Just popping in to say hi real quick before I dive back into the schoolwork!
Chiquita was getting in the way of me trying to take a picture for this post
I had another one of my big exams this morning.
And I didn’t get a blog post written because yesterday I studied with two classmates yesterday for almost 5 hours, and then I came home and did a video study session with another classmate for an hour and a half.
And I met with two classmates early this morning at school before our 8:30 exam for some last-minute review.
This was my testing clothing today; I have to choose carefully. No hoodies with pockets allowed! But the odd thing is that our pants can have pockets so I am a little confused about what this rule accomplishes.
Anyway. The exam is done now. I feel about the same as I did after the first exam, and honestly, if I get another B grade, I’ll feel fine about that.
There is no rest for the weary, though; I have to do some pre-lecture quizzes and get to a level 6 proficiency and also watch a bunch of required videos for the lecture tomorrow.
So, no time to worry about the exam I just took! On to the next one. I’m about to get educated on renal disorders. 😉
And I’ll be back tomorrow with Five Frugal Things.
Joyce from Arkansas
Tuesday 4th of March 2025
I, too, have protein powder I need to use. I try to put it in oatmeal I eat 3 x a week. Need to put it in smoothies. Five frugal things – actually 6! -- Made my own Poo Pourri to refill my bottle. I love the stuff because it REALLY works and I always keep it in our bathrooms. But those little bottles run 10 bucks each. You can make your own for pennies. Use 2 teaspoons of alcohol, 20-30 drops of essential oil (use one or mix a few), then add water to fill the bottle. Shake it up and you're done. You can reuse an original PP bottle or get small spray bottles from the art section at Hobby Lobby. -- Saved leftover veggies in a freezer bag for a pot of beef veggie soup I'll make later. – Made chicken stock for soup using leftover bones from a rotisserie chicken, a box of chicken broth and a few packets of chicken seasoning from ramen noodles packets. – Saved a service call by using Google to figure out why our outside keypad on our garage door opener wouldn't work. My husband was doing something else so I dealt with this. I determined it was most likely the battery ( I didn't even know it HAD a battery, so it'd never been changed – in years às far as I know). I watched a troubleshooting video on this, changed the battery and it worked again. Yeh me! – when I was looking for a quick snack, I ate a piece of from a few pieces of take out pizza I had put in the freezer when we didn't eat all our pizza. I'm not wasting good pizza! – Instead of recycling some boxes thru our curbside program, I suggested we give the moving boxes we used to store things from or livingroom/diningroom while we had new floors installed to a nephew who is moving soon. He gladly accepted them.
Book Club Elaine
Monday 3rd of March 2025
Thank you so much Kristen for checking in with us. You do more in one of your average days than I do in a week!
Cindy Ann
Monday 3rd of March 2025
As a teacher, I believe the no hoodie and no pockets in the hoodie is because students sometimes where air pods or ear buds with Bluetooth synced to their phones.....that is just my guess. We also do not allow them in our classes in our public school.
Kristen
Monday 3rd of March 2025
Interestingly we can have hoodies! They just can't have pockets.
And I'm guessing if we tried to put the hood on our heads during the exams, we'd be asked to remove the hood.
Rebekah in SoCal
Monday 3rd of March 2025
Bet it feels great to have that done. Have a great day.
Madeline
Monday 3rd of March 2025
Good luck on all exams.I love “reliving” my own nursing school days through your blog..I can feel all the excitement,exhaustion,worry over grades and competency tests, and your natural love of patient care.You are gonna be SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION AND ASSET to the profession of Nursing. BE PROUD! It’s like joining the Marines.. you are a Nurse forever and ever after you graduate..and it’s a wonderful “club” to belong to.
Those graduation pictures,when you post them, are gonna make me cry ! (WITH JOY FOR YOU!)
I think about where your life was not so very long ago and how NOW ,it is filled with all things for YOUR growth and happiness.. a nice turnabout,don’t you think!!!!!! YAY!!!!
Kristen
Monday 3rd of March 2025
Trust me, I am going to cry too! lol It will be happy tears, mixed with a few defiant and triumphant ones. ;)
Thank you for cheering me on.