Mahna, Mahna

I have to give kudos to the Dr. Pepper people for using the Muppets song for their commercial for a drink that has too many flavorst to mention. Thanks to them my colleagues and I were able to take this and turn it into our mantra for the last few months of nursing school. Today was no exception to the whole Mahna, Mahna saga. We were notified to pick up our portfolios A.S.A.P. because some individuals needed to do revisions...LOVELY. Not what you want to hear about your last porfolio because all you really want to do is get out of there. Right ??? RIGHT. Anyways, from there it was off to my current and future job for a mandatory meeting. Thus the Mahna Mahna continues. Seriously though, the highlight was when everyone found out they were going to keep me as an RN when I finish, which is good news for everyone and they all cheered and clapped. NOW as the former Psycho Robbie would say...That is a Cool Feeling. Enough mahna mahna from me...Thanks for listening...or hearing Mahna Mahna.

Celebrities Need Their Sleep

Here I am ending off one of my last weeks of clinicals for nursing school (two weeks left :)), and since we're at the children's hospital they have the tendency to have famous visitors. Yesterday was no exception, Vince Young stopped by to pay the kiddos a visit. The hospital was all "abuzz" you'd think they were giving out free trips to Disneyland or something, but it's good for the kiddos. They were almost more excited than when the dogs came. I love it when they bring the dogs up here by the way, because it gives the staff (and students) a chance to socialize with the puppies. Awww..how fun. Anyways, I went home after a long day of clinicals and after taking my nap and watched the news. Yep, one of my kiddos was on the news. Thus I've now titled him a "celebrity." He is sleeping the a.m. away though. It's kinda cute. This morning when I went in to check on him I asked him for his autograph since he is a celebrity now...It made him laugh. Maybe he'll wake up by noon, because afterall...Celebrities need their sleep.

Starbucks Radom Quotes

Since I've been out of "comission" for almost a week now with the shingles I've also been away from Starbucks coffee for about a week. Needless to say I think I'm faring okay, but the thought of a non-fat peppermint white mocha does sound good right about now. Then again, I would like to be able to sleep tonight. That's kind of a crapshoot right now anyways. It's either the discomfort of the shingles or insomnia keeping me from sleeping recently. Guess I'll try snorking out with a benadryl tonight. Anyways, random Starbucks quote that hit home...

"The Way I See It #49"

"Baking may be regarded as a science, but it's the chemistry between the ingredients and the cook that gives desserts life. Baking is done out of love to share with family and friends to see them smile. -- Anna Olson "

I don't think I could've summed it up better myself, so the next time you're eating one of my cookies remember that all that goes into it.

Ever Wonder...

Ever wonder what happens to someone who is overstressed, overworked, overtired, and overstretched...well, I can tell you. Said person gets the SHINGLES. Why they call them the shingles I have no clue other than they make you want to jump off a roof. The nerve pain and then the rash and then the rash pain and then let's bring back some nerve pain and some more itching is enough to drive a person mad. Other than the fact that our lovely "clinical site" of pediatrics probably had something to do with this nastiness that is on my body. Needless to say for the past 4 days I have been "out of comission." I've been sleeping and trying to keep from going insane from the hurt and madness known as shingles. Today, I'm starting to feel a bit more normal, so that's definitely a good thing. Hopefully there won't be anymore "shingle" updates.

We are the Aggies...BUT

As an Aggie it is very rare that I would throw my support towards UT, but since they were in the National Championship last night against USC I threw caution to the wind and wore my burnt orange. I'm sure my little cousins were ashamed of me because of all the "brainwashing" I've done to them, but as a Texan (and not a supporter of the less than mediocre football team) I had to support the Longhorns. I thought these pictures best personify the true spirit of Aggies in supporting even our biggest rivals.

CISM !?!?!

Well, it's back to the madness known as HBU and even better yet back to the classroom to continue on the CISM madness trail. I'm pleased to inform all of you that I got an "A" on my CISM - Microsoft Word Exam. Whoo...I know you were all holding your breath on that one. Today we're learning to input data into Excel. Are you joking me ??? I know I learned how to do this in high school and that was over 10 years ago. Ya...that shows my age, but I'm okay with that b/c it just reinforces how stupido this is that they're making me take this class. I guess I really shouldn't complain because if they want to average in an "A" on my last 30 hours in college for a class that I took 9 years ago go ahead. It'll look really good when I go to apply for graduate school. Yowsa...anyways, today was "lovely" again at clinicals. We were so bored today that the instructor had to take it upon herself to tell us that she "hoped it would be busier next week for us." I'm sure that's because everytime she came to see us we were talking to someone and/or sitting on our rears typing on the computer. Oh joy of all joys. BTW...yours truly took it upon herself to inform the instructor that this was less than what we wanted to be doing as a group. :) Gotta love me.

Is it just me?

Is it just me or is no one else in school right now? Today was our first day of clinicals and the only "companionship" I feel is that my classmates in other classes are currently having to endure clinicals as well. As for the rest of nursing schools I think they're still on "holiday break." I wish we were still on holiday break. It was really hard to drag myself out of bed this a.m. and not just because I was swamped last night at work and ended up staying a little later than I planned, but because I was faced with the prospect of having to endure clnicals yet again. I don't understand how working in a nursing role and having clnical experiences can be completely different experiences. I think if I ask most of my classmates they will all agree with me that working as a student nurse is great, but when it comes to clinicals we all want to dig in our heels. We only have 50 something more days and it still feels like a really long time. Well, at least there is solidarity in numbers. :)

Happy 2006 !!!

Well it's 2006 now and though the holidays were great I am glad to begin the year when I will graduate from nursing school. With only 54 days left until graduation I know my classmates and I wait with "bated" breath. Anyways, here are some pictures from the party we went to in Austin. Hopefully I will be more "posty" in 2006.