Dress up night!

Saturday was what is know as "Spring Formal." I was not going to be in town this weekend, but I had a big nursing test Monday so I decided to stay here and study. My two friends Ginny and Sarah convinced me to have a date night with them on Saturday!

We went to the Caf for dinner on Saturday night.. It was pretty empty! Almost everyone was out to dinner before Formal. I went back to my apartment to get ready. I ended up wearing a semi-dressy dress I had from last summer! Around 9 I went to Sarah's dorm to help her with her hair and makeup.

The three of us went to formal and it was pretty fun! Sarah and I found some people we went to India with and danced with them most of the night!.. All in all, a good night!

I also got a lot of studying done this past weekend. The test on Monday was super hard but I think my class did pretty well overall. The only test left is the final! Thats so crazy! I can't believe it.

My mom and stepdad are coming this Saturday to move everything home for me. I will just live "out of a suitcase" next week so that I don't have to move too much home by myself when finals are over.

Peace, Love, and Jesus,
Bryanna

Ouch

Yesterday we had another test in our nursing lecture class. It was SO DIFFICULT. Anyways.. this test was on the subject of Psychiatric nursing which brings me to today.


I had ANOTHER clinical today- at the Psych ward of the Kings Mountain hospital. Needless to say, I was not excited about today for a few reasons. 1, I was scared. 2, I did not do too well on my test, 3. I know I want to work with babies and psych patients are far from that. As much as I have complained so far, the day was not bad at all! I actually enjoyed what I learned today. I had a very interesting patient.. BUT I know that I still do not want to work on that floor.

I am very excited that this semester is coming to an end. Students are always excited for the end and this semester is right on course for that. I know that my brain as well as the other nursing students' brains all feel fried. We have one more psych test soon and then the final. .. Not to mention I'm still balancing Young Life, statistics, and government.

I can't wait for summer.

Peace, Love, & Jesus,
Bryanna

Home Stretch

This past weekend we had Easter Break! It was so great to go home last Friday-Saturday! I got to spend time with my family and a few friends. It was the first time I had been home since my trip to India so I enjoyed sharing my experiences with them. On Saturday morning I packed up all of my stuff and headed to Greensboro, NC. (5+ hr drive from Atlanta) I really enjoyed spending Easter with Tyler's family. It was hard for me to not be at home, but Tyler's family is very welcoming! It was great to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord with them!

On Monday I drove about 30 minutes to Burlington to meet my roommate Casey at her house. She drove us to Raleigh where we had lunch with TERA! (Tera is our good friend from GWU who has been studying abroad in Spain all semester.) It was the first time I had seen Tera since I left for home before Christmas break. Honestly it was a little weird.. she has grown differently than we have these past few months... Nonetheless it was great to see her. After that we had to head back to school so I could prepare for school this week, unpack from a long weekend, and get ready for clincals.

I had clinicals bright and early Tuesday morning. I got to follow around a nurse rather than have one patient all day. This was more exciting for me. Last week we did this too, but I did not really have a good experience then. Anyways- following around a nurse was a much more realistic idea of what a nursing job will be like since I helped her take care of about 5 or 6 patients the whole day.

Peace,Love,&Jesus,
Bryanna

Lazy COLD day in April

Today is such a lazy day for me. I accidentally slept through one of my classes this morning. I went to my two other ones- got tests back in both! Government test was good last week but I should have studied more for statistics. Oh well.

I came back to my apartment after classes and my roommate, Casey, and me went on a walk/jog. We've been doing that recently and I'm starting to enjoy it, especially since she comes with me.

It is getting colder and colder as the day goes on.. This is so weird since its APRIL! It is supposed to get into the low 30s tonight, which I am not excited about.

I'm getting a haircut in Shelby soon- I need to leave now actually.

Young Life tomorrow! I'm going home after classes on Wed for Easter break!! Finally, a break! :)

Peace, Love, & Jesus,
Bryanna

Great Weekend!

This weekend was really fun. I drove to Raleigh on Friday and stayed until Sunday after church. The drive took me 4 1/2 hours on Friday which is longer than it should have.. I hit traffic in Charlotte and in Raleigh. Tyler and I went out to dinner on Friday and then he showed me around campus and Raleigh on Saturday. Tyler video tapes for the ACC and he had to work on Saturday night, but it was really fun for me because he was video taping an ACC Regional gymnastics meet. We were there for a really long time, but I loved every second because watching women's gymnastics is my favorite sport to watch.

We went to his church, Vintage 21, on Sunday. It was really great to worship there and hear their pastor speak about Palm Sunday, the events of this week and the events of Thursday-Sunday of next week. I love Easter time and I am excited for this weekend coming up.

Peace, Love, & Jesus,
Bryanna

No Jokes Today

We had a test in nursing today.. it didn't seem too hard which was good. The material we covered in this unit was on the Musculoskeletal System as well as Cancer.. so it was definitely a hard unit. I studied a lot for the test. Its crazy to think we only have about a month left of school! We are getting down to the last few tests in all of my classes and then there are finals. Ever since India and spring break, it seems like all of my tests fall on the same day or same two days. In addition to the nursing test today, I have a Statistics test and then a government test on Friday.
This weekend I'm going to visit my boyfriend at NC State and stay with some girls he knows. I always love visiting other schools to see how other universities work!

Peace, Love,& Jesus,
Bryanna

Adjusting to Home

It has been super hard adjusting to home, even though we were only gone for 12 days! The only thing I was ready for was American food, but thats it. I miss everything else about India and would go back right now if someone handed me a plane ticket!! Ever since we have been home I have had either allergies or a sinus cold. Last week I would wake up in the middle of the night just because my body didn't understand the time change. It was really hard for me to focus in class as well, which made taking 3 makeup tests really hard. This weekend was pretty restful though, which was amazing.

Classes this week aren't too bad. I think next week will be hard though, I know of two tests already. Summer is just around the corner which is hard to imagine, but I am excited!

Peace, Love,&Jesus,
Bryanna