merry chrismtas!

So today I woke up and went to Seattle. I was able to get up to the space needle.there was a great view. It was quite windy as well. I bought souvenir after getting done. It's been a great time at lily's house. We've had great fai leave tmily ti, good food and a good your of Seattle. I met a lot of iinteresting people. The weather has been good and hasn't been raining, just cloudy. . I

Thanksgiving four day

So I had 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year. First with my friend Rudee and with my friends Mark and Laura and their families the next day. First thanksgiving was at someone's house in Augusta. It was a great day. I was in a big house with a big yard and everything. I pretended to be Rudee's cousin from Statesboro just because we can pull off looking alike and related. I played cards after eating. We played CAN"T which was a game I haven't played in a while. It got pretty interesting. I went to Walmart afterwards and bought some stuff for thanksgiving the next day. I watched "Hot tub time machine" with Brian and Rudee along with Brian's dog which shed a lot of hair! Second thanksgiving I spent with Mark and Laura and their kids. I had lots of fun, the food was great. I saw a turkey being fried.
Saturday was spent cleaning the room. I dedicate one day out of every four day at least once every month to clean the room. I didn't finish until 3 in the afternoon. I folded clothes, swept, mopped, and cleaned the bathroom. I tried to study a little bit as well. I just went through some material over the next topics of discussion

Almost thanksgiving!

So it's one more day before thanksgiving!
I've had a wonderful time at my current rotation at Walton Rehab.
Working with patients undergoing rehabilitation, working with the nurses who were really nice.
Today's our last day of rotation. Working for our instructor has been a lot of hard work.
I've gone to Walmart twice this month and I've bought tons of household goods plus food.
I've never found a store that had all the necessities in one location.
The barracks have gotten in new furniture. I couldn't believe that everything I used to own was 12 years of age!
So far I like what they have. It's a bit heavy to move around since it's all made of metal.
I saw Twilight last weekend! Someone coughed up blood in the back of the theatre and everyone was panicking.... They had to stop the movie for a few minutes. There were only 10 minutes left to see but it was getting really good. Breaking dawn is the only part of the series I would actually watch again!

beginning of november

So it's the beginning of November. This past week has been stressfull. I've had a few more tests and a new rotation. This weekend was a great time to decompress.
I went to walmart this weekend and bought some groceries and a few other items. I finally got a stove top to help me cook. I've been fed up with not being able to get some greatly needed nutrition. We haven't been provided stoves so it's been hard to even find anything to eat. So far I've made eggs, pancakes and pasta on it.
I did my case study this afternoon with my partner, put up a presentation together. I didn't imagine that time would fly working on our project. It was a great partner work and we had some good resources.

flu mist!

So this morning I had to wake up at 3 in the morning. Unfortunately my alarm clock didn't go off until I found out it was quarter to 4. I was 10 minutes late to where I was supposed to be at the gym. I wasn't in serious trouble or anything, but this is the second time I've been screwed by my alarm. I paid attention to what was wrong with it in the first place so I wouldn't have it happen again.

My whole platoon and the senior platoon gave flu mist intranasal shots from about 5-12:30. There were tons of soldiers, marines, navy and air force personnel. there were six people to a table and we'd get a bunch of people directed to us. People were moving fast, but the time seemed to move extremely slow. I took breaks in between for about 10 minutes eating donuts and oreo cookies while I was at it. When ever the crowds started dying down we cracked jokes for a minute or two until the next few people come in to our lanes. It was a pretty tiring day. But we got out at around 1pm. I took a nap afterwards

Exam 6

So today I took the 6th block of testing on the GI system. It went fairly well. I passed with my normal average 82%. I brought my ipod this time to pass the time. It was raining hard outside. After the last class that day, we ended up having an issue about the scores having to be recalculated because the server messed up on the other end. I already knew I passed so it wasn't a big deal. At first there were 13 failures, narrowed down to 7. Most people had issues regarding whether or not their answers were credited for. I haven't had any trouble with the tests, I go through them 3 times to check answers. We waited until around 5:30 to confirm the test scores.

Nine West

So I've been workin up in 9 west in the Med/surg ward. We have some pretty interesting patients. None of them are long term care. Most of them get discharged within 24 hours. It's a lot busier on this floor and there's a lot of things to learn. I haven't handed out medications yet. But there's still enough time before we leave that I can hand them out. I had one patient with hemodialysis and one patient out of post surgery this week. I got to work with a few RN's which was great help.