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I was planning to blog about everything on my mind in this blog. I have since changed my mind. I am having a mild "stalker" problem and don't think I need to add fuel to the fire by blogging my personal life on a site that can be traced so easily back to me.

I will continue to blog about my student experiences here. My goal is to let others get a glimpse of how I will balance work, class, and family. I hope the posts will make your day a little brighter and maybe help other students out in their quest for education. That being said...

Final exams are this week. I am super busy studying. This is also my last week before actual nursing classes begin for the summer. My last week to work, my last week to spend time with the kids, my last week of anything for the next 18 months. At least that is what they tell me. Hopefully I will be able to continue somewhat of a life because I need to keep working. My new schedule will be:

Monday: classes am and pm
Tuesday and Wednesday: clinical all day (12 hours)
Thursday: Math class for the first 4 weeks, and then off. I plan on spending "quality time" with the kids on this day. They have already been advised not to make plans.
Friday: Class in the am. The kids have karate on Friday afternoons, so I will be there.
Saturday and Sunday: The continuation of my current retail career.

I was mostly a stay home mom for the past 15 years. Even to the point of homeschooling the kids. I just started working for the holiday season and they asked me to stay on. I love my job, and I love the people. I am so grateful and thankful for employment. There were a few weeks where I wasn't getting alot of hours. I am now working about 33 hours a week, but I don't believe I can keep that up. At least not during the first semester. I was told that the first semester is super tough because the instructors are weeding out all of the students that aren't really committed. I heard there is psychological torture involved. Hmmm, can it be worse than living with a house full of teenage boys?

Anyway, I told my supervisor I would work 12 hours a day on the weekends if he would like. Then I would let him know about any additional days after I get adjusted to the new schedule. I will keep you posted on how I handle that.

I am excited to start classes. I have all of my books, and just got my scrubs. Woo Hoo! For those of you who haven't bought scrubs yet be advised that they run very large. I would normally grab for a large shirt at Old Navy, or Target but I am in a small size for the scrubs. I am now deluding myself that I can eat all the brownies I want because I'm "small".

Have a blessed day!

How to Print My Outlines

How to Print Outlines

Sometimes when I copy and paste the outlines into the blog, the tabbing does not transfer. My suggestion to you is to copy the blog into Microsoft Word and then add the tabs yourself. Hopefully I can figure out how to overcome this glitch...but I don't have the time right now with exams coming up.

Tab 1x before every capital letter. Tab 2x before every numeral. Tab 3x before every lower case letter. Tab 4x before every lower case Roman numeral.

Sorry Everyone...

Sorry guys...my Microbiology blog has been blocked for awhile. Why? It was flagged for spamming. I apparently repeated "nonsense" words too often and that triggered the security system.
I had to request a review, so I'm sure it will be back up soon. "Nonsensical text", lol. That is why Micro is such a pain!

My classes...

Here is a list of classes that I will not be blogging about, and an explanation of why. If you have any questions on any of these classes, feel free to ask. I’ll try to answer whatever I can.

ENC 1101, ENC 2210: You know why I will not be posting my notes for these classes! All of you really need to write your own papers! Not only that, but professors are a pretty savvy bunch. They all know how to Google a paper if they think that it is plagiarized. I may post some of my more interesting papers at a later date.

LIT 2020: I loved this class! If you ever have the chance to take this with Professor Christine Kling you will have a good time. I will be posting my final paper from this class.

MAT 0024, MAT 1033, MAC 1105: What can I say? There is really no way I can help anyone with any kind of algebra. It is only by the grace of God that I get A’s in these classes. I promptly forget everything I learned as soon as the final exam is over, and then have to review before the next course. Go to the math lab if you need help, or there is a guy at the Sawgrass Starbucks who is a math major and tutors...Starbucks and tutoring, what more can you ask for? I am currently taking College Algebra online. What was I thinking?

CGS 1100: This was a computer class that my advisor told me I should take because it is required for an associate’s degree. Well, guess what? As soon as I signed up for it, the course was already obsolete. It was for Office 2003. I could not sell the book back AND it does not count towards a degree. It was a waste of money and time. Please, consult more than one advisor if you have to. I am finding that some advisors have no idea what they are doing. Oh, and if you are in need of a manual for Microsoft Office 2003, let me know.

BSC 1085, BSC 1085L, BSC 1086, BSC 1086L: I did take notes for these classes, but I did not feel the need to retype them. Why?, because Dr. Leo Stouder is one of the best instructors in the world. He has a website with all of his power points posted. Print them out, and bring them to class. Take notes as you go along. I promise you, if you do this and then study what he tells you to study; you will learn all you need to know. Dr. Stouder is so organized he does not need any help from my outlines.

SYG 2000: This was a class with George Vernon. He gives worksheets directly from the book as homework. He then uses those exact questions on the test. No tricks, the EXACT questions. This class is a writing credit with current events so you are on your own with that.