Ok lets see...

Finished summer semester with an A in Microbiology and Basic Nutrition. I had a lot of fun in Microbiology. Started the Nursing Program on Thursday. They handed us our schedule and I freaked out. I went back to work yesterday and asked if I could go to 3rd shift. After all the work my supervisor did to keep me on days, I felt really bad but is was the only logical remedy. Otherwise I would have to use vacation time and leave work early 1-2 times a week.

We moved our patients into a new building the first of the month and it is still chaos. I've never worked so hard for as long as I worked there, and I am one of the hardest working employees there (not bragging just honest). This way going to nights I will have wome study time at work, otherwise I am going to fall behind real fast (and get exhausted real fast...wait I already am). I have 7 chapters assigned by Tuesday, plus a terminology quiz, plus a demonstration on Wednesday. This demonstration is common sense... handwashing, gloving, and bed making... been doing all those for 10 years now. After that some of the demonstrations are going to take some practice though like woundcare (my wonderful hubby volunteered to be a dummy), shots, IV's, and catheters.

Kid's started back to school Wednesday and are doing great. Bought them school supplies and new shoes, but still have to buy some clothes. They need them bad.

I still have to buy my scrubs and nursing supplies too. I got a check from the Kansas Nursing Foundation a couple weeks ago for $300 as a scholarship. It really should have gone to buy those things, but I was so behind it just brought me out of the red. I was SOO greatful for the money. It was truly intervention from the gods. I thought if I got a scholarship from them it would go straight to the school, but they sent it to me and said "this is to assist you with anything you need for the nursing program". It's all good though... I can get the kids a couple pars of jeans and myself a pair of scrubs on Payday.

My mother-in-law bought me an ice cream cake (yummy) for my birthday which was Tuesday. She can be really sweet.

My husband is starting to sell some of the soap and candles he makes. Their wonderful. He has also decided he wants to become certified as a HHP (Holistic Health Practioner). I don't remember when exactly is started, but he's been making a lot of changes this year. He went on a diet, started excersizing, quit smoking (8 months now). He started becoming interested in his own spirituality, decided he wants to follow a shamanic path, started learning about herbolism, started making his soaps and candles, then started learning about alternative therapies. It's wonderful to watch. One day he was talking about how he was feeling, and I was just smiling and said, "yah I know that how I felt a couple years ago when I found my path".

I'm sure there was a lot more I wanted to say, but I've forgotten. People think I am joking when they say, "how are you doing it all and still doing so well?" and I reply, "I have no short term memory". I imagine my brain like a big filing room with shelves of files, books, and computers with a bunch of little people running around frantic arranging and sitting at the computers saying, " no no this isn't essential...delete". Everyone teases me about all the writing on my hands, but if I don't the thought might be deleted by the time I find a peice of paper.

Besides I should be in the shower right now getting ready for work. Ta ta for now (Winnie the Pooh is on) and have a blessed day!