Well break is over and school is back on. We had our first clinicals of the semester on Saturday. Once again we seem to be getting eased into the work. I'm doing pediatrics first, then later in the semester I'll be doing obstetrics. I hear how tough the OB profs are and that they are the tougher of the two. Saturday was another new hospital--sort of. Though we'd been at Baptist before, Wolfson's is in the same building but is a different hospital. It was a nice looking place though. The nurses are almost exclusively female. Supposedly there are male nurses who work nights. Our clinical instructor is a very nice lady who we've had for a few classes already. I don't expect any of the problems I had last semester. My first patient was a very sad story. A 16 year old with cystic fibrosis who was in pretty bad shape. She had lived a rough life, and had recently agreed to sign her own DNR order. This is why I doubt I could do pediatrics. A lot of these poor kids never really had much of a chance, and it seems so unfair.
Break ended up being sort of a waste of time. I did little of anything to do with nursing school and just chilled out and played computer games and did some experimental cooking and baking. While I was hoping to hook up over the break, gatorprops disappeared completely and Lisa, the match.com chick, kept trying to arrange a meeting but I'm just not very interested. I try to tell myself what do I have to lose, but when I talk to her on the phone I just know I shouldn't bother. There's chicks in my class who seem interested but I know that's a bad idea. None of them are very good prospects for me anyway.
I definitely gained about 8-10 pounds since the break that I hope to lose soon. It seems like I do that every year though--put on my "winter coat". The UNF gym was closed a lot over the break and that sucked. I used the condo gym but it's not close to being the same.
The Jags lost last week but that was no surprise. They had a good season and showed good progress. In a way I'm glad that the Eagles and Jags are out of it now. I would be very distracted from school stuff if we had something going on like we had last year, when the Eagles ended up in the first and only Super Bowl in Jax.
I think this semester isn't going to be much less demanding than last, but now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's only another 6 months and it's all over. Then it's take boards and get a real job again. As much as I look forward to that now, I also want to try to appreciate the time I have now. It's the catch-22 of having lots of time to do what I want but not having the money. I guess when I'm working it'll be exactly the opposite. Soon, I'll have to start seriously thinking of where I'm going to work when I'm done.
Break ended up being sort of a waste of time. I did little of anything to do with nursing school and just chilled out and played computer games and did some experimental cooking and baking. While I was hoping to hook up over the break, gatorprops disappeared completely and Lisa, the match.com chick, kept trying to arrange a meeting but I'm just not very interested. I try to tell myself what do I have to lose, but when I talk to her on the phone I just know I shouldn't bother. There's chicks in my class who seem interested but I know that's a bad idea. None of them are very good prospects for me anyway.
I definitely gained about 8-10 pounds since the break that I hope to lose soon. It seems like I do that every year though--put on my "winter coat". The UNF gym was closed a lot over the break and that sucked. I used the condo gym but it's not close to being the same.
The Jags lost last week but that was no surprise. They had a good season and showed good progress. In a way I'm glad that the Eagles and Jags are out of it now. I would be very distracted from school stuff if we had something going on like we had last year, when the Eagles ended up in the first and only Super Bowl in Jax.
I think this semester isn't going to be much less demanding than last, but now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's only another 6 months and it's all over. Then it's take boards and get a real job again. As much as I look forward to that now, I also want to try to appreciate the time I have now. It's the catch-22 of having lots of time to do what I want but not having the money. I guess when I'm working it'll be exactly the opposite. Soon, I'll have to start seriously thinking of where I'm going to work when I'm done.
