quiz-schmiz

Dragon lady strikes again...

At the beginning of the semester our instructor (for two classes) said something about our weekly quizzes only being available for the half hour that we right them in. Therefore, make sure to check them over (for any errors, what we got wrong, etc.) right away. After the first week, when the didn't disappear, she suggested that we use them for a study guide, because its the same test bank that our final exam questions will be taken from. Sweet.

Fast forward to the end of the semester, one week before finals. All of our quizzes magically disappear off the website. Hm, odd... A brave soul emails the instructor to ask WTF (nicely, of course). The reply is that instructor was told by dragon lady (her boss) and dragon lady's boss to get our old quizzes off the website. Instructor (who has started to bear a strong resemblance to Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde) comes into our class the next day with an attitude the size of Texas (that one is for you Mare) and explains that "NO program would ever let you keep your midterms [how this relates to weekly quizzes, i am still trying to figure out], so why would we ever think we'd have access to our quizzes?!?!

Honest answer: because you told us we would, biatch!
Prudent answer (we have the same instructor next semester: um, well aren't we at least allowed to book and appointment and look at our old quizzes? <-- by me, i'm brilliant. ;)
Response: faculty policy is that you have 15 minutes to look over all 13 quizzes... but it has to be 2 weeks before your final.
This is funny (not) because: a) two of our quizzes we hadn't even written two weeks before our final; and b) we were told this 10 days before our final.
Oh HoHoHo.

I think my favourite part of this story is the fact that our instructor was literally angry with us for basically believing what she told us at the beginning of the semester.

Gotta love school.

it's a mystery

Why, oh why are people so ridiculous?!

I have officially nicknamed the coordinator of my program "Dragon." This is because she looks kinda neat (pretty?), but as soon as she opens her mouth, FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE! She is always bitching at us about something.

(In fact, i had the following conversation on facebook with a classmate:
me: We have a lunch meeting with Dragon tomorrow
her: WHO?
me: You know, big-D from head office. I'll give you a clue: she always wears REALLY tight pants and yells at us every time she sees us.
her: Ohhh, her. Why?!

So, you see, i don't even have to spell out who she is. Must be nice to have your defining characteristics as, "your bum eats your pants and you are ugly to people who keep you employed.")

The latest rant she has gone on included wasting our lunch hour lecturing us on how, "This isn't Grey's Anatomy, you know! You have to be professional."

REALLY?! Why on earth did someone not point that out to us before. Sheesh, you'd think after all those applications we filled out and all the money we spent, we should have been informed by now that we were entering a serious profession instead of auditioning for a soap opera.*

Dragon lady also said that RNs should go back to wearing white uniforms, so they can be distinguished from other professionals. Also? No printed scrubs. AND, apparently, being "professional" also includes wearing only white or pastel colors. LOL. As if. I don't think ANYone has white or pastel scrubs. Not only would they look ugly, but i'm afraid Dragon has been out of practice for a while-- hello!! scrubs don't always stay squeaky clean all shift. Geez man.

I am finished ranting for the day. I had a sleep over with JaniceDoodles and we watched Grey's and ordered room service. Life is good.



*Fear not, i love Grey's and am not intentionally bashing it. But it has become less funny and more drama-slutty-but-still-addictive lately, n'est pas?

colds suck

I came down with a mean cold the night before my husband came home last weekend. Luckily, this gave us an excuse to stay in bed all weekend!! Yaaaay. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder-- and more imaginative! ;)
He's back to work now and i am once again pining for him. Sigh.

My dear friend Janice is coming to visit me this weekend. Yaaaay. (Sorry about the repeated Yaaaays-- my teacher does that in class and it makes me laugh, but it's not so funny if you can't hear her voice in your head.) We are going to have so much fun-- staying in a hotel, ordering room service, watching Grey's, wasting away doing nothing, celebrating her birthday... I am very excited.

In other news, i cannot find my passport (which sucks because as of Jan. 1st i won't even be able to drive across the border-- boo to unfriendly american policy makers) or my camera battery charger (ergo, no interesting pics of late).

Thankfully it hasn't snowed yet here. Usually the evil bone-chilling flakes come in October and stay until April. Not my cup o' tea. However, it's still freakin cold and since i cancelled my gym membership when i moved... uh oh. Perhaps i should get a new one, but who has time to exercise?! I'm trying to study!! Speaking of which, i must go study...

pre-holiday holiday

JM is coming home this weekend. YAAAAAY. And my best friend is coming with him! Double yay!

At the end of this month, JM is coming back to write an entrance exam (wish him luck!), and since he will be back, we've decided to have a pre-Christmas get-a-way.

Oh yes! I get to go see the Santa Clause Parade and stay here!

Wanna come?

husband blues

JM went away for work again. It really sucks and i hate it. But i do love the pretty pay checks he brings home with him. Teehee.

Someone said, "well now you can get more studying done because you won't have to spend time with your husband."

A) Not so.
B) Like that would make it all better!

My dear husband is a bit of a study nazi. I can't cook, clean, or play until all my studying is done. So, naturally, since he's been gone, but study habits have, well... disappeared. Sad, but true.

I have begun listening to Christmas music early this year. I always wait until after Remembrance day, but I was so upset about being 1200kms away from my hubby that i indulged already. Needing to be cheered up AND the fact that it's freaking cold in this province. Egad, i don't know how people survive during winter.

Speaking of winter, i went to go get ice tires put on today. I got to Costco at 9:30 when it opened. There were already 20 people in line in front of me. Hm. I waited patiently in line for half an hour. Then, when there were still five people in front of me, the tire guy came out to announce that they were all filled up for the day and to try again tomorrow (since they only do walk-ins, no appointments). Clearly, i am not a happy camper. Now, instead of enjoying my extra hour of sleep tonight (day light savings ends-- i don't think the U.S. has that any more, eh?), I will be lining up at Costco half an hour before they open to make sure i get new tires tomorrow.

(Yes, i could go somehwere else, but they are more than a hundred bucks cheaper for the set here. And since i don't like being away from my husband, i am determined to spend as little as possible.)

Oh, but don't feel bad for me, my sweetie is coming home every second weekend to play. And i have amazing friends coming from the coast to visit me while he is away! Well, actually, do feel a little sorry for me-- i'm still sad.

pancakes

On Saturday mornings we eat pancakes in our house. Ryan (JM's cousin who lives upstairs) made us pancakes once and i liked it soooo much that i harass him into making them every week. It makes me laugh because the boys buy organic whole-grain pancake mix, add organic blueberries... and chocolate chips. Hm, odd, no?

Last time, Ryan was still sleeping, so i asked JM to make pancakes while i went for a jog. (And by "jog" i meant "leisurely stroll." But jog sound so much better). I came home to the smell of yummy pancakes.

I went upstairs to find scary pancakes instead! My dear husband had added so much fruit that the pancakes weren't being held together properly. This might also have to do with the fact that he refuses to make small-ish pancakes (i.e., normal sized); he insists on filling the entire pan with batter to make one jumbo pancake. An unfortunately side-effect of this is the fact that the outside of each one was burnt, while the innards were slightly gooey. Yum.

Well, not being one to discourage him from helping out in the kitchen, i dove right in. The excessive amount of berries actualy tasted quite delicious. I was slightly dismayed to find that he had followed Ryan's lead by adding chocolate chips, but that's neither there nor there... CRUNCH... Hmm, that's odd...

At the same time that i was wondering if I had broken a tooth or something, Ryan asked, "Hey JM, what's the funny color in here all about?"

JM: Oh, that must be the peanut M&M's i added!!

brilliant!

I would just like to share with you the brilliance of the boys i live with: brilliant

If you choose to use two minutes of your life watching this until the end, you will see that my husband is the camerman mastermind behind this shoot. His cousin Ryan, who we live with, is the one with the striped dress shirt. (you may also recognize him from our wedding pics). Ryan's brothers provide the music and, erm, energy, for this little stunt. Enjoy.

labs

Thursdays are lab days and they are my favourite because we get to practice assessments on each other.

There are two classrooms, one with 4 people, the other with 6. The instructor starts out in the other (main) lab room and sometimes forgets about us for a while. Of course, we capitalize on this opportunity by being very professional.

Last week we worked on cardiac and lung assessments, so of course we had to add a nice strip tease to the process. Luckily our instructor has a great sense of humor, so when she walked in on us, she laughed and told us to keep our ta-tas to ourselves and get back to work.

Being a nurse is going to be great.

once a bride, then a bridesmaid

i had to wait until after my own wedding until i got to be in anyone elses. sadly, this means that i skipped the "maid" part and went straight to "matron" of honor... hmmm...

these are pictures from jm's niece's wedding. good times!



(please note the adorable miniature ring bearer... recognize him?! my nephew!! :))




and, yes, the dresses really are this bright. hmmmm, where should i wear it to next?

such devotion

i stayed up studying last night until 1:45 a.m. so that i could pass my weekly quizzes in both classes today.

i got up at 3:45 a.m. to drive my husband to the airport.

i passed both my quizzes today!

goodnight.