Getting into trouble....

So there is this one particular area of my life that causes me to be ~seriously~ 100% bored...

boredom = eventually getting into trouble. lol.

so i shall fix it... yes...

As Promised

 

I wrote a quick poem so I could relate the experience.

Oh Topsey's Exotic Ranch!!
How I miss that alluring land
where a zebra curiously befriends a yak!
no sweeter music graces my ears
than the screams that peirce mid camel attack.
No finer emotion will you feel
as goats follow on the path of your drive back.
Oh how I miss that alluring land
where a zebra curiously befriends a yak!


Now I expect you all to lower the lights, put on your berets, and beat on your congo drum. Snapping your fingers is appropriate if no drum is to be had.

As I was writing this poem, I realized that no words could express the horror of having a 1000+ pound yak run up to you with a foot-long lolling tongue streaming from its cavernous mouth chock-full of CrAzY-sHaRp teeth. Most scientists would lead you to believe that yaks are herbivores. THIS IS A FALSEHOOD. I repeat:: FALSEHOOD. As in... its a lie. No scientist that has ~truly~ ever peered into any yak's mouth has reason to believe that they only eat plants. and why are so many intelligent people of our society hoodwinked?? Those that peer into the yak's mouth without delivering a proper snack get eaten. It's that simple. Fortunately, we were equipped with a satisfying spherical snack that could easily be pitched into the yak's trap, and we were able to get away...until we met the camel.


As for the camel... we became good friends after we understood eachother... He could have SOME of our food, but he could NOT steal our entire bags full of food.
so...

yes!! How I miss that alluring land called Topsey's Exotic Ranch~!

I'm SOOOOO glad

to be out of the state on iron bowl weekend. 'nough said.
Go Blazers??? (I'm actually pretty excited about basketball season!)
Update on Texas later....I'm loving it!

Its....... JUST JEN!!

**stuff i wanna point out, etc**
--I guess I'll number them.

1) I can be assertive.
2) Passive people rarely achieve their goals.
3) Passive-aggressive and negativity are soooooooo "unbecoming".
4) Anger will eat you up and spit you out.
5) Being insanely busy makes time go by insanely fast. 6 months has SERIOUSLY felt like 3 weeks... tops! My days go by SOOO quickly, they run together.
6) Not all people have the capacity to form a friendship that endures the test of time.
7) Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them.
8) Loneliness happens to everybody... it doesn't matter what your relationship status is or how many friends or how big of a family you have or how much time you spend with these people... and I'm scared of reaching that point where I feel like I have that one person I almost rely on to completely eradicate that from my life-- only to one day find that they've cashed out for one reason or another
9) There are good ways of coping and there are bad ways of coping. Pick the good ways because the maladaptive ways ensure that you must also see yourself fall apart.
10)Spaghetti is gooooooooood.
11)I have ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS and it is awesome....gonna keep it that way.
12)I have some really great friends, but Lili and Carey and Amy and Nathan are the best. Never. I mean NEVER has one of these people EVER let me down.
13)I analyze people sometimes. but this is because...
14)I analyze and OVER analyze, and sometimes I analyze again. I like to call it "assessing the situation" and then the oh-so-necessary "re-assessing the situation" It's a nurse thing.
15)People do what you expect them to do.
16)I've never met a highly refined carbohydrate that I didn't like. dang it. they're not healthy.
17)Exercise is gooooooooood. There are too many reasons to do it,to not.
18)I love people and I love fast-paced. So I am in NURSING!! VOILA!!
19)Nursing is skill-based and knowledge-based. It is the perfect combination for meeeee!!
20)I can deal with blood and vomit all day, but please don't make me deal with excessively flaky gross skin. EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!
21)I am currently an insomniac. DANG IT!! Not being able to sleep when you need to is definitely classified as "detriment".
22)I'm about to go to Texas. This will be awesomeness in one of its purest forms.
23)I don't celebrate my birthday much... I celebrate my birthMONTH. This means that there is cause for joyousness for the month of november in its entirety.
24)I'm not obsessed with movies, nor are they my favorite form of entertainment, but I do enjoy a good movie!!
25) Sometimes I really like diet coke, sometimes I hate it along with all carbonation.

so yeah... peace and monkey grease

out.

There are Things That I Know, and There are Things That I Don't

So here I shall post my rambling, though this may or may not be the best venue in which to present my thoughts... but it's better than facebook.

I don't feel I'm particularly unique or smart or all too talented but I'm not too dumb, I'm good at some things, and you didn't pass 20 of me on the way to work this morning. Furthermore, I DO have a combination of experiences that are definitely unique to me. This being the case, I feel I have some sort of perspective that I can lend to society (in one form or another)and not only does it have a voice-- it has undeniable value. Therefore, presenting what I have learned from my set of experiences is a worthwhile endeavor.

Religion is not a substitute for mental health. While religion accomplishes many purposes, including helping people cope with whatever life brings their way, it is not something that heals the mind. I'm unsure why so many people in our society are under the ruse that their religion is a fix-all for dark times and troubled places when it includes an ill-working mind. It's as if these people suggest that one should give starving children a box of band-aids and send them on their way. So many examples of this situation can be provided from my sphere of experience alone. No amount of praying stopped that woman from cutting her wrists time and time again. Having an unshakable belief of a god who loved her unconditionally did not relieve her of her despair. Two armfuls of solid scarring tell her story. No matter how much that young man understands that he has agency and believes he must make the right decisions, he will have a lengthy history of horrible 'mistakes' and seemingly hundreds of broken relationships because of his bipolarism. No matter how hard that girl tries to see her god as a 'light in the darkness' she still sinks deeper into despair and has more mood swings. In no way am I discounting ANY religion, but prayer and religion are NOT substitutes for treatment. Therefore, you will not hear me tell a suicidal person to kneel down and pray or think about Jesus. You WILL hear about me getting the suicidal person treatment and immediately help them in a manner that I have been somewhat trained to do. So yeah... lets not give the starving children a box of band-aids and send them on their way.

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**BUSY BUSY BUSY**

Ok. so I am taking 15 minutes to update my blog, but don't let it fool you. I have been SOOOOO busy. Its CRAZY!! I apologize to the friends it took me DAYS to call back [or even text back.] My mind is going in a million directions at once. I'm just really glad I chose to work a low-stress job at GAP...
Even on the weekends I have been really busy just doing stuff-- paperwork, studying, cleaning the old lady's house, executing a surprise birthday party, working, keeping a nursery, etc etc etc...
So this is my week starting tomorrow:
class, dr. appointment, run to thrillville, fhe, firestation 8-5 then work 5-9, test, work on project, class, finish paperwork, intramural, work/studying, more work, and then a LONG shift on friday.

Boo for long shifts at GAP.
So due to my non-interesting writing, I leave you with an interesting photo...
or not, cuz i gtg!!
i told you i was busy...

Here I present...

THE MOONING MOBSTERS!!!



This team is comprised of the absolute finest football stars from all across the UAB campus. I just so happen to be the captain!! So yes-- I am a captain of a football team... but it's kinda like Bear Bryant being a leader of a knitting circle. So our team is really awesome and everybody is really fun! Our goal for the season, you ask?? To pulverize the other team well enough so our score is at least one point higher than theirs. Lofty you say? I think not!
Despite the blood, sweat, and tears, dislocated thumbs, destruction of shins, and elbows to the face, our team finds the determination to get out on that field and give one-hundred and ten percent every game!! and we have to! We have so much fun, and this is one of the many things that are redeeming my college experience this year.


Oh geez... so within the first few plays of the first game last Thursday, I am running really hard across the field, only to run head-first into a guy from the other team!! As much as I would like to say how hard I completely plowed through the fella, I got knocked back onto my bum into a mud hole! However, I dare say he thought twice about trying to run me over again.

I believe that all days are inherently good.
--- I just haven't figured out how this one is yet. Pa died today. He was pretty darn healthy and had an excellent quality of life until the very end. This is Pa and I, at Aunt Lisa's lake house at Thanksgiving. One of the things I will remember the most about Pa is the look he would get in his eye when he was telling me how things really were. I will always remember him for the intense love and devotion he has for his family. Love you bunches, Poppy!!

NEW BLOG ENTRY

So. EPIC FAIL (cuz I haven't blogged in a while.) It's definitely not because I don't have anything interesting to write about.

It's just that I don't have anything interesting to write about.
However, I must say that this summer is actually infinitely better than last summer, simply because I decided not to work at the good ole BBQ joint called Richard's. That place is enough to ruin anyone's outlook on life. (especially if you decide to try their abnormally sweet collard greens...ew)

SO: I've clean this old lady's house and cut her grass and weed-eat it and edge her yard about once a week... oy. so i've kept my head above water.

THEN... there is the whole nursing school thing. Now don't get me wrong, I *LOVE* the profession I have chosen, but I can honestly say that this summer semester has allowed me to bolster great animosity towards...(well... for lack of a better, non-offensive way to put it) maternal things. I mean hospital-y baby-bearing matters. I honestly don't wanna check your uterus to see if it is boggy or not, and I don't wanna put drops of pee on a little card to test it for various things. and I most DEFINITELY don't wanna see how your lochia is doing today. However, the whole nursing thing on the whole= LOVE.
So to get through the semester I've had to keep my eye on the prize:: GRADUATION and MOVING. SO pheonix, arizona, here I come!! In August of 2010, that is! (Well, maybe... I'm not completely ruling out other places yet)


UNRELATED NEWS: I'm making a third attempt at painting some "modern art" At first I claimed I was creating abstract art, until one of my well-cultured friends pointed out that abstract art is supposed to BE something. So, because of my lack of painting skills, I am creating something that goes under the "modern art" category.

Adieu, my fair readers, and expect another update!!

"I'm Not Dead Yet!"

So I admit it. I am a slacker. Blogging regularly just MAY not be my strong point.
BTW, I drew the title of this entry of the blog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Christmas break was long and fantastic. Chris and Val and Stephanie came into town and we had a freakin blast~!
Steve got to come into town a few weeks before they did, and of course that was a grand time as well...

So NURSING SCHOOL!!! AHHH!!! As of right now, you could say that I am kicking its butt, but I dunno if that really counts, considering my first validations are tomorrow and my first big test is MONDAY!! and what's amazing is that I've already started studying for it.
I must say I've taken a few large strides this semester by...
1)reading everything I'm supposed to before class
2)adequately preparing for labs
3)studying the week before the test
4) Early to bed, early to rise!! of course one must consider what I think of as 'early' which would be 10:30 pm and 6:30 am....


So I have clinicals in the Veteran's hospital in Birmingham, and it is really a great facility. I was thinking that I got the second-worst choice of hospital, but actually, it is pretty darn nice.
I guess we'll see what i think of the patrons.....

anyway... I absolutely LOVE what I am learning/doing in nursing school (except how to pack wounds and bathe people...ew.)