The ABC's of Trip Planning, Pt 1- K is for Keeping Things Kooky- Drinks V-Z; pg. 197 + New Link

[Steppesister]

Trying to post from a phone is stuuuuuupid. Especially since deleting a post isn't an option.

 

[pkondz]

Sitting having a pedi... With Exam #1's Binder, of course.

Look at you! All multi-tasky. You'd make a good nurse!

In other news, I scored a 935 on my HESI, which gives me the extra 1% I needed to get me up to the solid A- now I just need that 85% to keep it on the Final.

Way to go!!!

I will keep you posted.

Good luck with that!

 

[KatMark]

Trying to post from a phone is stuuuuuupid. Especially since deleting a post isn't an option.

That's why I get behind...I could spend 40 minutes to work and back on the train, but it's a pain in the you know what.

 

[KathyM2]

That's why I get behind...I could spend 40 minutes to work and back on the train, but it's a pain in the you know what.

I often can't even get on the DIS on my phone without it crashing...sigh....

 

[Poolrat]

I'm sorry, Pat. That just bites, and no wonder you are cranky! I certainly would be too because I can imagine that it is bull poopy you are dealing with that makes those long hours; not just long hours, but crappy long hours.

Thanks for the sympathy. My angst these past 2 weeks are getting air and pool temp stable and I have to rely on a nonresponsive Maintenance group to call the better but still not getting it right HVAC group. The communication between the 2 are horrible and it seems like I might know more that the building group, which is just wrong.
That keeps me tied to the either the facility or electronic devices most days just watching and reacting. Kind of like this.

That bites too. I saw your photos, and that just really torques me off. But I do like your alternative strategy of watching from the dock. I guess when there's a will, there's a way.

Yes the dock has no castle view. It bugs me a bit but in the end, now the EWP is centered by the boat dock so the castle is not meant to be.

I thought I'd find some takers!! I am simply so excited and can't wait to hang with you again! In fact, I was looking at photos of our day together, and found some of us on Toy Story.

I remember the lady we got off the ride with that had her therapy dog with her. I do believe he had his own 3D glasses.

Laugh all you want. This one was watery, so we're hopping to somewhere mo' better.

Just to put you all at ease, I blew the 88% out of the water with a resounding 90%.

Now back to business....

Awesome!!!!!

A TINY bit. Here's the stats:

At this moment, I have an 88.4% WITHOUT the FOR SURE extra credit point I have right now. With it, an 89.4%. They do round up, so I am exactly 1/10 of 1 freaking percent away from an A. We get a little extra credit for the HESI, our 4 hour practice test for National Boards that I sit tomorrow, so that should do the trick to get me to the point that's over 89.5%

So, that means in order to KEEP my A (assuming I get above a 950 on the HESI) I need to get (if my math is correct) an 85% on the Final. I think I can do that. Instead of 50 questions, there are 100, and I can't imagine missing 15 on it?? So, just like last term, it is coming down to the last minute. I really won't know for sure until next Tuesday my final grade.

ACK my head hurts. I hope your calculations are correct.

 

[Steppesister]

Look at you! All multi-tasky. You'd make a good nurse!

I'm glad someone thinks so!

Way to go!!!

:takes a bow, but has not a clue what this was in reference to: #toolazytolook

Good luck with that!

What I really need luck with is the speech I have to give in front of 500 people Wednesday evening. I am scared to death, and may pass out. The good news is that there will be plenty of nurses who will be very ready to assist me.

That's why I get behind...I could spend 40 minutes to work and back on the train, but it's a pain in the you know what.

Yes, I do know what. Seriously, betweent the teeny-weeny keyboard and the stupid glitches in the software and/or connection I end up with double posts, and not nearly enough patience to type and say all I want to. I'm learning it's just better to wait until I have some real time and get home to my laptop.

 

[Steppesister]

I often can't even get on the DIS on my phone without it crashing...sigh....

Mhmmm. I have no idea if the production squad or mods know about the glitches, but it kinda stinks. It's just not worth the frustration.

Thanks for the sympathy. My angst these past 2 weeks are getting air and pool temp stable and I have to rely on a nonresponsive Maintenance group to call the better but still not getting it right HVAC group. The communication between the 2 are horrible and it seems like I might know more that the building group, which is just wrong.

UGH! What a manager's nightmare! Holy cow, no wonder you are just tired when you get home. No fun, Friend, no fun.

That keeps me tied to the either the facility or electronic devices most days just watching and reacting. Kind of like this.

^^A really good pictorial on just why you are perpetually exhausted.

Yes the dock has no castle view. It bugs me a bit but in the end, now the EWP is centered by the boat dock so the castle is not meant to be.

Sheesh, may just have to find a completely new pad to watch what was once a great show on the beach and perk of seeking it out. Ah well... :sigh:

I remember the lady we got off the ride with that had her therapy dog with her. I do believe he had his own 3D glasses.

OH man! I'd forgotten that! I remember we laughed a lot; it was funny to see that! Glad you brought that picture back from the recesses of my mind!

Awesome!!!!!

RIGHT?!

ACK my head hurts. I hope your calculations are correct.

Well, that one was anyway. However, I did mess one up for an IV drip rate. I got 7 drops a minute instead of 17. Need to work on that a bit more apparently.

 

[pkondz]

:takes a bow, but has not a clue what this was in reference to: #toolazytolook

In other news, I scored a 935 on my HESI, which gives me the extra 1% I needed to get me up to the solid A

What I really need luck with is the speech I have to give in front of 500 people Wednesday evening. I am scared to death, and may pass out. The good news is that there will be plenty of nurses who will be very ready to assist me.

Well, they usually say to imagine them naked or in their underwear... but I'll suggest you imagine them all wearing Mickey ears.

 

[Steppesister]

My Sweet Friends,

Sorry to have been gone for a spell, other more important (yes, I just said it) stuff has occupied me the last few days. I've had meetings with the Keynote Speaker I've lined up for our Pinning Ceremony (for those just joining in or have forgotten, I was elected Pinning Chairperson and now it's crunchtime). I can't really go into it right now, mostly just because it's a long and ugly story that I can't type all out tonight. In a nutshell our President who had some of the speaking parts, suddenly quit her position over some ridiculous drama (I'm partly wondering if things simply became overwhelming and she cracked a bit) and I am left to pick up the pieces.

But aside from organizing and refining our Ceremony, I have a Final to study for, my Bestie's birthday party that I went to today, laundry almost up to my ceiling, 15 pounds to lose, and a world to save. I'm exhausted.

Tomorrow is the same thing, and likely Monday will be the same as well. Wednesday is a LONG day of our Pinning (akin to Graduation, but specifically for Nurses). But Thursday is coming! And pictures will posted. Pretty exciting stuff, Ladies and Gentlemen.

 

[Steppesister]

In other news, I scored a 935 on my HESI, which gives me the extra 1% I needed to get me up to the solid A

I should have you read and memorize my speech for me, and then stand up there and cue me. You're pretty good at that kind of thing, aren't you?

Well, they usually say to imagine them naked or in their underwear... but I'll suggest you imagine them all wearing Mickey ears.

Now that's a rightly good Disney take on things. Maybe Mickeys in underwear with Dole Whips riding Space Mountain.

 

[pkondz]

Sorry to have been gone for a spell,

Nurses learn spells too?!?!?
Holy smokes.

other more important (yes, I just said it) stuff has occupied me the last few days.

More important?

In a nutshell our President who had some of the speaking parts, suddenly quit her position over some ridiculous drama (I'm partly wondering if things simply became overwhelming and she cracked a bit) and I am left to pick up the pieces.

Oy.

But aside from organizing and refining our Ceremony, I have a Final to study for, my Bestie's birthday party that I went to today, laundry almost up to my ceiling, 15 pounds to lose, and a world to save. I'm exhausted.

But Thursday is coming!

See? Look! Tunnel! Light!

And pictures will posted. Pretty exciting stuff, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I should have you read and memorize my speech for me, and then stand up there and cue me. You're pretty good at that kind of thing, aren't you?

Sure. Send me a draft and let me know when and where.
What colour underwear would you like me to wear?

(Prepare for the burning of eyes!!!)

Maybe Mickeys in underwear with Dole Whips riding Space Mountain.

Now you've got it!

 

[Steppesister]

Nurses learn spells too?!?!?
Holy smokes.

Bibbity bobbity boo.

See? Look! Tunnel! Light!

But the light is a freight train of a speech in front of 500 guests. I don't like this tunnel right now. At all.

Sure. Send me a draft and let me know when and where.
What colour underwear would you like me to wear?

(Prepare for the burning of eyes!!!)

On my FB page; you'll have to friend me.

Although I did address it to "local friends". I may have to widen my invitation list.

Purple.

 

[Steppesister]

Y is for: Yes, I am Yearning...
​

for the end.

I am yearning for this year to be over so I can can jam and pickles. I know you just pictured me as a doll in the France section of IaSW. Maybe I should buy a cute little frilly skirt and line my little minions up as we work in the kitchen and kick our legs up in unison?

I am yearning for getting outside and breathing the fresh Oregon air, camping with my friends, and re-acquainting myself with my family again. Been a while since I've really hung out with them "for reals". I miss my sweet daughter who posts about her sister saying things like: "Dad, I feel like, you're the best dad. I mean, you're, like, better than all my friend's dads. You don't always give us what we want and that's made us better kids. We would be spoiled brats otherwise." I absolutely have the best family ever!

I had to study today when they had that conversation; they went out for pizza without me. I yearn for Thursday when I don't have to say no all the time.

I yearn for reading a novel without guilt, for watching a movie all the way through, for getting my kids to their Dr. appointments, and doing some very much needed house organization. I want to sleep in, sleep WELL, NOT go to lecture, not have the stress of a Clinical check-off looming over my head, and pull some weeds in the yard. Anything but study all day, write papers, or print off papers.

But today is not that day. Today, I sit having one day left to study for my Final on Tuesday, and to stew, worry, fret, (you choose the appropriate verb- they all work for me) about my speech. I have it written, but need to practice and hope to God I don't look like a fantabulous moron up there in front of 500 people. UGH. So the immediate yearning is for this Pinning Ceremony to be over. I want this responsibility behind me and done with.

I don't know if anyone will record me, but I will ask. It would be fun to post that for you if you're interested. If you're in Oregon or close-ish by, it'd be awesome to have you join us for the hour long event.





I am ready to have a nice long break, but I'm also looking forward to, as weird as it sounds, to just be done with this program, and the only way for that to happen, so I can get onto my Disney trip (and new career) is to get on with next year. Yes, I need a nice break, but Oct, 2015 seems.....

So



Far


Away...

Meantime, I yearn to see this:



And this:



And him:



All my friends here:

 

[JJ Tinker Wish]

Y is for: Yes, I am Yearning...
​

for the end.

I am yearning for this year to be over so I can can jam and pickles. I know you just pictured me as a doll in the France section of IaSW. Maybe I should buy a cute little frilly skirt and line my little minions up as we work in the kitchen and kick our legs up in unison?

I am yearning for getting outside and breathing the fresh Oregon air, camping with my friends, and re-acquainting myself with my family again. Been a while since I've really hung out with them "for reals". I miss my sweet daughter who posts about her sister saying things like: "Dad, I feel like, you're the best dad. I mean, you're, like, better than all my friend's dads. You don't always give us what we want and that's made us better kids. We would be spoiled brats otherwise." I absolutely have the best family ever!

I had to study today when they had that conversation; they went out for pizza without me. I yearn for Thursday when I don't have to say no all the time.

I yearn for reading a novel without guilt, for watching a movie all the way through, for getting my kids to their Dr. appointments, and doing some very much needed house organization. I want to sleep in, sleep WELL, NOT go to lecture, not have the stress of a Clinical check-off looming over my head, and pull some weeds in the yard. Anything but study all day, write papers, or print off papers.

But today is not that day. Today, I sit having one day left to study for my Final on Tuesday, and to stew, worry, fret, (you choose the appropriate verb- they all work for me) about my speech. I have it written, but need to practice and hope to God I don't look like a fantabulous moron up there in front of 500 people. UGH. So the immediate yearning is for this Pinning Ceremony to be over. I want this responsibility behind me and done with.

I don't know if anyone will record me, but I will ask. It would be fun to post that for you if you're interested. If you're in Oregon or close-ish by, it'd be awesome to have you join us for the hour long event.





I am ready to have a nice long break, but I'm also looking forward to, as weird as it sounds, to just be done with this program, and the only way for that to happen, so I can get onto my Disney trip (and new career) is to get on with next year. Yes, I need a nice break, but Oct, 2015 seems.....

So



Far


Away...

Meantime, I yearn to see this:



And this:



And him:



All my friends here:

 

[JJ Tinker Wish]

** tap - tap- tap **
I'm heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!!
Good being back on the boards (having earned my ears in 2012 & again in 2015, I now have something to contribute -- guessing I'd better change my "motto"!) and hoping to reconnect with my Dis pals (Hi Leisa, Glenn, Jen, Rosie and each of you new-to-me peeps).
For now ...

 

[KathyM2]

You are soooo close!! I'm sure the yearning is tough though....but you have so many amazing things to look forward to!! You can do it!! I'm sure it was so hard saying no to doing fun things with family all the time...but they sound like a pretty awesome bunch and I'm sure they are cheering for you and will be there to celebrate when you are done!!

 

[afwdwfan]

My Sweet Friends,

Sorry to have been gone for a spell, other more important (yes, I just said it) stuff has occupied me the last few days. I've had meetings with the Keynote Speaker I've lined up for our Pinning Ceremony (for those just joining in or have forgotten, I was elected Pinning Chairperson and now it's crunchtime). I can't really go into it right now, mostly just because it's a long and ugly story that I can't type all out tonight. In a nutshell our President who had some of the speaking parts, suddenly quit her position over some ridiculous drama (I'm partly wondering if things simply became overwhelming and she cracked a bit) and I am left to pick up the pieces.

But aside from organizing and refining our Ceremony, I have a Final to study for, my Bestie's birthday party that I went to today, laundry almost up to my ceiling, 15 pounds to lose, and a world to save. I'm exhausted.

Tomorrow is the same thing, and likely Monday will be the same as well. Wednesday is a LONG day of our Pinning (akin to Graduation, but specifically for Nurses). But Thursday is coming! And pictures will posted. Pretty exciting stuff, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Wow. My stress level just rose reading all that. Good luck.

I am yearning for getting outside and breathing the fresh Oregon air, camping with my friends, and re-acquainting myself with my family again. Been a while since I've really hung out with them "for reals".

Sounds wonderful!

I miss my sweet daughter who posts about her sister saying things like: "Dad, I feel like, you're the best dad. I mean, you're, like, better than all my friend's dads. You don't always give us what we want and that's made us better kids. We would be spoiled brats otherwise." I absolutely have the best family ever!

I love that. Your kids seem to have a great grasp on reality.

I have it written, but need to practice and hope to God I don't look like a fantabulous moron up there in front of 500 people. UGH.

Does it really matter how many people you look like a fantabulous moron in front of?

Actually, I think you should just walk up there, grab the mic, say something short and to the point, then drop the mic and walk off the stage.

So the immediate yearning is for this Pinning Ceremony to be over. I want this responsibility behind me and done with.

I don't blame you a bit.

I don't know if anyone will record me, but I will ask. It would be fun to post that for you if you're interested. If you're in Oregon or close-ish by, it'd be awesome to have you join us for the hour long event.

You're worried about looking like a fantabulous moron in front of 500 people and now you're inviting more to come see it? And possibly having it recorded for posterity???

I will be nowhere near Oregon, but thanks anyway. I do wish you my best on your final and the speech/pinning ceremony. You'll do fine, I'm sure!

I am ready to have a nice long break, but I'm also looking forward to, as weird as it sounds, to just be done with this program, and the only way for that to happen, so I can get onto my Disney trip (and new career) is to get on with next year. Yes, I need a nice break, but Oct, 2015 seems.....

So



Far


Away...

I get where you're coming from. It will be so nice to have it all behind you and move on with life. Just don't get too carried away wishing your life away. October will be here before you know it and before you're ready for it, I'm sure.

 

[KatMark]

It's almost here...and I'm sure you will do great with your speech. Can't wait to hear all about it.

 

[GoofyFan1515]

Thank you all so much for all the encouragement and hoorah you have given for this last regular exam of the term... of my FIRST YEAR of Nursing School, in fact! It gives me something to have as a little fun on the side as I slog my way through what has been a long many months of stress, steep learning curves like I have only ever encountered once before (when we moved to Crapistan), laughter, tears, terrifying moments, self-doubt, and small, but consistent celebrations- because every little victory, every single day I am still in the program, is a day to celebrate.

Amen Sista!!!!

In other news, I scored a 935 on my HESI, which gives me the extra 1% I needed to get me up to the solid A- now I just need that 85% to keep it on the Final.

Great Job!

That keeps me tied to the either the facility or electronic devices most days just watching and reacting. Kind of like this.

Whooyu think you're kidding? It is more like...................

I am yearning for this year to be over so I can can jam and pickles.

I thought this was Nursing School???

But today is not that day. Today, I sit having one day left to study for my Final on Tuesday, and to stew, worry, fret, (you choose the appropriate verb- they all work for me) about my speech. I have it written, but need to practice and hope to God I don't look like a fantabulous moron up there in front of 500 people. UGH. So the immediate yearning is for this Pinning Ceremony to be over. I want this responsibility behind me and done with.

Good Luck with your final tomorrow! I would be worried for you, but I know all the fretting and such is hokum.............you'll do great like you always do, and wonder why you were so worried!

I don't know if anyone will record me, but I will ask. It would be fun to post that for you if you're interested. If you're in Oregon or close-ish by, it'd be awesome to have you join us for the hour long event.

Dang, just maybe like two states too far.............. Love to see the video though if you get one!

 

[Poolrat]

I did mess one up for an IV drip rate. I got 7 drops a minute instead of 17. Need to work on that a bit more apparently.

I guess there is always the look at your watch and count method....

But aside from organizing and refining our Ceremony, I have a Final to study for, my Bestie's birthday party that I went to today, laundry almost up to my ceiling, 15 pounds to lose, and a world to save. I'm exhausted.

Yes you are.

Tomorrow is the same thing, and likely Monday will be the same as well. Wednesday is a LONG day of our Pinning (akin to Graduation, but specifically for Nurses). But Thursday is coming! And pictures will posted. Pretty exciting stuff, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Yes Light at the end of the tunnel and it is NOT the train coming.

So the immediate yearning is for this Pinning Ceremony to be over. I want this responsibility behind me and done with.

I get that.

If you're in Oregon or close-ish by, it'd be awesome to have you join us for the hour long event.

Wish I was close I would so be there.

but Oct, 2015 seems.....

Well that isn't so far away but Oct 2016 is just a little further.





YOU WILL make it through and as much as you want it over, you need to savor the minutes and the fruits of your labor. Good luck on that final, and giving you strength for the speech during the pinning ceremony. You will be fine and even though there is more heaped on you than should be, it will all work out.