Weekly Happiness 3

Wow, another Sunday, another weekly happiness post. I'm quite liking making this weekly update more than I thought I'd be. Doing this forces me to find and remember things that make me happy and that I'm grateful of throughout the week, regardless of how simple they are. In a way, it lessens my complaints.

Anyway, onto this week's happiness:
1. Presented group project #1 and got an awesome grade on it.

2. For group project #2, we were required to write a paper and make a professional poster for our presentation. We designed the poster and put some content of the paper on it, then the school's IT team printed the big ass poster for each group. I was so happy that it turned out looking so well, especially proud that the pictures I took for the poster came out great on it. We'll find out our grade and if our poster wins or not on Tuesday.

3. A big group of us went out to lunch after group project presentation #2. Oh, it was such an awesome time together. I've said this before and I'll say it again, I really am going to miss them and it's going to be weird not seeing them every week.


4. My Sunday School kids did a presentation for Mother's Day and oh.mah.gah. I cannot stand the cute. They are precious, and I'm so priviledged to be their Sunday School teacher.

5.. I'm so giddy this week because, well, I'M GRADUATING NEXT SATURDAY and PINNING CEREMONY IS THURSDAY!!!! WOOOT WOOOT!!! I'm all set to go, I've applied to the board for my licensure, I've registered to take the NCLEX (just need to schedule it after graduation when the school sent the paper to the board saying that yes, I have graduated), and I've applied for my post graduation work permi.t (required for international students).

Finally, after these last two years of hard work, I am done. I have yet to find a job, which is a long story with my international student status and this issue deserves a post of its own. However, I am still so happy that I will soon be a nurse. This, too, needs a post of its own, which I shall write after finals. Oh yes, finals, I have two of those tomorrow and no, I have not an ounce of motivation to study. The most I've done is "study", thanks to senioritis.

Anyhoo, time to get back to "studying". Last final exams tomorrow! Wishing you a happy week!

Weekly Happiness 2

Oookay, I'm apparently not keeping up with the supposed Sunday night post of this weekly happiness. But last week, these made me happy:

1. I finished all my clinical! My last community clinical was on Tuesday and my nurse gave me a gift bag as a parting gift. She's amazing!


2. My friends and I went to the Chocolate Bar after our group project on Wednesday. Oh.mah.gah. We love that place! We got a big ass chocolate cake, 2 scoops of ice cream, and a candy bar cake. Mmm glucose....






3. My friends who didn't pass the HESI last month retook it agaon on Thursday. I'm so happy that most of them passed (despite the heartbreak for those who didn't) and will graduate with all of us. We went to celebrate that night.



4. I had lunch after yet another group project to celebrate my friend's birthday on Thursday. I'm really enjoying these outings with my nursing school friends as we're finishing up with school. I'm going to miss them once we graduate and won't see them every week.

5. I had my senior/graduation pictures taken on Saturday! I asked a friend from church to take it, and she graciously agreed. My bestfriend and her husband also tagged along, her being the creative director (because I cannot pose to save my life) and him being the assistant photographer. We probably spent around 2 hours in downtown area for the shoot. So.much.fun!

6. Then, we went to have crawfish at church afterward. That was mighty delicious! Yum!

Today is the last day of lecture, tomorrow is the last group presentation, next Monday is final exams, next Thursday is Pinning Ceremony, and next Saturday is GRADUATION DAY!!!

I'm so excited! I cannot believe that I started blogging my journey two years ago, and here I am about to end this part of the journey called the Nursing School. I don't have a job yet, still not finding any breakthrough in that area, but I have faith. A good hospital somewhere sometime (hopefully soon) will hire me and be willing to sponsor my paperworks. Amen!

I hope your week was happy and will be a happy one!