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		<title>A stolen weekend&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/a-stolen-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All that has gone on in my life since September has been intensity and stress. Good stress, but stress none-the-less.  This weekend I stole my weekend, and life back and it was wonderful.
Friday began very very early, with work, and then it was home to pack and get ready for my weekend. But first, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=986&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attempt at Vulnerability&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken me a while to write this post as I&#8217;ve been dealing with school, my first clinical placement, projects, homework, essays, working part time and training for a marathon (as much as I can train).  Fortunately, the busy-ness means I have an outlet of distraction as I deal with the other more emotional sides [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=982&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exhausted and Busy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m resurfacing briefly to let you all know (those who are still reading&#8230;   ) that I am still wanting to blog, have even started some posts. But things are pretty crazy. Plus, for school I&#8217;ve got reflective journals to do so I feel like I&#8217;m doing what I&#8217;d normally do here somewhere else [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=972&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the words out&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts on Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/?p=967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got something on my mind. I really want to blog about it. I&#8217;m thinking about it a lot and I know what I want to write about. It&#8217;s all about communication.  BUT, I can&#8217;t get the words out, they&#8217;re there &#8212; I&#8217;ve got two drafts saved that I&#8217;m trying to work on &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=967&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School School School&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/school-school-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last little while studying, working to get ready for a final, lab exam, midterms.  I think the exams went fine, but I don&#8217;t have the results back yet. It&#8217;s made me tense, but enjoying school and it&#8217;s made me a bit more sensitive than usual.  So as a result I&#8217;m thinking and processing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=963&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intensity</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/intensity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/?p=955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had an intense week. It&#8217;s late, I should be asleep but I also know that when I wake up in the morning final exam prep begins in greater ernest than before. This week I had a reflective journal entry due, a debate to do (and let me tell you I could post on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=955&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EI Frustrations</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/ei-frustrations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/?p=952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahem. Please excuse me while I have a brief rant.  I&#8217;ve had a distraction this weekend. Unfortunately it&#8217;s not a pleasant one &#8212; not &#8216;the distraction&#8217; I&#8217;ve mentioned in passing on this blog (unfortunately).  Last week I mentioned that I was being audited. From 2004-2006 I was working for a Clinical Diagnostics company &#8212; this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=952&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balance, Stress and Getting Everything Done</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/balance-stress-and-getting-everything-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals and Plans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does one do it? Keep on top of everything? How does one learn (and memorize) efficiently when there is little time in which to do so, and the exam is only 2 weeks away??? And for those who think I&#8217;ve procrastinated, I haven&#8217;t. The course itself is only 4 weeks long.
Seriously, tips are welcome.
Every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=947&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Stressful Side of This Transition</title>
		<link>http://chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/the-stressful-side-of-this-transition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress is going to be a theme for the next 20 months as I go through my Nursing School Program.  I realize that, and am prepared for that.  Some tools I have for managing my stress are:
 


This blog &#8212; blogging for me is a place to reflect on my life, my experiences and to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=942&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Impressions of Nursing School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost 2 weeks into my new program. This transition to a new stage of my life comes with many emotions, impressions, changes and choices.  I&#8217;m going to skip my New Mexico stories for the moment to take a few minutes to settle my brain down about these changes.  For those just joining me on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chroniclesofchristina.wordpress.com&blog=4008166&post=934&subd=chroniclesofchristina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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