Ahhh, the day after Christmas...its one for my favortite days. We got to clean up the house from yesterday (and yes the tree is gone. very theraputic) and played all day with the new toys. Of course the favorite is the Wii. We all have had too much fun with it. I believe we've developed a condition called Wii-itis. It is the soreness in the muscles created from playing it. Needless to say, i'm really really sore. The kids will have plenty of other things to keep them busy the rest of the break too. I couldn't stay away from my studies though. I cracked open my new NCLEX-RN study book I got for my birthday. How nerdy can i be? It has 5200 study questions to aid in my learning. I love it...thanks mom and dad. Next week we have Christmas at the inlaws and prime rib is in the menu..spoiled are we! I hope that day is a relaxing as this was. It seems that everytime Pauls family gets together...something catches on fire, a fight breaks out, or tears fall. Oh the joys of the holidays......

There's Nothing Like Homework

On the last day of class, we were gently informed that the first 5 week of the new semester were going to be, well, less than fun. There's nothing like going on Christmas breaking with homework assignments. So yesterday I spent alot of the day creating drug cards for my pych patients. These cards contain information like the name of the drug, its action and class, adverse effects and any other imporatnt information you need before and after adminstering the drug. The medical field has 6 "rights" to follow when giving meds. Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right patient, Right medication, and Right documentation. I know them like the back of my hand. I hope to always carry a little fear of messing up my meds. Then I will never become over-confident, thats where mistakes happen.
I finally have a babysitter lined up for the semester too. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30am tues. and wens. I usually leave around 5:30. Megan called today and is willing to come over on those days to get the kids up and on the bus. What a blessing. My mind will be at ease with her here and the kids love her. So things are lining up well...I hope it continues

Thanks to my good friend Mandy, I have been inspired to create my own blog. I'm thinking that I want to keep along the lines of my adventures at school and my ability (or lack of) to juggle all the hats I wear these days. I love all my hats. I thrive on the organized chaos it creates. I guess it started in the spring of 06. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my kids. But I knew there was more I wanted to do. Ever since I can remember, I have loved the hospital, and the inner workings of the human body. Being a doctor was a logical career field for me. But with all things, life doesn't always go as planned. I fell in love, married and had two babies before i was 22. Being a doctor dissappeared into a corner of my mind, waiting for the right time to return. Fast forward to summer 2006; I needed to return to my plans. (Its hard to discribe the feeling i felt about needing to return to the outside world, so i won't try. Lets just say it was overwhelming). I could be a nurse in 2 1/2 years. That summer I started my first classes. Talk about a shock to the internal structure of my family! Its been a long wonderful, terrible and all to worth it journey that has led to here; to my last semester of school. I thought it fitting to write about it..so i don't forget.