So Busy!

I am so busy with school work right now. I feel like I am beginning to sink! Two final papers due at the same time is pretty stressful. I know once this term is over and I get a week break I will be fine. It's hard for me to relax right now though because on time of my final projects and exams my best friend just told me this past Thursday she is getting married in three months!!!! That does not leave much time. All I can do is breathe and take one thing at a time!

Unit 9

I am  in the process of revising and editing my final paper. I spoke with a neurologist in my office about my paper and he had offered to help me if I needed it. He also invited me to one of his lectures for family practice physicians reguarding DBS (which happens to be my topic). Today the doctor told me his lecture has been scheduled for Jan 27th 2010. That is exactly one day after this term is over :( I was a little upset because I was hoping to use some of the information in my paper. I am going to email the doctor and ask a few quesitons and for his permission to use his interview in my paper.
 After I thought about it for a little I realized even though it is after the paper is due I am still extremely interested in DBS and other neurological procedures. I am going to take advantage of the lecture and any other lectures or events that are offered to me. The more experience and knowledge I gain the better!  

Unit 8- Continuing My Blog

I have really enjoyed bogging over the past 8 weeks. I was a little unsure of it at first but I think that after this course I will continue to blog. I haven't looked at many other blogs during this course because I have been to wrapped up in making sure all my work is done. Once I realized it was not required to comment on other posts I stopped reading as many.
I do like that I am following everyone because my dashboard is set up to show recent posts from other classmates. When I sign on I can scan through whats new and decide if I find it interesting. Once I graduate I still plan to blog and I am hoping everyone else will too. Then we can keep in touch with each other. They say networking is very important. Who knows maybe one day I'll move to a new area and one of my classmates will live there. Then I have someone to talk with about the area, and possible job openings :)

My Mini Vacation

I am so excited for my mini vacation. My boyfriend and I are going to North Carolina for a three or four days. We're leaving on Wednesday and getting a rental car to drive there and back. I've never been to NC so I am excited to go to a new place and to get out of Pennsylvania. I know it won't be a huge change but the slight increase in temperature will be wonderful!

I am so thankful to get the break in school work too. That will make my mini vacation even more relaxing. I still do have some school work so I am bringing my laptop and printing my rough drafts of my final projects for both courses. That way while Marcus (my boyfriend) is driving I can be proofreading and editing. I've heard it is an eight hour trip so I am hoping that I can get the majority of my work done during the car ride. Then I can submit what is due when we get to our hotel. I am also going to try and add a little more in before we leave. Then I'll have even less to worry about.  

Neurology and Stroke

I work in an office called Neurology and Stroke. I am normally up at the front desk but when my coworkers request off I am used to fill their positions. I don't mind helping out. I think it's a nice change from my normal duties. I also take it as a compliment that the doctors request to have me fill in for their assistants.

It is a little frustrating to see my manager sitting in her office googling recipes for cookies all day when I am filling in for another position and noone is doing my work. The day after I was away from my station I have double the work as normal because noone had time to do my job.

This month I am being pulled even more then normal. I have worked for the head neurologist once a week for the past three weeks. Last week I worked for him on Friday and this week coming I will work for him on Monday. That's two days in a row with noone scheduling new patients, checking charts or verifying insurance. I am going to be so behind!

I tried talking to my manager about getting some help and all she does is shrug her shoulders and say just do your best. The only person I can go to above her is our part time VP and he is out on medical leave for the next couple months.

At least the month is almost over! :)

Always Busy

Even though I know it will be worth it, school has been very stressful on my life. I already have very little free time. (When I say free time I mean time to myself, just me relaxing and enjoying time to rest.) Now that I am in school I feel like that little bit of time I had is lost. The time I am doing my school work is alone time sometimes but it is at a time that I would normally like to be sleeping and I have to say that isn't very relaxing. :) I took the time I had to spend with my boyfriend and I am using most of that as school time now also. I think this is really stressing our relationship. Most importantly I have so much less time with my daughter. She is growing up so fast and I feel like I am not doing enough with her. I wish I had more time to take her to the park or the zoo. Anything not at home once in a while would be great!
This is just for now though. I know that once I graduate I will be able to get a better job or maybe a promotion where I am now. Then I will be able to support us easilier and have much more quality time with Hailey. I am hoping that my boyfriend will hang in there too. Once I am done with school we will have more time together also. I know it is worth the hard work! I have to remind myself pretty often but I am not going to give in! I am going to graduate and better our lives!

Big sister again!

I grew up with one brother. It was always just the two of us. A little over five years ago my parents split up and my dad got a new girlfriend. She is only three years older then me! At first I tried to play it as cool as possible. I had never seen my dad as depressed as he was when he was alone. Then when he met her he was happier then I had ever seen him. I figured I love him and his happiness is the most important thing. I never realized how awkward it would be though!

To make a long story short...I got a text message yesterday asking me if I ever would have thought my dad would have five kids. She is pregnant again! I have so many mixed emotions about it. I am scared to even talk to her face to face right now. It was pretty akward when she was pregnant with my little brother (who is now 6 months old). I guess it's mostly just hard to deal with because I was a "daddy's little girl" and since she came along and brought her daughter (she is 5 years old now) things have been so different. I know I sound like a jelous brat right now. I don't mean for it to come off that way.Don't get me wrong, I do care very much for my sister and my new brother. I love them with all of my heart but I am feeling like I have completly lost my dad to his new family.