Lovin' Wednesdays: Too School for Cool

Today was my first day of school this  spring semester 2011! I can officially say that I'm a Nursing student. :) So with that, here's what I'm loving this fine and dandy day...

My first day of school. 

I was super nervous today but this first day wasn't that bad. 

Although, I already was given plenty of homework to do. Bleck.

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I can't wait for my stethoscope to arrive. 

And yes, it's pink! I just couldn't have it any other way.

I'm loving and am so grateful that my work is willing to work around my school schedule.

It makes life easier for me.

So what are you loving today? 

I wanna hear.

1st and 3rd image via weheartit.com

Yay

Well Peeps! I got accepted in the UVU Nursing Program!!!

I start classes as a nursing student in the spring of 2011 and I'm super excited! 

I've been so nervous for this and I finally made it!

In celebration of this  new part of my life, I've decided that I'm gonna open up a new blog. 

"The Adventures Of A Nursing Student." 

It's fairly new but come over and take a look.  :)

on procrastination

today i had to call into work because me being the person that i am procrastinated doing her homework.  i had to write a dumb research proposal persuading my audience that i was ready to start on a 9 paged persuasive research paper, and how i was going to go about it. 

boring!!!! 

and i had to have it done by 5pm.

let me just whine on how much i hate writing.

i hate writing, i hate writing, i hate writing,

writing makes me mad, angry, upset, close to tears.

I HATE WRITING PAPERS!

i'm done.  i just needed to vent.

people usually call into work because they are sick,

(or more like pretending to be sick),

to have a day off and do something fun. 

and what did i do?  i was confined in my room doing homework for hours, when i really could have used that time to go out shopping or something.

oh and i'm still not done. 

now i have to go and peer review 2 research proposals and annotated bibliographies from my other classmates.

i realize this is my own fault. :(

i promise to never procrastinate again.

hmm...

let's see how long that promise lasts.

so do you have any funny reasons why you call into work?

 humor me please.

best. day. ever.

So for the last two years I've been working my bum off trying to get all my prereqs for Nursing completed.  Finally, having completed them with an acceptable GPA I took the TEAS test about two weeks ago.  And holy smokes! That test was insane! It was so hard, and the worst part is that as soon as you click "done" you get your score right then and there.  Well, I didn't fail, but I didn't get a great score either.  I tried to hold the tears back as much as I could until I could get to the safety of my car.  I have to tell you, I cried, and cried, and cried.  My head hurt, my mascara was all over the place, and the next day my eyes were really puffy and small from all the crying.  I felt like I had no hope.  I didn't even want to try to submit my application because I for sure wasn't going to get an interview (which is the next phase).   Nevertheless, i submitted my application. 

These last two days I have been dreaming that I don't receive an e-mail giving me a place for an interview (receiving an e-mail is good, if you receive a mailed letter it means bad news) And the other dream was that I had received an e-mail but i accidently declined my interview??? It's been horrible. 

Today at about 2 pm, I checked my school e-mail to see if I had received anything. And nada.  Then after work I receive a text from my friend who's also applying to the program saying that she had received an a-mail for the interview.  My heart just sank.  I prayed that there would be an e-mail for me and logged in again.  And guess what!!!!  I have an interview!!!!  It looks like an hour after I had first checked they e-mailed me! I'm so excited!!!  While this doesn't mean that I'm accepted into the program yet,  it is one step closer!

This is the best day ever! :)

Suggestions Needed

Spring semester ended.  Took physiology in the summer.  Summer semester has ended... for me.  Nursing pre-reqs, all done.  Applying for the Nursing program is the next step! Yes, I'm nervous.  And that is my little update ha!

Now I'm trying to enjoy my summer vacation but I am going nuts!!!

I think I may have become a schoolaholic or something, because oddly enough I miss school.  Even after all the hard work and headaches it has given me!

I know. Crazy huh! 

I work full time.  I have seriously read like crazy, have caught up on the bachelorette (my all time favorite show), have rented movies, watched them, and yet...

I still have like the whole afternoon left. 

And this is why I'm back to blogging. 

I don't know how to fill up my time and I'm running out of ideas on what else to read, watch, etc. 

Please if you have any suggestions on what's hot right now tell me!!!!  Comment! 

As for now, my great friend/co-worker is going to let me borrow "Hunger Games". 

Is that good?  I hope so!

What??? Poop! Oh No You Didn't!

 CAUTION: This post may gross some people out.  Read with care and please do not read it while you're eating.

I remember my first day of Microbiology Lab.  We were going over the syllabus and our instructor was discussing all the things that we'd be doing this semester; all the microbes and organisms we'd get to look at under our light microscopes, how we'd get to make yogurt, because as you know yogurt is made of little microorganisms, blah blah blah... 

And then he began to discuss Lab #9  "And you'll also have the opportunity to examine enterobacteria and someone from each group will be bringing a fecal sample..."

"We are going to be doing what!!!!?" I screamed loudly inside my head.  You can imagine the looks of disgust and blank stares everyone had!

-"We will be providing you with a cup that you'll get to take home...." he continued.

 As soon as he said that I immediately exclaimed " I call NOT IT! (kinda like how I used to yell out when I was little and didn't want to be the tagger but the ta-gee) There's no way in this world that I, Grecia, is going to volunteer to bring in MY poop for everyone to look at and examine, all swirled around in a fixed slide..."  C'mon, my poop is my poop and nobody gets to look at it.   And yes, I really did call "Not it" out loud.


-"...and we'll discuss this lab in further detail once the day comes."

Well, that day came and it was today.  First of all, I wasn't the one that brought in the poop. Last week I took charge and appointed someone in the group to bring a "bouncy ball" of their poop.  Second of all, the lab wasn't as bad as I expected it to be.  The poop was diluted a little bit in water so it wasn't this big blob type of thing that we'd have underneath our faces.  It was just brown-yellowish liquid in a tube.  The room was a little stinky when I came in this morning from the previous classes and I started gagging, but I just figured that I would have to hold in my breath or not breathe in as deep as much as possible and everything was OK.  Unfortunately, this lab requires time since we have to incubate the tubes for 24hrs., which means that I have to go back tomorrow and Saturday to open lab to finish the experiments.  So I still have yet to see what poop looks like under the microscope.  Depending on what the person ate, I might see tiny pieces of pizza or corn, who knows.

And School Begins

I had been feeling a little depressed last semester and during the break because I just hear students all the time talking about how hard is it to get into the Nursing Program.  I heard about 4.0 students who did extremely well in the entrance exam and still didn't get accepted!!! This is one of those moments where I will use one of Busy Bee Lauren's terminology.  That's Lamespice!  I cried, and cried and you know what?  I'm sick of worrying.  I'm sick of being sad about the possibility of not making it in.  I decided that I'm just not going to think about it anymore.  I will finish my prerequisites.  I will give it my best in all my classes, and I WILL apply to the Nursing Program, regardless of what other people or students may say.  I was not born to be a quitter.  I was not born to give up.  I don't care if I don't get accepted the first time.  I will apply again.  And if UVU doesn't accept me, I will not give up my dream.  I'll retake classes however many times I have to.  I will apply to other schools.   I will do everything to get to where I want to be.  But I refuse to take the easy way.  I refuse to put my dreams aside and change majors like many students do when they get rejected.  As for now, I went and talked with my Nursing Advisor, she looked at my grades and says that I'm on track and that my grades are good.  Which was great news but at the same time confusing because I am not a 4.0 student, but I'm also not a lower than a 3.0 student either.  But whatev.

On a side note, this semester I am taking 11 credits.   My classes consist of Biology, Microbiology, and Zoology.  Biology and Zoology (a.k.a Anatomy) are both re-takes because I got C's in them last time.  I wanted to retake them to try to get a higher grade so I can be competitive enough for the Nursing Program.  I'm super happy because I just have this semester left and one more class to take in the summer and I will finally be able to apply for the program! Hooray!!!!!  I really, really, really am hoping that I make it in the program because there's no other thing in life that I want to do.  I am going to be a nurse.  Period.  Have I said that enough already? ;)

Biology seems easier now that I have taken other science classes like Chemistry and Anatomy; I'm really glad because things make better sense now. :)  Microbiology doesn't seem as hard as I thought it would be but we'll see if I change my mind in the forthcoming weeks.  I totally enjoy Anatomy!!  It's kind of overwhelming though because there's so many things to learn.  Fortunately, I still remember much of the gross anatomy I had to learn in lab a year ago; however, I'm still a little iffy on the lecture portion of it.  Anatomy lecture is just hard.  There are too many details, a lot of terminology, too much stuff!!!  Nevertheless, I feel confident that I will do better than I did a year ago.  I just know it!

So anybody going to school this semester? If so, what's your major?

The Semester is OVER

Whoohooo! I'm super excited and just wanted to share how happy I am that the semester is over!! :)  I was really freaking out about my finals but they weren't that bad.  I won't know what I got on my Chemistry final until they post grades.  But guess what??? I got a 95% on my math final! So I finished off math 1050 with an A-, which I thought was pretty dang awesome! And for Ethics and Values I probably got an A, that class was just too easy.  

So in celebration I went to do what i love most.  SHOPPING!


When good things happen, what do you do to celebrate?

Dear Santa Claus

It's that time of the year again! The time when families come closer together.  Sparkling, colorful nights and beautifully decorated homes.  Uplifting Christmas carols playing in cars.  Big smiles on little kids' faces as they make gingerbread houses.  Yep.  It's a sign that the Holidays are here.  Christmas is only 1 week and 4 days away!

For many years I haven't asked for a single thing.  I know; I'm weird.  There's nothing really that my little heart desires because I have everything I need.  I'm very fortunate you see.  I have good health.  I have a roof over my head and food on the table.  I have a job.  I have a great family.  A wonderful boyfriend that takes care and looks out for me.  Friends that make me smile everyday.  What more can I ask for?

Well. This year I actually do have one thing that I would love for Christmas.  And it's a bit on a last notice so I hope that you can help me make my wish come true.  As you know, the school semester is almost over and finals are here.  Tomorrow I have a very important final.  A Chemistry final, and the one that I'm really freaking out on.  I have done my part and studied as much as I possibly could.  Chemistry is a hard subject for me.  And all I want for Christmas is to get a B on the final.  (An A would be even better but that's expecting too much.)  That's all I'm asking for. I don't want a nice car, a mac, or more clothes.  I just want to get a good grade please.  In return, I will try to be a better person this coming year. 

Thank you so much Santa

With Love,

Grace