Back to the World of the Living

I know, it probably seems like I've been dead to the world (which translates to all two of you who might read this...) but I'm back, and with some very good news!

I WAS ACCEPTED TO NURSING SCHOOL!!!That's right, I was officially admitted to the Denver School of Nursing here in Colorado. I had to take my entrance test last friday, so I spent all of my nights last week studying. The test covered math, grammar, reading comprehension, and medical vocabulary. I was mostly worried about the math portion, being that I hate math, and I'm not particularly good at it, never have been. I spent hours upon hours going through the study guide and all the sample problems doing all the math by hand, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, fractions and decimals, English to metric coversions, and vice versa, word problems, Roman numerals, military time, and the whole 9 yards! I show up for the test, and guess what? They let you use a calculator! I was upset. So much for all of that studying... Oh well. I got a really good review of math! And my cumulative score was 95.97% :) I was fitted for my school scrubs and everything, and I begin classes April 6th! Graduation is December 17th, 2010, at which point I'll be an RN with a Bachelor's Degree! My work came up with an awesome plan so I can work part-time in the evenings while I attend classes and do clinicals.

On another note, Chris and I changed out our front porch lights this weekend. We exchanged our cheap, ugly, non-functional brass lights for new motion-sensored lights. Chris was shocked and amazed that they worked the first time, but I knew they would! My dad and grandpa taught me too much to have them not work ;) Below is a photo of what our fancy new fixtures look like:We went to a hockey game Tuesday night, and watched the Av's get their butts kicked again. Not a good hockey game, and there was only one really lame fight, but I did have one of the best burgers I've ever had in my life, and a few of Chris's tasty nachos.

I made a wonderful discovery this week as well. Ah, the wonders of Lunesta. I finally had a decent night's sleep last night, and was able to function normally at work today! The only downside to this was the terrible taste that permeated my mouth for most of the day today. I'm still trying to decide if getting sleep is worth the nasty aftertaste... P.S. Beware the full moon and Friday the 13th! Both events make people, and in turn, hospitals go crazy..