Last day of Summer break

Tomorrow is the first day of school for the kiddos! I know they are excited and sad at the same time. I know how they feel. In a way I'm glad for them to be back in school, and yet, I feel bad for them too. It does seem like the summer flew by for them and they didn't really get to do too much. No vacations, amusement park or water park trips, etc. Oh well. Hopefully next summer. It's difficult to do those things when I don't get the summer off of school too.

This year they will all be in different schools, too. Which is fine for the girls. I just hope my son does ok knowing his sister isn't in the same building as him this year. I know that was somewhat comforting to him last year. The younger two will, however, be riding the same bus to and from their schools. So, hopefully that will help.

I've got to move it, move it!

Well, I finally got my treadmill set up and I used it for the first time today! It felt good, too! I just need to figure out how to use the settings. I didn't take the time to read the manual before hand, I just went for it. And I don't know how to make it just go at the settings I put in. It kept changing speeds and inclines on me, which was not cool! Oh well.

I didn't do anything drastic today, since unfortunately, it's been a while since I've worked out. I just went back and forth between a medium-paced walk and a slight jog for about 25 minutes. But, at least it was something!

No joke!

Well, my teacher wasn't lying. That test was very difficult! :( He usually throws a few questions out when most of the class misses them. I'm hoping most of the class missed a lot! :o I seriously spent at least 4 solid hours studying for this test last night and I still wasn't sure of a lot of the answers. Sigh.

Anyway, now I am home and ready to relax a bit. I just found out that the pool we go to has been reopened! So, the kids and I will definitely be spending some time there this weekend!

Ready for the weekend!

I so, completely do not want to study tonight! I have an exam in A&P tomorrow that the instructor says will be really difficult. Great. But, since that is my last class of the day tomorrow, perhaps I will get to leave a little early! Hopefully, if the weather is nice this weekend, I can get in some more pool time too!

HECK YEAH!!

Water thief!

So, I just go and get myself a big cup of ice water, bring it back upstairs with me and set it on my bedside table. I then go into the bathroom for all of 30 seconds before I hear the lapping. Why does Bella always think that she can drink my water *every* time I set down my cup? hhhhhh. Silly puppy!

Of course now that I've replaced said cup and water she's come back to try to steal more!

My day

Had a long day of appointments and shopping today with my kiddos. My oldest got new glasses, all 3 got new shoes, and we got a few things from Bath and Body Works too! Now I need to take back a dvd that I forgot in my laptop when I went to the library yesterday (apparently it doesn't count if you just return the case :/), make dinner, then force myself to study for my upcoming tests!! Blah!

Pool Time!

I am getting ready to take my kiddies to the pool. We haven't been in a few weeks because the pool we've been going to has been closed. Apparently some people jumped the fence and there ended up being broken glass in the pool, which lead to it needing to be drained, worked on, then refilled. So, it has been out of order for at least 3 weeks now. So, if that pool is not yet reopened, we will go to the community pool. In fact, we may just go there either way. We haven't been yet this summer, and I know my kids really want to go on the slides. Besides, I've pretty much lost all of my tan already. :/ So, it's pool time!

Phew!

Took my med/surg midterm today and totally thought I bombed it. It was way more difficult than her quizzes have been. However, I ended up with a B, so I'm happy with that! I am glad it is finally Friday so I can have a couple of days of not spending all of my time at home studying! But, of course, next week will be back to the same old routine again and I'll be studying for a pharm quiz, a math test for pharm, and an A & P exam.

On the bright side, I am over half way through this quarter! Five more weeks until I'll get a couple of weeks off (and my kids will be in school all day by then)! After that, I only have 3 more quarters and I will be done with school for a bit.

I'm actually looking forward to next quarter. It will hopefully be much less stressful. I will only have 2 classes: maternal nursing and psych nursing. Each of which has clinicals attached, so I will have 2 half days/week of clinicals instead of one long day (one day for psych, the other day split between pediatrics and maternal nursing). So, basically one full day of classes, two half days of clinicals and 4 days off every week! I can deal with that!

hhhhhhh...

Why is it that the things you try the hardest to put out of your mind are always the very things you can't stop thinking about? :(

I wanna go home!

I have got a wicked headache right now! Sitting in a small, closed-off classroom with twenty-plus other people and the thermostat set in the high seventies, listening to a boring ass monotone lecture is not helping! Can't wait to get home where my house is a comfortable 68 degrees! :)

On another note, I am SO close to being completely done with back to school shopping! I think all that is left is shoes.

More shopping!

Did some more school supply shopping with the kiddos today. Man, this gets so expensive! I did find some good deals though, including a buy one backpack get one for a dollar at Meijer! Woot! Now if I could find a deal like that on shoes for them, I'd be good. :)

Sick & Stressed

I had my little man to the doctor's this morning because he has been running a fever and has been complaining of headaches and a sore throat for a couple of days and was vomiting last night. Come to find out, he has a sinus infection. Poor little guy. He is taking his second nap of the day right now, and usually he doesn't nap at all anymore, so I know he feels crappy. :(

On top of that, I am not feeling well either. I can't breathe very well out of my nose (even though I have nothing to blow out of it), my head hurts, my throat hurts, and my stomach is upset. I'm just a hot mess!

I have been attempting to study for my pharm midterm that I have on Wednesday but, I am not sure how much is sinking in. I just feel so icky right now it is hard to concentrate. I also have a lab practical on Thursday and a med/surg quiz on Friday that I need to study for. Then, next week are 2 other midterms (and possibly another quiz in pharm). And let's not forget 12 hours of clinicals tomorrow! All kinds of fun to look forward to...

Crazy frustrated!

I meant to bring my camera with me to school today. I even made myself a note on my phone so that I would remember to grab it. However, in my rush out the door, I forgot it afterall. :( To top it off, I just found out that my children likely just broke said camera. Are you effing kidding me?! They know they are not even supposed to be touching my camera! Especially after the last incident! That's just great! Why is it that no matter how many times you tell kids not to touch something, they do it anyway? Sigh

Breakfast, yum!

I enjoyed my morning with my oldest and youngest babies today. The middle one was having a little hissy fit and decided she didn't want to go anywhere, so, whatev! The other 2 and I went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. They have this breakfast that includes 2 eggs, bacon, a big blueberry muffin, and a cup of yogurt with fruit and granola that is super yummy! At least now I don't have to worry about eating lunch. :)

Now, I am just chillin' a little before heading to school for a couple of labs this afternoon.

Tuesdays suck!

Crazy long day at clinicals yesterday. Not much time to even sit down, much less get any studying in for today's exam that I'd hoped to get if there was any free time (pshha!). I did look over the powerpoints after I got home last night though. I wasn't feeling very well and I was wicked tired, so I didn't study as much as I should have and went to bed early instead. I'm pretty sure it showed on today's exam, too. :o Oh well, I think I may have still passed it at least.

Must. Find. Motivation.

I have laundry that needs folded and put away, bed sheets that need changed, vacuuming that needs done, and an exam to study for. I must resist the urge to lay down and take a nap instead!

Lunch

I had lunch with a friend today that I hadn't seen in 7 months. It was nice to catch up with her. Then I took the kids to the pool for a little while this afternoon, since we got rained on while there yesterday. The new suit, btw, is nice, except that when I go under water and then come up, the top wants to, uh, stay under water... Oh well. I still like it better than my old one. Now, I really need to start studying for my Pharm quiz that I will have on Wednesday and the Med/Surg quiz I'll have on Friday.

Slacking

I should probably be studying for my quizzes that are coming up this week, but instead, I'ma go test out my new swimsuit at the pool with my kiddies! :)

School and More School!

As much as I am hating school and life at this point, I have decided that I am going to continue on and get my BSN after getting my ADN (hopefully) next June. I must be some sort of masochist. :/

Anyway, I know I want to do online schooling so that I can work while taking classes. I have taken online classes in the past and I do well with them. Actually, I prefer them. Honestly, sitting in lectures often feels like a waste of my time. I really feel like I don't get a whole lot out of lectures, and I end up teaching myself the material anyway, much as one would do in an online course. I tend to have a short attention span.

So, now I need to find a good RN to BSN program that I can do entirely online. There are lots of options, actually. Ohio University, Kent State, Chamberlain, etc . So I need to do some research and decide which one will be best one for me to do. I'll also need to decide how long I want to work before I start a BSN program. I'm sure I'll at least want to get out of orientation first. The good news is that having my bachelor's degree won't make a difference in my pay as an RN, so I can really just take my time getting it. The bad news is, well, it won't make a diffence in my pay as an RN once I have it...