Almond latte

I'm sitting at Grounds and pounds enjoying the best almond latte EVER!!! what could be better than that? IDK free wifi too!! yes!! Anyways today is the first day of the rest of my life. It's so weird just being, you know, I have nothing I have to do today. I don't have to study at all, I don't have to prepare urgently for my next interviews, I don't have to worry about a thing. Alli is at school and I'm going out tonight with my BFFs. It is a great feeling. I'm still nervous/excited to get the job that I interviewed for last week, but that is out of my hands. I'm just going to enjoy this time while I have it. In other news I did buy a pattern to make some pants, I was going to make a skirt, but really how often do I wear skirts, not often enough. So this last weekend was full of fun. On friday we went and saw mr poppers penguin's, stupid movie, but fun to just go have some family fun. Saturday we made a spaceship out of boxes, it's pretty sweet, We put ribbons over the door opening and Alli put stickers all over it. and sunday we went to the renissance festival, Alli rode an elephant, a camel and a llama :) (love you nic). and we broke out the slip N slide. So many memories that are attached to the slip N slide from my childhood. It was a good weekend. Alli had a fire drill this morning so we will see how much she talks about that tomorrow. She's funny. I turned in our last calendar to Alli's daycare today. It's so weird, Alli will begin Kinder in one month. She's so grown up. later

and so it begins

I had my first interview yesterday and I continue to wait and wait and think and think over and over about the questions and how I could have answered better or added to. I have no idea. my odds at this point are not great 5 in 30, shoot!! I know that I was full of enthusiastic and gave the right answers without being too rehearsed so that's a plus. I just over think things and this is just another case of the over thinking. I have 2 other interview opportunities in july so it's not like this is the last chance I will have to get a job. I just saw this stat from NSNA (National Student Nurses Association), yep lots of acronyms in nursing - so the stat, 45% of nurses who graduated in 2010 still do not have jobs!! This has me a bit freaked out. I feel like this interview really put a damper on my celebration of passing the NCLEX, but if I get the job I guess it will be the best day of my life. I guess that is just power for the course. I guess that's all I got for now. I will try to update more, but no promises.

so we wait...

I have good news... I PASSED, I now have the power to kill patients. The state board of nursing thinks that I am qualified to give nursing care. what the heck were they thinking. since question 75 I'm pretty sure I have been tachycardic and it will continue until next week... this is why I had an interview today, I find out next week. I gave all the right answers and gave them a copy of my portfolio so hopefully they liked me. I really have no idea. I feel good about it and I'll hope for the best. it was my first interview for a nursing position. I am on an emotional roller coaster, it's not as fun as it looks. here's to the rest of my life

jobs!?!

So i still do not have a testing date for my state boards but it should be next week when I can finally schedule that and truly be an RN. In the mean time, I've been apply to tons of jobs and by the luck of the draw I have one interview at Memorial in the Springs for a nurse resident in the ED. OMG I'm so stoked about it!! and I have an interview at St. Mary Corwin in Pueblo in their nurse residency program, I don't know what unit yet. I'm so nervous about my interview, but I know that they have already seen a spark in me so I just need to turn that spark into a flame to show them I am awesome! I had no idea that I would feel this way as I entered the profession. I feel confident in my skill set and abilities to provide quality care to those I encounter. I know what I know, and I know what I don't know. Wish me luck. and a huge thank you goes out to all of you who have supported me through school, you are AMAZING!!