Party in the USA

If I don't get that DUMB Miley Cyrus song out of my head, I might kill myself... "and the jay-z song was on, the jay-z song was on..."  I've been singing the three lines I know alllllll day and I really just want to scream- she is dreadful.

Last weekend was great in Thousand Oaks- so nice to see my mom and had fun just getting away for even two days.  Fun to go shopping and catch up! :)  Sometimes I wish I had gone to a small private school... oh well, we all make our choices I guess, and I know the path I'm on is leading somewhere, I just can't really tell where.  On Sunday I got to see my Grandpa and Macil so that was really nice too!

Last two days at work have been pretty good- I still feel slow but I'm getting a bit more comfortable with everything... my preceptor is still wonderful- I really would be hopelessly lost without her.  We really get along well too, so that makes the work day really pleasant, and I think I'm losing a bit of my shyness with the rest of the staff.  The new grad class tonight was really informational, and I feel like I learned a ton.  We learned about how to do more detailed neuro assessments and more about neuro pts.  Since I'm not on a neuro floor this was really helpful, because as they keep reminding us, if you don't use it, you lose it.  Ha that's how I feel about a lot of stuff I "learned" in nursing school- I have to relearn it all because it was either a long, long time ago that I did see it/do it, or I never really did learn about it in the first place... glossing over something in a 500 page book really doesn't help me now.  I'm going to get out my books tomorrow and do some serious reviewing.

I'm going to hang out with a friend tomorrow and have a girls night- first time I've done that in what seems like forever and I'm excited to hang out with someone my age and be able to have some fun.  I feel like I'm making a huge deal out of it, but when you don't get to do something anymore, like hang out with friends (because you don't have any here), something this little is the biggest thing to look forward to.

Watching The Biggest Loser tonight- I love seeing people become informed about smart choices and changing their lives for the better.  It is so sad the excess of food we have in this country, and how much we take for granted and just stuff our faces.... it really makes me think of Whitney and Zach and how different things are where they are living, compared to (sorry) gross Americans.  It baffles me that it's "cool" here to destroy our environment (SUVS, bottled water) and put toxins into our bodies (all processed, fried, preserved foods).  And I know I'm guilty too, but I'm definitely working on it.  Anyway, that's my little soapbox for the evening...

Hope you all are having a good week! :)

m.