A meme that I tagged myself to do......

TEN random things you might not know about me

10. I am a Miami Native.(This might not seem like a big deal, unless you live here.)
9. I had my first paying job at 8 years old.
8. I was on TV when I was 9 years old in a program called KOP (Kids on Patrol)
7. I met President Jimmy Carter when I was 7.
6. I am about the least graceful person I know. I trip over my own size 11’s all the time.
5. I also tend to drop things, which makes me really nervous with peds/ob coming up.
4. I have hobby ADD. I have quite the collection of hobby paraphernalia to show for it.
3. I used to think that all of the hubbub for Christmas was for my birthday.
2. I love being Santa Claus
1. I have terrible handwriting.

NINE places I’ve visited

9. New York City
8. Sweden
7. Spain
6. Las Vegas
5. Tennessee
4. San Diego
3. Tijuana, Mexico
2. North Carolina
1. Great Lakes, Illinois

EIGHT ways to win my heart

8. A truly heartfelt card
7. Cook for me.
6. Make me laugh
5. Clean the house
4. Surprise me
3. Pay attention to me
2. Treat me nice
1. Make me laugh. (twice because I’m all about the sense of humor)

SEVEN things I want to do before I die

7. Whitewater rafting
6. Go to Scotland
5. Go to Australia
4. Go to Canada
3. Hiking/camping in the Smoky Mountains
2. Bike tour of New England
1. Learn to dance (which should go really well with my lack of grace)

SIX things I’m afraid of

6. Anything happening to my family
5. Cancer
4. GRASSHOPPERS
3. Heights (20 ft or less). (I’m not afraid of high heights so I’d die)
2. Suffocation
1. Lightning

FIVE things I don’t like

5. Lima Beans
4. Collard Greens
3. Oatmeal
2. Country music
1. Violence

FOUR ways to turn me off

4. Insult me/hurt my feelings
3. Make me cry
2. Piss me off
1. Make me feel ashamed

THREE things I do every day

3. Shower and other daily hygienic activities
2. Watch the 11:00 news weather report (I can’t sleep if I don’t stay up to see it, & usually fall asleep during it)
1. Tell my son and husband that I love them

TWO things that make me happy

2. My son’s hugs
1. Sunflowers

One thing on my mind right now

1. School

Frazzle, razzle, dazzle........

The semester slowly winds its way to a close. With ever more assignments piled upon us, I have hardly any time to breathe.

Thanks to Hurricane (insert name here)we are so far behind that it will be impossible to cover everything in the 2 weeks we have left. However, our teacher is determined to do just that. We have our critical thinking/careplan/ATI pharm final this weekend. This is a pass/fail situation, will determine if I move on to the next sememster, and has me all sorts of freaked out.

Next week is our Med/Surg final. Only 9 new chapters and the rest is cumulative (of information since May). Yay, and to make this even more perfect, the teacher will probably keep it down to 50 questions because she does not like long tests.

Then the week after is Pharmacology final. Another 20 new classifications plus the cumulative portion. And then.........

I turn 36. Le sigh. The grey streak in my hair grows more pronounced evey week. On the inside, I feel 26. Then, being surrounded by young college students all day, a "When I was your age" will slip out, and I realize how big the gap between them and me really is. Their adult lives are just beginning. Mine has been going on for quite a long time: marriage, motherhood, and I have 18 years of work experience under my belt.

Other events to look forward to: D. turns 9 (he lost another tooth yesterday), Disney (YAY!!!!!!!!), Christmas, and New Years. Another semester, gone. A year and a half over. A year and a half still to do. Come so far, and still so far to go....

W. :)

There is light, and it is good.....

We have power again. Actually, we have had it for a while. I have just been too swamped to post. The things I am happiest about most....

1) My fan, because I can not sleep hot.
2) My two shows (House, MD and Grey's Anatomy) in color on a screen bigger than a tissue box.
3) Hot water.
4) The ability to read without going blind.

Got the news that we are going to the Land of Mouse for the annual birthday trip. This time we are going to Epcot, where David has never been. We will celebrate the "Holidays Around the World." (always a favorite) I am so looking forward to this trip. A much needed and well deserved getaway, after this semester.

School is being a real be-otch. It seems like we have a test every week lately, and thanks to the never ending hurricane season (we have another storm coming our way), we are so far behind, that our instructor is cramming as much as possible into these last few weeks.

I've got a solid "B" in Med-Surg. I'm teetering into "C" territory in pharm. I am frustrated with pharmacology. The last test we took this week, we were allowed to bring a sheet of paper with whatever we wanted on it. We all created our own, and we circulated them around to see which one worked the best. I stuck with my own. However, it didn't matter, because the teacher wrote the questions in a way that made the paper pretty useless, and she picked the most obscure items from the test to make into question.

Several of my classmates are considering dropping out. Some, like my friend Kim, I can't figure out why she has such a hard time. She studies 20 times more than I do. She does all the "right" things: takes notes, makes flash card, etc. etc. And she is scraping by. It seems so unfair.

In other news....I got to teach a contraception class here at the University. That was exciting, and not too scary considering it was only 3 students. But, I have a lot of information to impart, and they were very receptive. So, I feel I helped a lot.

Last night, the family went to see "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." It was good, tho' not as good as HP3. They had to cut a bit out from the book, since the book was so long, and they added some things I don't remember reading, but seeing the Triwizard Tournament was amazing.

Well, now that I have wasted a good hour and a half of study time with playing on the computer, I guess I'd best get to work.

W. :)

Oh, the life of a pioneer.....

Day 11, no power.

Candlelight cooking. Chef Boyardee is losing its charm. My poor husband is taking icicle showers every morning. Unable to study due to the severe lack of light, which was reflected in my performance on the test we just took Wednesday.

Yes we had a week off. But the entire week was spent just surviving. Every daylight moment was spent trying to get food, or ice, or gas, or batteries, trying to put our homes back in order. Then it is night, and even with every candle and lantern in the house lit, it is still dark. Studying is really difficult, if not impossible under these situations.

It looks like it will be another week before we get power back on. However, there are benefits to working in the Athletic Department of VEU (very expensive university):

1. lights and air conditioning during daylight hours.
2. hot food that does not come from a can
3. warm showers with awesome water pressure for the boychild and myself
4. ice to take home (the only thing keeping what little bit of food we have from going bad)

This week we went back to school. We now delve into the mysterious world of EKG strips. Pretty exciting stuff. And after cardio, we are done. At last. I am so looking forward to the end of this semester.

W. :)