Just Another Day...

It's summer....

2010-07-06T20:40:00.002-05:00

And I don't have anything exciting to say.

I'm working full time at the hospital. We just opened our new building. Yeah, it is pretty amazing! :D

I'm having trouble sleeping...

2010-04-13T23:51:00.003-05:00

So I just stay on the internet all night. It's getting pretty boring actually. It must be boring if I have posted on here more than twice in like a year :D.

I turn 21 in a couple of weeks. I think it would be a much more exciting event if I drank. It is still pretty cool though because I like getting birthday money!

It's been a while...

2010-04-07T21:19:00.002-05:00

I forgot that I even had a blog... It's not like anyone reads it. Sometimes it is nice to have a place to write something though.

I changed my major. AGAIN! This is my 4th major since I have been in college. I'm pretty awesome, or indecisive. I'm getting a bachelor of health science degree, and hopefully going to go to grad school to get a masters in public health after that. Much better fit for me. I've had a terrible semester, but I think with this change things might start going better.

I withdrew from some classes, so I am only taking 12 credit hours now. I have more time to deal with some personal and health issues. I didn't get into nursing school- the average accepted GPA was 3.82. WHAT THE HELL!!! Crazy! I mean it is a BSN program, but still. I have a 3.5 GPA, which is still pretty good. Oh well. I also learned this semester than pneumonia can kick your ass and sneak up on you pretty damn fast. Apparently actually, when you have a cold for over a month, it probably isn't a cold. Who knew. :S. Topamax is apparently a wonder drug! It has worked wonders for me, oh... other than the fact that it has made me a total dumbass. I think there are days that I don't even know my own name. Lol. Anyway, I'm being optimistic... things are getting better. They are. They must be. :)

I am going to graduate on time. By on time I mean at the time I would have originally graduated. Spring of 2011. I am pretty excited about that. I am making a grad plan next week.

Well, that's about it. I will post again in a few months. Haha

Getting discouraged...

2010-01-29T21:08:00.001-06:00

So every time I start a new migraine abortive, I get really excited and am just sure it will work. Not so much. Figured out yesterday that Zomig has zero effect on me. Not only does that mean this is the third triptan that hasn't worked, but I also wasted $136 at the pharmacy the other day. So cool... NOT!

Why do I always pick the wrong line?

2010-01-05T01:27:00.002-06:00

I decided to buy some new khaki pants from target today. I get up to the front of the store and realize that only two of the lines are open. There are about 3 people in each line. It seems simple enough, shouldn't take more than a few minutes. I pick the one closest to me. The cashier is a little younger, and I am hoping she will talk less.

Oh man am I wrong. She has something to say about almost every item she rings up. Seriously?!?!?!?! I have somewhere to be, thank you. Don't get the wrong idea now, I used to work retail myself, I know that they tell you to talk to the customers. I also know that it gets really boring, but wtf... 20 minutes in line to buy ONE freaking pair of pants is so not cool. AHHHHH!!!!

Because of the snow...

2010-01-04T10:22:00.000-06:00

I spent most of the day yesterday working on my application/resume/personal essay for clinicals. I think they are starting to look pretty good. If only I could ge some job shadowing on my resume.

SNOW...AHHH

2010-01-04T10:20:00.001-06:00

We were only supposed to get an inch of snow, I bet there's at least 6 inches. YUCK!

2009 in Review

2010-01-01T20:43:00.004-06:00

Sometimes I am not sure that I want to remember this past year, but here goes nothing...

January was the start of my fourth semester of college for me. At the time I was a meteorology major. I was taking Calc 3 and calculus based physics at the same time, among some other classes. I enjoyed it at first. I also managed to somehow have a $1500 doctors visit that was supposed to get me cleared to get my wisdom teeth pulled. I ended up with the bill, but still had my wisdom teeth.

February wasn't really special as far as I can tell. I was struggling with physics though.

March resulted in me racking up even more medical bills and becoming more broke... it was the month that I found out about the $1500 bill. On the bright side, I had lost about 20 pounds (which I later gained back)! I flew for the first time on my own.

April was the wonderful month in which I realized I didn't want to be a meteorologist, but instead a nurse!!! I changed my major and was subsequently MUCH happier. I had a REALLY hard time doing any work in my classes though

May was mostly good. My birthday was May 2nd! School ended a couple of weeks later. I got my first C ever, it was in physics (I think I failed every test, so I was actually pretty happy about it). I got my wisdom teeth pulled while I was awake... EEK!!!! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be though. My regular dentist did it since the oral surgeon wouldn't.

In June I got my first job of the summer. I worked in a small internal medicine office. I got take a few patients to their rooms so that was pretty neat!!! I also went to Tennessee with my family! I also started this blog.

July was the start of my second job of the summer. I worked at a slaughterhouse, owned by my family.

In August I moved into my first apartment ever and started my first semester as a nursing student.

September didn't really have any big events or anything. Racked up even more medical bills... FUN! Haha, NOT!

October and November were when I started to realize that I wasn't doing that well in school and I got really stressed. It resulted in so many migraines. Like two or three times a week. Which just resulted in my grades getting worse and worse.

December was kind of a new start! I salvaged my grades as much as possible. I got an A in nursing, A- in biology, B in psychology and microbiology, and a C+ in physiology. Not too terrible for taking. I missed Christmas day because I had a horrible migraine. I mean I really don't think that is a fun way to spend Christmas. I also took $60 worth of imitrex. Merry freaking Christmas. Actually, the rest of the holiday season was pretty nice. Oh yeah, I spent multiple hours on the phone with United Healthcare because my dad was trying to get us new insurance. They denied us... SUCKAGE!

What I am looking forward to in 2010...

Passage of Healthcare reform.... something that might actually make a difference.
Hopefully getting into nursing school
Finding some nurses to shadow
Re-losing the 20 pounds that I lost last year (that would take my BMI from overweight to normal :D)
Getting my blood pressure under control
Riding my new bicycle as much as possible (I live near the Katy Trail)
Getting better grades next semester

My apartment!

Walking on the Katy Trail

My half of the dorm from the beginning of the year

My room mate/best friend spray painting a lamp! It looks awesome now

My brother and me in Tenneesee

Getting close to the end of the semester!

2009-12-04T11:24:00.002-06:00

I'm really happy because it is almost the end of the semester. I can even deal with all of the extra work that comes with this time of the year, because I will soon have a one month long break. No work, no school, just relaxation.

I talked to my adviser yesterday about applying for clinicals next semester. She seems to think that I am in pretty good shape. I want to believe her, I really do. I just think that a guarantee would be nice. Then again there are no guarantees in life, right?

I haven't kept up with this silly thing lately. I guess 18 hours is catching up with me.

I could have been on people of wal-mart

2009-11-21T11:07:00.001-06:00

I got up this morning and realized that my outfit would have been perfect for peopleofwalmart. I was wearing pink plaid pajama pants and a light blue tank top that is a size too small. It would have made a great picture!

It's Thanksgiving break, so maybe I will get a chance to write more.

Crazy shit I saw today...

2009-11-10T22:03:00.001-06:00

I saw an advertisement for this crazy machine that dispenses prescription medication. Instymed or something crazy like that. Seriously??? A vending maching for prescription. Seems like an accident waiting to happen.

Since no one reads this anyway...

2009-11-09T15:55:00.002-06:00

I could pretty much say anything I want. Except I don't even have anything super controversial to write. DAMN!

That being said.... I am extremely liberal, very pro-choice, and pretty much a socialist. Yes, a SOCIALIST!!!!!!!! I have to wonder why Americans are so anti-socialism.

And my faith has been restored...

2009-11-08T15:15:00.003-06:00

The House passed the health care reform!!!! YAY!!!!! :D :D :D

I've had a really productive day, first one in a while. I was not feeling well most of last week, so I had some catching up to do. I wrote a 4 page paper today. I hate writing papers, so that is quite the accomplishment for me.

My younger brother (he's 15) is just made his school's wrestling team. I'm pretty proud of him. I wish I had gotten involved in some kind of sport in high school. Anyway, he has some crazy scratches on his face from practice. I told him that he must love rolling around with all of those sweaty guys wearing spandex. :P

My room mate is at work, and I am going to make spaghetti for when she gets home. YUM!

What a boring Wednesday...

2009-11-04T19:50:00.002-06:00

So I skipped all of my classes today (3 of them- physiology, biology, and psychology) because I didn't get any sleep last night. I went to bed with a headache and woke up about every 20 to 30 minutes until 4 or 5 in the morning. How shitty is that? I slept until 11 though, so that kind of made up for it.

I bought some of those stupid pumpkin candies... eek... I can't stop eating them. They are so good :)

Enough about me...

I understand that the House is going to vote on Healthcare Reform tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed. Things can't stay the way they are. No way. We will all be broke in no time. If nothing else, I will be. I already owe the hospital over a thousand dollars, don't really want to add too much more to that. So, Yay healthcare reform!!!!!!

Dear facebook, why do you hate me?

2009-11-01T21:36:00.002-06:00

My facebook has been messed up so made times today. It is disappointing.

In other news, my microbiology test went well. Physiology test, not so much. Can't be good at everything, right?

Wow!

2009-10-29T06:42:00.001-05:00

I woke up ten minutes before my alarm. Crazy stuff. I am in no way ready for my microbiology test. Oops. I stayed up until midnight studying though. I plan to be back in bed for a nap by 9:30 AM :D. Even though I have a physiology test tomorrow, I really think I am going to need a nap.

I really should be studying!

2009-10-28T19:50:00.002-05:00

I haven't been on here to write much at all lately. School has been so crazy. I guess taking 18 credit hours is a little more stressful than I thought it would be. I have kind of been keeping up with reading, but definitely not posting.

Anyway though, I have a microbiology test at 8 AM tomorrow and I am not even close to ready. I understand that nurses need to take micro and all, but most of my class is pre-med and they are much, much smarter than I am. Seriously! Even if I was pre-med at one point in time (and was getting good grades). I am just really nervous that this class is going to ruin my chances of getting into clinicals. YUCK!

The weather here has been terrible... Rainy and cold. Kind of depressing. Gotta love Missouri, right? Eh, not so much.

I get to sign up for classes for next semester on Friday. I am going to take a nursing class, anatomy, Human Development, and Diet Therapy. Only 14 hours, first time since I have been in school that I will be taking so few hours. It will be really nice... something to look forward to.

I wish I had something funny or even slightly exciting. Maybe I will come up with something tomorrow when I don't want to study for my physiology test that is Friday (eek)!

I guess I should get to studying now :(

New Apartment!

2009-08-21T22:27:00.002-05:00

I moved into my new apartment yesterday! I love it! :D

I got my new TV!

2009-08-10T22:56:00.000-05:00

I decided on the cheaper 26 inch Vizio. It's sitting downstairs. :) I'm not going to open it until I move into my new apartment though.

Getting it was actually a terrible experience. First I tried to apply for a Target card to get 10 percent off, It said that it would take ten days to process mine. Then I remembered that I think Obama passed some law saying that you have to be 21 to get a credit card now. So I decided to use my Bank of America credit card... decline. WHAT THE HELL!!! AHHHH!!!! It has a $1500 limit and at the most had like $600 charged on it. Turns out someone had been using my card in Florida. Totally not cool. Then I decided to write them a check. NOPE, declined. I have like $700 in my checking account. DAMN... last chance, I tried my debit card. It worked. Thank God!

A rainy, boring day

2009-08-10T12:52:00.002-05:00

Yuck! Went to the dentist today and my mouth is still numb. No fun! I ate lunch at Subway with my dad and kept thinking I was biting into something hard in my sandwich. Turns out it was my lip which bled for quite a while. Nasty, nasty, ick, yuck, whatever else I can't think of right this second.

On the bright side, I am done with work until I go back to school. The job at the hospital will be nice in comparison to what I was doing. I can't wait to see all of the ladies I work with and I am hoping to find that some of the new residents (more like interns I guess) are hot! :D :D I saw most of them during recruitment last year, but can't keep me from hoping... right?

It is horribly rainy here today. That really doesn't leave me with much to do. I think I might go buy my TV today from Target. I am going to get a 26 inch Vizio. I have had a really hard time deciding what to get. Guess you need a man for that :) My dad told me to get it though, so I guess I will. It was between that and a 26 inch RCA with a DVD player. I really like the RCA, but it is an extra $100 and I don't really have the money to buy the TV in the first place. I will have to borrow money to even pay my first month's rent. I guess that is how people get into debt.

I have some stories to tell, but I think I will save that for the next post, as this one is getting long.

Mr.Bitches-A-Lot

2009-08-06T20:29:00.003-05:00

Today was my second to last day of work at the slaughterhouse. I couldn't be more excited. I am tired of everyone fighting, but even more than the fighting I am tired of being so freaking bored. I have never had such a boring job. There is a man who comes every Thursday, I call him Mr. Bitches-A-Lot. He is such a pain in the ass. He has nothing better to do than complain about everything. Don't you just love that? Today he was complaining about the cube steak he bought last week...ugh... cube steak sucks anyway. Yuck! Last week, he said the bacon was too thick. Chris, our butcher, told him to buy bacon at Wal-mart then. Silly man. I hope I never become that difficult.

It's getting hot here in Missouri. We were spoiled all of July and had some awesome weather. Today the temps got into the upper 80s. Not bad for August, but it felt terrible. It is supposed to hit 100 this weekend. YUCK!

Out of control...

2009-08-05T21:45:00.000-05:00

I have gained 15 pounds this summer! So not good. I must do something about it.

Movie time!

2009-08-04T21:31:00.002-05:00

I saw the ugly truth today with my friend Erik. It was awesome. Freaking hilarious. I am super glad I saw it.

On the bad side of things, I am super super grumpy. I don't know if the customers did it or what. I think there were just too many indecisive people today. Seriously, just buy your meat and leave.

I think I am going to go drink some orange juice now and wait for Hawthorne to come on.

:D

The stupdi grocery stores

2009-08-03T22:18:00.002-05:00

I don't usually buy meat at the grocery store, but I tried to go buy some pork cutlets for dinner tonight. I live about 10 minutes away from a HUGE Hyvee and about 45 from the slaughterhouse, so Hyvee was the obvious choice. They don't even have pork cutlets though. Bad thing was that I fgured this out once I had a cart full of stuff for the rest of dinner.

It's amazing how people don't listen...

2009-08-03T09:30:00.001-05:00

We ran out of bags at work last week. We ordered more a few days before we ran out, they just hadn't come yet. We had quite a few boxes to put people's meat in but most of them were fairly large. I would tell them before I even put the stuff in the box that we were out of bags so I would have to use a box. I would then ring up all of their meat and put it in the box. Then he people would look at me and say "oh, I don't need a box... you can just put it in a bag." OH MY GOSH... SERIOUSLY... I JUST TOLD YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY! GRRRRRR!!!! That must have happened 20 times on Friday. Hopefully we will have some bags by tomorrow.

What if?

2009-08-02T22:46:00.002-05:00

I move int my apartment on the 2oth, I am so excited. Now that it is officially August I am even more excited. I don't really know if I am ready for school to start again though.

I'm starting to get a little nervous about getting accepted into the clinical nursing program. I have never really not been accepted into something I wanted before. Being nervous about being accepted is the whole reason I decided I didn't want to be a doctor. I guess I don't like to take chances. I guess I don't really have any reason to be nervous, but I over think everything. What if I don't get to take the classes I need to take, what if I don't seem committed enough, what if everyones GPA is higher than mine (mine is right around the average of accpeted students-3.5... stupid physics and calc 2 and 3), what if I don't do well in the nursing pre-reqs, what if I am not really part of the honors college anymore so I can't be part of the nursing scholars program, what if I just fail. There are so many what ifs.

It's been a while...

2009-07-20T21:14:00.001-05:00

I haven't really posted in a while. I just haven't had anything too interesting to say. I have been working Tuesday-Friday so I have been kind of busy anyway.

I made granola tonight. Very yummy! :D I don't know what I am going to do with all of it though. I saw Harry Potter earlier in the day, it was pretty good. Oh yeah, I am a total nerd.

Since my last post was whiney...

2009-07-09T22:29:00.002-05:00

I should probably post something happy. :D

I'm going to go stay with my mom next week, which will be awesome! I love staying at my moms house. Plus, that means some great food. I don't really need to gain weight, but good food always sounds nice.

Also, I will get to see my amazing dog. I am even going to post a picture :D

So very tired

2009-07-09T21:27:00.002-05:00

WARNING... I am going to whine.

I must say that I have never been so tired in my life. It's almost like I am not getting any sleep. I am used to 4 and 5 hours of sleep during school, but I have been getting 6 to 8 hours. CRAZY. Today at work I had no energy and I was so tired that my eyes were twitching. So not cool.

I went to bed at about 10 last night and work up at 6:30. More than enough sleep, but I was so very tired when I woke up. I don't know how much longer I can stand to be this tired. :(

Going to the dentist today...

2009-07-06T08:54:00.001-05:00

I am going to get my hair cut and my eyebrows waxed today which will be great. It won't make up for the fact though that I have to go to the dentist. Yuck!

End of the first week of new job

2009-07-02T18:05:00.001-05:00

I finished working this week. I made $209 for 34 hours of work. Not too bad. I smell like meat every night though. :( If anyone wants to know about meat I could tell them quite a bit. Working at a slaughterhouse is so much different from a medical office or retail. I guess I really am doing retail sales though.

I have a babysitting job tomorrow which will be nice. Babysitting is almost like getting paid to do nothing. Last time they paid me $45 and I was there 5.5 hours. Not bad at all.

I am going to go watch my wonderful dog. Later!

Just waiting for Big Bang Theory

2009-06-29T19:50:00.004-05:00

I'm waiting for The Big Bang Theory to come on. Only 20 more minutes or so. It's one of my favorite shows. I can actually relate to them, and that is sad. For example: My friend and I were talking about how we thought the best part of calc 3 had been partial derivatives. I thought I should make my facebook status that I was longing to do partial derivatives again. Unfortunately that wasn't the nerdy part. I accidentally made my status that I was longing to do partial integrals, but they don't even exist. But then I figured out that I actually did lots of partial integrals because I only did part of them. So great, right? No one in my family seemed to think it was funny.

Oh yeah, and I own a huge white board to do math problems on. Maybe I should have stayed as a meteorology major.

I smell like meat...

2009-06-29T19:33:00.002-05:00

I started my newest adventure today. I am now working at a slaughterhouse, well my family's slaughterhouse. It was okay. I kind of feel like a charity case though, they don't really need me. I have just been running the cash register.

Being around meat all day made me want to eat all day. I pretty much did that. If I had any energy I would go exercise, but since I don't I will just sit here on the computer.

Weekend

2009-06-20T23:59:00.002-05:00

We went out on the boat today. Yay! I am beginning to almost enjoy boating. It only took 20 years... eek. Before we went out, some of my dad's friends showed up at the dock. We got into a debate about abortion. It made me remember how much I love philosophy!

I also helped my grandma make stuffed artichokes today. Yum!

One last thing... I love Gerber graduates yogurt bites. I actually bought some at the store tonight.

Today was my last day...

2009-06-18T16:18:00.002-05:00

So today was my last day of work. They ran out of things for me to do. I really enjoyed working there, and I must say that (on here I will call him) Doc is a really good doctor. All of the patients love him, and he was a good employer. I hope that when I do become a nurse I get to work with doctors who are that nice.

I am bidding on a wallet to match my purse. Hopefully I get it too!

I should be going to bed...

2009-06-17T23:01:00.002-05:00

I really should be going to bed, as the doctor's office opens at 8. Only two days of work left. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I won a purse on an ebay auction today. Yay! I really stayed up just to make sure I won.

New duvet cover :)

2009-06-17T15:45:00.003-05:00

I ordered a new duvet cover from Macys for my new apartment. I spent a long time trying to decide what I was going to get, and finally ended up with this one. I just got it out and put in on my current bed (minus filling it with my down blanket)... and I love it! Yay! Can't wait for August!!!! :D

On a slightly depressing note, I am super hungry! I weighed myself today and well, needless to say, snacking probably isn't a good idea. I have a goal of losing ten pounds by the end of the summer (as set by my doctor), and guess where I am now... I have GAINED 8. YUCK!!!! That means I need to lose 18 by the end of the summer.

I was just thinking today that I haven't found out if I was accepted into the honors program. If I am, then I will not have to interview to get into clinicals. That would be super nice. I don't know if they will accept me though... my grades are fine and everything, but things are weird when you change your major two years into college.

I got a new job last week!

2009-06-17T13:01:00.004-05:00

So, blogging hasn't really been my thing so far. I love reading blogs though, so I figured that I might as well have one too!

I started a new job last week. I'm working at a small internal medicine practice. I will only be there for a couple more days though, because the nurse is coming back after maternity leave. I have pretty much only been doing clerical work, but I have gotten to take about 20 patients back to rooms and take their vitals. While that might seem like a pretty small deal, it has been awesome for me. I have actually gotten a small glimpse of what a doctor's office is really like.

I have read about narcotic addiction before, but never really thought about it until now. I guess I will never really understand why people become addicted to painkillers. I personally hate taking them. Unlike a lot of people, they don't make me sick or anything. In fact, I had vicodin after getting my wisdom teeth pulled and they had no effect on me at all. It seems like half the people we see want or are already on painkillers. We are also kept busy calling in refills for painkillers. Gotta have your vicodin, right? Even it is a week early... even if you have to call us every day until we fill it... UGH!

Anyway, second post down. Maybe I really can do this.

My first post ever :)

2009-05-28T22:39:00.000-05:00

So I have decided to start blogging again. My first attempt failed miserably and thus has been deleted. Now I have a chance to start again! Yay! If only I had something to write.