This next semester I will take two classes totaling 10 credit hours. Nursing II (112/med-Surg) now includes two clinical days and our care plans will be much more in-depth and comprehensive for our patients. We'll also be evaluating our goals/interventions/client's responses as part of our care-planning. I'll also be taking Pharmacology, which is a tough course in its own rite. I have decided to take it online, saving time/gas since I won't have to travel to campus (25 minutes). Plus I've done really well with online courses in the past. Our nursing program offers it both in classroom and online. At this point, it seems like the majority opted for the online version. The nice back-up is that Pharmacology will be offered again in the summer (in case we don't do as well as we'd like).
We have not received our clinical assignments yet. I think program administrators may be waiting to see who passed Nursing I (108) before posting the schedule...as they may have to reshuffle some clinical groups. Once they post the groups, we'll know WHERE we'll be working (which site, which unit) and WHO will be in our clinical group (9-10 students per group). Will be nice to get to know another group of my classmates, but it would be nice to have at least one person that I know fairly well (like from other classes).
Next semester I really want to do better in taking advantage of PVCC's fitness center. Unfortunately, last semester I got sick during 2nd or 3rd week of the semester and it greatly disrupted the good start I had started --plus then we started doing care plans around week 5. And unfortunately, when care plans started having weekly due-dates, I lost a lot of that time that I thought I'd have. ugh. And b/c I've not be training adequately, it would be quite miserable to start back running at this time of year (outdoors in the freezing cold). I really need to get my act together! I also need to do better at mass cooking and getting soup and stuff put in the freezer for future meals. I should do a LOT of cooking during my semester break and work hard to get my freezer filled up!
Dating, getting together with friends, going to weekly Bible study---these have all been challenging, but I'm going to keep pressing on. If I don't get out of the house and hang with friends, how am I ever going to live a balanced life rich in relationships? Let alone meet someone with mutual attraction, date and hopefully get married? I'm not getting any younger or any more charming...and I'll be 38 by the time I graduate. Too bad marriages aren't being "arranged" anymore! That would make it so much more simple! I could focus on school while my family or church family is trying to find someone to agree to marry me. I like that idea.
While I think dating someone seriously while in school would have huge challenges (priorities, distractions, emotional energy), I think it could also be very good. It would require things to go slow, to be intentional, the best outcome is that it would get me out of my independent, self-sufficient mode and thinking about someone else for a change! But too much thinking about the other person could be a huge disaster academically...and if the relationship did not work out...sigh, that would be double depressing. So I just have to keep trusting the Lord with this. To keep praying for His will to be done in the midst of this chapter of my life which from the outside probably reads "she's just to busy for a relationship"...which is TOTALLY WRONG. We'll never NOT be busy. This is just a different type of busy. My only consolation is that plenty of people meet and date while in school. Oh goodness...how did I get off on this topic? Stopping now.
Well, not much more to add. Just feeling good that the semester is over and that I have a five weeks to relax and have a little extra time on my hands to do some fun stuff. If you know me...call/email me and we can go do something!
I think you've done a great job keeping balance and doing well in your classes! The part about dating made me chuckle and nod my head. Glad you get to have a little break before starting back!
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