Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the music.....

Though I'm not doing any big dancing...I am celebrating!! I successfully finished my nursing degree and graduated with my ADN on May 21st. All 400 graduates were sitting on the hot stage in our large, heavy, choir looking robes facing the audience. Now this probably looked very nice to our family and friends able to look at all their graduates, unfortunately for us....we couldn't hear a thing said. It sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher...."whaaa, waaa, waaa, waa" Which led to many of us nursing students in the final row....just having our own conversations :) The ceremony was nice, I recieved my fake diploma, and my nursing pin. I was joined in celebration by Dan, my mom, and Dan's family.

I then was informed the next day that I have a job! I was accepted full time in the ER as St. Alexius Medical Center. So that worry is gone. It looks like I will be working pm's and nights again. It will be nice to be back with my night shift buddies!!!!!!!!!!

Hermitsville

I think I have traded my formerly social life for the life of a hermit crab. It seems I never so anything fun anymore. I never seem to leave the house except for work and school. If I'm not working or in class, I'm trying to catch up on sleep or have my head stuck in the books trying to learn everything for school. Well....that chapter in my life is ending!!! YEAH!!!!!!

I took my last critical care test today. I have my last clinical tomorrow, my exit exam is Friday. Then my final exam is Thursday May 14th...just in time to celebrate Girls night out. I have an interview for a nursing job on May 19th, very hopeful that will pan out for me :)

Not much new going on here....times are tight as Dan's job is constantly cutting hours and days. Same boat as so much of the economy. The ER is busy as ever, we are seeing record numbers with the Swine Flu pandemic. Luckily for all of us the swine flu is not nearly as dangerous as the regular flu!! And I have learned how truly ignorant so much of the american public is. You cannot get the swine flu by shaking the hand of a man from Mexico, by eating mexican food, or by working with two people who came back from Mexico over a month ago!!!

Now I count down the days. I can only imagine what it will be like to have time to myself again. Woo Hoo!!!!