EI Frustrations

Ahem. Please excuse me while I have a brief rant.  I’ve had a distraction this weekend. Unfortunately it’s not a pleasant one — not ‘the distraction’ I’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 — this [...]

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Balance, Stress and Getting Everything Done

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’ve procrastinated, I haven’t. The course itself is only 4 weeks long.
Seriously, tips are welcome.
Every [...]

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The Stressful Side of This Transition

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 — blogging for me is a place to reflect on my life, my experiences and to [...]

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The boss is back…

My manager’s back in town, so that means that we’ll be having conversations this week. I am now really hoping that I can keep my position — in a part time capacity, because without any income I’m not sure what I’m going to do for money in the fall. I guess I’ll find out. I’m [...]

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Money Stresses

As a student, single, living in the city, how is one supposed to make it work? I just found out what my student loan amount will be.  It has me stressed and uncertain. I know I will go forward with school, it’s something i need to do and it will work out in the end, [...]

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Decisions and Plans: What the heck have I been talking about!!??!!

Yesterday was a big day for me.  It was my annual review day.  It made me laugh a little, my manager acknowledged that I’m a perfectionist — she noted that I’d told her that in my interviews and that it is both a strength and a weakness. It’s something I need to relax on and [...]

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Blueberry and Raspberry Adventure

This week has been nuts at work. It seriously has me second-guessing myself. It makes me pause because I don’t know how to broach my plans with those who need to know. Or if I even want to go through with parts of them. Maybe I should just go through with the other plans and [...]

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Counting down

The countdown is on. One week until I go to Texas. I am realizing just how much I need a vacation! This week has been nuts. I woke up and the only thing I wanted to do was crawl back into bed. I didn’t want to deal with the crap waiting for me at work.  [...]

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Planning and Organizing

I’m thinking a lot about what’s next. It’s the end of June and things are going to be changing very soon.  I know this. It doesn’t mean I’m stressing any less about finances. In fact, it’s probably why, yesterday, I was stressing about the work-related stuff. Okay, to be honest, I would have been stressed [...]

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Strawberry Adventure

It’s a small consolation for not going to a blues party in Portland tonight. I’ll admit that driving 10 hours for a short party (there and back) is not my favourite idea of fun — especially with not sharing the driving.  But I was prepared to go, but my gut said ‘BAD IDEA’ this morning. [...]

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