34 days left

Only 34 days until I graduate! I'm excited! I'm almost done. I bought a cap and gown. I have updated my resume and will be applying to jobs now. I've already applied to one place. I'm not super excited about the location, but it is at a good hospital, and the starting pay it listed was amazing, and I like the hours of the shift, and the benefits looked fine. It didn't say experience was required, only that you had to have the certification. I just might be willing to relocate if this job is as awesome as it looked on paper. But aside from that job, I'm mostly going to apply to jobs locally. Almost everyone is hiring since 2 or 3 new hospitals are opening up this summer.

86 days until graduation

If I go to bed exactly right now, I will get 7 hours of sleep. The problem is that I'm not tired yet. And I need more sleep or I won't function well tomorrow. But instead of sleeping right now I am doing some homework. I've vowed never to take an online team class again if there is any way to prevent it. This class is crazy. Right now I'm afraid my computer is going to delete the email I just wrote. Oh good. It just barely went through. Every time I log on to this class I feel like I am doing damage control. It is exhausting. There are 6 people in my group, and we didn't get to pick teams. We were assigned, so of course none of our schedules match up and we don't really have time to get to know each other. I really am just in a full out sprint for the finish line. For graduation. I try to plan one fun thing every weekend, just to give me something to look forward to and to motivate me to use my time wisely and get my homework done. There are so many things I would like to do and so little time. I want to read books, and catch up on Doctor Who episodes, and sleep in, and go to karate, and socialize with the YSA, and swing dance, and rock climb, and ride horses, and so many other things. But instead I sprint. 86 more days until this sprint ends. I'm already tired.

101 days until graduation!

D&C 45:62 For verily I say unto you, that great things await you;

I'm excited for graduation! And it's right around the corner! This semester I am rotating at a orthopedic surgery center. We do a lot of shoulder and knee scopes and some foot/toe surgeries. It is a nice facility and a change of pace from the hospitals. They cater lunch every day and they run things so efficiently that I frequently get out early. The people are nice. I think the hardest thing I'm dealing with is my online class. The school totally revamped the Blackboard website that all online classes are done through, and I am really not liking the changes. I used to have the whole layout memorized and now I feel like I am shooting in the dark trying to make sure I find all of the assignments and then complete them and submit them properly. The assignments themselves aren't very hard. It's time consuming and my poor slow computer isn't making the process any smoother. Of course I have seen my computer act worse. Right now it is functioning relatively awesome compared to previous experiences. Oh the life of a poor college student. I've gotten pretty good with duct tape. I actually have some duct tape on my laptop so it's outer shell doesn't fall apart. I'm looking forward to less hours working, no homework, a little financial stability, more free time, getting back to karate, and maybe picking up another hobby. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer!