I studied a lot for more this test and the material was more familiar to me, but I got the same grade, a high B. It's bumming me out pretty bad. I really don't want to lose my 4.0 during my last class. We also had a four hour class on job interviews in the afternoon. Hmm. Seemed like we could have covered it all in 45 minutes. Also, the morning's guest lecturer on burns only gave us one break and went into our lunch hour 10 minutes. Come on. That's just rude. She and my regular teachers and the job interview speakers kept saying things like "I know you guys have had a hard day, but let's go over . . . " Your apologies are FUTILE if you take up my lunch! Or only give us one break per 4 hour block! And make me come in 30 minutes earlier in the morning to test but don't let us out early!

Ahem. Sorry. Mondays are rough. Only three more I guess.

Saturday I had fun teaching dance to the Achievement Girls (aged 8-11) at church. I taught them to cha cha, some charleston, then a short jazz routine. It reminded me that I really love to teach dance and choreograph. Maybe someday I can return to them.

Right now Ben is playing a GTA extension with headphones on. Jem is moping at me from across the couch because we are so boooorinnnnng. I have a stack of books to read about skin diseases and shock, which we'll be lectured on tomorrow. The air smells like bacon because I made crunchy salty BLT's (minus the T, plus cheese) for dinner. This is how we roll.

Behold: The Pocket Dump
(and not even any alcohol wipes today)

(psst- I do! But I can link two simple loops together too.)

Somebody stop me!

They fixed our water with a temporary patch, and will look into a
permanent fix later. Hallelujah.

I had a great birthday weekend. Ben invited Mavi and Katie to come up from Grand Junction as a surprise. There was much eating and dancing and revelry all weekend. I might put up pictures later, but I haven't pulled myself together that much yet.

Monday was kind of brutal. I was able to work in study time during the weekend, but still got 88% on my first Adult II exam. I don't feel like studying more would have gotten me a better grade. Just tricky questions on nursing care, rather than straight-up pathophys. I hope to do better on the next test on Monday, which will cover Cardiac, Neuro, and Endocrine systems (eek!). After the test Monday morning I still had lecture, then a presentation in my other class, followed by a panal of new grads from Regis who did their best to stress us out. Ending the day worried about taking the NCLEX and getting a job is not a good way to go. And then I came home to find the water had been shut off because of a break. Yup, just like it did a year ago.

I came home from classes today to find running water. I might venture to take a shower later, if I think it'll be staying on. We haven't received any official word but there are a lot of trucks in the parking lot moving dirt around. Whatever that means. I'm just glad I was able to flush the toilets again.

I can't wait for Miranda to get back in town, I'm terrible about working out without her! For example, I could be at the gym right now, running and lifting and listening to music. Instead I'm dawdling on the net, with equal parts thinking about homework, napping, and doing dishes. I need someone to kick my butt into gear!

BTW, I seem to be slacking on this blog a bit, now that I post daily pictures on shotaday. I hope not to get too behind, but in the mean time be sure to check us out on that other blog!

Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride Score: 92% (11 out of 12)