New Life - New Name

Wine Colored Scrubs.  This is the new working title of my blog. Why do you ask? Well you see I am no longer a "Nurse in Limbo". Limbo is gone and now I am a week into Nursing School!!! It has FINALLY arrived!  That means I have a new life. Which as I've found in the last 5 days consists of 90% school, 5% sleep and 5% other activities.  And I've only had 2 days of classes so far. This also means my blog has a new name. When I go to clinical I have to wear wine colored scrubs, so I liked that concept for my blog. I also really like to drink wine, so maybe I'll share some of what I'm drinking at the time! Then there is the quote by Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, "They are all Jesus in disguise." People ask me all the time how I can deal with all the 'blood & guts' stuff that comes with nursing? Well just working as a CNA I've always thought of Jesus saying, "When you fed the hungry, clothed the naked, ect. You did it for me." So I've always looked at it that way. This is part of my purgatory, this will help me get to Heaven, all the while helping out those who need someone to love and care for them while they are sick.

Onto Nursing School! What's happened so far?

• Paid my tuition $1,375
• I have purchased about $700 worth of books and syllibi
• I have purchased $36 worth of scrubs (Yay for going out of business sales that saved me $150!)
• I started studying last Saturday (yup, before classes began) and found that I'm in way over my head
• Cut down my hours at work from 40+ to 16 per week
• Started classes on Tuesday and actually felt somewhat prepared! (yay me!)
• Studied Tuesday night and started asking myself why I got myself into this and it's 2 years long!
• Early Wednesday morning woke up nauseous and pukey (which made for a great 2nd day of school)
• Learned skills and tested out of 4 of them all the while trying not to puke/pass out!
• We have to test out of skills in order to do them at clinical, that's called staying in our scope of practice! (see, I'm already learning ;)
• Slept from the time I got home on Wednesday until this morning. I'm feeling about 90% back to normal.
• Found out my clinical site! I'll be in Wisconsin Rapids at Strawberry Lane and Riverview Hospital
• I'm hoping this means I can get my clinical site in Stevens Point next semester when it's snowing cuz I really don't want to drive to Marshfield or Adams for an entire semester!
•  I have about 20+ hours of homework/studying to do before I go back to classes on Tuesday
• I will be buying a stethoscope tomorrow (I still don't know what color I want!)
• I will go to work Saturday, Sunday & Monday
• I will be getting my 2nd Varicella Vaccine and my 2nd TB test placed on Tuesday 

Ah Nursing School. You are here and I never thought this day would come! Wish me luck as I start out on this crazy journey. Prayers are very much appreciated for my sanity and so that I can learn what I need to, pass my classes and get through 1st Semester!
Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka, my Nursing School Patron, Pray for Me!
She's pretty awesome! Check her out here!