Monday, February 24, 2014
Garage Kitty
We had a visitor for the past week. A garage kitty. We do not know how long she had been in our garage before she showed her face. Nate was in the garage working on the snowmobile with his cousin and all of a sudden this cat appears! We went to the neighbor's house to see if it was theirs, and it wasn't. We took pictures of the cat and posted ads on facebook and checked some lost pet sites. We kept it in the garage for a week because our house is not fit for a cat. It would come out in the afternoons mostly. We had food and water for the cat because we didn't want it to starve. Finally after a week it gave us sad eyes when we were walking into the house, so we brought it in. Panzer was obsessed with the cat and would not leave it alone. Sadie would sniff it and then do her own thing. We kept the cat over night and decided it would be best to call animal control. We don't have enough room for another animal, otherwise we probably would have kept it. Animal control said they would keep it for a couple days then give it to the humane society. I researched the humane society in our area and they do NOT euthanize animals that have been there a while, they keep them there until they get a home. That's good! This cat was super friendly and will make a great pet.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Pity Party for 1
So many things going on right now. I am on an emotional roller coaster. I cannot WAIT to be done with school. I really hope I graduate in 6 weeks like planned. I just get so worried about the exams that I can't concentrate on studying. It sounds ridiculous because most people would be more prone to study if they are worried about the exam, but my mind doesn't work that way. I think about all the situations that might happen if I don't pass. It may look like I am reading the book and turning the pages, but I will all of a sudden "read" 10 pages and have no clue what I just read. I didn't go to class today because we had a midterm, so I emailed that I was "sick". Luckily, the whole class felt unprepared for the exam and the instructor decided to push the test back a week, so I didn't miss anything it looks like.
That's another thing. Rasmussen doesn't have a clue what it takes to teach a class. They think they can hire any old nurse that wants to change their career a little and think they know how to instruct a class of students. They have no clue what they are doing. I can say I do. I have a bachelor's degree in education. I know how to teach. My instructors when I was getting my bachelor's had nothing but good things to say of my way of teaching. My students didn't know I was a "student teacher" they thought I WAS their teacher. That says a lot. Why I didn't go into teaching is another post all together. The point is, these nursing instructors are setting us up to fail. There is a reason 50% of the people I started with ended up failing a class and have been put back. I am one of them. If I fail this class, I am out of the program. I am supposed to graduate in 6 weeks and I am scared shitless that I wont.
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On to the next topic. My body. I have gained close to 50 lbs since being in a relationship with Nate. We both have a problem with food. I can't get it back on track unless he gets it back on track. You know how hard it is to eat a salad when they are eating pizza? Or not to eat the cookies that are in the house? I know I need to be disciplined, but I am not. I am weak. I need help. We both need help. I signed up for a half marathon in October. That gives me 8 months to run 13.1 miles. The hardest part is to get to the gym.
I know I am having a "Sarah pity party for 1". I will get better. Maybe I just needed to get it out.
That's another thing. Rasmussen doesn't have a clue what it takes to teach a class. They think they can hire any old nurse that wants to change their career a little and think they know how to instruct a class of students. They have no clue what they are doing. I can say I do. I have a bachelor's degree in education. I know how to teach. My instructors when I was getting my bachelor's had nothing but good things to say of my way of teaching. My students didn't know I was a "student teacher" they thought I WAS their teacher. That says a lot. Why I didn't go into teaching is another post all together. The point is, these nursing instructors are setting us up to fail. There is a reason 50% of the people I started with ended up failing a class and have been put back. I am one of them. If I fail this class, I am out of the program. I am supposed to graduate in 6 weeks and I am scared shitless that I wont.
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On to the next topic. My body. I have gained close to 50 lbs since being in a relationship with Nate. We both have a problem with food. I can't get it back on track unless he gets it back on track. You know how hard it is to eat a salad when they are eating pizza? Or not to eat the cookies that are in the house? I know I need to be disciplined, but I am not. I am weak. I need help. We both need help. I signed up for a half marathon in October. That gives me 8 months to run 13.1 miles. The hardest part is to get to the gym.
I know I am having a "Sarah pity party for 1". I will get better. Maybe I just needed to get it out.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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!
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!
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