Nursing school is OVER!!!
I finished my last class on Thursday evening. Well, "class" was just standing around, having a few snacks and playing with my classmate's adorable 10 month old little baby. The professor was causing me to panic with all this tips for jobs, interviews, using Linked In, and further education. He more or less tells you like it is and sometimes I take that as way too overwhelming. I would like someone to just tell me everything will be alright and fall into place. That is what my Erin is for ;)
Anyways, I am done with classes and exams and projects and papers and care plans and clinical and my uniform and early morning alarms and packing my lunch...for now. This weekend is all about relaxing and zero work on school stuff of studying. My parents are flying in this evening and I am cooking three Indian dishes to have for dinner. It is so great to be able to cook without school work looming over my head. I will save that for next week. This weekend is going to be hanging out with my family and celebrating my dad's 60th birthday and my upcoming sister's 29th birthday. Tuesday is graduation (so I will steal the focus back to ME!) I plan to go with my mom to get our nails done at a place that does a mani/pedi for only $25 on Tuesdays...perfect! After graduation on Tuesday, we will all go out to dinner, which I am really looking forward to. We are trying a new restaurant by my school. After dinner we will come home and I will be back at school bright and early and 8am (or is it 9am?) for the first day of a three day ATI test review. This is all prep for the dreaded NCLEX. Sigh. At least it's only three days. i hope to get a lot out of it. After that review, I will give myself the weekend, then start my scheduled days of working out and devoting time to go through practice questions. They recommend we do 3,000-5,000 questions before we sit for NCLEX. Hooray! What a great way to spend the rest of my summer!! I will also have to start the scary process of applying to jobs. Ahhhhhhhh! Now I am actually going to have to be a nurse! That terrifies me beyond belief.
I am not yet believing that I am actually done with school. Probably because 1) I haven't gotten my final grades yet (so hopefully I passed). 2) I have a lot of work ahead of me with studying and applying for jobs. 3) it just doesn't seem real that I actually completed this 14 month nursing program! It's bittersweet as I know I will miss seeing all my friends on a regular basis. A few of my closest friends and I have already begun making plans to see each other :) That makes me feel better.
Yesterday, on my first official day off from everything, Erin and I made the drive out near the Poconos to visit some of our friends. We sat pool side sipping strawberry daiquiris and took a couple dips in the pool. I got some really funky burn lines which I am hoping fade before graduation. Then we headed to our friend's new hair salon where I got many inches chopped off my hair. I LOVE it! My hair had gotten ridiculously long. After the salon, we went out to a delicious Italian dinner, which was lots of fun. On our drive home, Erin and I almost hit a deer. It was so scary, but thankfully we didn't hit the bastard. He ran right out in front of us but luckily kept running. Poor Erin screamed and was shaking bad after, but she held it together and got us home safe! Whew!
Ok, must get back to work cooking. I AM DONE WITH NURSING SCHOOL! Maybe if I keep saying it I will start to believe it!
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