i've read lots of threads about everyone biting their nails to the quick, becoming a nervous wreck, and generally going nuts while waiting for various test result to come back.
let's think of some fun things to do to take your mind off worrying about how many ???s the computer stopped at, etc.
-get reacquainted w/so and kids. :icon_hug:
-take the kids to a movie. or take yourself to a movie. see the one only you want to see. i highly recommend phantom of the opera. don't forget to buy popcorn. :melody: :yelclap:
-go shopping and buy yourself a sexy nightie and surprise your husband. :flowersfo
While waiting for final exam grades (nearly a week, WAY too long when classes are over!!), I swing into action. Ok, maybe you wouldn't consider this fun, but it IS therapeutic! At least for me, anyway...I CLEAN. Like a madwoman.
My kitchen counters get everything removed, I scrub and soak and polish appliances and nooks and crannies. I clean out the fridge (CLEAN, not just empty!). I polish the furniture. I scrub stains of unknown origin off my kids floors.
My hands stay busy, my house looks great, and I used up that anxiety energy!
Those things are very nice to do. I hope that someday, when I will be having my exams and have to wait for the results, I will remember to take some time for my self and relax a bit.
Clean the Yard and House. Talk with the children and husband. honestly ... i am bored out of my mind and keep going to study ... then realize that i do not NEED to pick up a book. crazy NEW Life we are livin'?
We're planning to visit my wife's sister and her hubby in Australia as soon as I take the NCLEX. If I can schedule it well enough I want to test one day and then leave on the next day. Three weeks in Brisbane, no worries mate. There will be plenty of time for the results and license to come through.
Well, it's a year later, and now I'm no longer in Final Exam Anxiety Mode, but NCLEX Anxiety Mode: definitely a step ahead!
But the cleaning thing still applies, LOL......
I spend the time my kids are otherwise occupied alternating between practice questions on the computer and cleaning the house. Mostly at the computer, but....my laundry hamper doesn't have anything older than last night in it :wink2: .
The house isn't as clean as it should be, but......let's say that during the 48 hours of "wait and see" it's gonna SPARKLE around here!!!
Pick up a trashy novel you wouldn't be caught in public reading, and read it with a glass of wine in the tub just for the sheer pleasure of reading mindless drivel for fun instead of those nursing texts!
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