update

So the update is as follows...

right now i'm in the middle of my critical care rotation. i'm at thomas jefferson hospital of neuroscience in the neuro ICU. it's awesome. i love it.

i'm still waiting to hear back from mass general. i had interviewed for their neuro ICU in february. they only have 2 new grad positions TOTAL available. talk about nerve racking. and i got my application in back in october, so that means this process has now taken over 6 months, and it's not even over yet! AND i was the first person to interview at all, so i'm waiting til they finish getting through the other applicants and then hopefully i will hear back soon. i went up and shadowed a week ago. it went really well.

i'm really busy studying for the boards (nclex). we have a huge practice exam on tuesday and if we don't get whatever score they want us to, we have to go into all this remediation and shit, so i'm hoping i do well. we have to have 1000 practice questions handed in by tuesday...ugh...

we had our critical care exam last week. i got a 92 so i'm psyched about that!

this week i got to see brain surgery (a tumor recection/craniotomy), it was really awesome. and last week i got to see the surgeon place a VP shunt (drains cerebral spinal fluid from the brain and drops it into the abdomen). very cool also. i always find some excuse to work my way into the OR. i love the OR. it's my favorite place to be. so when i get lucky enough to go, it totally makes my day. my preceptor is amazingly cool. her name is robin. she's the best! she invites me to come out for drinks with her and some of the other staff after the shift like, every week.
we do a twelve hour shift (7-7) on thursday, and again on friday.....so it's a lot, and in that regard, i'm anxious for the rotation to come to a close. but that's nothing against the rotation, i'm just starting to get senioritis.

i want to be done so bad. i can't WAIT! the warmer weather is the source of my more recent impatience i believe. it's crazy when i think about it....like...i hadn't really thought about this until this week, but i'm going to be going through 3 huge life changes all at ONE time!
i'm graduating from college, moving 8 hours from my home, and moving in with my boyfriend.....all in the same month. that's CRAZY. hahahah
oh well, i'm so excited. we've been doing the long distance thing for a full 2 years so i'm just thrilled to think we'll actually be in the same place in only a couple weeks.

jordan's really excited about sig coming up to move in with him in 2 weeks. lol. i think he's more excited about that than me moving in. haha. the apartment is really nice, we really really lucked out. we will have all new appliances, permission to have a dog, hard wood floors, 2 bedrooms (one will serve as an office mostly for jordan since he's a grad student), and it's literally RIGHT across the street from a whole foods. talk about being spoiled...rotten. it's insanely good. it's also about half a block to the T stop right on the green line (the public transportation we'll both be using to get around). we're going to have a car for the summer only so we can easily take little trips around MA and elsewhere in new england if we want. also, jordan's mom has a swimming pool at their house and this will be my first summer not having a swim membership somewhere, so i want to be able to easily get out to her place and stuff.
AND....we're getting a puppy this summer too. so we want to be able to have the car for convenience while the weather is warm. i'm hoping to go out to cape cod and stuff, and i know my family is spending a week on the cape at some point this summer. so yeah....i'm so excited i can't wait. And this will actually be my first summer not taking classes/being in school. That's also a reason to be excited. haha.