Thankful Thursday | a cooling

This week, I am thankful:

that we’ve had some thunderstorms

We are still pretty rain-deprived* here, so I am grateful whenever the sky opens up!

*I was gonna say “dry”, but given how humid the air has been, it feels weird to say it’s dry. 😉

that the temps are down a bit

The storms last night brought in a “cold front”, which means our highs are in the 80s for a bit. And I’ll take that over highs in the upper 90s!

I think we’re gonna get some drier air too, which will be a blessing.

that I can see some exercise progress

The nice thing about doing workout routines multiple times is that….you can see progress. Some of the routines Ben assigned me were pretty bad when I first tried them, but as I kept working at them, I could definitely see myself getting stronger.

Progress is rewarding, so once you see a bit of that, it creates a cycle of motivation.

that my school accepted my work TB test

I just submitted the proof (from my hospital job hiring tests) that I got a tuberculosis test and woohoo, my school accepted it!

 

Thankfully, that’s the only test that needed to be renewed this year, so now my health records are all up to date.

Last year, there were SO many medical tests to do before school started. This year is much easier.

that I’m getting better at my job

I still spend plenty of time feeling out of my league (just from being a newbie) but with every shift, I get more and more competent.

Last week, I even floated to another unit and still managed to get my feet under me.

for the confidence I feel looking forward to clinicals

After so many shifts working at the hospital, I think I am going to feel much less like a fish out of water during my upcoming clinicals.

And luckily for me, my med-surg shifts this fall will be at the hospital where I already work! I’ll be on the oncology floor, but still, since it’s the same hospital, I’ll probably feel pretty comfortable.

that it’s easy for me to chat with people

I am feeling very lucky that I have a chatty personality because that makes it way easier to establish some quick rapport with patients when I meet them.

And once we’ve established that, the whole rest of the day is smoother and more fun.

that there are still five weeks left before school starts

I was feeling a little bit like, “OMG how is the summer flying by so fast?” but then I counted and realized I do still have five whole weeks left.

That’s a lot of time! I mean, that’s practically a whole winter break.

that I know the dread of a Thing is usually worse than The Thing

I do want to stay in nursing school, of course, but during a break from school, the upcoming semester start can feel a bit like impending doom.

And that’s particularly true because I hear that third and fourth semester are both really hard!

But over and over in life, I have learned that usually when I’m dreading something, the dreading is worse than the reality when that thing arrives.

(There have been some notable exceptions where The Thing actually was more terrible than the dread. But those situations are exceptions.)

So, I am reminding myself that I will get back into the groove.

Also, I am remembering that at the beginning of every semester, there are always doom and gloom prognostications about how hard that semester will be.  And so far, none of it has ever been too hard for me.

It will be fine.

I will be fine.

What are you thankful for this week?