Week 1...check.

I made it through my first week!!

I have to say, I LOVE it. You know something is right for you when you sit in class and very eagerly absorb everything that is told to you, when you actually enjoy reading the hundreds and hundreds of pages (not exaggerating) that you are assigned every day.
I've already learned so much. I had my nursing assessment lab for the first time yesterday and got to practice taking vital signs. I took blood pressures and pulses and respiratory rates and temperatures. I got to use my stethoscope!! I draped it around my neck and everything!! It felt really legit :)

Now, they don't call it an accelerated program for nothing. Even though on most days I have at most 3 classes, they are about 3 hours long each and by the end, my brain is absolutely fried. Then I still have to read and prepare for the next day. But adjusting to full-time school again hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. Taking all those pre-requisite course helped to prepare me, even though they were very different from this.

I haven't seen as much of Rochester as I would like because I just haven't had the time but I found out that with my student ID, I can ride any bus for free. WOW!! Take that, NYU. Next weekend I'm taking the bus downtown and doing some exploring. Why not this weekend, you may ask? Well, I have a test on Thursday and another on Friday...SO this weekend is going to be me, my room and the textbooks. And for some reason, that doesn't depress me at all :)

LOVING the weather!!! It's in the 50s and 60s every morning and I always walk out with no sweater, totally comfortable. Meanwhile, the local Rochesterians (made that up) bust out with their spring jackets. Shouldn't they be used to it by now? Shouldn't they be the ones in the tank tops? Food for thought.

So far I haven't felt a deep, unquenchable longing for New York City and I don't know if it's because I'm busy or because I'm a suburban at heart :) I'm going to give it a little more time and see...

Please pray that I would be God's light to this place and among my classmates. This is my ultimate goal and desire, and I can't do it by myself or on my own strength.
Thanks everyone!