School, Study, Eat, Sleep, Clinical, Lab, Repeat!

Nursing school is in full swing and on the fast-forward mode!  In only a little over a month I have had countless new experiences.  I've spent more time learning and studying than I ever have before in my life!  This semester my clinical rotations include a psychiatric floor and a transitional care unit.  I have had some great experiences on both floor, but do not really feel that either is my true calling in nursing.  I love the application of knowledge aspect in clinicals and labs, they're a blast!!

Ang, Kayla, Christine, and Pam on our first day in scrubs! (Check out the cool helicopter!!)

Life in Illinois is "a whole new world!"  I am (finally) starting to figure things out!  Some of the comical stories of my adjustment include: a record of 9 u-turns trying to get to my friend's house that is only 5 minutes away... those darn 1 way and discontinuous streets are out to get me!! Looking outside and it is cloudy with grey skies, so I go out in jeans and a hoodie only to turn around and run upstairs to change into shorts and a tshirt... who knew cloudy could be warm!  Getting lost on my way home... the roads here change names all the time and I didn't realize Bruns Lane and Chatham Road were one in the same.  Getting soaked in the rain... apparently I'm the only person in the state who does not own an umbrella.  It sure has been entertaining!


A very positive aspect of my move to Illinois is spending more time with the Naumovich side of the family.  I have gone to several family dinners.  I have also caught the Naumovich football 'bug.'  I have gone to every Sacred Heart Griffin football game this season, and find myself jumping around and screaming for the Cyclones, a team representing a school roughly 900 miles away from the high school I actually attended.  I also have spent every weekend watching the ND Irish disappointing football... hopefully they can figure out how to play before the end of the season!  

My cousin's cousin Lindsay and I waiting for the SHG game to begin!

I have also made quite a few new friends!  I study with a group of classmates at least one day every weekend and attend the young adult mass at SHG.  And, of course, I have found a horse to fall in love with!  I am leasing a 7 year old Morgan mare, Kat.  She is a bundle of energy and is a blast to jump around with!

Here is a picture of Kat with her owner

I hope everything is going well with you!!