Jeepers, this is long, RRRARRR

People, people, people...ok, only 3 outta my 12 blog people have updated lately! How do expect me to stall from my homework if you do not give me something to read! heehee. jk, although I do like reading blogs or xangas, whatev. I must shout out to Jill because she mentioned me in her blog. Jill is my super awesome cousin and she is coming to my b-day party, whoot whoot. I am stalling right now because I have to write a paper that I am dreading, followed by making a pamphlet which won't be as bad, follwed by practicing my speech and making a poster for it. Jeesh, I guess I should get going. I'm kinda excited about the pamphlet though, we don't get to be creative very often, so it'll be fun, I'm gonna use pretty colors, heehee. My cousin Jamey made another website for Target, it's so crazy how he can do that....lets see if I can be cool and get the link on here....one sec... freestylelivin.com ok so it doesn't look like it's clickable, but if you feel like seeing what he did you should go there, it's cool! Well, let's see...it's been a busy week, I'm trying to be a student again, it's so hard, but I'm getting back to it. Today I attempted my first IV into a human. I made it everytime into the vein on the models and it was kinda fun, but then the girl I had to do it on had like the tinniest veins ever and it got to the point where I really couldn't even see it anymore, and then outta no where my hand started to shake, dude, I was like, please stop shaking you stupid hand, this in not helping me, so eventually I figured out a way to kinda rest my elbow on my knee or something to minimize my shakyness. I promise you I was not scared.....but I guess my hand decided to shake anyhoo...maybe it was the 10 people forming a semi-circle around me staring down at me....anyyyyways, it didn't get the needle in the vein and I can't try agian till next week maybe, oh well, I tried my best! Someday I shall do it. I will not die until I do! MUAHAHAHAH. I'm trying to think of what else I did this week and nothing is coming to me....I think I just did homework. I worked out a bunch. I miss the gym, so we're becomming re-acquainted. Oh, I know....I had to have my car towed because the back right tire is not rotating. I get it back tomorrow.....the guy said it will not take too long...but there is something wrong with it involving the words calibrator and ....shoot! I forgot the other part! crap....well anyways...oh yeah, roter. So I need a new roter and something to do with the brake. Yeh, this is boring.....but I called and talk to the tecnician guy several times so I am learning a little bit about this whole taking your car to the shop dealio. Heather was kind enough to get me a free tow with her AAA, yay for Heather. Did I mention I have great roomates? Cuz I do. Kelsey and Heather went to hip hop arobics tonight, heehee, so they were just in here showing me some stuff they did, funny stuff. I feel like I have not seen Casey in a while cuz she was in Rochie last night for a bit, HI CASEY! MMMkay, this is getting long and people are getting annoyed, I know this because they tell me. But too bad, I like to type, Heather should know, I happily typed her homework for her one day. hehehehehe, well it was like 10 sentences, but hey. OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, 1 more night, 2 more classes and I am HOME for 3ish days, then it's my b-day! fun! 21, man I am old. jeesh. I never thought I'd be so old. Yes, you who are older are shaking your heads...but dude, I'm still old. K, bye all! I love you dearly!
PS: Mom you need to update your blog! You should put in a picture of the room so I can see the carpet! heehee.
PSS: Megan, you also need to update, this is unlike you....I don't know what to say.
PSSS: Heather and Finny, I am proud of you for updating. BYE!
PSSSS: Can you see that I am truly dreading the paper writing?!
PSSSSS: For anyone I did not mention, I am thinking about you and I still love ya even if I didn't write your name!
ADIOS!

Wedding bells

OH MY GOODNESS, I totally forgot to say that I was asked to be a bride's maid in my dear friend Kelsey's wedding. She's marrying Jeff for those of you who didn't know, although I'm pretty sure that you knew. So yeh, that's way fun and I am very honored. Although, this means I will be wearing a dress. Ya wanna know the last time I did that......12 grade prom....approx. 3 years ago. heehee. Also, here is a shout out to Heather cuz she is having a difficult night with stupid classes and them not counting from RCTC and then all the sudden they do count, and well it's confusing, and anyone who's had to deal with confusing things like transferring and not so helpful couselors knows how it's quite stressful! also, she just spilled a bunch of little Christmas bulbs. heehee. poor dear. Heather I love you and it will be ok! :) Ok, this is one of three new blogs, y'all should be proud of me, so scroll down after this one!

My friends and I on New Year's Eve at Kelli's in Stillwater! FUN! 

Fireplaces, skiing, and IV bags

OK, well this is my third attempt at writing this blog, the first time it didnt' go through and the second time I deleted it by accident. Wow. I wrote a lot about school and Christmas break, but now that I've written it twice I dunno if I have the determination to do it again. Have you ever written a long email to someone and it deletes or your email logs out, yeh, this is what that feels like, grrr. Oh well. Well.....I have started my second semester of nursing. I don't see it being any easier than the first, but it's not supposed to be easy. Two more girls have dropped out in addition tot the three that dropped out last semester! One is my friend Laci, so I'm bummed, but it's what she wants, so it's ok, but she will be missed! I have kinda been a little slacky this week, but I don't feel the pressure yet to get goin', but it'll come, I know it will, so I'm enjoying these less crazy weeks while I can. This year in clinical, we're only going to the hospital for two weeks, but the other times will be spent at people's homes, working with families, so that will be really different, but interesting. I'm interested to see what my fam. will be like. I'm pretty excited, cuz next week I get to put an IV in one of my classmates hands in lab. I am secretly hoping I get the guy in our group cuz he has bigger veins, heehee, jk. I hope I do my mother proud and get the IV in my first time! Well I'll do my best and if I fail miserably I think she'll still like me. My mom is an IV pro I must point out. Let her put in your IV, she gets it every time! heehee. Well I messed around with the IV bags and stuff today and I think I'm understanding it better, there's so many clamps and tubes and bags, and I know it's not that hard, but I just need to do it more, however, I only squirted saline into the air one time! :) yay. Hmmm...well all my classes are basically the same, just version two of first semester classes, but we now have a class called research.....our teachers are trying to make us excited about this class. They are like, "we hope you can discover the joy in researching as we do!" whatev. No one is joyful about researching. I do not wake up and think, man, I cannot wait to reasearch. But hey, I'll do it. I have not started work yet in the computer lab, but it starts on my b-day, the 31st! for those of you who do not know or sorta kinda forgot :) Christmas break was very lovely and relaxing. I only had to actually use my brain once, when I filled out my application to the Summer III program at Mayo for this summer. My family and I went to a really pretty lodge in WI for I think four days. It had an awesome indoor water park (I still love that kinda thing) with lots of water slides, whooo hoo. We also went skiing one day! My dear sweet mother is so kind to go on the easier hills with me so that was very fun, it was a nice place. I was fine and content on these hills, but of course, my dad drags me to the hills of death. At first I thought I was going to die, but I refuse to be so scared of a hill with white fluffy stuff on it, so I did it over and over till I wasn't like shaking of fear :) Things were going great and I conquered my hill fear, then my brothers convinced me to go on a "fun" hill they found that was like shut down for the night so it was all dark and in the woods...ok it was pretty, but, it was not as easy as they described it and due to it not being wide enough I had to like shimmy down sideways and make bird-like tracts in then snow. Okay, I'm pretty sure it was not shimmying, but I wanted to say that. I still like my brothers though, they just didn't know that what was a "fun" hill for them is a flash back of death in Colorado for me! heehee. We also spent time hangin' in the lodge playin' fun games, my fam. is the best :) I'm glad we can still go on vacations! funnesss. I got to see lots of friends over break and that was all very fun of course. I also got to see the process of our family room's big change. My daddy build a fire place made of stones and mortar with his own two hands and put wood up on the wall for a "lodgey" look. It's very pretty. The carpet's comin' in soon and then it will be painted, it's way cool, I'm excited. That room has never been changed and we've lived there like 17 years give or take. Well I am terrified that this will be deleted for the third time! So, I shall go and prepare to watch ER! Whoooooo. Love ya all! Have a wonderful day/night! Love, Brianna M. Hememr

If anyone is interested in seeing....this is me and 4 members of my 10 person care group at our clinical in Wabasha. Sooi, Laci, Mel, and Nina are the coolest.  

This is what happens when all you do is study....I lost all desire to do laundry, take a shower, or match my clothes. heehee. Check out the sock :) the white ones all ran out :) 

I am Free, really free my friend

Okay, so I have been studying non stop basically since the semester started, but more spefically, without stopping since sat. morning.....I have gotten 9 hours of sleep for three days, but now my finals are done and we'll see if it all paid off!!!!!!! Yes indeed my friends, they are done. I have NOTHING to do tonight, and that never happens. I am doing things like laundry which I have not done in like three weeks! Well, the past three weeks have been non stop projects and paper and presentations and tests, and whooooo, now it's done :) One month off!!! YAY! I love you allllllll!

Blog for Brita

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITA!!! Today is Brita's b-day and she is 21 years old, whoo hoo. I miss ya girl and I hope I see you lots on break. I also hope you're not studying all day for finals like me! See ya soon, have an awesome day!

Ginger....AKA: Hinhair Lopez 

Ginger I love you!

Yesterday my Grandma Erickson's dog Ginger died and I am quite sad :( We got Ginger for my Grandma when she was just a baby around 10 years ago I believe. Gingie was my fav. dog ever. Gran, I'm sorry you lost her, we love you and many people will miss her!

Heather, Katie, me, Cara, and Brita. It's good to have the friends home! 

We are a very happy family, heehee. We tried to not smile, we got pretty good at it by the 20th try :) 

BREAK!!

Hallo, how are you, I am fine thanks. Ok, things are better than I last time I wrote. The weekend was still hard with the paper writing and such, but a nice break form non stop studying. Now it's on to the 500 projects due all at the same time it seems. All I have to do after I get done working here in a bit is go turn my paper in and then do nothing all night! I love it. Then I'm going home tomorrow and staying till Sunday. I have to do homework and such, but it'll be nice to be home and eat turkey and mashed potatoes. We might go to a movie tonight for the heck of it...that's me and the roomies...whom by the way are very cool. Last night Kelsey came in our room and we were all weird and jumping around. Why do we get hyper when we're going to bed. Heather and I stayed up for a while as we usually do when we go to bed at the same time, fun fun, sad.....no roomie next year. We'll learn morse code to talk through the walls. Mom and Pa and Gav came on Friday!! We went the the Family Diner, it was yummmy, and my five day headache went away that night and it hasnt come back. Thanks fam.! Kelsey I spent the weekend studying and eating Quiznos/Subway (YUM) it just doesn't get old. We also rented Mean Girls, it's funny. Last night I talked to a long lost friend :) and watched part of a movie and did math. Goodbye to the worst week of my life and this one is already way better. OOooofffffdahh. Also, Megan.....tear....no lefse this year.....the sadness....Yum, I haven't had paper since Christmas!!!! Well, I think I shall go since I'm almost OUTTA HERE! yay. No one asked me questions today at work! So I didn't have to thinkg! Fun, although one girl asked me what grade I got in the class and then everyone's heads like flew over to me as if they were jsut dying to know...I hate telling people my grades! jeesh. Okay see ya all later :) Bye!

Shoot me now.....heehee, not literally

Have you ever felt like you're sick even though physiology wise you are not? Well that's how I feel. Like I don't have the flu or even a cold, but that's kinda how it feels. I think it's just like a true state of exhustion. This is a depressing blog I think, but it's my life so you get to read it. Wow, I just think that the nursing program is crazy, I have never been pushed so hard in my entire life, I wonder if it is even possible to get everything done that I need to get done. I try not to get stressed out because I try to take eveything in stride ya know, but when everything comes at you at once and you have to plan out everything by the minute it gets to crazy! It's hard to get through when you know you don't get a break until Christmas break which is like four weeks away or something. Whew. Deep breath. I am so excited for that though, this semester is going pretty fast I must say. I still kinda feel like I don't know anything but I think I'm doing ok overall with classes. I just scheduled for next semester and I won't have any Tuesday classes, fun huh. Although I forsee that day being a sleep in till noon kinda day. heehee. I also am trying to get into a class where we watch a bunch of movies about people with physical and psyciatric problems like Forrest Gump and stuff like that and write about them, it looks the most fun outta the choices I have anyway. Clinical this week was pretty good. I worked with a man this time and he was really sweet and kinda goofy, so it was fun. He didn't need a whole lot of things done, but the day went fast somehow anyway. That night we got back at about 10:00pm and I stayed up till 5 am studying for the patho. test the day!!!! It worked out though. God gave me energy to stay up thankfully. I think I did good on it, but I am paying for the sleep deprivation. Someday it'll be worth it I think and I'll be able to sleep normally. Last night was weird cuz Heather was home for the night to see her brother 's band concert (GO CMP!) so I was all alone in my room, it's weird and also bad cuz then I just watch tv and stay up way unnecessarily late...did I spell that right? But last night was also nice cuz it was just me and Kels for a while and we don't get to talk much anymore, so she came with me and got groceries and then actually paid for them because I realized I had no checks, thanks Kels, how nice of you to buy them for me, expecting nothing in return, just kiddin'.....Then we went to Culver's and it was yummy cuz they had broccoli cheese, which is a fav. even though it need more broccoli in it. Then Casey came back from hanging out with the little girl she is in a prgram with called big/little sister. You can tell the little girl loves being with Casey! I know this is getting long, so I'm sure Brita's getting all mad...hehehhee jk. But too bad, I hardly ever write, so when I do it gets long. Plus, I know that I will not be able to concentrate on reading my text book for my next class so I'm just gonna have to go unprepared and I'm at work, so there's nothing else to do but play on the computer. Lately at work people have actaully been asking for help, so for the first time I actually feel like I'm doing my job as a tutor, and I've been able to help people so that's fun. No one is ever here right now usually, so I got the place to myself. Tonight I am starting my wonderful paper about probably some ICU unit and then I am putting jammies on and watching ER, and it's a new one! Then I am being lazy all night before my long weekend of paper researching/writing in some crazy A-somthing or other format I've never heard of...what happened to MLA? I know that one! Jeesh. I should buy icecream...phish food, yummy. I shoudln't, but I probably will. I wanna say HI to my cuzzin Megan cuz I miss her and I hope you're doing ok and I love ya! Also, Jamey, if you read this, your website is very cool....oh my cuzzin Jamey made his first webpage 100% by himself for the target webpage, how cool is that? And "hi" to everyone else who reads my blogs. I hope I see ya all soon. I'll be home for thanksgiving if I make it until then...................
.......long pause......okkkkkkk bye!

Casey and I do not get along. MUAHAH. I am winning cuz I'm the better ninja, clearly. Um, actually I am just having fun using this new add pictures to my blog function. BYE! 

This is us stalling from homework with silly string, fun fun. I love my roomies 

This is for you Megan

Ok, so, My cousin Megan is harrasing me to write in this because she is bored with my lack of updates, but here the thing, I have nothing great to say so this will only increase her boredom, but I'll do it anyway. I am supposed to be writing SOAP notes right now, which have to do with nursing, which I absolutely despise because I usually despise doing things that I do not understand how to do, so I feel like I am crapping my way through it, yet somehow I manganed to do well on the last one which just made me laugh. Well since the last time I wrote I went to the Women of Faith conference in St. Paul, this was two weekends ago. It was absolutley wonderful and I am so glad I went. There were 18,000 women, wow. The speakers were all amazing, the singers were all amazing, and most amazing was God's prescence there. I am so going next year. Then this past weekend was also awesome. My cousin's Kellie, Jill and I decided to be adventurous and go to a concert in St. Paul. I decided many moons ago that I needed to go to the Relient K concert (christian punk/pop) so eventually Kellie and Jilll decided they could come with me, yay. I ordered tickets and figured out how to get there----due to directional wisdom from my big cousin Jamey. We never really got lost in a serious way so it was all good. We got there with time to spare and even got close parking. We stood for like 4 hours in there but it was so fun. I most liked other people's hair in my face and random sweaty boys jumping into us, but hey, it was all fun. The first two bands were deece, but Relient K was soooo awesome, mmm I love em. Then we drove back and Jill kept me awake by talkig to me while Kellie slacked off and slept in the back.....is this getting too detailed...hmm..oh well. Then we came back here and watched part of a movie and went to church in Winona the next morning. In between all of that during these past two weeks I have been doing homework and stuyding. However....like two nights ago, on a school night, I actually watched a movie, this is a first for me. It was way fun. My clinical was super fun yesterday, my patient and I had lots of fun, maybe too much, but we were sneaky and walked further than we were supposed to get cookies from the nursing home wing, heehee, oh well. I also legally can give some meds now, so I did that....they make you check three times to make sure it's right plus you have to check their name band, I started to feel quite stupid doing this since I only had one patient, it's like okkkk let's check for the 100th time to make sure you are who you were 5 minutes ago when I checked. Hmmm..... I also dropped a pill and then we had to call pharmacy to get more, MY BA'AD. OOOPssssiessss. So yeh, that was a good clinical day for once, she gave me cupcakes too. OK, I must go write my notes and get ready for labs tomorrow...eeee...muscles shots, yikes. I'll see ya all soon I hope if I dont' die from exhaustion first, this is such a killer. I'm hoping to go to bed and wake up 25 yrs old. BYE!
XOXOXO (love you CWMP)

hola

Hi, i am just testing to see if this works....

Yummmm, chocolate

I bought chocolate cuz I couldn't stand my homework without it, I think that is somehow just wrong....but sometimes necessary. SO...I am taking a small break from the reading right now. Megan, I would like to address the comment on your Oct. 15th blog which states that I have issues. I am deeply offended and had I read it earlier I would not have come to your party. HHEHEHEH, jk, I know I have issues but so do you, understandable as well. Speaking of her party, was weekend was wonderfully wonderful. I did zero homework whatsoever and didn't really even think about it, of course I pay for that now! The day I got home my fam. and I went to Culver's for supper and saw a bunch of peeps we know and that was really fun cuz we were hyperish, well at least I was. My fam. makes me laugh to the point where I am usually the one sitting there laughing after everyone else has stopped, heehee. Then on Friday I went shopping with myself and bought pants and things like that which were greatly needed. Then I went to Noodles with Kels and Heather (HUT) and I got macaroni and cheese which is fun cuz you get to mix the cheese in yourself, trust me, it's fun. Then we went to a movie called "Shall we Dance" and it was sooooogoooood and there was even a jazz band there before the movie right in the theatre up by the screen with people ballroom dancing for us, and we each got a rose...how cool is that.....Chateau gets points from me. On Sat. my mom and I froze to death at Gavin's football game, but it was fun to see in play, way to hit hard Gavin and good job being that guy on in the front kinda on the end umm yeh..I dont' know that name, but he's excellent. whoot whoot! We actually left early and went to look for shoes for me, but I'm a hopeless cause and we didn't get any, but we went to the mall and had Arby's yumyum. My mom's the coolest. Then...my friend Christopher and I went to Applebees and talked forever and that was also way fun, and we went to Walmart too, just for the heck of it and looked at things like cameras and ties. THENNnnnn I went to church the next morning and Chris came too and that was cool to have him visit and meet the fam. Then we all went to the mall and ate as usuall. Then Chris and I went to the Christian Book Store and got him a bible that is very cute :) not that that matters :) Then he had to go to work so I went home and then to Megan's b-day party which was also fun and had a keg of rootbeer, funnnnnyyyyyyyyy. Gavin and I decided to like hike down this massive hill/woods in her backyard...she lives in the country....it was super fun but we almost fell like 100 times and I officially ruined my only brown shoes, but I still wear them. Then I had to leave early to come back here and do stupid school things, but on the way my exhust pipes fell apart, so Pa and uncle Rick came and sorta kinda fixed it for the moment and I took the van back here to escuela. It was quite the event. Brice and Gavin and I had to hang out on the street for a while while we waited during which Brice proceed to do backflips into the weeds. fun times. And now I am here, and it's hard! I had my first hospital thang today and it was good. I'll tell ya details sometime, cuz this break just got really long and I need to go back!!!! BAD!! heheh, K, miss ya all and have a good day. Jesus loves you :) and so do I :) bye!

Wow. all I can say is wow.

Ok, so now it works after it already told me it wouldn't. This whole blogging system is a little shifty if you ask me, they need to work out the little kinks in their system. Clearly they need better management. Yeh I don't know what I'm talking about, but hey I'm happy now cuz it worked. And check it ouuuuttt, four blogs in one day. yipyip.
PS: Today in lab I got to put eyedrops in a dummy and the dummy has a permanent grin on it's face and it's not really a normal kinda grin, it's a "i'm a psycho killer evil kinda grin" so yes, even though he's not alive, I don't like to be that close to his scary smile. eeeee. heheheh. I think when they manufacter the dummies, they should consider just making them look more normal, minus the serial killer look.