The end of my blog.

[nilepoc]

The death of a blog. Well, if you all haven't already figured it out, I have abandoned the blog. I really did not want to, but it has become apparent to me that I need to focus my energy on school even more. Since clinicals started, I have been non stop busy. I am actually only writing this, because I just finished my last exam of the semester. Now, it is just clinicals until January.

Lately, when I have wanted to sit and write a blog entry, I have had to tell myself not to do it. If I have time to write anything, it has to be a care plan not fun writing. I really feel like I am abandoning a much loved project, but the realities of school have become a bit much for me, and sacrifices needed to be made. To everyone who used to read the blog, I would like to say thanks. I really enjoyed writing it, and I loved the feedback that was provided to me on it. I will miss writing it. I am especially bummed about closing it, due to the potentially good stories that could come out of my clinical time.

Anyway, Thank you all, and good luck to you all in your various pursuits.

Craig Copelin SRNA

[B.T.H]

Thanks for your time and effort in recording your experiences Nilipoc. I have enjoyed reading your blog and will miss it because your experiences have given us CRNA wanna-be's a very good picture of what some of us hope to experience in the future. But having said that, I'm glad that the blogs end is for a good cause(your success in the program). Your on the home stretch now so hang in there. I want to echoe the other posters by saying that I hope you continue your blog after your schooling is done(better yet write a book because I'm sure a lot of us would enjoy reading it).

Thank you for your efforts and good luck, B.T.H.

[sweetdreams]

Craig,

Thanks for all the time you put into not only the blog, but also this BB. Wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading it and can relate to so much of its content.

Dave

[CougRN]

Craig,

Thanks for the time you put into the blog and for the insight. I found your blog to be very helpful as I went through the interview and application process. I wish you the best of wisdom in the rest of your schooling.

[alansmith52]

I have read the blog since its first entry about a year ago. it was fun to read and kept me going to the day that my own school would start. now that I am in school I have wondered how craig could find time for such frivoulousness now being in the same situation he is in. it was not frivoulous at all to me to read. but for him to write none of us can imagine the mental sacrifice. It will be a far greater thing for you to get through school. thanks for the price you paid.

matt

[DIVER CRNA]

Hey Craig,

Your blog will always be great, and there for you to come back to if you choose. You have inspired me to start my own blogwww.anestat46.blogspot.com

I only have a few entries to date, but I am sure I will write more frequently as the momentum builds. I hope to help many, but if I don't I have at least clarified and expressed many of the emotions characteristic of CRNA seekers. THE GRAIL!

Hopefully, you will keep up your occasional writings at allnurses. Good luck with the rest of your schooling.

Jeff

[zrmorgan]

Craig-

Thank you for the blog. The fact that you are unbable to continue it is another source of information that has been helpful. I also appreciated the interesting pictures (worth a thousand words) of your class during school. Good luck, and see you in the ORs someday.

zrmorgan

[TraumaNurse]

Craig,

I too will miss the blog! Best of luck in clinicals!

[arkgolfer]

Thanks Craig,

It was a very inspiring, and informative blog. Especially once you started school. I didn't understand at the time how you were battling such emotions while doing something you had worked so hard to get to. But BOY do I ever understand now! It is a DAILY battle.

Good luck

Charlie

[alem-tsahai]

I'm just kidding (sort of). I loved reading your blog. I am not even interested in becoming a CRNA, but your entries have been so inspiring and compelling that I couldn't stop reading them once I started.

While I am sorry to see your blog go, I do wish you the best in the next year and a half of your academic journey.

Good luck!

Alem-tsahai

(a long time lurker-nonposter)

[Pete495]

Hi Craig,

I've been mostly a reader on this site for awhile(I don't like to call myself a lurker cuz it's so much more). I just wanted you to know how much your blog would be missed. Now that you are starting clinical though, you will have much more on your plate. Keep your head up, and looking toward the end. Think about the reward when you are finished.

Your blog truly captures the arduous nature of CRNA school. In many ways, one can question why one would put himself through such an experience. It's hard to take pleasure in professors that belittle you with their superior knowledge, and expect you to reciprocate that knowledge almost verbatim. The old addage that there is light at the end of the tunnel is overused, so I won't bother with it. But to think at the end that you could be a CRNA is a truly amazing thought with everything that goes with it.

Please continue to update us on allnurses every now and then about your clinical experiences. Your descriptions of classes and clinicals thus far have provided others with valuable info and knowledge in making a decision to pursue CRNA education. And lets face it, making that decision should not be taken lightly. Good luck.

David

[kevro1013]

Craig,

Thanks for all of your insights, they have been entertaining, informative and inspiring. You are like that upperclassman

in Nursing school who always told you what it will be like

"next semester", what to expect, who to watch out for, and most importantly: to keep on going even when it is a tough go. Thank you for all your contributions to those of us aspiring to become srnas and crnas.

Best of luck!

Kevin

[jemommyRN]

I just found the blog and your already going to cancel it!!!!!!

I really appreciate the blog and all the time you have put into it. It really gave me some insight on what a SRNA experiences.