i have bronchitis

Well, I am sick again. It seems as though my entire BK (or Burger King, for those of you who can't put the initials together and understand what I'm talking about *cough dad cough*) paycheck lately has been going towards OTC drugs. School is very stressful and there is a lot to know: I have two exams on Friday, one on Tuesday, and who knows how many others are quickly approaching. I truly have no free time.

However, on a positive note, I got some love in the form of gingerbread cookies, soup, Emergen-C, and snack bars from the Sutter family. Unfortunately, the Emergen-C came a little late, but the soup is going to come in handy!

Well, I just finished my first week of Spring Semester classes. I'm in clinical courses now, so I'm actually learning nursing stuff instead of the sciencey stuff I've had to learn the last few semesters. I am taking Foundations of Nursing Practice, in which I will be traveling to an assisted living home and taking care of patients (not by myself, of course). I'm also taking Health Assessment, which (obviously) focuses on assessing the health of patients and getting past medical histories, etc. We got our clinical uniforms and health assessment bags which have our blood pressure cuffs, a stethoscope, the thing they test your reflexes with, the thing they look in your nose/ears/eyes with, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I was really excited that day and I've been taking vitals of everyone on my floor. My friend, Alexandra, and I are partners in that class so we take turns being the nurse and the patient. Today we assessed each other's hair, skin, and nails. My other classes are Nutrition Theory and Microbiology. I am also working 15 hours a week and doing hip hop about 3 hours per week. So basically, I have little to no free time.