This is me procrastinating!

I'm trying to get motivated to study for the HESI on Friday....but it's been a long day! For the past week, I've been studying and working on a group project. This morning, our group gave its presentation on ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). It had to be 50 minutes long! I was really nervous about it, but it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Public speaking is probably my BIGGEST fear, so anything that involves me getting up in front of the class is enough to make me want to run away! Luckily, I only had to talk for probably 7-10 minutes of the presentation since we had 9 people in our group. I'm just glad it's over now! Tomorrow, I have my last two clinical days ever!!! I can't believe it! Then, Friday I take the HESI (for hopefully the last time). It's from 9 AM to 1 PM on Friday. If I don't pass, I have two more chances to take it again, but I'm planning/hoping/praying to pass the first time! After that, I have one final next Wednesday and another final the following Monday. Then, it's time for my preceptorship! Yay!!!! I can't believe graduation is so close!

Travis has his big proposal tomorrow for his senior design class. Unfortunately, he's done pretty much all of the work on their presentation because his other group members are pretty unreliable. I'm sure he'll be glad to get that over with tomorrow afternoon!

This weekend, we may go camping at Tannehill on Friday night with some of the college kids and adults from Northwood. I don't think we'll spend the night, but we may at least go and be social for awhile (for once!). Then, Saturday, we're planning to have a few people over to watch the Alabama-Kentucky game on TV. It will be nice to actually hang out with people again....I feel like all we've done this semester so far is stay home and study!

Quick Update

Well, it's time for another week of classes! I survived midterms...and I've got finals week after next. My clinicals are going really well. I got to extubate my patient on Thursday, so that was pretty cool! Travis has been sick for almost the past week with congestion and coughing. Hopefully he'll start feeling better soon!

We had fun at the game on Saturday. It rained on us walking to the stadium, but once we got there, it stopped and didn't start raining again til we got home after the game. Perfect! I actually got sunburned pretty bad on my face...I guess I just wasn't expecting to get any sun since it was so cloudy and nasty outside. Speaking of rain, I'm ready for it to stop raining for a while. It's rained here every day for the past week and a half at least!

We had a pretty good shopping trip at Publix today. I got 3 free reusable Publix shopping bags with some coupons I had, and they had chicken breasts for $1.99/lb so we stocked up! I'm going to make an apple pie tomorrow afternoon to take to Gary and Alan's apartment tomorrow night for dinner (they're cooking for us!), so that should be fun. It's been a long time since I've made an apple pie, but I think I've found a pretty good recipe online. Well, that's about all that's been going on...hope you have a great week!

Our Fun Labor Day Weekend

This weekend was a blast, and it sure did go by fast! I had clinicals last Wednesday and Thursday at Princeton in Birmingham, so those mornings I had to wake up at 4:20 AM. Not very much fun...but at least the clinicals went well. I got to help take care of a patient on a ventilator one day, so that was pretty cool. Needless to say, I was pretty worn out by the time we left for Atlanta Friday, and we stayed up late both Friday and Saturday night at Jason's house. I finally got some good sleep Sunday night when we got back to Tuscaloosa. We had a lot of fun at the game though! I ended up sitting with Mollie, and Travis sat with Nate. We were in sections that were right next to each other though, so we could still see each other. We had a huge group that stayed at Jason's, so it was definitely an adventure trying to get showers and get ready on Sunday morning for church. Somehow we all made it on time though! :)

This week I'm back to studying like crazy...I've got a midterm this Friday and another one next Monday! How crazy is that? Seems like school just started! Travis is busy with lots of homework as usual and a group project that takes up a good bit of time. It will be nice to stay in town this weekend so we can get more done.