I went to see Les Miserables on December 27th, with two good friends and my husband. We chose a Forks and Screen showing so we could have spacious comfortable seats, a quiet audience and good food and drink. It has been years since I saw this show on stage and had forgotten the full impact …
A month in update.
We are now into January and I have been on my own for almost a month now. It’s only gotten slightly easier as I gain more confidence but I still feel like an idiot much of the time. I feel inadequate much of the time as well. It has been stressful. I have to ask …
My favorite Christmas movie
My favorite movies that I love to watch at Christmastime. Love Actually (2003) This is the perfect movie to watch in the run up to Christmas. It takes place in the 6 weeks before Christmas, It follows 8 couples or separate stories which kind of converge at the end and they are somehow connected. People …
First day
Today is my first day off orientation. I have four patients. Wish me luck.
Happy/ Sad news
People may or may not know about me that i am a royal watcher. i watched Diana, i watched william and noW I watch Kate. i am enamored of them both but am especially fascinated by gate. She is so beautiful, stylish and married to a cutie. I was in a patient room today and …
Cleaning Makeup brushes
I needed to clean my makeup brushes because they were dirty with a mish mash of make up. I looked on the internet for ways to clean the brushes without spending a fortune on brush cleaner. For a spot clean this site recommends using Wet Ones. Take the Wet One and fold in quarters. …
Osbourne Family Lights
It has become a tradition for my husband and I to go every year since we got married and even a year before that to see the Osbourne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights in the backlot on New York street at Disney Hollywood Studios. ( which will always be MGM to me) Sometimes we go …
Possible change of plans
I was turned on to another university nursing program by a friend from work. The program I speak of is at the University of South Florida . They have a completely ONLINE nursing program, with NO clinicals and NO practicum. Ding Ding Ding! Plus there are three different tracks you can take, leadership, education or Clinical …
Sick call
I am loving my new job. I enjoy nursing a lot. But never thought I would work on a medical oncology floor. I am not chemo certified yet. I need to learn the job of nursing first. The end of my orientation is fast approaching. So far it’s been a great experience for the most …
Deferring
After much thinking and facing the challenges of being a new nurse , I have ultimately decided to defer enrollment in my BSN program until Summer 2013 instead of Spring 2013. Just the thought of starting school in January makes me want to cry. I haven’t even been out of school a year yet and …