As of recent..

Its Been a while since i Wrote, I am sorry its been so busy...........

Lets see, what is going on...

Well I went on another hike 2 weeks after the other one. We went to the Mini Grand canyon, and it was pretty darn cool:) Once i get pictures of it from my friend, i'll post it up.

Nursing school. ah! I am told that nursing students look older after they finish than before when they started, because of all the stress. I guess i wont mind looking 21 instead of 17 of 18:) well, i guess i'll be 23 when i'm finished. anyways, Nursing school is stressful, i knew it would be, I'm hanging in there. It feels weird if i am not studying. and if i get less than 4 hours studying a day, i feel like i wasted my time, even if what i was doing was important stuff. I am Proud to announce that I got an 85 on the Mental Health test....who'd a thought? :) everyone else i talked to got 70s or worse! Wow, I felt great! that is until i took the Pharmacology test the next week! i am not sure how i did, but if i get a 75, i will be happy:) My Teacher, Dr. Cartwrite Is Smart, she's a hard tester, but i think her tests are fair, unlike other tests i've had from other teachers..........

Lab and Clinicals are good too. I am nervous, I have pass offs for skills in lab, Its stuff i've done as a CNA, and now a little bit more, The RNs are the ones to pass us off, and Last time, My friend, Audrey and i had the Nazis. We were about to cry by the time we were done with pass offs, it was terrible, and then we straitway had to go take the mental health test. I'm glad i got an 85, on it.

We have SO much busy work! its insane!!! I feel like my homework is like my laundry. it is never ending, No matter what load you finish, there seems to be more, ha ha. Some of it is pointless, like my teacher for mental health gave us an assignment to Dress up like a trailblazer. ha ha.. no, Not the vehicle. Sad, huh. A trailblazer as in one who paved the way for nursing and what it is today, and i guess how it ties into mental health? it was dumb, But Audrey and I decided to Make it fun: We dressed up like Psychologists: Jean Piaget and Eric Erikson. Their theories are applied in nursing today. Most people dressed up or did their presentation on Florence nightengale, or Dorthea Dix. Not that those women weren't important or anything, but its nice to have a change in subject. :) We also had 2 guy Koreans dress up like women trailblazers, it was Very funny! Here are some pictures we took: Everyone got a kick out of us:)

I am Jean Piaget, and She's Eric Erikson :) Like my 'Stache?

I take My Job seriously.

This is Raphael, he's Florence Nightengale, with wings!

This is the other Korean, Sean, He's Mary Mahoney, the first black nurse. ha ha

This is Jin Yun ( think its spelled like that) She was trying on Audrey's wig and glasses:)

This is Brent, he's the hillarious one in class who makes those side jokes to lighten class up. He also tried out the Wig and Glasses

The glasses came with a nose, This is us studying in the library. We study hard....

Ok Now you can see what our patients look like, They are so happy to have us practice on them! :) He's Speechless.

Um, i found a wig:) and these are the patient beds we practiced on

Audrey and i Got all gowned up, how pretty huh? we coulnt help but take a pic!

Ok so Nursing class looks like a lot of fun huh? Well it can be, But i'm only putting up the fun stuff, because, who wants to see a stressed out student. Those kind of pics aren't as great. I'll eventually show the pics of us sleeping in class or in the library. :)


I guess things are going ok, Tests every week, and studying, But apart from THAT stuff, I am going to My Student Singles ward for Church, and i love it. I am Meeting some really amazing people and Taking an institute class. And........well its Dating and Courtship. I am taking it because of the guy teaching. I am not there to find out how to get a date. Brother Beaty is really Good and he Teaches about Such important things, like the atonement, and he doesn't ever emphasize GET MARRIED or anything like that, its a fun class and there are 78 people registered for that class! its a fun class:) I am liking it down here and happy to be here, i miss home and everything. But i love being away and learning and growing up in a sense. I am Grateful for my experiences and I love new experiences. Whether Hard or whatever they may be. SOme days are still hard, But The Lord knows my bad days and Helps me when i turn to him. :)

I'll write another blog when i have time....if i get it..haha:) Love to all!
~Megan

My weekend...

Another Week has gone by. So much happened from the weekend. I stayed down in price. Friday I took our first exam and studied SO much, only to get a 76% percent :( it is a hard test. At least i passed right? still, I expected to get at least 10 points higher. Oh well, i have another test on Friday, lets hope i do better! Anyhow, after the test, i went with the Stake to Manti Temple. We left at 3 and got back by 11. It was a long drive, then baptisms or a session. we also ate at a pizza place called Boys pizza or something like that. It was nice to get out of price. I would have rather driven 2 hours north instead, but its alright, Manti is BEAUTIFUL! went there once for the pagent. A friend and i took pictures with my camera here are a few.....

This is a pic of me after baptisms, it was so amazing. I love the temple.

The next day my friend Cristina and i Went on a hike up price canyon. Its nice up there i brought my camera and got a lot of really good pictures. We went with the school I dont think it was broadly advertised because there was a total of 7 people who came. They are really funny nice people. I had fun, and I love hiking. it really helped my homesickness.

This is our group, on the top Me, Cole, Cristina, andrew; Bottom: some girl, and Brant. the one taking the pic was our friend Amy.

Its pretty out here. Its cool to see the whole range.

Here is a waterfall we found that is on the side of the road on the way to price. My friend and i have always wanted to stop by, so we did, the water wasnt too bad, its probably pretty dirty from minerals and dirt, but it was fun anyhow..

This is Cristina and I in the waterfall....:)

This weekend wasnt so bad, even if i was in price, it was my first weekend here and not too bad. We also that same day saturday went to a Demolition Derby in Emery County, WOW it was interesting, i dont know what was more entertaining, the rednecks or the actual cars crashing into each other. It was fun though. i didnt bring my camera, but it was fun. There are great people here, I'm still trying to get used to Living down here and some days are better than others.

Sunday was the best, i went to a fireside and dinner hosted by some stake. the Food was great and the fireside was amazing. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke. He talked about trials in our lives and sometimes its for our good, and that The saviour decended below it all, are we greater than He? it was powerful, he talked about the revelations Joseph had during the time in Liberty Jail. (names kinda ironic) sections 121-124. he told us to read those chapters that evening for our homework ha ha, as if i have enough ha ha. but really, it was great. Very powerful and amazing, something i needed to hear and something EVERYONE should listen to or read. Anyhow, it helped me a lot, and i'm more appreciative of life and everything. Well Its back to studying, i have a final on friday and i am going to get better than a 76%!!!!

homesick and worksick

I am beggining to See all the stress looming at me and the hard stuff hasnt even happened. We have a Test tomorrow (friday) and i am nervous because i know how the tests are like, and there is SO much information to know! plus each day, my teachers keep giving us more work to do, and its insane! They love to give busy work, And clinicals haven't started yet. Thats next week! its a good thing im in a small town that has nothing to do, and most my friends down here are nursing students so we can all have no lives together ha ha.

I'm also feeling more homesick than i was these first two weeks, mostly because those weeks i knew i was going home for the weekend, but as of now, i dont know when i'll be back and it makes me somewhat sad. I do enjoy being out here and in the program of what i've always wanted to be, i'm following my dream, but I just really miss it all back home right now. My family, my friends, ect... I am just so grateful for phones and internet, and my car:) its so different with Roommates! wow i'm so used to living with brothers! 2 girls in my apartment were going to switch rooms because they are/were good friends, i was excited because they are.... not my type and messier than i am, wow! but over the weekend i guess there was a fight, or whatever, so now i'm stuck with the one girl and everything. let the drama begin! :( i'm also not used to sharing, so when roommie has bad allergies and coughs half the night, its called NO Sleep For You! ha ha, oh well, i couldnt sleep anyways, i was homesick and worksick anyways. and I love taking naps in the day.

Worksickness... I dont know if this word exists, but it does now: Not as in sick from or of one's job. Many people hate their jobs, or they are ok, Or are really happy to leave their jobs. Not I! I Love working, and even moreso, i LOVE TOSH! I miss it a LOT! All my co-workers were great, not a problem with a single one. I learned a lot there and have really good friends there. and am reminded of it everyday when in nursing class...go figure. I havent gone job searching yet just because i dont know yet what i can handle and everything. Not working is Driving me crazy! all i do is go to school and study, and at night do stuff with my nursing friends. And you can only study so long....
But seriously, I wish i was working at TOSH right now, everyone and everything i did there! its so weird that i'm not a regular employee, Luckily i'm prn, and i can come back and work when i'm home, if i dont get cancelled of course. That eases up on my missing my job. I have the best coworkers ! so those of you from work reading, You are great! thank you for everything and i miss you! can ya tell? ha ha
Oh and I love the patients! usually.... i mean, thats also what made work amazing was the patients. Sure they can be a pain in the..butt, but they can also be so amazing and just really cool people. Heck, they're the ones Why i want to be a Nurse! I dont know if this is weird to say, but i really just want to go and change the linens or do a dressing change right now ha ha,

I'm Sorry if this is a whiny Blog: looking at it, it kinda does. Even though i am homesick and worksick, i am grateful for you all and glad to have you all a part of my life! better? ok good!

Great story: i was shopping for groceries at walmart and when getting my stuff scanned, the weight thing wasnt working for the apples, and so since the machine was being troublesome, the casheir lady gave them to me Free!!!! i should have grabbed 10 more apples! ha ha! i was SOO happy! I love apples! the joys of a poor college student:)

I know things are going to get better it just takes a while. You all are great! this is all for now!