strong.

In the past two weeks I have...
 ~ had two midterms (one Fundamentals of Nursing and one Patho/Pharm)
 ~ had to go to the doctor because I got REALLY ill... ear and sinus infections :o(
 ~ completed 4 blood pressure check-offs
 ~ gone through OSU Med Center's electronic charting orientation
 ~ studied a bazillion and a half hours
 ~ completed my first day ever on a real hospital floor...
 ~ and actually went to the movie theatre and watched a horror flick :o)

I wish I could say that I'd done all this stress-free and with a smile on my face, but lets face it friends... it just never happens that way in my life. I'm here to tell you that this is hard... and until you are going through it (or have to live with someone who is going through it)... a passer-by will never understand how unbelievably hard it is.

Here is what gets to me though... everyone in nursing school KNOWS that it is hard. So... when people say "that was easy as cake", or "I aced it"... I physically want to punch you in the face.

Yes... nursing school has brought out the evil in me... no worries... it is under control :o)

There are few things that sincerely and TRULY warm my heart, and I have managed to keep them close and within arms reach... (or by telephone) so that I can get through this. I will get through it. I know it. And I'll be an awesome nurse, by God.

In the meantime... I may cry, or doubt myself, or threaten to quit. But after each hard exam, looking back at everything I've learned and accomplished, I know that this is what I'm here to do.

And no one... will stand in my way... because.I.am.strong!