Utah-bound

I am leaving in a few days to drive 1,800+ miles to Utah to meet with a provider who currently works in an area of psychiatry that I’m interested in. I’m super excited not only to meet with her but also for the trip itself. I’ve never been out that far west before. My mom is making the trip with me and we have a lot planned to make a little vacation out of it. I’ll post some pictures when I’m back.

I have a week left of my summer research class, then two weeks off before fall semester starts. I also started recently working my new home care job and that’s been working out really well so far, I enjoy it.

In my personal life, I’ve been spending a lot of time gardening. We have a huge garden on a hillside that was neglected by the previous tenants. I’ve been putting mulch down and getting rid of weeds and debris. I find gardening very relaxing and thankfully the weather has been beautiful lately.

Drumroll, please!

Grades are in, and…

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A- in both spring classes! Woohoo!

On to the next one! Applied research with one of my favorite professors. This is going to be a great semester and I’m really looking forward to this one (not really for the research, but this professor could teach a 15-week course about rocks and I would still find it fascinating).

I’m still amazed that I’m even in graduate school… let alone my second semester (and I already scheduled my fall classes)! It seems so unreal. I am both excited and terrified about this journey.

Enjoying my free time catching up on Shameless and hanging out with family, but hopefully starting my new home care adventure this week. Money is really tight (that grad school life) and my financial aid is held captive by the state for a few weeks, and ya girl has to pay her rent and car payments. I’m also looking forward to getting to know this client and her family. That’s absolutely my favorite part of nursing!

Got a new bullet journal to help me stay organized among all of the chaos. I have one I’ve been working on for a while, but I really wanted the kind with the grid dots so my husband got me one.

Summer Break is Near

I’ve completed one of my classes! Not sure of my overall grade yet though, since I just submitted my final synthesis paper yesterday. I actually enjoyed that class, as the assignments were diverse and interesting, but I’m glad it’s over and I’m ready to move on.

As for my other class, I am submitting my quality improvement paper today and working on the power point for it tonight. The power point gets presented on Thursday in class. Then, after class, I’m DONE with my first semester of graduate school! Woohoo!

I get a few days of summer break before I start my summer class (which is research). I didn’t really enjoy my research class in undergrad, so hopefully this time around it won’t be so bad. I foresee many more papers in my future (-silently cries-).

In addition to completing lots of school work, I’ve been trying to spend some time doing things I enjoy. I’ve been trying new recipes at home (fathead pizza dough is AMAZING, by the way), spending lots of time with family, and trying to catch up with chores around the house and outside (those darn weeds…). I want to start doing embroidery while I watch my Netflix shows, that I would like to sell on Etsy someday for fun. I am probably starting a new job either this week or next week in home care that I’ve been trying to get into since February.