I've been back in the stupid hospital again, and I have plenty to say about that but really don't think I can right now. I really have to collect my thoughts about a few things before I can even think about posting about them. So I'll be back shortly, but I'm home again and feeling okay again...

Jeesh, does it ever stop?

I'm done!



I think I managed to get Bs in everything although I was a half a point away from an A in my med surg so I'm still holding out hope she'll round up for me... I don't really care because 76=RN and as long as I'm above that, woohooooooo!

I took my last final on Friday. Then proceeded to get sick with some yucky stomach thing, ew. My immune system is shot right now from the steroids and the beating it's taken lately so I'm catching everything coming and going not to mention that I can't fight it off once it hits. But who cares, I'm done! I'm not missing class, or clinicals, or anything! The kids have been mostly gone the past few days at dad's or grandma's or elsewhere, so it's been just me and the youngest 2 and hubby this weekend. I got him for Father's Day the same thing he got me for Mother's Day (which was nothing) . Just kidding, I'm not that cruel (even though I should have). I helped the kiddies make him something cute, and I bought him a new watch since his bit the dust a few weeks ago.

Baby is super grouchy, think he's teething. Or else he's just a grouchy baby... nah, must be his teeth! We got a little pool for the backyard, and he and toddler love it! They would both spend all day every day in there if I'd let them. It's too small for the others, but it's perfect for those two.

At any rate, that's the update from here, I'm done and proud of it! Nothing else school related until the end of August, thank goodness. I need the break. Now I'm going to work on getting well and just hanging out with the kidlets this summer. WOohooooo!!!1

I have no study time. It's just a fact of life that I must deal with around here. I'm off to take another exam here in a few minutes, and I'm feeling slightly (if not completely) unprepared. I was supposed to have some time last Thursday, but I wound up having to run 15 errands for eveyone except myself so study time was postponed until Friday. Friday I had a dr's appt that took much longer than it should have, and study time was postponed until further notice. Saturday, hubby was gone from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. and I was here with all the kiddies (minus teenager) all day. Yeah, try to study anything in that environment. And last night, hubby came home at 6 and I did get to study until 7 when baby was crying and I had to feed him. Then we had dinner and at 8 hubby decided to take toddler to bed and said he'd be right back down to take care of baby so I could finish up said studying. I'm still waiting for him to come back down... it's Monday morning... He wants so badly for me to finish this nursing school (he sees dollar signs lol) but I swear he doesn't want to do anything that might facilitate the process if it involves him having to actually get up off his butt or alter his schedule. Drives me crazy. Okay rant over.

I'm off to take my exam, wish me luck! I'm going to need it considering the amount of studying I got in!

WOOOfreakingHOOO!

Clinicals are DONE! I made it! Technically speaking, I'm not to the end of the quarter yet because I still have a ton of tests, finals, lab exams, etc. to make it through, BUT...the clinicals were what I was worried about (since they're the physical part AND the part that can't be made up later if need be) and they are offically as of today, DONE! I'm very happy about this if you couldn't tell.

Now I'm working on studying for my 1058795879879568797 finals that are coming up, but really I am not that concerned about them. My grades are strong and even if I didn't do so well on a particular final it wouldn't be enough to fail me. So I'm just cruising through the next few weeks.

We all went out of town with hubby this weekend and had a blast. I don't usually go because it's boring and we sit in the hotel and wait for him all weekend, but our 2nd car is broken at the moment so I figured we'd be sitting at home anyway and we tagged along. We had him drop us at the park each morning, and the kids had a BLAST! I thought I'd be too worn out and not breathing, but honestly I wasn't any worse than usual even with all the activity. And Monday we had a few hours to kill before we could pick up teenager from his dad so we hit the zoo again (gotta make use of that membership!) It was hot, but they had little "showers" you could run through every so often and that helped. Once again, the kiddies had a blast and I totally wore myself out! I carried the baby in a little wrap/carrier thingy (one of these Moby Wrap) as I usually do, but that child weighs like 20 lbs now! So it was very funny toward the end of the day to listen to poor, poor hubby whine about how tired he was because (gasp) the poor dear had to carry that heavy diaper bag all day! Such a baby.

Ah well, I'm off to study while I can. Feels good just to be finished with clinicals, and I'm confident the written work will not be too big of a deal.

I am at home by myself! Can you believe it? I'm "studying." Okay, I really will get to studying here in just a minute, but first I wanted to take the time to enjoy my "me" time since it doesn't happen all that often.

My mom is crazy. She's taking 7 kids to see Pirates of the Caribbean tonight. Out of her mind. She is bringing the baby back first, and one doesn't want to go, but she is taking 4 of my sister's kiddies and 3 of mine. Crazy. She'll spend a fortune in popcorn .

The kids only have 2 more days of school, tomorrow and Tuesday. They're very excited. I'll be excited when I'm down to my last 2 days as well. Truthfully I'm supposed to be in class tonight, but we're having a test and the prof is letting me take mine next week since I've missed so much class sick. Yay for understanding profs. SO that's why the kidlets are all gone and I'm home alone. As long as I call to get the baby back before the movies start, I'm good.

My family dr. actually called me just now to see how the appt with my lung specialist went yesterday. Kind of scary. I have another appt with him on Tues., figured he'd just ask me then and really wasn't expecting a phone call. Nice of him to think of me, and I guess he makes me rethink my contempt for doctors in general. I've met a few good ones now, so I can't lump them all together. Bummer, because it was much easier that way. They're all being very understanding about my lack of insurance too, which has surprised me in a good way. The lung specialists waived my $3000 bill and put me on a "charity" program; I don't pay anything there. My family dr has me on a sliding scale, so I pay $10 when I go there (I think he gets grants for this but I don't know...) And the surgeon they set me up with for next week told me to bring $30 and they wouldn't charge anything else until the surgery. So all I have left is the $56,000 worth of actual hospital bills and I'm home free! Oh, and the $1300 ambulance, and the $1600 hospitalist, and the $800 radiologists... crap I'm getting depressed again, time to forget about that! The point is the doctors themselves are being very generous and understanding!



All right, I'm off to study and do some homework, seriously. Have a great evening!