God is so groovey!

I'm in the nursery tonight, which is a nice respite from last weekend where I didn't sit down until about 2:30 AM for lunch both nights. I was the only tech on the sixth floor both nights. There were about 20-22 moms and about 17-19 babies (all of which I had to bath and weigh (the babies that is)). What made the time especially special is that I had a test on Monday afternoon that I had not finished studying for. I thought (stupid, silly me) that since I usually have so much time for studying at work, I didn't need to do all that much studying on my two days off. I know everyone has heard that proverbial saying about the ratio of baby chickens to eggs and how you shouldn't really count or whatever. Anyway, I counted and my chickens were definitely not as I had hoped (is anyone following this?). To make a long story short (too late!) I did not get to finish my studying by 7AM, but I still had to get some sleep so I got to the school about 40 minutes early and just sat with my review book and didn't look up until the last minute. I was feeling very emotionally unstable going into that test, but I prayed that God would calm me down and I would happily accept a passing grade no matter how low it was.

Well...I got a......90%. I looked at my grade and said, "Huh." Okay. Um. Okay. I did the review and it was an honest grade. I really did know the answers. The ironic part was that I got all the answers right for the disease I did not get to study for. What's up with that? I'll tell you what's up with that - God bailed me out of my stupidity...again. I think this is how I am pretty sure nursing is where He wants me. Even when I tend to sabatoge myself he always helps me through. This is no excuse for not studying when I should have been studying, but it does show God's awsome mercy and grace.

This time I am going to work harder (where have I heard that before?). Therefore I am going to stop this blog and go read for Monday and Tuesday. I am determined to do well this semester, so, bye!

Whining and a day on the Brazos

Welp, I'm doing better! I now have a major "don't want to be in school anymore" attitude which is not very conducive to straight "A's." I am almost done. Only 8 more months and I graduate with an RN degree and have only the NCLEX-RN to take to be an RN, but they are stretching out before me like a long, long road that seems never to end. I am sure that once the semester gets started I will be so busy I won't have time to brood over it and the time will fly, but until then...WAAA, WAAA, WAAA (said in a big baby nasaly voice).

Week before last I went for a fun little nature hike at Brazos Bend State Park. That was fun, albeit a bit wet. Okay. A lot wet. It was raining after all. And it was humid. I got to see an alligator though. It was cool. At first I just thought it was a log (okay, cliche, but true), but then I noticed that it had fresh moss on it and then it blinked!! Very cool. I also did a bit of flash card studying for my math exam the next day (which I got a 100 on thank you very much) in the observation tower. I was going to walk all the way around the 40 Acre lake, but as I got about half way around I noticed that the lake had overflowed onto the road and they tell you to not walk in the lake or by low banks so I turned around. Bummer. It was good times, but by the time I got back in my car my hair was actually dripping like I had pored a bucket of water over it. I am not sure why. I was wearing a poncho after all. Anyway, over all good times.
It definitely made up for the fact that the woman I went to for a hair cut cut my hair way too bushy and short. I told her just above my jawline and she cut it mid ear...when its wet. Yeah.

Anyway. I gotta go. Lunch time!!!