Thankful Thursday | I PASSED MATH

This week, I am thankful:

that I passed my math exam

Oh my goodness, you guys, I was SO STRESSED out waiting for those math results.

I actually felt sort of good when I left the exam, but then I was chatting with my classmates and realized that I missed a question where they wanted the answer in teaspoons, not mL.

I technically would have dosed the right amount (I wrote 10 mL which IS 2 teaspoons), but they mark it wrong if you don’t give the asked-for units.

(I do stand by the fact that I would not have killed the patient, thankyouverymuch.)

I felt so not-smart after I realized I missed that teaspoon detail, and then I started to wonder what other careless mistakes I might have made in my rush to get the test done (you get two minutes per question). You can only get two wrong and still pass, so knowing I had made one mistake for sure made me feel like I had very little wiggle room.

And that’s when the anxiety really kicked in. I had a hard time sleeping, I lost my appetite, and I was already preparing myself having to sit out the rest of the semester.

But THANK GOODNESS…that teaspoon mistake was my only error. Yay!!! I almost cried when I clicked on the results.

Now I’m just waiting to hear the results of my competency testing from yesterday, and I am less worried about that. If I missed something in those skills, I get a remedial lab session with a professor, and then the next day I go back in and only have to repeat the parts I missed.

That’s way less stressful than the math issue.

Anyway, once these two things are both behind me, then I’ll feel secure because I know I’ll get to stay in school this semester.

Thanks for riding the nursing school roller coaster with me. 😉

that September is almost here

I know the summer lovers among us cannot relate, but I dislike summer weather, and once September is here, I have more hope for mild days.

Honestly, the main thing I like about summer is the break from school, so now that school has started, I find summer to be utterly useless. Heh.

Let’s have some fall!

for my nursing school pals

It has been so fun to reconnect with everyone after months apart. I love the rapport my nursing school buddies and I share; no one quite understands a nursing student like a fellow nursing student!

And I love the way we cheer each other on and encourage each other. I suppose there are exceptions, but in my experience, people in my program really want everyone to succeed.

for a little pin Zoe got for me

She brought me this pin and I love it. A kind earth…wouldn’t that be a wonderful place to live?

I know I can’t make the whole world a kind place, but I do try to make my little place on earth a kind one.

And if enough people do that, the world will get kinder, bit by bit.

that my blog tax return is done (and that it was cheaper!)

My CPA had to file an extension for my blog taxes this year, but they are finally done. And the price for preparing them was less than last year. Yay!!

Now I can file my personal tax return (which has had to wait for my business taxes to be done first).

I’m gonna try to knock that out this long weekend so that it’s not hanging over my head.

that the bulk of my competency testing is done

I’m pretty sure I’ll have to go back and repeat something, but I’m also sure I passed most of the skills. So, whatever I have to repeat will probably feel small and unintimidating.

What are you thankful for this week?