- Took my quiz and got a 45/47 which was amazing! School was alright as usual, learned a lot of new concepts (ABG, dimensional analysis). Came back home and did some work at home before heading out to Temple to study with David before coordination. Coordination made me sad because it seemed like people didn't acknowledge that i lived at the Wilson's. We ate really spicy ramen and it was enjoyable in that way though!
- Lab today and wore my new yola figs scrubs so that exponentially increased my confidence. Went home, cooked udon, and then did laundry, cooking, and then studying at T4 with David! It was really nice because we just studied together, it was sweet when he told me that I work really hard. Then, we went to eat thai canteen, drank some beer, and then did it in the car again LOL
- Lab today was just relaxed and open-ended---open lab allowed us to practice for our head-to-toe assessment next week. Studied at the library with Catherine for my midterm tomorrow, came back to Davis to get a flu shot (HURT MAN!) and drop of USPS shipping package. Then, David and I fought about the stupid ebay dell computer which turned out to be a shitshow... He dropped me off at Fedex where I sent my figs back for a refund. I walked to campus, thought about life on the way, and then attended Bible study with all the new ones. Then, we had dinner at HPS, David apologized sweetly, and Gwen was just being a funny person LOL. David came by at night as an apology for being carried away during the day, gave me food that he made, and we drank wine & rested on the car for like an hour! It was sweet.
- Went to class and took my midterm and ended up with a 94% which I was super happy about since I feel like I never really learned anything in that class. Came home and relaxed and then studied with David at the Carlson library.
- I didnt have class today so I was able to sleep in until like 10am which felt really great especially since the saints didnt come over in the morning for coordination. Today was my day off so I spent it studying at home, later had a small group time with shuli, hannah, casey, and timber at catalina before our home meeting at the kissekas. The kissekas make REALLY DELICIOUS white rice!!
- Slept in again, drove to Dixon to visit mom for like 2 hours and it was a nice time together, drove back to davis for BBQ for like an hour also during which I spent most of my time with the young people and rita's children [who were super cute!!!!1], then i picked up shuli and casey to study at my house and later when I dropped off shuli at the mondavi center, casey and I almost hit a freaking turkey while driving!!! It was so funny we died. Later, studied with David at the MU and the best part was the massage chairs at the end! Oh, the taro balls from mandro were really good also!
- Lord's table in sacramento. It was quite a wild trip---didnt like it at all. Came home and studied and relaxed my brain from the fatigue that was today... :/ because tomorrow i have my midterm so I studied later in the day with david at temple.
- Took my exam for health assessment and ended up with another 96% even though as I was taking it, I pretty much guessed on all the lung questions. I think my luck has really been quite surreal lately! After class got out early, I came home to do some chores and also to study all day at home. Was hoping David would be free to study together but we ended up not doing that. Coordination people came over, and the only thing that got me through it was that I drank two glasses of wine before people came.
- Took my head to toe assessment which went well (I wasn't nervous), but Pruitt was a harsher grader than Edwards. Relaxed in the student lounge for a bit before the boring kaiser training, then we had our group presentation preparation. I came home, did laundry and vacuumed the house because the Wilsons are coming home tomorrow, and also took a very much needed and well-deserved nap. Went to eat Blaze dinner with David (again, because of half off!) and then studied at Temple with David <3
- Today was my day off. I just kind of stayed at home all day studying because I have my finals tomorrow and the day after. Just basically stayed at home until 4pm. Went to Catalina to study and do work so I could have a ride to Bible study and dinner. David and I had a horrible fight tonight. HORRIBLE. Went to bible study and dinner, but everyone was dead and it really irked me that people were complaining about midterms and stressing out about reading/not showing up when I, on the other hand, had 2 finals the next day.
- My group presentation went well today--got 100%, as did everyone in my class. It was a pointless day, but went to Starbucks to do my N128 final and met someone there who also went to SMU for their FNP program--which fostered a collegiate feel! Went home afterwards and had dinner with the Wilsons which was a nice catch-up time!
- Took my final for HA I today, everyone thought it was SUPER hard...and I thought I failed. I think she had curved the grades because I ended up with an A in the class. Went to join the high school yp for their time and it was super sweet! Later, I went to catalina to study but gwen and i got boba at T4, chatted, and kind of wasted the afternoon away! Small group and home meeting during the day afterwards :) Egg came to our home meeting!
- Today was our long-awaited and long-planned day together! David and I went to return our things at Ikea, had lunch in Sac (had the delicious charboiled meat!), went canoeing which was super tiring.... but also really fun because we had never done something like that before. Super tired afterwards, we drove back to Pinole to pick up his espresso machine -- $20 off! Then, we went to Best buy, costco, did it in the neighborhood under my big blanket, cvs, and then dropped me off at home! Today was a really great day---we were both so happy and lucky!
- I spent the day with Mom and Alan, which could get tiring... we went to Home depot, ikea, and oakland to eat some korean food. It was honestly a long day with Alan. I just wish sometimes it were just me and Mom. Mom cooked some meat for me to bring back to Davis at night, I relaxed, and just slept early.
- Waking up early just does not do me any favors--especially since today I had to do a lot of work. David picked me up from Dixon and we went to eat McDeedees for breakfast, and then he dropped me off at North Davis starbucks so I could do some computer work/studying since tomorrow is my new five weeks! Later, he picked me up and we went to coordination together--which was just a bunch of headless chickens running around. After coordination, he stayed a little more and we went to mcdonalds and got more food LOL
- Apparently, because I had woken up early yesterday, my immune system couldnt take it and decided to break down in class today. I started full on sneezing and by the end of the day it was apparent that I had gotten sick. After struggling through the day--with people shunning me and what not for being sick--I came home to rest for 1 hour before going out to watch "A Star Rises" in Woodland with David--it wasn't even that good, the singing was mesmerizing, but the movie itself was too slow and boring.
- Wednesday I felt a little bettter after taking therflu during the day and at school. I came home after a long day of MCA 1 lecture, which I really enjoyed since Pruitt teaches differently. I came home, and then met up with David again in the afternoon to get more mcdonalds before going to dinner at hueipings. David also made me soup for me to drink so I could feel better.
- Thursday had no class so I was able to sleep in. I spent the whole day doing medication cards and studying for the next week. The nice thing about today was that I finally got off my lazy ass and set up the monitor in my room so now I can use the big screen to do my work! Aamina texted me late for dinner at blaze, but we ended up at Dot Island because Blaze had closed early. She dropped me off at David's and we drank some wine and did it in the car again LOL
- Today was on-boarding day, also known as disorganized chaos day. Met my clinical instructor, realized the expectations of clinicals, and ran around headlessly trying to see what the rotations of the day were. The math test ended up being SUPER hard compared to her practice test. I came back home only to rest for half an hour before having to go to catalina for our small time and home meeting at the mccuskers. The only positive thing about that was weilung made eggplant.
- I slept in! It felt super nice. I also had the shin ramen for breakfast so it warmed my stomach. Later in the afternoon, David and I went to temple to just talk--we didnt whip out our laptops to study! Later, we got wings (garlic parmesan and lemon pepper) and garlic fries... Dumpling night was just really depressing for me as usual--i mean, come on. Went with casey, nina, and shuli to jamba juice for an acai bowl, and then met up with David after and we went out to drink at Three Mile Brewery and Yakitori, because we both wanted to relax and just focus on each other.
- Last night after drinking, I was unable to sleep at all. I stayed up until 6:30am tossing and turning in bed, and finally I just got up and did some work in the middle of the night. Went to the Lord's table with just 2 hours of sleep which was horrible. Came home, showered, skipped lunch, and slept for 4 hours. Met up with David and we got more wings and he made eggplant!
- Woke up in the morning to spend time with the full timers downstairs, but ended up writing my essay. Cox sent us an email at 1pm, after I was on page 5 of the essay, that we could come to clinicals tomorrow... So I drove to dixon to spend time with Mom and then studied at Starbucks. Then, I came back home for coordination where I shared about how the club should be more student-oriented. Tried to sleep for clinicals tomorrow but it was really hard to sleep early when I usually dont.
- Woke up in the morning, went to my first clinical ever! I was super on-edge the whole time because Cox is a little intimidating. The best part of today was just being in the hospital and realizing this is my home for the next year. Came home, showered, and met up with D, even though I was dead tired, to eat Tasty Kitchen's soup and eggplant! Later, we went to Temple to un-box my new laptop and set everything up! I was super tired... Later, we went and did it in the car again haha.
- Wednesday was class, but I was super tired from yesterday's clinicals--mostly because of muscle fatigue. We learned how to do IVs today! I came home and studied for my MCA 1 test tomorrow, and then went to dinner at hueipings which was pretty enjoyable for the first time in a long time... Met ellie! Met up with D for a little bit but he was just tired and annoyed, so I left so he could do work and get rest before tomorrow. I was pretty tired anyway.
- MCA test was not as bad as we all thought! It was nice that Pruitt went over each of the test questions. We learned about the lung during lecture but all of us were really tired and didnt really listen...came back home to Dixon where Mom drove us back!
- MOM'S BIRTHDAY!!!! We didnt really do much beacuse Mom had to clean the room for the new tenant to move in. I just studied med surg in the newly-modified living room, but I caught a cold and was sneezing the entire day. It was terrible. We got free fried banana w/ ice cream at the pho restaurant though because it was mom's birthday!
- Mom drove me back to Dixon and I drove back to Davis. I went to walmart to buy a few things I needed for next week. I came back to Davis and Robyn was home so it was kind of awkward---regardless I had an agenda to keep and being sick the whole day really didnt help me out. I tried to study and I was successful, but around 5pm my body really just couldnt take it anymore so I had to sleep for 2 hours. David came back at like 12am from his trip to SD so we met up, got thai canteen, laughed at other peoples' halloween costumes, and just slept in the car because honestly we were both SO tired looooool
- I didnt end up going to the conference because the respiratory modules were just really hard for me to grasp. I stayed at home all day and just studied my things. At around 4pm, David and I met up and went to the arboretum and hid under the blankets under the stars. Then we got some XLB at shanghai town and it was delicious and fun : )Went home early to sleep for the next day.
- Clinical day 1 was pretty tiring and I was scared of getting sick. Overall a very fun learning experience. I got my mojo back in interacting with patients, and I was able to just be myself with so many of them. Ann told me that she thinks Im going to be a great nurse just by the way she sees me interact. She said that I am super bold, comfortable in doing whatever and that was funny haha. Came home, showered, joined coord for a little bit but I was so tired. I really wanted to tell David what I had learned today but he didnt seem to want to hear or listen to me so I just got really sad. It was probably the mix of everything at the same time, but he was just the first person I had wanted to tell about my day. I went to sleep.
- Second day was hard just because its back to back. I felt tired but eventually gained my mojo back again. I did my first glucose test on a patient! It was pretty cool. A nurse also showed me how to prime a tubing. I was pretty tired by the end of the day, but D and I ended up going to temple to study for my test tomorrow.
- I was so dead tired today. Sitting in class made me so tired. We took our midterm for HA 2 today and I ended up with a 42/47. I wasn't too mad about that, but was just surprised the questions on the test weren't from quizlet. Lab was interesting because we learned about IV pumps and how to set it up, which was funny because the nurse from yesterday had just shown me! I went home, napped for an hour, and then went to temple to study for my MCA 2 test tomorrow. I pretty much had a breakdown because it was just so hard to juggle everything in the past 4 days, plus peoples' expectations of me being in the house, going to the meetings, not staying at home on halloween, my grade being dependent on this test, and david basically not being able to make it beacuse his work caused him to be there until midnight. I was pretty upset about this.
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