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One more day, one more test....

Can you believe it's almost here?  I know me EITHER!!  Today was my Patho test, I made a B!!!!!!  Which means I got a B for the semester.  Whew, so happy.  Tomorrow is my Gero test & then I'm done with my first semester of nursing school!!!!!!  I was talking to my nursing bestie & we both agreed that looking back to the beginning of the semester it seemed so much harder than it actually turned out to be.  Now don't get me wrong, 6 classes were no piece of cake, but what seemed so daunting at the beginning turned out to be very doable.  I reminded him that we needed to remember that when third semester rolls around and we're both freaking out.  After tomorrow we have almost 4 months off for summer.  I just can't even deal with that huge time frame.  I mean I don't even understand why we can't go straight through, I would like that so much better.  So, I guess I'm just going to have to fill my summer with lots of lake time, and hopefully some review Patho.  I have a workbook that I had for the class that I didn't really utilize, so I think I'm going to work on that this summer, just to keep it fresh in my mind.  Also, I'll make sure to perform a head to toe assessment on my daughter & her friends at least once a week to keep that fresh too.  (They love doing it).  And I think I may even pick up some extra time at the clinic where I volunteer, see if I can sharpen my skills & maybe pick up a few new ones.  We'll see I guess when the time comes.  But for now I just have to get through one more test & then tomorrow about half of our class is meeting for Mexican & Margarita's after our last final, so I am very much looking forward to that.  I really like most of the people I've met so far!!!  I'll try to get a few pictures to post on here as well.

Woohoo, one semester down four to go!!!!!!!!


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