Back to School

Well, last Monday was the beginning of another semester at CSUF. Excitingly, this is the LAST ONE!!! YAY! I can't even believe it (but at the same time, I can). My time off went by so quickly that I am still not ready for school to start (even a week after it already has). I am majorly procrastinating on doing anything for school...that's definitely not a good start. Some brief updates:

• I am still working 1 night shift a week in 5N at St. Jude's this semester with the same preceptor, Kelly.
• I will be at St. Jude shadowing another nurse during the day once a week (while also working on a leadership project). As of right now, I will be with the manager of perinatal! That's pretty exciting!! I'll keep you posted about that.
• I still haven't heard if my manuscript has been accepted or not for the journal we submitted it to (the 2nd submission, since the 1st one was turned down). So, in the meantime, I decided to help my thesis advisor, Dr. Rutledge, with her new study on Fibromyalgia and falls. I am working with another student, Alex, and last week we started recruiting participants. I have keys to an office on campus where I will put in approx 10 hrs a week. If the grant goes through, I will be paid for my time, so I am really hoping for that little extra money!! I know it just started, but it has been really fun! It is very similar to what I did in my undergrad internship at CSULB and there is a lot of stuff similar to what I did at SAYM.

I think that's all the school updates for now. It is going to be a really crazy semester with wedding stuff on top, but I know I will make it through. :) I just might be hibernating for most of the weeks, as usual...