And The Countdown Begins

I am not going to even try and hide my joy that we are down to the last 5 weeks of school! I have officially finished my 225 hours of Capstone at Primary Children's Hospital and as incredible of an experience it was to be independently working as a nurse, the fact that I was doing another persons job and not getting paid for it made it really hard to keep getting up at five in the morning and not coming home until 8:30 at night. However, I learned more than I have ever learned in any other clinical setting and I am so glad that I chose Infant Med/Surg as my Capstone. Now, what am I to do with myself now that I actually have free time?! My list begins with:

1. Establish a regular exercise routine again (Marriage + Too tired to care = Excess poundage that I would rather not see during swimsuit season).


2. Study, Study, Study!! (My comprehensive ATI exam is next week and I was supposed to have been studying all semester for it......I'm sure you can guess what I was really doing. Plus finals are coming up and so is the NCLEX).


3. Deep clean our apartment. (I've always been big on spring cleaning and now I'm just waiting for the weather to realize that it should be spring!).


4. Socialize and find my friends again! (Nursing school really kills your social life).

That is just the beginning of the list. I'll stick with those things and see how it goes. As you can probably tell, I'm having a really hard time wanting to study when the end is so close! I'm still in awe that I've made it this far. It has been quite the adventure!