Random

It's been over a week since I've blogged and quite frankly I was saddened by that! This is a ramble and I do apologize, just going to be OOT for a bit and wanted to get this out of the way.

December is going to be a hard month.

Trisha Vincent is moving - well, I shouldn't even have to explain that one, but I will anyway. Being best friends with someone since 6th grade, and now she is leaving?? Not leaving to go to school like I did (with the intentions of returning), but moving to move to a new place. Trying something else for a change. On one hand I admire her, I may have lived in NC for 4+ years, but it was because I was there for school. It didn't last much past that - I came home. Even though with my crazy schedule these days, I don't see her or talk to her as much, we have always been able to pick up right where we left off; it was as if no time passed. I'm just afraid that familiarity might get lost when she starts her new life in a new town in a new state. I was crying on the phone today when Kristine and I got to talking about it - not going to be easy for anyone, but particularly us (and Trisha too).

My boss is leaving ACCA and moving to Upstate New York. This doesn't just mean I wont work with him any more, it means I wont see him much either. He has been an awesome light in my life and I am sad that I will no longer have it (at least not as bright as I do now). I am excited we are having a few shin digs for him, I just hope I have the ability to maintain my composure and not ball through them!

I'm expecting to finish Nursing school around mid-month: my finals are over on the 15th and on the 20th I can take my Comp exam to get out of the Marymount Program(fingers crossed). After that, they notify the state I've passed and from there I can apply to take my Boards, presumably sometime in early-mid January. I'll be honest, this scares me more than anything. I don't often get what I want (anymore), or at least set a goal and achieve it. That's not really been my style. Yes, I think I'm determined and strong-headed (stubborn, whatever u want to call it), but as far as goals and reaching them, not so much my thing. In a few short weeks, I'm going to be something that I've always wanted to be - and that is scary, exciting, intimidating and all kinds of other things.

I'm also facing the Christmas time alone.....Again.....And that doesn't make me so chipper either. Especially knowing that 'he' has someone else. Actually that hurts more than anything. Maybe next year it will be different, maybe next year the rich doctor I've always wanted will be in the picture, or someone new, from who knows where that just sweeps in and picks me right up off my feet (I think his name is Prince Charming)??!! I'm sure everyone knows since Dad died, Christmas has NEVER been the same, and it never will be again. That's the hardest part - I don't enjoy it so much anymore...The family is not all together, and Dad isn't here either. I just look forward to the days that I can spend with my own family (husband and kids, or hell just kids) and possibly achieve the happiness during the season I used to.

Oh, and I will have turned 3 from 30 a few days before December begins, and damn it I'm not even CLOSE to being married or having kids!! Ok,enough depressing stuff already - I hope you all have a fantastic THANKSGIVING - I am sure I will be in a food coma about 6pm Thursday, so don't expect me to answer any calls coherently!

xoxo, Beth

Only in Thomasville......

I do love the south, I honestly do, but there are truly some things that can ONLY happen in Thomasville. Here are a few that I remember from the weekend trip.
ONLY IN THOMASVILLE ..............

• Can you spend $35 in Biscuitville (a breakfast biscuit place) and the cashier not look at you like you are crazy.
• Can a man get a DUI and then manage to take his drunk self out on a bicycle and run over a pedestrian (and injure him!).
• Can you have a whole, unskinned pig roasting in your back yard for 12 hours and then realize no one in the family knows how to cut it up!
• Can there be bumble bees out in the middle of November!!
• Can you have HUGE bon fires in your back yard!!!
• (I'm still thinking of more, this blog is subject to change at a moments notice!)

Some of these are really country things, and some are things I only wish we could do here! Some days I wonder if the complexities of the world we live in here in the DC area are really worth it all, or are we the ones missing out on the simple life.

It's only Tuesday and I can say it's already been a good week!

Well, as u all know, I gave something like 30 shots Monday in my clinical. Now, as a nurse that's nothing out of the ordinary, but what you don't know is that I've NEVER given an IM (intramuscular) injection this whole year I've been in school. Needless to say I was offer excited to have the opportunity to give my first and pretty much perfect the act of giving IM's all in one day! And no one screamed at me:)

Yesterday after clinical I did a little financial rearrangement and removed a $225 monthly bill (that was barely paying interest) and created a new bill that takes the place of my ($408) car payment........Thus allowing me about $200 extra a month. My new payment is $450, however it is an installment loan and it will not continue to accrue interest like my $225 one was. So that was a relief. Plus my credit report now shows that I've paid off American Honda, so my score should come up quite a bit (not that I can or will buy anytime soon!). Just knowing I'm not accruing interest daily on that account is a huge relief - there is an end in sight - albeit a few years away, but I can always pay it off early!

Last night went to class, turned in an assignment hung out for a bit and left.

Today work was nice and quiet I got a lot done that I needed to. Same ol crap as usual, but it's nice when I FEEL like I've actually accomplished something that day!

Finally, the icing on the cake for the week - I go to my med/surge class, the one I've been fretting over because of my recent bad grade and just the simple struggle I was having with this class in general. Our teacher announced that she was 'giving everyone' the ten points that represented the essay questions she threw at us at the last minute!!! Now, that still doesn't make me PASS the damn test we took, however it improves my chances for passing the class A LOT. Instead of needing 85's (which I am still aiming for just to cover my a**), I only need 82's. That sounds & feels a lot better, and is more representative of my grades in this program. Thank God is all I can say (o and Dad if he had a little part in it). Some of the stress I was feeling has been lightened - not lifted, but lightened!! I'm still studying my tail off cause after this I surely don't want to not pass! My next test in this class is next Tuesday, the 15th.

And, there are only 2 days left in the week (Friday is a holiday for me). Tomorrow I have my Peds clinical, so I get to interact with sick little kids, and it is something I enjoy (I know most people don't). Have a test Thursday morning in Peds (lots of material, but not super difficult). After that I have to work for a bit, and then I am leaving for NC to visit Lisa & family for her wedding reception (I guess that's what u call it??). I haven't seen them in over a year and it's been more like 15 months since I've been back to my old stompin grounds. I am looking forward to it: Mom, Karen and Kyah are coming, so it's gonna be fun. O and I get to enjoy REAL southern SWEET TEA!!

So, I'm on a high note right now, just keep your fingers crossed that the good stuff keeps coming!

bad boys 2.......

I have come to the conclusion that the cops areound here are crazy. I'm tooling around thinking that what Kristine saw the other week was a once in a lifetime chance right. WRONG!!!! After the Dr today i decided well 270 should be clear by now, i'll just scoot into work that way. A few exits and 70 mph later what to I see the (what i guess) state police standing in their usual place with the radar gun. And yes this CRAZY cop walks out into the middle of 270N to point out a huge pickup truck 3 lanes over to pull over.

I guess this show that people really to check yes the that first box on most employment applications that says

1. Were you dropped on your head as a child? ____ yes ____no

All I have to say is that I don't love my job this much and cant imagine having a job that means that much to me.

Shots!

I just wanted to say I had a lot of fun today (and still learned something)! I gave somewhere between 25 and 30 flu shots today :)!! Man it was exciting. That's all :)

The Road..

The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But , if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make is to a places called Success.