The Nursing's program "Rite of Passage"

I just got the most shocking news.  One of my 3rd semester Med-Surg instructors (Wendy) has been hospitalized.  We found out today that she has a tumor in her brain.  This is just awful news but at the same time its frustrating news! Med-Surg was one of the hardest class ever!!  One reason was because of HER!  Her questions were extremely difficult (0n the exam and quizzes).  My med-surg class had to put up with her, and the NEW med-surg class (which include all of my closest friends) dont have to put up with her horrible lectures and terrible exams. NOT FAIR!!! If my class had to slay away for 2 month, I think EVERYONE should! Yes, thats harsh but everyone knows that if you pass 3rd semester Med-Surg than you are guaranteed to pass the nursing program.  Yes, it is the hardest class in the entire program... because of WENDY! Passing that class is the "rite of passage".  I wish her the best and a speedy recovery.  Were going to put something together (as a class) for her.   

Update: So we found out that Wendy has a benign tumor. Thats a VERY good thing. It mean it wont spread to other tissues or travel to other organs. So it will be surgically removed this week.  John and I are planning on going to go see her after the surgery.   

The OB days have begun

Ive started my lovely Obstetrics class. So far, So good! Its trully is a completely different way of thinking. I was changed from my clinical group, last minute, to Valley Presbetirian. No longer going to UCLA-Santa Monica. Im still extremely mentally exhausted from my Med-Surg class that i am not in the "study mode" for OB yet. As most people know, I want to be a Labor and Delivery nurse. I absolutely fell in love with it when i was a student nurse, last year, at Cedars-Sinai. This class is alot more relaxed, so im glad!

Me and Kwasi have gone on our 2nd date. He cooked pizza and we watched a movie at his place. We watched "Role Models," which was quite hilarious! We laughed the entire time. Eating the pizza just made me miss my sisters DELISH homemade pizza! I could shirly go for a slice right about NOW!

Ive started picking up shift at my job, again. Its been two lovely mothns since ive been to work (due to the overwhelmingly Med-Surg demand). Its nice being back. I certainly missed a couple of my coworkers.

Date Night

I had a date on friday night with a guy named Kwasi. I met him last week when I went out with the girls. He's one of my best friends friends friends (if that makes sense). When we met we hit it off real well so he asked me out. We went out to a little restaurant in glendale called "colorado.". We did wine tasting. It was so interesting to learn about the different types of wines. I've always wanted to know why they swirl and smell the wine. Personally, I still don't get it. We had a great conversation and laughed the entire time. After, we headed back to his place. His roommate and girlfriend were having a dinner party, that we joined in on. It was so formal! The food was divine. Then after dinner we went from sophisticated adults to children.. in a matter of seconds. Yes, we pulled out the "Rock band." Thanks to renae and heather I thought i had an advantage :) they taught me how to play. Well, I did really well on "beginner" guitar, I was mighty proud. I could show my talent and try the "easy"... HA! Yeah right...my butt what whooped! I sucked majorly!! Kwasi did the vocals. I told him to keep his day job..ha ha! He's a the president at a college in long beach. This night was so fun! I think I might of gone a little overboard with the guitar, because my arms and legs are pretty sore. :)

The Verdict..

I passed my Med-Surg Class!!! I am so so excited.  We took the final yesterday morning, i only slept 3 hrs because my anxiety was through the roof.  We had 2 hrs to complete a 85 question exam.  It most defenitely was not enough time.  I had about 10 questions to go when they announced the 15 min mark.  At that point i panicked!  I walked out of the classroom ready to cry. At that moment i knew it was over.  Niesha (one of my bests) was full of tears.  Everyone was freaking out because that exam was so out of our league.  Nobody what kind what was go on.   As soon as i saw Mondo I just wanted him to hug me and tell me that everything was going to be okay.  That's exactly what he did.  He had his final right after mine.  Well, Nieshy and I went to cold stone after wards to treat ourselves'.  Then I went home and passed out for a few hrs.  Around 5 my phone kept ringing. All of my classmates were calling me.  I guess our theory instructors called the 6 people who had failed the class  If you didn't receive a phone call, that was a very good thing! One of them so happened to be one of my dearest friends.  Oh we were all devastated for her.  So we all decided to had a get together at a friends house to support her.  She is such a trooper! She smiled and laughed but you could tell that she was about to fall apart.  Well, now its onto OB. I'm doing my OB clinicals at UCLA-Santa Monica. I'm super excited. i heard they just got a completely new unit so it should be really nice. I CANT WAIT!!! 

As soon as i knew i passed I called Mondo.  He was SO excited. He even told me that he was saying prayers for me to pass.. Awww :)  If you know him at all, you know he doesn't do prayer.  As soon as he said this my eyes started to water.  Knowing that he was saying prayers just made my entire day even better!