The Penguin Papers

Just a side note: I'll write on and off here for the next little while, hopefully with more regularity than in the past, but keep your eyes out for changes here at The Penguin Papers - a new look, a new home. I'm hoping to have this done within the next few weeks and certainly before classes resume, barring any major life interruptions. One can only hope. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

So, huh. It'll be October in just a few hours and just today I realized that it's been several months since I've posted. The summer flew by and I'm still wondering where it went, even though I know the answer to that question, anyway. My absence initially coincided with the flurry that was summer semester, the eight weeks of chaining myself to a widely varied number of nursing textbooks. Summer classes ended in early August so I began my "summer vacation" later than everyone else in the house. Now it's time to prepare myself for the grind that will be the remainder of my Associates Degree in Nursing program. I'm anxious to get started but also wary of what I'll become once classes begin. This summer was lost to the books. I spent easily 5-6 hours a day studying, sandwiched in between hour-long jaunts to my parents' pool to cool off with the kids. So, now it's time to gear up for October 20, when I start the remainder of my Associates Degree...

My very first. This one I got from my girlfriends list earlier today. These things usually make me giggle because it's so, um, junior high in a lot of ways, but I'm, um, junior high in a lot of ways, so I guess it's okay. Oh, yeah, must tag someone I suppose so I choose Jim , the lucky guy, with the proviso that whomever he tags must get back to me. :) And I nearly forgot - one word answers, please. Alrighty, here 'tis: 1. Where is your cell phone? Desk 2. Where is your significant other? Desk 3. Your Mother? Pool (thought I was going to say desk, didn't you?) 4. Your father? Driveway 5. Your favorite thing? :) 6. Your dream last night? School 7. Your favorite drink? Wine 8. Your dream/goal? FNP 9. The room you're in? Office 10. Your fear? Heights 11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Clinic 12. Where were you last night? home 13. What you're not? tall 14. Sandwich? Quesadilla 15. One of your wish list items? laptop 16. Where ...

Yep, new title. I think it fits me better than the last one, which was a half-hearted attempt at coming up with something witty without a lot of forethought. We'll see how long I stick with this one. :)

Title change ahead. :)

Just a little mind dump today. I'm studying for a microbiology test that I'm sure I will do well on but still - I'm feeling a certain amount of pressure to do better than I have been doing. It's not like CIS class, where it's fun, I'm learning and I know I'll do well, but now the stakes are higher. When I was a kid I thought often about wanting to be a doctor. I can't say I'm sorry that my life followed the path it did - I'm happy with my life. I have a great husband and kids, supportive parents and siblings. But, as a teen had I had a little better idea of what I could accomplish I would've chosen a different path. More math, more science, and not be so wrapped up in the elusive teen girl things. I should've known (and did, down in my heart)that I was different - not your average teen girl. But sometimes the goals of a 16 year-old don't dovetail with truly adult goals/needs. So, I didn't go the med school path. Whatever. But, I c...

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