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C left Monday, I'm sad but ok. I occasionally burst into tears when people talk about it or I see something that reminds me of him. I guess that's normal? We're talking through email and instant messenger now until he gets an apartment or "flat" as they call it over there and can get a phone or internet. We are trying Skype or Oovoo tomorrow. Oovoo has 3 way video chat that will be fun for talking to his niece. I'm excited!

I went to a private Episcopal school for my school nurse clinical today. It was pretty cool. As much as I don't like organized religion, I do kinda like the religious schools. The kids seems happier and more well behaved-respectful even. The programs seem better, the teachers more involved... IDK, I'm sure that not all schools are like the few that I have visited but I like what I have seen.

Anywho, I've just been busy with school and clinical and family and C leaving.

I found out that my finger wasn't infected, I actually had an allergic reaction to neosporin (probably the neomycin) that caused it to blister and swell. The doc gave me a corticosteroid and told me to use aquaphor instead of (neosporin).

Happy St. Patty's day!

Mom cooked corned beef, potatoes and cabbage for dinner tonight to celebrate our tiny bit of Irish heritage. It was yummy!


I went over to C's tonight. I wanted a green drink to celebrate St. Patrick's Day I ended up with a green Sprite, lol.  We watched Psycho 9 and I went home to sleep.

[Take a bite of my heart tonight]

Once again I'm up when I should have been asleep hours ago. I have to be up fairly early to go walking with my friend, well, she's a girl I met once or twice through C's friend, so a friend of a friend? LOL. Anyway she and I hit it off but haven't ever gotten together just the two of us, I saw her last at C's party but didn't get to spend any time with her. Hopefully we will catch up and have a good time. She is doing WW and has great things to say about it, maybe we could be walking buddies?

I got the oil changed in my dad's truck today. That was fun- before I even got out of the truck the tech was already telling me I needed an engine flush. Freaking high pressure upsales annoy me. Like I'm gonna be like "OMG really? Do it!" This time I got smart(er) and told him to write it all down with prices and I'd give it to my dad.  I also found out that dad and I both like Taylor Swift, he had her newest album in the CD player. Weird? IDK.

After the oil change I went to the library. IDK what possessed me to do that, not like I have time to read anything. I got the last book in Darren Shan's The Demonata Series-Hell's Heroes. I have waited like a year and a half for that darn book! I also got a vampy book called Blood Song and two other books that I probably won't have time to read.

I cleaned my bathroom and washed my shower curtain. I am going to clean out the bathroom closet later today I think.

Chris came over tonight and we watched Life As We Know It and The Fighter, they were both great! I really liked Amy Adams in The Fighter and think I just figured out that Katherine Heigl can't act or maybe she's just stuck playing the same role over and over? Whatev, it's boring. The same goes for Bradley Cooper.

I had to LOL at C tonight. The boy has no idea how to re-heat food in the microwave. He always puts stuff in waaaay longer than it needs and either makes it dry and hard or rubbery. He put a hamburger in for 5 minutes, it came out looking like a hockey puck. He did the same thing with pizza a while ago, it came out half the size it was when it went in! I tried to explain the re-heating guide on the door but he knows what he's doing (excuuuuuse me). At least he eats it, right? I would throw it away.

[These days, I haven't been sleeping]

I'm still up, I really need to get a shower and go to bed.

After getting my car inspected, I came home and started on dinner. I tried making beer can chicken in the oven. It didn't turn out as well as it does on the grill, but was good enough. I baked sweet potatoes and made a salad to go with it. After dinner, I cleaned up the kitchen, did the dishes and started on my "spring break chore list". I moved all of the furniture from the kitchen so I could vacuum and mop. Then I moved all the living room stuff into the kitchen so I could vacuum and mop in there also.

I washed all the dog beds, blankets and rugs-our dogs are spoiled, the little ones each have a bed and a blanket and the big one claims the couch. He gets upset when I sit on "his" couch. There are little rugs all over the floor for them to lie on also. Even the cat has a bed, and 2 window perches.

I also cleaned my parent's bathroom since my mom has been sick and can't do much.

My right shoulder and elbow hurt from all the exercise they got today. I know my back is going to hurt later too. At least I got some exercise in!

I have to get my dad's oil changed, clean my bathroom and maybe my room later today. I, no we, as a family, need to de-clutter this house!  I have so much crap in my room I don't even know what to do with it. I need to go through my closet and pull out all the clothes I can't wear anymore and box them up so I have room for the clothes that do fit me. I need to box up my school stuff from the previous 2 semesters and put them somewhere. I need to wash my linens and flip my mattress and omg so many other things!

[Here we are in the bathwater overflow]

I spent most of today sleeping since I was up late last night watching The Dead Girl.

I had my car inspected today and got some other things checked out. While I was waiting, the tech came in carrying something and trying not to laugh. He called me over to show me what he had and it was my cabin filter. It was clogged up with leaves and all kinds of junk. The tech said he wished they had a "wall of shame" to post it on. Oopsie, I didn't even know I had a cabin filter!

The Evidence

[no sound of fury, no shot of pain]

I could not sleep last night, I slept for about an hour and was up. I took a Tylenol PM, hoping it would help but all it did was make me thirsty. I played WWF and tossed and turned and finally got up. My dad was up and started telling me about his very detailed dream. Mom got up about an hour later and I went back to bed. I tossed and turned for an hour or so longer and finally fell asleep around 5. I woke up at 7 and 9 to get a drink and mom woke me up at 11 reminding me that I was supposed to take Pep to the vet this morning. I got up and ate a bowl of cereal. As I walked back to the kitchen to put my bowl in the sink, I noticed it was pouring outside. I told mom I couldn't take Pep to the vet until it stopped raining and started watching TV with her. I kept nodding off so she told me to go back to bed, lol. So Pep and I went back to bed for an hour or so and when I got up the rain had stopped. I got dressed and took Pep to the vet.

He has an ear infection and a sinus infection. He got meds and some cream to put on his nose to help keep it from getting crusty and gross. After the vet I went to get my car aligned and headed home. The other dogs were happy to see Pep except Ginger, she always has to "yell" at him for leaving.

Mom was asleep and dad was checking out my car-the work the mechanic did and installing new wiper blades, so I cooked dinner. Nothing fancy; smoked sausage and baked beans with blueberries and whipped cream for dessert.

Tomorrow, I am going to get my oil changed, radiator flushed and an inspection. Wednesday I am taking dad's truck to get an oil change. I have to start on my list of chores soon and get started studying for my test on the 22nd. It seems like it's so far away but it's gonna creep up on me real quick!

I might go to the doctor tomorrow, my finger is still red and angry and I have some dry itchy/sting-y patches under and around the corners of my eyes. I thought it was irritation from my eyes constantly watering (damn allergies) but today the whole area under my eyes was swollen, puffy and hurt like I had a sunburn. IDK if I am allergic to something new or if I my regular allergies are getting worse or what but it's not normal or comfortable :(

ETA-I had a thought after I posted this that my facial swelling might be from MSG (from the crappy chinese place) so I looked it up (here) and that could totally be the reason AND could have been the reason why I couldn't sleep and why I was so thirsyt! Frakking MSG!

[Don't need another perfect lie]

I was so tired last night that I crashed almost as soon as I hit the bed. I woke up with my iPod on my chest, apparently I was trying to play WwF in my sleep, LMAO!

We didn't do much today, played some literati and ate at a really crappy chinese place. I didn't realize that yahoo games friggin resets your ratings if you don't play in 3 months. Boo!!

I got home around 8 and talked to the 'rents. They have a bunch of stuff they want me to to do over spring break. BLAH.

I have to take Pepper to the vet tomorrow, he's got a runny nose and ear infection. Poor baby :(

[Tell me what you want to hear]

Slept in today and played WwF until C woke up. We wanted to go to a community baseball game but they were all over by the time we got out of the house. We debated what to do next and ended up eating Chinese and going to the tournament again followed by a movie.

The tournament had 3x as many people today as it did yesterday and was more serious. I spent most of my time in the skittles room again. We stayed about 3 hours this time, not fun for me... it's like watching people study for hours. I spent the last hour in the car talking to my sister on the phone.

We saw The Dilemma at the dollar theater. It was actually $2, but compared to other dollar theaters, this one was worth the extra dollar for cleanliness. The last dollar theater I went to smelled like pee and everything was sticky. *gag*

[Till all my sleeves are stained red]

Pretty much lazed around all day. I watched several (4) episodes of SNL and 2 SDoaCG while C slept the day away.

We went to the KC hall and got a catfish plate with his mom. It was yummy! After dinner, we went to a chess tournament that some of his friends were competing in. We stayed there for about an hour, it was pretty boring. I spent most of my time in the Skittles room playing Angry Birds and people watching. Afterwards, we went to get his niece and saw Beastly. It was cheesy and kinda crappy. Not what I expected, more like a made for TV movie.

Skittles! & Pettyfer were the words of the day, lol!

[I need another story]

I got to class prepared to fail my math test because I was so confused about rounding and which place to round to and why some kg cancelled and others didn't... Mrs. D came in and asked us what the problem was, that this is the same thing that we learned last semester, why are we freaking out and went over the rules. Once she clarified I felt 95% better about it and was able to make the grade. THANK THE LORD!

After the test, we had to listen to lecture forever and a day. She let us out 30 minutes early (woohoo) and I came home, ate and went to bed for an hour.

I'm packing up some stuff and heading over to C's for the long weekend now. I think we're going to see Beastly or Red Riding Hood tomorrow. Yay!

I need to start writing horror movies...

Today was another frustratingly boring day. We spent 2 hours going over the frakking syllabus, we got yelled at about the math and then had a mind numbingly long lecture about infant mortality. The info was actually interesting but was not presented in an interesting way.

Things got better once I got home, mom had made spaghetti and meatballs for lunch. Yum! I watched Being Human and took a 2 hour nap. I procrastinated on studying all evening but am trying to do it now. Maybe I'll wake up early and study some more.

I saw this hilarious trailer on YT about a killer tire called Rubber... watch it!


Not much else to say, hope you all have a great night!

[Don't care if critics ever jump in line]

We had a long and rambling lecture over infant nutrition and immunizations this morning. The prof. kept getting off track because people kept asking irrelevant questions. Grr!

I had a ham and cheese panini for lunch and dinner cuz I was too lazy to cook what I really wanted (spaghetti or thai curry). I took a nap and watched TV. Glee, Raising Hope and Traffic were all good!! I caught up on the rest of the Kardashians also. I have a few horror movies DVR-ed to watch with my dad over spring break =)

I'm a little upset that I haven't seen C since Saturday morning and he made this huge deal about spending all this time with me since he is leaving at the end of the month. WTF dude. My mom thinks he's trying to push me away because it will make it easier to leave or something... IDK but it's annoying. Thank God for TV and Nutella.

I'm gonna have to change the way I deal with things when he leaves cuz eating and TV are going to make my ass get HUGE and I'm fat enough as it is. Maybe I can start exercising or something... I need an exercise buddy. Or some willpower. OR maybe just a pretty place to walk, when I walked all over Hermann Park it wasn't so bad cuz I was distracted by the ducks, trees and such.

[It's like were chasing all those stars]

I made a B on my final and a B in the class, yay!!

We had 2 hours to kill after the test so Ve and I went to the mall and window shopped. St showed up and bought us Dippin' Dots. I have only had DD once, in San Antonio at the wax museum and they were stale. These were yummy! I loved taking a bite and exhaling so my breath looked like smoke, lol. I'm easily entertained.

After the mall we went back to class to work on dosage calculations for children. We were split into groups and half my group was speeding ahead like it's nothing and the other half was getting frustrated. I need to practice tomorrow to get it down.

I watched SPN and Being Human when I got home and then dad and I went to get mom some food-she wanted pork chops- for her birthday. We also picked up a tres leches cake. I'd never had tres leches before, it was OK. It might have been better if it hadn't been frozen in the middle!! LMAO! Mom ate it anyway and loved it. She laughed when dad and I sang her "Happy Birthday", she said she wished she could record us, I'm glad she didn't cuz we sound horrible.

After dinner we watched Shameless and the 'rents went to bed. I stayed up and watched a few episodes of Kourtney and Kim take NY.

I'm doing tactical puzzles on chesstempo now and losing. I'm probably going to watch New Moon... or maybe Eclipse and go to bed.

Peace!

[Who's driving shiny big black cars]

Studied most of the day. Came home and the power went out so we ordered pizza and I studied at BK cuz they have free wifi. It would have been great had the music not been so loud. Might be my new study place if I can get some earplugs. :)

OB final is tomorrow I am nervous yet not... I don't know if this is confidence in my abilities or if I just don't care anymore. Maybe I'm just tired.

"Just so you know, I don't pick up hitchhikers"

C and I saw "Over the River and Through the Woods" last night. It was pretty darn good, we laughed and cried. We could relate to it since it was about a guy who is conflicted about moving from NYC to Seattle and how he and his family deal with it. We are kinda in the same situation...

So, today I studied with V for a while and studied a little at home. This evening, dad and I had kind of a date night; we went to see Drive Angry 3-D and Denny's after. We liked Drive Angry a lot!

Sleepy now, later!

The birds. They are angry.

I was up early today running errands with my mom. We spent about 2 hours at the DMV getting her new license. IDK why it takes so long, they should have a separate line for people who just need to renew or a new picture ID and one for the people who have to drag in arm loads of paper work and certificates. Also, why don't people prepare a little more? Maybe I'm lazy but I don't wanna drive all the way there and not have the correct form of payment or the wrong paperwork. I check online or call to find out exactly what I need to have and what I need to do. Some of the same whiners who were complaining about the lines didn't even have their shit together! Grr! I was so glad I brought my iPod, I played Angry Birds and watched an episode of BSG.

We ate lunch then I got a car wash (darn birds) and worked out all my muscles trying to vacuum my car out. I found $2 under my seats but sucked up .50c of it with the vacuum :(

We went from one end of the county to the other and on into Houston to go to my mom's bank, get prescriptions and fuel... a lot of driving!

I had a paper cut on my finger and I put neosporin and a band aid on it. Its all blistery, red and itchy now, I wonder if I am allergic to neosporin or if this is some weird rash/infection. If it gets worse I'm going to have to get it checked out.

My dad wants me to start looking for a summer job so I can pay him back for the tires and stuff. Blah. I'd like get a job as a student nurse at a hospital but I don't know if any hospitals around here do that. I need to do some research.

I'm going to study for my final now, if I can keep my eyes open. Tonight, I'm going to C's and we're going to see the play "Over the River and Through the Woods".

bye bye babies

We had our last OB rotation today. I was sad to see it end but excited for the future and that we are that much closer to the end. We left a little early and took our instructor out to lunch. We had a nice time chatting about our experiences in the hospital and working with a new group.

I took a nap when I got home, breakfast for dinner and watched some TV.

Now I need to finish up some homework and start reviewing for the final.

Simulation!

We had our lab simulation today, I was "family member" and my manikin "sister" was experiencing postpartum hemorrhage. My team members did a really great job, I was impressed.

After simulation, I headed home, ate lunch and watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice,  I really liked it!

After the movie, I took a 3 hour nap and haven't been able to sleep tonight :( I guess I'll stay up face-booking and playing Angry Birds.

Rodeo!

I took my proctored test today. It's a NCLEX simulation type test. I made a level 2 which means I should meet or exceed the requirements and most likely pass the NCLEX. That's good news!

I went to the rodeo tonight with Ve, St and some classmates. We had a really good time. We saw Clay Walker-I didn't even know who he was but I did recognize 2 songs. One song was from in a movie or TV show and the other was V's ringtone forever.

I took like 400 pics and they all look the same, LMAO!!

I met up with C afterwards and we hung out for an hour or so before heading home.