Wingnut World

So I can't even watch most of the Titans games here in PA because of silly regional coverage, but now that I've seen the highlights for three weeks, I'm not sure the games are that interesting anyway. :-P on the Titans. I'll have to root for the Browns, at least I know in advance they're going to suck.

Two twelves this weekend, mostly quiet on Saturday. Sunday, however, provided for an interesting shift. At 6pm one of my patients went from happily eating his dinner to getting emergency cardiac drugs and being put on an external pacemaker in a matter of minutes. Scared the pants off me and kept me at work charting until 815. Oh well, I figure at least this happened on a Sunday during the second week rather than week 6 when I'm supposed to be almost totally independent. Oh yeah, and earlier that day I got puked on. That's always fun.

Yesterday I was off so I was a slug at home and did some little chores here and there that I had been neglecting. Tomorrow Andy leaves for Algonkian Regional Park in Virginia with the department until Saturday. I wish I could take a field trip. But then again, I don't wish I was still in school so I guess I can live without the field trips.

So I have to sign up for car insurance today. Geico is the cheapest, gonna go with them for a while until I can afford real car insurance. This whole paying-for-everything is a real drag. I have no money! I need my paycheck! AHHH! Oh well, live frugally for a while, then maybe things will get better.

Everyone wish Amanda well on her trip to South Africa. I will miss talking to her! And her comments, since she's the only one that leaves them. I put her trip's link up so check out what they're doing for the people of Capetown over the next few weeks.

I also put up a link for Algonkian Park and the cruise I went on with Nana. We'll just start collecting links of the cool places people go. I think that's way interesting.

I will probably get back to the comp Sunday or Monday. If you need me before then, call my cell. Later-jenni

This week came my first two real shifts on the PCU/CCU/ICU at Mt Nittany Medical Center. I can honestly say, I LOVE BEING A NURSE. I get to think and learn all day long, I'm always busy. And I'm getting paid! WEEE! The people on the unit are great, helpful, laidback, totally friendly. Until they find out I'm from Ohio State. Then they make the obligatory taunting comments.

The weather has been great this week, unseasonably warm and sunny for late September here I think. Andy and I are going to head to the nearby state park for dinner tonight to hang out and enjoy some early fall colors. Picnic dates are fun!

I get to work back to back twelves this weekend (ugh) while the rest of the town gets to enjoy college football. Every other weekend will start to wear on me I do believe...oh well. I have to serve my time as a peon.

Came to a somewhat sad conclusion the past week: I think I'm gonna have to sell the horse. I just can't afford to keep him once he becomes my responsibility in March. It was awesome having him, and I'll miss him, but I can't go broke for a hobby. I'll probably take lessons somewhere and go visit him if I get a chance. If anyone is interested, let me know.

Gotta find car insurance today...the cheaper the better. And register to vote. Those are my goals.

Ok, not much else to report. Bucks are off this weekend, so go Penn State!

Jenni

...I tried to open a checking account at a lovely branch of a Central PA bank. It appears that Mon-Thurs banking is reserved for those lovely individuals who don't work between the hours of 9AM and 4PM. Oh well, at least I have tomorrow off, I can do it then.

Since we last spoke:

-Friday my nursing license came in the mail, notifying me that I passed my NCLEX! YAYAYAYAYA!!!!! I did a jumpy dance. Then I drank some wine. Then I ate some ice cream. Biggest accomplishment of my life thus far and that's how I celebrated!? I had a long week, I was tired. The real world is exhausting, what can I say...

-Saturday I slept in, watched Penn State and cleaned house while Andy was at the game. I bought beer in Central PA (which I can assure is a huge pain in the ass...even more so that in TN). When he got home we watched the Buckeyes win (albeit an ugly win) over NC State. Take that Chuck Amato. We had one guest for the game, another Buckeye fan, which was all the company we needed (thanks Doug).

-Sunday I slept in and felt like a walking virus all day. I think I logged about 18 hours of sleep in a 24 hour timeframe. I got run down last week with the stress of new job-jitters and readjusting to getting up at 6am. Lots of tea and oranges, and Andy made me soup. What a Champ! He even did the dishes. For his efforts I gave him the virus. That's what happens when you share a bathroom.

Today was my clinical orientation day, nothing exciting. Wednesday I start the real thing, finally, with my preceptor Shelly. Tonight we're helping Zach and the rest of the Geosciences dept. kill a keg and play poker. That's the benefit to having Tuesday off.

Alright, enough for now. As they say in PA, I've got things to do yet. I'll let you alone.

Thanks Amanda. All I wanted to do was post a cute little message remarking on the excessive use of pink on your blog and now I have one of my own. I will have to find a Buckeye template so that I can be equally as obnoxious.

So, here I am, in Central Pennsylvania after three days of orientation at Mount Nittany Medical Center as a graduate nurse. What have I learned? There is a lot of fog in the Happy Valley in September. Trust me, there's nothing happy about knowing you could drive straight into Beaver Stadium at 7am and never see the field for all the WHITENESS in front of you. Of course, WHITENESS is apparently the overriding theme in these parts. Fog, snow, the Pennsylvanians....

I think overall the people are fine. Other than the crazy Clarks groupies we stood behind at the Crowbar last night. Imagine me, then add 4 inch platform heels, 30 lbs (not counting the 10 lbs in makeup alone), a red velvet halter top and superhoop earrings, and a pitcher of rum & coke with a straw. Now multiply times three. That was the trio backin their collective asses up into my personal space all night. I actually heard one of the b!@#$*s say to the other, "hey, keep leaning into her so she'll move, that's what all that junk in your trunk is for." Guess who they were leaning into. I guess some people just have no sense of common courtesy or at the very least personal space. Andy can attest to my anger. He witnessed it firsthand. And I can assure you, had I been drinking there might have been a lapse in my own manners.

I caught hell at the Pita Pit just now for paying with my OSU credit card. That's another thing, apparently OSU and Penn State are big rivals. Apparently we hate each other. At least, that's what I keep getting told. I don't know about that...most Buckeyes have no idea where Penn State even is. But they can tell you that Ann Arbor is a Whore and that they don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan. PSU needs a real rival, because the one they think they have is really not interested in teams that go 2-10.

Alright, that's enough Central PA rantings for today. The good news is I think I'm really going to like my job, Andy's grad student friends are cool, and the apartment is nice. Plus, I don't have to go to school anymore! It truly is pretty up here and I hope that we get to share it with people before we leave.

So long for now...

oh yeah, I have to use the internet in Andy's lab so I won't be updating this thing terribly often. But keep reading and posting comments. I'll try to be interesting.