Paprika reminds me that I'm lax on my updating (big surprise), so a few quick words to bring me up to the holidays.
The 3rd of 4 semesters is now complete! It was the easiest by far schedule and stress wise, and the grades weren't too bad, though a little short of what I wanted in a couple classes. The GPA remains in decent shape for eventual grad schooling, but right now I'm focused on my time off.
It's 50% chilling and 50% preparation for spring, which will be a damn busy time. 6 hours/week in public health at a local school, 16 hours/week in a hospital (first in a cardiology unit and then in the emergency department), and 10 or so hours of school/week. Fortunately, while my classes take 45min to get to, both my clinicals are in Raleigh, close to home.
I also need to start job hunting, something I haven't done in many years (my last few applications were all internal). So I need to type up a resume`, make contacts, and hope that I can get a good reference from a clinical instructor. This may be tricky. My first CI I didn't really like, my 2nd CI has been let go for poor performance (but she and I did get along), my OB instructor specifically did NOT offer to be a reference (no surprise there), and that leaves my next semester CI, who I helped relieve of her teaching responsibilities (but she presumably doesn't know that).
We'll see what happens. Let's see, personal life. The lady friend I was hanging out with has a soon-to-be ex-husband who went a little crazy on her a few weeks back. That's sort of resolved, but she's been skittish about doing much of anything and has full time care of their 5 year old now. I don't blame her, but it's a bit of a bummer. Our thing has been casual from the start with no intention of relationshipping (her wish), so it's not like a deep commitment has been brought to an end. I did ask a gal from school out last week but haven't heard back -- so it goes [EDIT: She just got back to me -- dinner on Monday, wheeee]. The rest of life is wine, movies, hanging with friends, cleaning, and planning for spring. Best to all,
-TTm
The 3rd of 4 semesters is now complete! It was the easiest by far schedule and stress wise, and the grades weren't too bad, though a little short of what I wanted in a couple classes. The GPA remains in decent shape for eventual grad schooling, but right now I'm focused on my time off.
It's 50% chilling and 50% preparation for spring, which will be a damn busy time. 6 hours/week in public health at a local school, 16 hours/week in a hospital (first in a cardiology unit and then in the emergency department), and 10 or so hours of school/week. Fortunately, while my classes take 45min to get to, both my clinicals are in Raleigh, close to home.
I also need to start job hunting, something I haven't done in many years (my last few applications were all internal). So I need to type up a resume`, make contacts, and hope that I can get a good reference from a clinical instructor. This may be tricky. My first CI I didn't really like, my 2nd CI has been let go for poor performance (but she and I did get along), my OB instructor specifically did NOT offer to be a reference (no surprise there), and that leaves my next semester CI, who I helped relieve of her teaching responsibilities (but she presumably doesn't know that).
We'll see what happens. Let's see, personal life. The lady friend I was hanging out with has a soon-to-be ex-husband who went a little crazy on her a few weeks back. That's sort of resolved, but she's been skittish about doing much of anything and has full time care of their 5 year old now. I don't blame her, but it's a bit of a bummer. Our thing has been casual from the start with no intention of relationshipping (her wish), so it's not like a deep commitment has been brought to an end. I did ask a gal from school out last week but haven't heard back -- so it goes [EDIT: She just got back to me -- dinner on Monday, wheeee]. The rest of life is wine, movies, hanging with friends, cleaning, and planning for spring. Best to all,
-TTm
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