Tuesday Morning Remorse

Procrastination is something I have down to a fine art. My ADC group is required to present a 15 to 20 minute presentation on Thursday Dec. 1 on Postpartum Depression. We divided up the work three weeks ago. (maybe a bit longer). Last night, or early this morning at the latest, my slides were due to Jeremy (he's coordinating the slide show for all of us). I finally finished my portion and emailed them at 9AM this morning. I spent a total of 4 hours doing the research, creating the slides, coordinating my speech to go along with the slides. I woke up at 4:30 this morning, thinking I could get it all done in a couple of hours. So I played a "quick" game before starting.

Once I did start working, I worked straight through and I'm really happy with the product I created. But.... why did I wait three weeks to even get started? Why did I waste the whole of the Thanksgiving break on relaxation, when I could have spent an hour or two each day working on this assignment and studying for the last three tests we have?

Ah well, It's done... here's hoping I can learn from this experience and use my time more wisely.

Counting Down

We are entering the final phase of nursing school. I have a little over 28 weeks left. We are working on hematology in our unit right now. The ins and outs of blood transfusions, type-matching, leukemias and other cancers of the blood.

Quilting weekend

Came out to Savannah for a long weekend with my best friend, Leigh. We went to a quilting class at the local quilt stor (Colonial Quilts). The quilt pattern is called "Monkey business". We had six hours of instruction with Bette. Very personable and very helpful. It was a good day. Then we came back to Leigh's and its been non-stop piecing. We should be done by the end of the day. This has been a much needed break from nursing school.

Hardest Part of being in Nursing School

So, I'm discovering that the hardest part of being in nursing school is over-diagnosing yourself. Every lecture includes all these symptoms of whatever ailments we are learning. It's hard not to think "gee, I have that, ...maybe I should have that looked at.... wow, that's what's wrong with the in-law?... should I share my new insight with hubby? " It's just a three hour long "what if" session with the mind.. LOL


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A new beginning

Starting a diet seems to be the hardest thing to do. I know I need to lose weight, I don't expect it to happen overnight. I know how to lose weight. Yet I never manage to go the distance... at least up til now. I have 14 months to reach my goal of losing 118.1 lbs. That computes out to just a shave over 2 lbs a week. Totally doable. And so I begin today. I have been struggling with my weight for less than half of my life. When I was younger, the kids were younger, it was very easy to keep fit. Tag, Hide and go seek, dancing with the hubby, housework.... all these things and more kept me healthy and happy with my weight. But time and a sweet tooth has taken its toll. My kids are grown now, no more games of tag and my hubby is playing soldier far more often away from us than he is with us. Not complaining, just stating facts... I have no one to go dancing with. Sometimes I work out at home, dance around the house, watch what I eat... but most of the time it's been half-hearted... I'll lose a size or two and then I start slipping back to my old habits. This time it's going to be different. I have a plan for my future and I can most effectively create that future if I can "look the part" as we say. I am going to be a nurse and I want to help people stay and/or become healthy. But I want to look like I know what I'm talking about. So I'm ready to make this commitment to myself and my future. I know I need to be healthy for my own self, but I also have that added incentive of knowing I can be a better example for my clients if I can reach and maintain my goal.