Rants, Recipes, and Running

I received news by my teacher today that I have been placed on some mystery unit at my sponsoring hospital for my practicum. Which will hopefully help my chances of getting some visibility and getting hired at that unit, too! My teacher cannot release the information since only 2 out of the 25 people in my class have placed. (killing me! I want to know now!) So I am praying for either Emergency Department, ICU, or Telemetry (in that order).... Yay!!!! Things are moving along. 76 days until I have my BSN. I am starting to feel a little better, I think! So yay! My stomach is still.....irritable. But, it is doing a little better. Maybe the antibiotics I'm on are actually doing something! (fingers crossed) And Ryan is back, and he is like a different person!! After he graduated - had guard annual training for a week, was sick for the following week, was in North Dakota/Nebraska for the week after THAT...............And now life is getting back to normal! I have not seen t...

Another month has somehow managed to FLY past us! I'm ready for June to be her! There are lots of exciting things coming up this month! Baseball games, camping trips, my LAST real class of my undergrad! Woo hoo!! Current Book(s ): Oh, still the good-ole Critical Care Nursing textbook. Written by Sole. I also tap into an NCLEX prep book when I'm feeling like going outside of "the box". Also reading article after article about Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, Stents, and CABG surgery. So thrilling....(capstone...) Current Music: Hm.....I am so fallen from the music world right now! It's sad! I do listen to jazz or "Piano Solos" via Pandora-genre-stations while I'm studying, though. Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure: Yoplait Whips! I put them in the freezer, and have them for desert every once in awhile. Delicious! I like the Strawberry flavor. The chocolate mousse is good - but a little too "chocolatey" for my likings. ...