I'm 1/2 of a nurse!

I left off last Thursday night.
Alley started clinging to me...per usual. I think she feared I would be leaving town.

I got ready for bed and started falling asleep listening to podcasts. 

I started the new RadioLab one...and I could not fall asleep afterwards. It got my brain going. The thing was...it had to do with what we have been learning in Mental Health AND in Pharm.

It has to do with the Basal Ganglia and a certain drug.

Friday morning I got up early and went over to Stesha's to review Mental Health material one more time.

The exam began at 9 AM. It. Was. Difficult.

I've pulled off some high grades on the previous exams...but somehow I bombed the final? I feel like I have a good grasp on the material...I don't feel that my final test grade reflects that.

They put up our test grades and then pulled them down after realizing everyone was freaking out about their grades. haha

Something snapped in me and made me gear up with full force for the Pharm final that would be the next day.

More than anything I just wanted to sleep all day.

Stesha picked me up, we went to dinner, and then went to Target to get Starbucks and RedBull.

Venti!

We made up silly rules to keep ourselves awake while studying. We were not allowed to sit down...and we paced in circles around my living room. Sounds crazy, but it worked. We made our way through the material 2 times. She quizzed me the first round and I quizzed her the second.

We were ready.

Our final began at 9 AM Saturday morning and our professor made us cupcakes =)

I felt good going into this exam. There is always something scary about going into a 105 question final. I needed a 90 on the final to get my A. This was a final that I wasn't sure how I did. I felt like I did well...I just didn't know if it would be good enough. I found out today (Tuesday) that I made a 94 point something on it =) This is a final I am very proud of. That is higher than I made on the previous 3 exams. whoo

I began packing after the Pharm final....after failing miserably at taking a nap. I wasn't having a good morning. I had a horrible stomach ache, I left my umbrella at school, and I lost my sunglasses =(

Stesha came over twice. Yes, twice. And we never studied. It just wasn't happening. We had no motivation. When she left...I decided to skim all my notes from the semester.

I got up and took the Adult health final at 8 AM. It was super hard. Once again...a class I've made As on previous exams...and I bombed the final. How does this happen? Oh well. Life goes on.

Stesha and I celebrated being done at IHOP.

I drove home and I was faced with this:

Yes, a deer.

I wasn't paying attention and looking down at my feet. I look up and see a deer. It frightened me at first because I wasn't expecting it. My brain could not process it fast enough (little sleep here people). 

It stared at me for a bit. I decided to walk towards it and go inside. It ran into the woods and I realized there were 2 deer. I sprinted up the stairs and grabbed my good camera and zoom lens.

This was an amazing way to begin my break. It reminded me of one of my favorite things and something I haven't found the time for: photography. 

A few hours later, Stesha picked me up to go to the airport. While she was waiting at my front door, she spotted one of the deer. I guess they like to hang around.

I was at the airport shortly awaiting my flight.

Once I boarded, I realized I couldn't escape nursing

DVTs!!!!!!

remember to move your feet around

I landed in Texas a couple of hours later.

My parents greeted me and we went to dinner. 

The decision: my favorite hibachi place.

We made it home and saw the pretty flowers my parents had got me for finishing the semester...alive.

Monday I woke up and took the doggies for a walkie!

Me and miss Penny Lane

There has been an incredible heat wave hitting the DFW area...and there is a drought. The lake is all dried up.

Ebony chillin on the dock

Chipotle was the mood for lunch. For the first time ever I got a bowl instead of a burrito.

We finished the meal off with my all time favorite froyo flavor: cake batter

I skipped the last season of The Bachelorette completely. 

I wouldn't have even considered watching the Bachelor Pad unless my mother hadn't DVRd it.

It was such a train wreck I couldn't pull my eyes off of it.

Jake's face after seeing Vienna and Kasey was priceless.

My name is Jake and I'm completely awkward

I've spent most of my time by the pool or watching TV and snuggling with my pups.

I saw "The Help" this morning with my mother. I LOVED IT. I laughed quite a bit.
I spent time visiting my Aunt and Uncle this afternoon.



I am so thrilled to be half-way done with nursing school...and to be home!