I guess I was busy last quarter!

I realized I hadn't posted in awhile, but I didn't realize it had been since the 2nd week of school!

PHEW! Last quarter was a crazy one! I remember thinking how hard it was while it was happening. But once it was over, my thought was "that wasn't so bad." WASN'T SO BAD? Am I A GOON?

I started off the quarter with a GREAT test score in the first week. This was fabulous and encouraging. But then.... 2 "not so great" scores followed, in addition to a score on a paper that wasn't great. I was freaking out! I remember saying to myself "what the hell am I doing here? I obviously can't handle this!" My word - 2 not-so-great test scores and all of a sudden I think I can't manage to get myself through nursing school..... geez! Well, turns out that all other test scores (except 1) were pretty darn great - I had nothing to worry about!

The Wednesday before finals week, I made the mistake of figuring out my grades and what scores I would need on my final exams to pass my classes. BAD MISTAKE!!! The fact that I needed only 40% on one exam and 55% on the other made it VERY hard for me to find reason/desire to study "hard" for finals. (David would change that "hard" to "at all...." haha!). Seriously - I could NOT find it in myself to whip out books/notes/desire for studying. So, I didn't - study "much" that is. Thankfully, I did just fine and passed the quarter with grades within my own range of acceptance.

Speaking of acceptable grades...... in my nursing school, the saying is that "73% = RN"
That's because 73% is passing. You can get (average) 73% and still pass nursing school. This is equal to a "C" grade.
When we get crappy test scores (I consider "crappy" to be less than 80%), everyone says "hey, 73% = RN, so you're doing just fine..." But WHO is happy with JUST PASSING with a "C?" WHO makes it their goal to "just pass?" No way! I tell ya, my overall goal is to get through each quarter, no matter what that means. BUT...... the reality is that I want to maintain my 3.76 GPA..... We'll see if I can do it! :-)