Ahhhhhhh, the good ole days.

Remember when your older brothers would try to convince you to purposefully hyperventilate and let them choke you long enough so you would pass out, but not die?? and then one time you would let them try just so you have a possibility of waking up and they leave you alone?

                                                      


                                                                            wait. you don't??




oh, yeah. that was just me.

Well guess what folks!!! Somebody. Died.

Check it out:    http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/02/mom_wants_to_speak_out_about_d.html

Night Shift

-- I worked my first night shift. More money per hour, but I get an ultra jacked-up sleep schedule.

I'm about to leave for a quick jaunt at the gym, then I'm ready for another night shift hoopla!

Note to self: never look for a fun photo to put up with your night shift nurse post. never. 

Resolution of 2011: An Even Better, HEALTHIER version of Jen.

“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul” G.K. Chesterton

OK. So I don't have a HUGE plan, but I want to be healthier. Like the ultimate healthy person machine.

However, I am referring to all aspects of health. The plan is to make some small goals each month and incorporate them into my life long-term if it is beneficial.

This month I shall focus on physical health--

--Eating healthier by cooking all-out balanced meals 2 times a week. That way I can have healthy left-overs too.

--Hitting the gym 3x's/wk. So far this week, I have gone once.

--Filling my cabinets with healthy food and taking food with me (snack/lunch) to work!!

K! So lets see how it goes..

Gym and grocery shopping tomorrow.

(I'm also about to start working at the heart transplant unit on nights... eek! So I shall install a crazy good curtain in my room so I can sleep!)

2010 Resolutions: 12 New Things

Ok. so I DID do 12 new things last year I swear. I think I was on number 8 and stopped blogging about the things that I did.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters hasn't been done because I missed my appointment and I never rescheduled. BUT... I'm still not opposed to doing it...

I WAS going to go skydiving for the first time-- I had a day picked out and folks to go with, etc etc, and then my electrophysicist  told me not to!! Initially I was going to go anyway (if you know me, you would expect this to be my initial reaction) but ultimately, I figured I shouldn't defy my electrophysicist and kept my feet firmly planted on solid ground.

So. I think I was on number 8???
8) KRUNK! Dance class-- i like it, its fun. I attended semi-regularly at one point. One day I took the class from the creator of Krunk herself!!
9) Buying my first car (Yes I have had a car before, but I admit that it was a wonderful gift from my parents, one that I appreciate them greatly for) I heart my corolla. RIP my dear, dear focus :(
10) Living in Vestavia!! I have a new apartment in Vestavia and I love it. Except for listening to this couple banging upstairs... yeah. I'm NOT listening in, but you can't help but notice..... ew. Needless to say, I have a difficult time looking my upstairs neighbors in the eye.
11) Solo road trip!! I drove up to Memphis by myself to stay with Em. Its only a 4 hour drive by myself, but it is the only time I have gone on a road trip with just me in the car. It was nice. I love road trips and Em and I did a lot of fun things.
12) Buying something off of CraigsList... hrm. It was good. I bought a kitchen table. Little did Julie know that I would be painting her beautiful maple table solid black!!! hahahaha.

Well 2010 was more excellent than even I could imagine, and originally I said that the only resolution I was gonna make was to make no more resolutions...
However, I think shall. I liked my 12 New Things in a year thing. I liked the one-a-monthness of it. Even though I didn't always write about them on my blog, maybe I shall continue a new once-a-month check-in type of thing.

New resolutions to follow.
Much loaf, my dear readers :)

• I'm an incredibly happy person.

• I love what I'm doing. I like the decisions I've made.

• I worked hard to get here and I freakin deserve it.

• Here's to hoping you get where I am with my life:      loving. it.

Memphis with Em

Support local artists!! Buy their $700 rings. This was fun.

I'm gonna have to try any food item that deems itself to be TASTEE.

Beale Street: alcohol is available everywhere of course!! Its the place to go if you want to see a few goats or  purchase some genital candles!

The goats are located here at this wonderful restaurant! We ate some BBQ nachos and o-rings.
It's good for you AND yummy.

Our best festivity of all was going to see WICKED at the Orpheum Theatre.

The ~GORGEOUS~ Orpheum Theatre!

New Thing Number 8: Being a Nurse

So here is the timeline:
July 12th: interview for highly sought-after job.
July 27th: JOB OFFER!!  (My job offer got extended a week later than other people, so I assumed I did not get it... hrm.)
August 6th: Senior Recognition-- the most interesting graduation speeches ever... hum...
August 7th: My official graduation date!!
Sept 1st: Pre-employment physical. It was a little bit of a hassle because when they were taking my blood pressure, they happened to have noticed my heart beating only 42 times a minute.... so yes. hassle.
Sept 13th: Orientation began. I am still in orientation today. We did computer training. Some people forget that I already know how to right click and scroll.

I'm passing my boards on the 27th. Notice that I did not say may or may NOT pass. I am passing. Mostly because not passing boards is not an option.

So yes. New thing number 8 of the year is being a nurse. So far so good and I am glad to be making some monies. Now I have a lot of decisions to make regarding housing, car, grad school, life, etc etc etc!!! AAAAAHHHH!!! Lol. I am loving it.

Erica is about to come over to study!! We have been pretty good NCLEX study buddies the past little bit...

I'll be honest... its the most productive studying I've done post nursing school.
We are awesome and we are passing boards on the first time.
Congrats to my friends who have already taken their test and passed!!