To Do: Over Summer Vacation

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What do yall have to do over summer vacation? Mine is only a week, so my list is short (sort of).

  • Deep clean everything. (Vacuming, dusting, all that stuff that never gets done).
  • Keep up excercise program (getting harder as the weeks progress).
  • Sign up for scholarship test.
  • Make a nursing school binder (I'm a pre-nursing student working of my pre-reqs).
  • Figure out if I want to sign up for the CNA course, and when. (how?)
  • Email leader of Christian Student Fellowship. This is a letter of my testimony as a leader and it is sent to sponcers (etc).
  • Scholarship binder (dates, things, etc).
  • Read some books for fun! :)

Whats your plan??

Specializes in student; help!.

This is great, I've been meaning to make a list

-mucho kid time

-clean the house

-get a dumpster!

-Goodwill, Goodwill, Goodwill. Maybe they'll even come do a pick up

-build new coop and move the layers

-keep the turkeys alive until fall (harder than you might think)

-fix pig fence and order pigs

-build new chicken pen for the broilers

-read the assigned chapters for first day of class

-start hep B series

-plant/maintain the garden

-canning/freezing

-CPR renewal

-Two-stage TB test

-take the dog and cat to the vet for rabies/checkup

-clean the garage

-clean the barn

-find a solar charger for the sheep fencing

-butcher the broilers

Not bad.

Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

^^^ Mmmm, I love sees candies. Thank god my mom sent me a big box of it for easter or I would be driving back to denver to get some more of it.

Just had our last lecture and its finals week next week. After this last week I am adding SLEEP to my list. 10 hours of sleep in 4 days is just not cutting it.

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^^^ Mmmm, I love sees candies. Thank god my mom sent me a big box of it for easter or I would be driving back to denver to get some more of it.

Just had our last lecture and its finals week next week. After this last week I am adding SLEEP to my list. 10 hours of sleep in 4 days is just not cutting it.

You just had to rub that in, didn't you? Though I was just in Belgium and brought back about 2 kilos of chocolate, it's not the same as good old See's. VERY GOOD, mind, but doesn't have the nostalgia points.

OMG, I forgot sleep. But I don't get enough even out of school, so why would I think I'll get more in the summer?

Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

Summer plans? Study for NCLEX, find a job :yeah:

Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
You just had to rub that in, didn't you? Though I was just in Belgium and brought back about 2 kilos of chocolate, it's not the same as good old See's. VERY GOOD, mind, but doesn't have the nostalgia points.

OMG, I forgot sleep. But I don't get enough even out of school, so why would I think I'll get more in the summer?

Eating a giant scocthmallow as I type this ( if you dont know what that is google it ) It is real nostalgia. My parents and gma always gave me see's when I was a little kid living in California. It is a childhood memory that just wont go away, which is fine because they are just that good.

I think you forget to sleep when you dont get it enough. I know my sleep schedule is gonna be whacked out again working overnights. Gotta love it

I have to take micro and math during the summer. Then when I'm done that'll leave me with over a month of nothing! We're taking the kids on a road trip to Maine and enjoying the summer!!! I can't wait!!!!!:D

Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
You just had to rub that in, didn't you? Though I was just in Belgium and brought back about 2 kilos of chocolate, it's not the same as good old See's. VERY GOOD, mind, but doesn't have the nostalgia points.

OMG, I forgot sleep. But I don't get enough even out of school, so why would I think I'll get more in the summer?

I had a friend in Europe that would send me Galaxy Bars, OMG they are to die for. SOOO SOOOOO good. Their is a specialty chocolate ship in Boulder that has them, my neighbor is there a lot and gets me some from time to time.

Now I am really craving some chocolate.

Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I slept in until 10 today!!!!! I let my daughter stay up late with me last night because she is a big sleeper and she slept in with me. Was so nice!!!!

I heard (haha saw) a couple of you mention a test success book...what is that? Is it just a NCLEX exam prep or more of a testing skill book? I just got my acceptance letter into the nursing program:yeah:and I am wanting to put this summer to good use. Thanks!

  • Relax
  • Love life and my husband
  • Quit my current full time job
  • Start my new part time for school (same one I had when I was in school the first time around)
  • Pack and move
  • Clean out the old place
  • Set up the new place
  • Hang out with my amazing husband (I feel like I won't see him for the next 2 years . . .)
  • Celebrate another wonderful year of marriage
  • Hang out with family
  • Spend the weekend at a cabin on the water
  • Camp for a week
  • Take a week long trip with some of my favorite junior highers
  • Buy my books and crack a few open before school starts
  • Get my final Hep A shot for school
  • Try to enjoy the summer and not wish it away so school can start
  • Turn a year older
  • Keep exercising so I have a great schedule for school
  • Sleep a bit so I have some in storage
  • Try to save lots of money since my husband is also in school finishing up his Master's degree
  • Try and figure out how to get rid of the baby bug I've got - doesn't work well with school!
  • Learn how to stop eating gluten . . .
  • Orientation
  • First day of school on August 30th!!!

I heard (haha saw) a couple of you mention a test success book...what is that? Is it just a NCLEX exam prep or more of a testing skill book? I just got my acceptance letter into the nursing program:yeah:and I am wanting to put this summer to good use. Thanks!

Its a book that teaches beginning nursing students how to relax for tests as well as how to study for them. It goes over the different types of NCLEX style questions and teaches how they should be answered. The book basically teaches how to be a critical thinker. Im reviewing the book before I start in the fall.

It comes with a CD that has 895 practice questions on it and the book also has hundreds of questions dealing with fundamentals. I seriously recommend it. I bought it after I read peoples comments on here about the Success series and after I saw all the positive reviews it had on Amazon.

They have a series of these books and they are designed to be used as a study guide for exams. For example, in the Test Success book they have a section on health assessment, basic needs, safety and mobility, etc. So when you're going to have an exam on basic needs you would go through the Success book and practice using the questions in that section. All questions come with answers and rationales.

Some of the other books in the series are:

Fundamentals Success

Med-Surg Success

Pharmacology Success

Maternal and Newborn Success

Psychiatric Mental Health Success

They basically have a Success book for every rotation you'll have in nursing school. I suggest you look at their reviews on Amazon, etc. I plan on getting every book as I need it. Hope I helped some!

Marian Diamond from Berkeley?

Yep! I love her. Her old school lecture style really works for me.

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