Boy that PMS is hell....

Ok, I'm not feeling quite so melancholy, anymore. Which is good. Combination of stress, a need to get away, and stress.

My grade finally got put in for my last class. And my degree audit says 100% complete. Now, if only that little box that says 'Degree Awarded' was filled in, I'd be really happy. Nonetheless, I feel a sense of closure. I got an A for my last class, and will be graduating With Honors. However, I currently don't plan to walk.

I have applied for my license. I have applied to take my test. I have a reservation at a hotel for a weekend getaway at the end of the month, and to see my beloved Bucs play in Melbourne. Should be fun, especially since I may be traveling with a friend from work, and she is a riot.

I received a call yesterday from a good hospital asking if I would like to come work for them. This is where I like to say my nursing career began some 24 years ago (cough, cough) when I was a candy striper there for 2 summers at the age of 13 and 14. I do love that hospital, and did one of my clinical rotations there for my first med-surg. However, they have no pediatric department, so that is not really an option. Still, it was a nice stroke for the old ego.

I have an open house at the local children's hospital at the end of the month. My first choice has no openings at the moment, and they don't hire new grads until they are licensed and have some experience. Boo hoo. So, I move on to choice number two.

I am still studying every night. Tonight, I am going to work on a Jeopary game for a study party that we are having on Sunday. Saturday I have to go to a required class on "Prevention of Medication Errors" that is required prior to licensure. Will be a mini-reunion of sorts, as a lot of people from my class will be attending.

Was talking with my friend, Kim, about how it does not seem like we are really finished, especially since after we finished our exit exam, we all just said "ok now we can take the NCLEX" then got in our cars and drove away. Not even a last lunch together or anything. And then, at home, we are all still studying like fiends, and we just haven't had that sense of release from all the stress. We just keep going, going, going. No parties, no celebrations, no nothing.

So, getting together this weekend will be nice. Even though it will be study related, it will also be fun. We have a board game, and then Jeopardy. And snacks, and the funniest and raunchiest bunch of women you will ever meet. Hope we acutally get some studying done! :o)

I am trying to get back into exercising, again. I really let it fall by the wayside during school, just because there is not enough time in my day to do everything. Monday, I let my supervisor talk me into going to a step-aerobic class with her here at VEU, and here it is Thursday, and my knees are still killing me!!! Will not be doing step-aerobics again until I have lost at least 50 pounds. I will stick with the elliptical machine (which I practically dance on anyway), and rollerblading. I got some awesome blades to go skating with my best friend, however, she is now in high season with softball, which means, she is never home before dark, and away most weekends.

Getting back into it is the hardest part, then I realize how much better I feel, and I want to keep doing it. Just gotta get to that point. I just need something with very little impact. And I still want to get an awesome bike one of these days. However, I need $$$ for that. And I still work at Very Expensive University that Pays Crap, for now.

Homelife is sucky, right now. Hoping that will change. My son is great, and his relationship with his father has improved 1000%, and they are great buddies. However, I still have two kids in my house. And I am tired of not having an equal in my home. Just plain tired.


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