Does this straight jacket make me look fat?
The last week has been full of ups and downs.We had a fire in the neighboring complex (which owns our complex) last Sunday nite. One building, uninhabitable. 4 of those units a total loss. Talk about excitement! Alex got his cast off Tuesday which he was VERY sad about! He actually wanted to keep it on! Gus' check-ups continue to provide good news and he's on the mend as well.
The weather has been just glorious the past several days. Reaching up to the 70 degree mark this weekend! All the copious amounts of snow are gone and the grass is beginning to green, the birds are singing and spring is surely setting up camp!
My national board exams begin this week. I have a 2 hour computerized test tomorrow and then on Tuesday is my 8 hour written exam. I can't say that I feel completely prepared; I just have to hope for the best. I am pretty much at my wit's end and have donned a 'don't care' attitude. With the end of school nearing, it is also becoming a realization that soon I will no longer be around many of my friends. And I will miss many of them terribly when they move back to their hometowns. We will keep in touch, but the loss of not being with them 4 or 5 days a week will be felt. I, too, have decided that it's time to move on. I am not yet sure of where I am going, but know that my current surroundings have run their course and it's time to establish some sort of permanency and normalcy elsewhere.
My father was hospitalized today with a severe staph infection. That adds to my worries. Thankfully, my sister, Teri, was able leave last night to go be with him. I am terrified that something bad will happen in my absence. I don't know what to do. I could skip my board exams and do them in summer, but I the fees for that ($1400) are non-refundable and I would have to come up with that amount again to reschedule. Which doesn't seem feasable. Part of me wants to do that because I am not really able to focus on dental hygiene now anyway. And on the flip side, I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Family always comes first and I feel like I'm letting my Dad and sister down by not being able to be there NOW. And again I am near the finish line with my schooling, the point I have been working and stressing over for the past two years, and I would find it painful to stall it. I am not sure what to do and just hope the answers present themselves over the next few days while we await lab results on the type and extent of infection we are dealing with. The doctor has informed us it's 'very serious' and the consequences could be grave.
Last night I grabbed my friends, Lyndsey and Pat, went out and well, to be honest, got wasted. I am not sure what really prompted that response to my stress, because I'm sure a good at home cry would have been more appropriate. I just needed out of here and it was good to let some steam off. Thanks to them for listening to me, to Pat for driving me home, and to Todd for driving 3 hrs, arriving at 2am, just to hold me. You guys rock! I seriously just don't know what I'd do without those of you whose friendship and support has been unwavering and genuine to the core.
The weather has been just glorious the past several days. Reaching up to the 70 degree mark this weekend! All the copious amounts of snow are gone and the grass is beginning to green, the birds are singing and spring is surely setting up camp!
My national board exams begin this week. I have a 2 hour computerized test tomorrow and then on Tuesday is my 8 hour written exam. I can't say that I feel completely prepared; I just have to hope for the best. I am pretty much at my wit's end and have donned a 'don't care' attitude. With the end of school nearing, it is also becoming a realization that soon I will no longer be around many of my friends. And I will miss many of them terribly when they move back to their hometowns. We will keep in touch, but the loss of not being with them 4 or 5 days a week will be felt. I, too, have decided that it's time to move on. I am not yet sure of where I am going, but know that my current surroundings have run their course and it's time to establish some sort of permanency and normalcy elsewhere.
My father was hospitalized today with a severe staph infection. That adds to my worries. Thankfully, my sister, Teri, was able leave last night to go be with him. I am terrified that something bad will happen in my absence. I don't know what to do. I could skip my board exams and do them in summer, but I the fees for that ($1400) are non-refundable and I would have to come up with that amount again to reschedule. Which doesn't seem feasable. Part of me wants to do that because I am not really able to focus on dental hygiene now anyway. And on the flip side, I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Family always comes first and I feel like I'm letting my Dad and sister down by not being able to be there NOW. And again I am near the finish line with my schooling, the point I have been working and stressing over for the past two years, and I would find it painful to stall it. I am not sure what to do and just hope the answers present themselves over the next few days while we await lab results on the type and extent of infection we are dealing with. The doctor has informed us it's 'very serious' and the consequences could be grave.
Last night I grabbed my friends, Lyndsey and Pat, went out and well, to be honest, got wasted. I am not sure what really prompted that response to my stress, because I'm sure a good at home cry would have been more appropriate. I just needed out of here and it was good to let some steam off. Thanks to them for listening to me, to Pat for driving me home, and to Todd for driving 3 hrs, arriving at 2am, just to hold me. You guys rock! I seriously just don't know what I'd do without those of you whose friendship and support has been unwavering and genuine to the core.
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