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  1. Nerves kicking in BIG TIME. First interview is at 1245 today. Second one on Monday. My battle buddy from nursing school texted to remind me of our familiar refrain when we went to clinicals in the ICU, "Knock 'em dead! But not all the way dead!" 😄

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    2. sassenach

      sassenach

      Sorry! CA is brutal on new grads. I'm dreading the getting hired as a new grad process.

    3. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Thanks. Yeah. It's really hard on the ego.

    4. Frances

      Frances

      So sorry! I hope something even better comes along for you soon.

  2. I start nursing school on February 1st. My first pair of scrubs arrived today. Size medium! And they weren't even tight!

    1. MerryAtHope

      MerryAtHope

      I hope it goes well!

    2. SeaConquest
  3. Ramadan Mubarak to all who celebrate!

  4. A high of 84F. Go home, San Diego. You're drunk.

  5. Finished my first term in nursing school. I am 1/5 a nurse! On vacay until term 2 begins in August. Margarita time!!

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    2. GailV

      GailV

      Congratulations!

    3. Crimson Wife

      Crimson Wife

      Congrats! Enjoy your break

    4. sassenach

      sassenach

      Yay!! Make it a double!

       

  6. Headed to Gameschool Con 2020 tomorrow. This is our second year. We had a blast last year, so the kids and I are very excited! Come join us next year! https://www.gameschoolcon.com/

  7. I was inducted into the Psi Upsilon Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing last night. Yay me. 🙂

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    2. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Thanks! I passed my critical care final this afternoon, too. Almost to the finish line!

    3. Dmmetler

      Dmmetler

      Congratulations!!!

    4. KathyBC

      KathyBC

      Congratulations!

  8. My last clinical shift of nursing school is upon me. I fly back to San Diego tomorrow. Thank you for your hospitality, Texas. I have learned so much! Graduation here I come!

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    2. sassenach

      sassenach

      CONGRATS!!!! You did it. COVID couldn't stop you. I wish you so much luck in securing a new grad position! I graduate in December and could just weep reading that you're finishing up. 

    3. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Thank you! Keep pushing. I wanted to quit so many times, you have no idea! You can do it! Now I just have to pass NCLEX! 🙂 

    4. sassenach

      sassenach

      Uworld and you got this. The real challenge will be dealing with the CA BRN. 

  9. Passed our critical care lab assessment on Friday and start our final clinical rotation in the ICU on Wednesday night. All that's left between me and graduation are 15 night shifts, a couple of papers, and the HESI Exit Exam -- the end of nursing school is finally in sight!!    

  10. Put in my application for 3 ICU residencies (MICU, SICU, and TICU) at my top choice hospital and have two attending physician friends going to bat for me with the hiring managers. Really hope that I get one of the positions! 🤩

    1. Frances

      Frances

      Good luck!!! Fingers crossed for you.

  11. Sacha is off to 3 days of Astrocamp in the mountains of So Cal. They may get snow! Let's see if my beach boy survives. 🙂

  12. So far, I am 2 for 3 with getting interviews at my top choice hospital. I am ecstatic because it is so competitive in my city!!! One is with a combined Medical ICU/Cardiac Care Unit and the other is with a combined Medical/Surgical ICU that sees a wide variety of patients (including Covid). My first interview is on Friday and my second is next week. I am still waiting to hear back on the Trauma/Surgical ICU, but I would be thrilled to work in any of these units. It is a teaching hospital, a magnet hospital, and the best hospital system in my city -- the nurses there are so bomb. I would have massive imposter syndrome working in the ICU there, but I SOOOO want this!! 

    1. Frances

      Frances

      Best of luck with your interviews!

  13. Survived my first day of homeschooling two kids!

    1. Condessa

      Condessa

      Yay!  How'd it go?

    2. ScoutTN
    3. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      It actually went really well! ?

  14. Taking my nursing license exam on Friday at 515pm. Please send good vibes! So nervous! 🙂 

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    2. Scarlett

      Scarlett

      Congrats!

       

    3. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      I got the official results today -- I am now Monique, JD, BSN, RN!!! 🥰

    4. Junie

      Junie

      Hooray!!

  15. "There are only so many grammatically incorrect truther rants one cares to read in the Starbucks line, after all." -- The Atlantic, on why we unfriend on FB

  16. 12 weeks off during the summer. Math and reading are still strong, but handwriting needs some work!

  17. 24 more days until this teacher is on vacay until Labor Day. Not that I am counting or anything. ‪#‎Homeschool‬ ‪#‎SummerCamp‬ ‪#‎TakeMyMoney‬ ‪#‎AdiosNinos‬ ‪#‎MargaritaTime‬

    1. marbel

      marbel

      :-) A bit envious here! :-)

    2. YaelAldrich

      YaelAldrich

      I've got all of May and June, but the rest is the same for me! LOL

    3. Hilltopmom

      Hilltopmom

      Just added another week of summer away camp for my teen- she's going 3 weeks:)

      Not Until July though.

  18. 82 degrees forecasted for Thanksgiving. I am indeed thankful for San Diego.

    1. swimmermom3

      swimmermom3

      Have a wonderful one! Ds was just there for the Hot Rum series, his first go with a J70. He loved the weather.

    2. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Yay, another sailor! Have a Happy Thanksgiving. :)

    3. swimmermom3

      swimmermom3

      No, obviously not a sailor, since it was a J88, but ds is and loves it. We all love San Diego.

  19. A sexy Chicken McNugget costume? Seriously, America?

    1. Chrysalis Academy

      Chrysalis Academy

      gross. on so many levels.

    2. mommymilkies

      mommymilkies

      Why am I not surprised?

    3. SparklyUnicorn

      SparklyUnicorn

      LOL. Yeah nothing says sexy like an oddly shaped chicken nugget.

  20. And, first grade is a wrap!

    1. GailV
    2. fourisenough

      fourisenough

      Yay, onward and upward!

  21. Apartment shopping in So Cal is so depressing. Everything under 2k/month is a dump.

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    2. Kathy in Richmond

      Kathy in Richmond

      Sympathies here, too! Dd is currently shopping for roommates before looking for an apartment in San Diego. She's figuring it will take 3 incomes for the places she likes.

    3. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      She is right, Kathy. But, I guess that I don't need to school your daughter in math. ;) Our boat is in Point Loma, but we are looking in Mission Valley.

    4. Kathy in Richmond

      Kathy in Richmond

      Dd is looking in the same general area :-) AoPS is moving to Poway in Nov, but she doesn't want to be stuck in the suburbs. Hope you find something you like!

       

  22. Back from follow up appointment for amblyopia. Vision is improving, but DS5 needs to continue patching -- likely until he is 6 or 7. He is seeing around 20/40ish at the moment, which is good, but will probably never be a pilot.

    1. stripe

      stripe

      Keep at it. The best results come with long term effort, but, boy, is it hard. 20/40 is very good. Feel free to PM me if you ever need encouragement.

    2. SeaConquest

      SeaConquest

      Thanks, Stripe! Luckily, he likes to patch (a bit of bribery on my part assured that).

  23. Beast Academy is truly a thing of beauty. I wish I had learned math this way.

    1. LucyStoner

      LucyStoner

      We love it too. I learned some thing from it and I was a math major once upon a time.

       

    1. momacacia

      momacacia

      I see that hebrew and hebrew script book. Color me a little green--for myself, not even my kids. ;)

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