into nursing school because CRNA school is supposedly murder to get accepted. I wish I knew more about the whole process, because I’ve read that UTC has no competition with residents, and that sounds good I guess, but I have no idea what the reality of that is. I dunno. Anyway, in the meantime I’ve been looking at visiting warm sunny beaches, buying a nice new car, thinking about the possibility of being able to move anywhere because of job security... you know... those types of dreamy “look-forward-to’s.”

I’m still dumbfounded that Thursday is Thanksgiving. I really only have 2 more weeks left of school. The regular tests aren’t so bad, but I hate with a passion comprehensive exams. Ugh. Well, once it’s all said and done I’ll have a good month off to do nothing. And I plan on it.

Wouldn't that be nice?

Ahhh... beaches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could I work pretty much anywhere on this map.

Today was a good day.

Today was a good day.

Last night Teale made Harry Potter sugar cookies, cut into little ‘H’s’, wizard hats, lightning bolts and the snitch, decorated in home-made Gryffindor icing. Today we went to see The Deathly Hallows Pt.1, and had Ichiban for dinner. It was a great date day/night. :)

I have to get up early to open tomorrow so I’m calling it a night!

Biggest World Civ 2 Assignment of the Semester... DONE!

Biggest World Civ 2 Assignment of the Semester... DONE!

Well, it wasn’t easy, but my review of Guns of August is finally done. I’ve worked on it off and on most of the day, so my writing for the day is pretty much spent. It’s good to be done with it this early!

Nein! Nein! Nein!

Nein! Nein! Nein!

That’s pretty much all I hear when I get home from work.  With teaching Napoleon in German, and him being a puppy who is learning, it sounds like the damn Hitler scene from Inglorious Bastards pretty much all day.  It’s tiresome, but at least the little rascal is learning. 

I’ve done some reading, made my study guide, scheduled my Nutrition Final, and finished 2 posts for the class as well.  I’d like to do more but I’m wiped.

I’ve opened almost all days this week, and it’s really rough on the sleep schedule.  I got probably 4 hours total sleep last night, so I must head to bed.  Tomorrow is my Friday though.  Gott sei Dank!

I Can’t Believe Next Week is Thanksgiving.

I Can’t Believe Next Week is Thanksgiving.

For some reason, today has been especially long and tiresome. Work seemed to drag on, and I was generally not in the mood to be there.  All I could think of was coming home and taking a nap.  On a positive, I seemed to have fully recovered from whatever sort of bug I might have had.  I pumped myself full of Zycam and zinc yesterday, so maybe that helped.  On a negative, I transferred whatever I had to Teale.  She’s felt bad today, on top of having a lot of Spanish homework to do, which I know makes the whole ordeal even more miserable.  She had work scheduled today, but partly because she was sick and partly because her work is seasonal and limited by the amount of payroll the company has anyway, she was able to just come home. 

I went by the store after work to get some groceries for home-made chicken noodle soup.  Well, sorta home-made.  I did buy chicken broth and boneless skinless breast, so I guess it wasn’t all that home-made, but Teale liked it nonetheless.  I know that when your throat is sore, and you feel cruddy, there’s nothing quite like some chicken soup.  The soup ended up being just “ok” by my standard, but Teale really liked it (or maybe she’s just being nice) and that’s all that really mattered. 

I feel like the dogs have been extra frustrating today as well.  Maybe it’s the buildup of having a messy house right now and not getting enough sleep.  I know it’s weird, but when there’s clutter, it usually puts me in an agitated mood.  I think It’s a testament to my mild OCD or something.  Anyway, a puppy who needs to go out every few hours combined with endless rain doesn’t bode well for a clean house.  The kitchen floor seems to be constantly covered in leaves and bits of grass near the doorway, and there’s dog toys all over the place,  and you constantly have to be on guard for correcting when he does something he shouldn’t.  All that is just really not what you feel like dealing with after working all day, shopping, cooking, and schoolwork. 

I feel like this has the potential to being one of my setback days, which effectively knock the steam out of my motivation.  I’m going to try very hard to not let that happen.  I have another post to make tonight, and I need to come up with a study plan since next week is Thanksgiving.   I can’t believe it’s that close to the holidays already.  Gosh, where has the month gone?