Just another Monday

Still Nurses' Week..YES! The psychology staff are celebrating on Florence Nightingale's birthday at the Hotel, but they have to send an e-mail every day so people don't forget.

I celebrated today by having lots of technical difficulties in my clinic. Now I have to find a creative way to get a gift basket of coffee, Mountain Dew, chocolate and other terribly fattening things to my favorite support technicians. Yes, it's been that kind of week and this is only Monday. We have a "special notes" section of our intranet, so I recognized two of the folks today. I had to...those two saved my derriere so much already.

Bubba got out of school early today and is counting the days when school ends here in RehabLand. Since his school had no snow days (we had a school boss from Minnesota who wasn't scared one icy day) this year, they'll actually finish on the day they said. Bubba, however, may notice those last days are different. For the first time ever, he has final exams. Should get him ready for high school!

Now Bubba is at his friend Jorge's house, helping him get some of the music homework done before the big party this week at the last band class. If Jorge gets the magic number, he'll be in. Bubba, his partner in crime, wants to provide moral support so it happens.

Stay tuned...one more day of Nurses' Week left. Enjoy every moment. You deserve it!

It's hard to believe...

But in somewhere around 100 days, the journey will be over. Yes, in that span of days, I hope to complete the final requirements for graduation for a Master's of Science in Nursing.

So how did I celebrate this last day of freedom before the final semester? I ate too many donuts and drank the rest of the wine I opened last night.

And, just because, I started back at the library (in my jammies, of course) and got a few of the articles the librarians suggested I add to my lit review this summer.

I'm ready, kids. Bring it on...I'll suffer whatever I have to for 100 days, 'cause then I'll have what I've been working years for.

And I will definitely appreciate it!

More later...

It really will be merry tonight

'Cause this RN just got an A on the final paper due this semester of grad school. So much relief that I called my class partner...and e-mailed the rest of the group.

Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!