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Spring Break...

Spring Break is halfway over & I haven't been as productive as I'd hoped, but maybe I can rectify that today.  Hubby was off from work yesterday so of course I wasn't about to leave & head up to the library on his one day off this week.  Today though I have a LIST of things I need to get done.  I have several OB quizzes that I need to take, a couple of case studies that I need to do & a fetal heart strip that I have to "read" (yeah ok) & then I need to work on my paper that's due in a little over a week.  I finally finished HAND WRITING all 56 of my "Critical to Remember" cards (and they were the big index cards, not the little ones) for OB. 

Whew, instead of calling it Spring Break they should call it Spring Catch Up.  That's ok though, at least I'll have all of this stuff done before I start OB.  Some of my friends didn't do their Critical to Remember cards ahead of time & they were up REALLY late doing them the night before clinical, uh no thanks.  Also, once we get back it's full steam ahead, we've got a paper due, an OB group project due (yuck) & then back to back tests to the end of the semester.  Don't forget the Pharmacology HESI (booo, hissss).  Thank God OB clinical is only one day every other week & not 2 days every week like Med/Surg was. I would really feel the time crunch then.  Oh I forgot I also have to get my OB med list done....hmm, anything else I can think of?

Alright well off to the library for me. Hope everyone else is getting to ENJOY their spring break (ok who am I kidding, the nerd in me loves having things to do over spring break)!





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  1. Well I'm glad I'm not the only one playing catch up with school this weekend. Unfortunatly our break was in the end of February and I'm already behind. Hope your last few days off are very productive.

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    1. Girl, I was at the library for 4 1/2 hours, got home & realized how little I had actually accomplished! Also when I got home I realized how much more I needed to do. So it's back to the library tomrrow!! Hope you're doing good in school.

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