Lost in Angeles...

Those of you who know me remember that I moved to Los Angeles a little over 5 years ago and lived there for a year. Now, one of my favorite comedian types has moved to Los Angeles. He's originally from NYC and now that he's moved there he feels somewhat "lost." You have to check him out. www.aaronkaro.com

He is absolutely hilarious. We need to make him come to houston.....

Hurricane...Scotland ?!?!

I am happy to report that because we live on the southwest side of Houston we survived hurricane Rita relatively unscathed. It made me laugh a little bit because we did all the neccessary "preparations" beforehand and after it was all over we ended up with a little less than 1/2 an inch of rain and no wind damage. Don't get me wrong...I am very thankful because there are many, many people whose lives were ravaged and destroyed by hurricane Rita. My thoughts and prayers go out to them.

So what's the deal with Scotland you may be asking...I'm getting to it. When I went to Scotland on a "school trip" with my buddy Mili our counterparts over there took us to visit a place called Urqhardt Castle. While there the temperature was about 40 degrees and we had driving rain and strong, gusty winds. It made me think...if I survived that why was I worried about a hurricane. I'm almost glad I survived that, because now I have a new appreciation for our forecasting system and how crazy the weather in Scotland can be.

Hurricane Rita

It's the night before hurricane rita is supposed to hit, and hopefully we're ready for it. We've done enough work in the past 48 hours to make me think that there's very little else we could do. I've moved more plants than I care to count, moved my turtles inside and tied down everything else one can imagine. All I can say is that I hope to be updating the blog soon. I'd love it if the power didn't go out during this storm, but I guess only time will tell. As for all my buds here in houston, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Off to catch some sleep before Rita hits....She's supposed to be here around 5 a.m....I think.

Clinicals Schminicals...

Today was our first official day of pediatric clinicals, and to say that it was madness is an understatement. Most of you know that I was out last week, but if you don't...I was out of class last week. Apparently, there was some vital information passed around that I was missing some of my "neccessary medical information" to participate in clinicals. Did anyone send me an email about it? Did anyone say anything to me yesterday? Did anyone take into consideration that I work at two hospitals so it's not possible that I wouled be lacking in what I need to get done??? HELLO...Thanks to our newest faculty member I was saved and didn't have to "leave" clincals after I'd already been there for 4 hours. That would have just been wrong.

Thankfully my classmate provided some entertainment for me when she had an allergic reaction to the "sanitizing foam" that we're supposed to use on our hands. Oh ya...she hived, and rashed and turned red. Poor thing. Thankfully, that was a distraction for me. You'll all be glad to know that she's doing just fine now :) I wonder what tomorrow's day will bring in the fun and games of clinicals.

Back to the GRRRRRRind.

Today I started the fall quarter of nursing school, which will hopefully be my last fall quarter of my undergraduate career. Two to go. I just started pediatric nursing with about 20 other people. It's pretty insane when you stop to think that last quarter there were only 11 of us. Double or nothing...Anyways, the madness of the whole nursing thing has definitely taken over. Our primary faculty member is apparently unavailable to start this quarter with us due to some sort of medical issues. Okay, I get it. No big deal, but meanwhile we're having to pick up the slack. Hmmm, not what I wanted to be doing at the beginning of the quarter with everything else that is on our plates. Oh well, I guess it's just part of the madness that is nursing school.

A couple of cool things happened today though. My Scotland Buddy from "woodend" and I got to reconnect and touch base to see what's going on with each other. The dean took over responsibility for a course I really wanted to see happen...I owe her for that one, and it occurred to me that in 6 short months I will be a nurse...yep...a full-fledged nurse. With credentials and everything. Well, that's assuming I pass the boards. I've got faith and Margie is my inspiration. If she can pass the bar in a state where the pass rate is 50% surely I can pass the boards in a state where the pass rate is 85% and graduating from a school where the pass rate is 100%. Whoo...enough moaning for now. I'm sure I'll have more to say tomorrow.