As with any nursing school (I hope!) our work load is getting heavier as the quarter progresses. This coming up week has a research paper due (our first in APA format, which is enough to make any nursing student want to cry), as well as 2 tests and a midterm. This is on top of our normal homework, and we have a lab also.
As a group, we are coming closer together. Group e-mails are hitting my in-box several times a day as we all do the best we can to help each other through this craziness. This is what I've been waiting for... the great group effort vs the aggressive competition.
Instead of working on my research paper, I went with my daughter, my best friend and her daughter to a dance class at the local high school. The girls were dropped off at 11 am to work on learning a dance routine in 5 hours. We picked them back up again at 4pm, fed them dinner and rested (us, they played) until heading back to the school at 7pm so the group could perform during half time of the high school basketball game.
A big treat for my friend and I... we were not allowed to stay with the girls as they learned the new dance routine. And since we had told our families that we would be with the young girls, we found ourselves with a few hours to use as we wanted! We didn't tell the men about our new freedom, we just snuck off to enjoy the afternoon! It was great! And I think we came back refreshed and ready to tackle our family responsibilities again.
Tomorrow I must finish my research paper!
As a group, we are coming closer together. Group e-mails are hitting my in-box several times a day as we all do the best we can to help each other through this craziness. This is what I've been waiting for... the great group effort vs the aggressive competition.
Instead of working on my research paper, I went with my daughter, my best friend and her daughter to a dance class at the local high school. The girls were dropped off at 11 am to work on learning a dance routine in 5 hours. We picked them back up again at 4pm, fed them dinner and rested (us, they played) until heading back to the school at 7pm so the group could perform during half time of the high school basketball game.
A big treat for my friend and I... we were not allowed to stay with the girls as they learned the new dance routine. And since we had told our families that we would be with the young girls, we found ourselves with a few hours to use as we wanted! We didn't tell the men about our new freedom, we just snuck off to enjoy the afternoon! It was great! And I think we came back refreshed and ready to tackle our family responsibilities again.
Tomorrow I must finish my research paper!
