SLEEEEPPPPP

Today the only thing on my mind is sleeping. Sleeping for about 25 hours. I MISS SLEEP SO MUCH. =( Damn these 5am mornings. They're driving me to the brink of insanity.

Severe lack of a proper break.....

So, today after clinical I came home and did absolutely nothing. In fact I just woke up from a nap and thoughts of all my pending homework have been hovering around me. Granted it's not the workload of a regular semester since I only have one class but after taking 5-6 classes a semester from Jan-Aug, I'm VERY ready for a BREAK! In 3 weeks I will be home free for 2.5 months and trust me, it cannot come fast enough. I've been pretty good about keeping up with my work and finishing assignments but I find that at the end of the year I have no motivation to do my homework or anything at all! I've been SO LAZY lately. Totally not like me at all. I don't know what has brought upon this sudden laziness but hopefully it doesn't become too bad. I would hate to become so lazy that I can't get through 3 more weeks of CPE....that would be SUCH a fail. On a happier note, I have decided to start making youtube videos. About what you ask? I don't know yet...product reviews, haul videos, possibly tutorials, maybe some vlogs and DEFINITELY rants...I quite enjoy ranting and have been told I rant in an entertaining fashion. AWESOME. I've been an avid youtube watcher so I feel like it's time for me to start uploading. Hopefully by the end of today my first video will be recorded and if all goes well, edited as well...maybe even uploaded! I will post a link here as soon as I get that going! In the meantime, I'm going to take a stab at my homework again. Let's hope I don't fall asleep! Ugh. BLAH!!!
  

The many textbooks which make my life SO much more enjoyable..ugh..can you hear the sarcasm???

                                                       

Early bedtimes...and clinical

Normally I'm the girl whose always doing something (working, eating, studying, schooling, researching etc etc) but today I did NOTHING...I feel like the birth of my blog is to blame for this a bit. Oh well, tomorrow is a new day! So I just finished my research for clinical tomorrow and am off to bed. Yes, at 8:15pm. Nursing is great but the early mornings make me want to stab myself with a pencil. Tomorrow I shall wake at 5:15am and be at the hospital at 6:45. Bright and early.
What is clinical you ask? Clinical is the portion of my education where I am in a hospital for 6-8 hours working alongside RNs, LPNs, RCAs and actually putting the skills I have learned to use. Before you go to clinical lots of research about your patients condition and medications is required as I am still a first year student. Joy. Clinical is the one part of the program I love and fear at the same time. I become extremely anxious before every clinical shift because for 8 hours someones life is sort of in my hands! Yikes! Granted, I don't have the scope of practice to be doing EVERYTHING for that patient, I am still allowed to administer medications, change IV tubing, do dressing changes, VITAL SIGNS (I'm an expert at this...my fellow nursing students know why ;) ). I always think, what if an emergency happens and I don't know what to do? PRESSURE! But, thats what nursing is about. Thinking on your feet. I feel like I have that ability but don't have the knowledge yet to apply it in the hospital setting...I can't wait for semester 3 where we learn more interesting things like starting IVs and doing injections and whatnot.......Do I sound nerdy enough yet? Thought so, alright well I'm off to bed! See you guys tomorrow!

Procrastination = Makeup Time

Yes. Procrastination is something that I, as a nursing student, do A LOT...don't worry, it makes me sad too. Instead of doing my research and prep for clinical tomorrow I'm playing with all my new makeup I got at Ulta this past weekend. This was my very first time going to Ulta and I LOVE IT AHHH OMG. I was in the states and had to go to this store because I have heard so much about it. So sad that we don't have it here in Canada :( BOOOOOOO. But I did get some awesome stuff! I have pictures below. Yaaaayyyyy. Why study when you can play with your face? 8-)

Question for you: How do you avoid procrastination? Any strategies? Post a comment below! :)

This is everything I bought from Ulta. There are some individual pictures below. I haven't created any looks or used the makeup yet. Do you guys want me to post a review? Let me know! I only purchased brands that were not available to me where I live and as you will see the theme for my purchases was SPARKLES!!!

 

NYX Glitter Creme Pallet. - The packaging is super cute and the colors are so awesomely sparkly! This is perfect for creating evening fall looks. As you can see it comes with 2 applicators. I will most likely be using my own brushes, I rarely use applicators given by the makeup companies.

LA Splash Cosmetics:Color - Rich 16602 - This is sort of an emerald green with gold flecks inside. I'm not sure if you guys can see that in the picture.

LA Splash Cosmetics:Color - Fuse 16501

The packaging on these glitter eyeshadows is CUTE! The packaging says that this can be used as an eyeshadow or as body and face glitter.

NYX:Color - Volcano 154 - This is a a super nice chocolate/brown eyeshadow with shimmer.

NYX Eye/eyebrow pencil in 901 black. - I use black eye pencils like crazy so I thought I would stock up since these were like a dollar each! :)

How it began...and then some.

I feel like I should answer the question how and why did I decided to pursue a career in nursing. When I graduated high school I started post secondary with the intention of obtaining my BBA and then heading off to law school and becoming one bad ass lawyer. Oh yeaaaaa. But one year into my BBA I realized that this really wasn't for me. So I stopped my degree. My mother was horrified and convinced that I was going to be a failure. I smiled and started working in retail while I attempted to figure out what I was going to do with my life. That's a hard thing to do at 18 years old. I had some friends who were in the nursing program at the time and after talking to them one day I happened to pick up one of their textbooks and became OBSESSED with medicine. I started reading up on it in my free time...sad isn't it? Anyways my love for medicine blossomed and I found myself applying to schools to become a registered nurse and only saw rejection and wait list letters for 2 years. It was very depressing. I live in a city where the number of students wanting to be nurses heavily outweighs the number of seats available so you either get wait listed or rejected and are asked to apply again. The average wait to get into a nursing school here is 1-2 years. It took me 2 years to get it. While I waited to get in I worked full time and finished electives and other random courses. FINALLY in January 2010 I began! I am now at the end of my first year in something called a CPE (Consolidated Practical Experience) I have school for 6 weeks and then I get the rest of the fall/winter off! It's amazing. I'm 3 weeks in and already wishing that I could sleep in everyday. Yuck!  My ultimate dream job would be to go to med school and become an emergency room physician but I feel like I'll be wasting my life away in school if I do that.

What kind of nurse do I want to be? Right now I'd love to work in the ER or in Maternity. But who knows what I will decide when I finish my 4 years...aaahhh sometimes I wish life had a fast forward button. 

#1

My first post as a blogger! How exciting..yayyy. Why am I blogging? I am doing it because...I don't really know to be honest. Hopefully someone can read this and maybe take something away from it. Maybe my experiences will be helpful to someone. So I suppose I should give some background on myself. Alright here we go:

• I am 22 years old
• I am a nursing student (RN - Registered Nursing)
• I have just completed my first year (3 more to go)
• I have lots of opinions and I like to share
• I would love comments/questions/emails
• I AM LOUD
• I am smiley
• I am open to new ideas/suggestions
• I want to make a difference in the world and hope to do so with my chosen career
• I am passionate about nursing
• I am passionate about my life and living it
• I am a VERY passionate person

Alright, so there are some super random facts about myself, if anyone is actually reading this and has any questions, leave me a comment (can you leave comments here?...I'm new to this) or shoot me an email at mandeepg88@gmail.com =)  Post #1 COMPLETED! Yea, this had NOTHING to do with nursing but....the others will!!!