Made 50 Extra dollars!

Almost done with the first week of the last quarter of nursing school to become an LPN.  The first 5 weeks of the quarter are going to be tough!  Wednesdays especially.  Yesterday I my day started at 4:45 in the morning and I didn't get home from work until around 11:30 at night.  I had to be at clinicals at 6 in the morning. 


Holy crap, I was a little over whelmed at clinicals.  It was our first day at that site and with that instructor.  She picked me to be the "Team Leader" which meant I was to act like the nurse manager of the nursing students.  The rest of the students had a patient they were to focus on for the day.  My job was to go to the nurses in charge of 2 wings and see what kind of treatments had to be done during that shift.  These treatments can include vital signs, any sort of cream they need applied, blood glucose checks, etc.  Once I got that list, I had to tell the students what I wanted them to do, schedule their breaks and make sure I get all the blood glucose checks done at the right time.  I had one nurse that was super helpful and was very welcoming to students.  The other nurse however... holy crap.. I was intimidated.  I went up to her to introduce myself and she said "what do you want?!?!" yikes.. well I just needed her list. So she gave me a "list" and went on her way.  I was also to report during the shift back to the nurses to let them know what us students have gotten done and report anything from the patients that needed to be reported (abnormal blood pressure, pain, etc.) and to find that one nurse and catch up with her was a workout in itself! haha  Needless to say, the day ended up going by pretty fast with all the responsibilities I had to do, which was good.


I got home around 2:30 and relaxed on the couch with Nate until 4:30.  I was trying my hardest not to fall asleep.  I worked on my blanket and looked for snow pants online. We are going snowmobiling in a couple weeks up north and I realized I don't have a pair of snow pants!  Still have to find some, I had to go to work before we could decide on a pair. 


Work was fine.  A lot of big parties, some of which didn't have a reservation, so finding a spot to put them can be difficult.  I was managing on Wednesday night, so I was helping the servers as much as I could by either running their food, seating tables, and I even took a couple orders so the servers could catch up with what they were doing.  An eleven top came in around 7:30 and the only spot to put them was in a section where the server was already working on a 10 top and a 12 top.  That is a lot of work as a server.  I decided to greet them right away and see how the server was doing.  I ended up doing all the work for the table so I kept them until they left.  I ended up making 50 extra dollars from them!  That was a nice little extra for the night! 


Once I got home I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open, I hung out with Nate for about an hour and finally decided it was time for bed.


Today I had the day off from school and work :).  I tried to work on some homework, but it was really nice to just relax.  I worked on some It Works stuff like messaging people on Facebook about joining the company and trying the product.  I also have texted others.  I hate always advertising, but I also want this company to grow, and this is the only way I know how to do it, so if you are annoyed... I'm sorry. 


I also made some very delicious banana bread with cinnamon chips!  My house smells amazing right now!

Goals of 2014

So today marks the first full week of 2014.  I have so many things I am trying to do better at this year.  It almost seems over whelming.  One of the things is blogging more.  Even if I think my day was boring, I will write about it.  I used to write in my diary growing up almost daily, so I don't see how this is different. (except for the constantly talking about my crush of the month and who my friends are that week). 

School also started today (my last quarter!!!) Except its a "snow day".  The governor shut down all k-12 because of the arctic temps. Rasmussen also decided to close their doors.  Right now it is -20 feels like -40.  That's f*cking cold!! So, today I took a nice long hot shower, and I am sitting next to a space heater in sweats crocheting a blanket, watching Vanderpump Rules.  (a very trashy reality tv show that I can't seem to look away from).  Tomorrow I start clinicals again at 6:30 in the morning (ugh).  Have I mentioned I am NOT a morning person?! 

Tonight is Grizzly's annual Christmas Party.  I am not going.  I have clinicals early tomorrow, so I want to be in bed by the time the party starts.  The Grizzlys party is not a classy dinner holiday party.. it's a drinking "Olympic" games, getting drunk, and not remembering what happened the night before type of party.  Another reason I don't want to go. I am trying to not drink so much this year.  AND we aren't allowed to bring our significant other.. BUT our GM invited this crazy 80 year old lady who is one of our regulars... I don't really agree with that decision, since we aren't supposed to bring guests.

Another "resolution" I have this year is to be more involved with It Works.  I am a distributor and I can potentially make a lot of money, if I just get out there and "blitz" (advertise the product).  I have been at it for like 6 months and have 5 loyal customers and no distributors under me.  womp womp.  So it's time to change my business approach, get outside my comfort zone and start making some money!  I love all the products I have tried, and my loyal customers are very happy! 

Well that's all for now.  I'm going to continue with my blanket.. but it might not be done until next winter!

Christmas Cookie Exchange

I am going into finals week.  One of my last posts I said I was in my second to last quarter... well that was a lie.  I ended up failing that class (even though I got an 84% in the class).  So I had to retake it, which means I will graduate (hopefully) in March.  This also means we have put off trying for a baby until March, or April, or May... or whenever I get a job with benefits. 

I started up with MyFitnessPal again (shansen1111).  I did really well for like 3-4 days, then today I couldn't. stop. eating.  So to the gym tomorrow I go!!  Tomorrow and Saturday I should stay on track because I work about 20 hours in 2 days.. so no time to eat means I am staying on track!  I am also not drinking right now so I won't drink those extra empty calories after my shifts.    On Monday I weighed in at 227.8.  Today I was 223.something.  That was nice to see, but after my feast today I will probably be back up to 227 tomorrow.  Official weigh in on Monday.. I have the weekend to redeem myself.

Last Saturday my mom hosted a Holiday Cookie Exchange party.  It was my first time I participated, she hosts one every year for the past couple years.  It was a lot of fun to visit with my aunts, sister, grandparents and mom.  We also made A TON of cookies!  Sadly I am almost done with the bag I took home.  This picture just shows all the different kinds of cookies.. we had more sitting on the island in the kitchen that didn't fit in the picture. 

This week was mostly just filled with finishing up clinicals and classes for this quarter.   I am looking forward to our 2 week break from school.  It will be nice to see my family over the holidays and I am attending a holiday party with some friends I haven't seen in a long time, so I am looking forward to that also in a couple weeks.

Like I have said all year long, I am going to try to blog more.  It will be my New Year's Resolution.  I am not going to wait until New Year's though to start it so hopefully I will try to post a couple more posts before the end of the year!  Until then, here are some random pictures from my phone!

Sadie posing with Christmas Décor

Trying to get Sadie, Gracie and Bella to all look at the camera is impossible

Nate helping Nate Jr. put the star on the tree