Anyway, a lot has changed in the 30ish days since the last post. First, I am now a resident of 02171 and I am LOVING it. The location is perfect, the neighborhood is quiet and the apartment is amazingly awesome. I have a feeling the only downside to this place will be my commute to school. We'll see in the fall!
Another big thing that happened is I joined a gym. I hate gyms. This is a big step for me. Granted, I have yet to visit said gym... but signing up is a start! Mama has a half marathon to run on October 9!
The BAA Half Marathon is the race I signed up for. I ran it once before and it was a good race. I'm excited to do it again. I am also determined to run it in under 2 hours. I think I can, I know I can... Anyway, for updates on how my training is going, visit run-rachmezz@tumblr.com
Finally, more school information has arrived! WOOHOO! The Regis College bookstore finally displays Fall 2011 as an option in the drop down for textbooks. I was able to look up my three classes and see what texts we will use... and then order them on amazon.com. Most of the books have already arrived. I love Amazon Prime's free 2-day shipping! I ordered all of my books on a Thursday, was told they would arrive on Saturday, but came home on Friday night to a pleasant textbook surprise on my doorstep! Amazing! My pharmacology book wasn't supposed to arrive until August 10 or so (I think it was back ordered), but it's actually being delivered today. These books are soooo heavy and there are so many of them for each class! Luckily, most of the books have an access code on the inside cover that gives me access to an electronic version of the text. I think this gives me a reason to finally get an iPad :)
The nursing kits are still unavailable. Once I noticed that the textbooks were up on the Regis College bookstore website, I called the store and was told the kits will hopefully be available in August. I think that's the last thing I need to purchase for school! I went to Staples a couple of weeks ago and had a field day in the school supplies aisles. Notebooks, paper, binders, pens, you name it - I bought it. I love feeling so organized and ready to go!
My uniform also arrived, after being on back order for 2.5 months. I was getting worried that it wouldn't arrive before school started and even had a nightmare that I showed up to the first day of class without it, wearing normal clothes. Frightening. Anyway, the uniform is HOT. The pants are "flared" but a little too long. The scrub top is also a little long, as is the lab jacket. It's good enough though - I guess I should have opted for petite sizes. I figured I'd be safe with regular sizes, since I'm really in between petite and regular - I'd rather have everything a little too long than a little too short! The package also had my scissors, Kelly clamp, penlight, Regis emblem patches and NAME TAGS!
I love looking at my name tag, where my name is spelled CORRECTLY, and seeing "student nurse." It makes it all seem so real! It's finally happening!
Regis sent information on graduate student orientation. I was really excited before... but now it doesn't seem as exciting! I think there is one session where the Accelerated BSN/MSN students meet together but the rest of it seems boring. We can chat with representatives from various departments (such as Financial Aid), we have to go to an IT session... and that's it. Oh well. Hopefully I'll leave with some good information and a few new friends/classmates!
Other than that, nothing else is new. I did go and get the PPD and the reading of the PPD. I don't have tuberculosis, yay! I personally dropped the doctor's health forms in the mail after my PPD reading - I needed to have them in by July 15 and since my PPD reading was July 7, I was worried my doctor would forget to send the forms! I also noticed that my financial aid award has posted to my account. So far, I haven't been charged for the fall semester so it looks like I have a massive credit on my account. I shouldn't get used to that though - see you later, money!
I think those are all of the updates for now... I can't wait! My change to part-time has been approved so September 2 is my last official day as a full-time employee in corporate America!
September 6 will be here before I know it!
