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The week from….
Posted by Raven on January 24th, 2007
It’s been a long week and it’s only Wednesday. Sheesh.
I worked the usual 16 hour back to backs over the weekend- nothing new going on there really. Except we worked short on Saturday because so many were afraid to drive in the COLD….since when is THAT an excuse? It’s not and they’ve been written up. IdiOts.
My schedule is constantly changing and it’s driving me nutty. I thought I had Monday off from class but did not. I managed to get there and do that but it was pretty difficult considering how tired I was. We did 5 chapters and called it a day. Before I even went to Boston though, I did my laundry, food shopping, cleaned my place up enough where it looked presentable…(NOT CLEAN to my standards but almost…) By 7am I was worn out. I was so tired I packed my lunch…and used “oranges” from a bowl of fake fruit someone gave me. OMG. Try biting into one of those damn things.
***sigh***
I need someone to come take care of me!:roll:
The classmates wanted to do study group thing but I couldn’t…I went home, crashed for awhile and went through the next 5 chapters. Tuesday was hard core topics….this stuff is verrrry difficult and knowing this does not make it better. Having a nursing background would and should make this easier…and to a certain degree this is true. But it’s all superficial. It’s all face value compared to THIS in depth, deep, prodding knowledge that amazes me. To no end. Learning how potassium and sodium effect every single move a muscle makes, and the lack of those is one thing. UNDERSTANDING how our lives depend upon these elements is something else altogether. Knowing Na blood levels, low normal and high is one thing. UNDERSTANDING how the low levels will cause atrophy is quite another thing. Whew. 17 chapters in one week. So far we’ve done 14. Today we did the class via Internet- I was home. THAT was cool, using the Blackboard system and testing suites.
Friday we finish up…next week it is review and self test and then final test. If anyone gets less than an A they’re out. They are that strict. But they have to be. Human lives are at stake.
Tomorrow is my ME day. What is that? I dunno. I suspect I might be sleeping a lot though.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Hey, I have blood. It’s somewhere inside me, I think.
I think I’d do well with that course. :)
January 25th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
YOU have blood?? What color is it? Green??? LOL!!!
Are you into science and medical stuff Ogre?? I didn’t know that…it really is fascinating and never dull or boring. I don’t think there is anything more “complicated” in such a perfect way as the human body. When you study how it all works you appreciate life so much more. And marvel that you’re even alive!