The best week ever!

As you all know, I was a little (extremely) anxious about missing the second week of nursing school to go on a cruise. After spending a whole lot of time weighing the pros and cons, I decided to go and.... Boy, am I glad I did!! It was the most fun I've ever had on vacation! The weather was picture-perfect (never a drop of rain), the ship was fabulous, the food was delicious, the islands were beautiful, and the new friends we made were more fun than a barrel o' monkeys! I didn't want to come back home, but all good things must come to an end. Oh well...now we have some great memories!!

Many of you sweet, concerned people have asked how school was for me this week. I can tell you in one word - CHAOS! You know how I said that I was going to enjoy the week and not think about school and then have a nervous breakdown on the way home?? Yeah, that's pretty much how it went. I had really good intentions. I took my papers to study and read with me to the pool, to the beach, to the dining room.... but they never quite found their way out of the bag. So... on the 5 hour flight from San Juan to Dallas, I learned how to do dosage calculations! I am proud to say that I only missed 3 on the quiz, and they were all because I put mg instead of mL. Stupid mistakes. I passed both validations on Tuesday & Wednesday, and made a 90% on my first major exam. I spent every spare minute this week cramming for the next day's challenge, so I am spent. I've never been more happy to see a weekend than I was this afternoon.

I'll NEVER plan a vacation while school's in session again, but.....in the end, it was all worth it!