Today I didn't want to get up, probably because I was up until 4 am last night, but I did get up eventually, at around noon. I didn't do too much before leaving for class, but my dad wanted to put my new windshield sprayer on since my other one broke, but we found out the one he bought was wrong because it needed a straight tube and this one had a 90 degree turn. So that didn't work out.
I went to lab before my class, I left at around 1 pm. I practiced some of my skills there for a bit. Breanna was there so I talked to her some.
Then I went to my class at 3, which was pharmacology. I don't think we did too much, we were learning about heart meds and beta blockers. At the end we had a quiz that everyone was kind of worried about, but it ended up being a Family Feud sort of thing, where she'd read the questions and then someone from your team would run up and ring the bell. I got on a pretty good team and I actually got to talk some, like to Paige and Kinleigh. So that was a fun quiz.
I left and got a small McDonald's fry for free and then went back to practice in the lab some more. The lab was pretty full this time around. I went over to CJ and watched him do some skills, and then I practiced while he watched me. I did not do well compared to him. He did all the steps perfect. I started with catheter and I messed up about fifteen times, my water syringe exploded all over the place twice, I couldn't get the lube open, it was a mess. I also practiced wound dressing and trach suction with him, so I think it was a pretty productive practice. He gave me lots of tips. And we got to know each other a bit better. We talked about sports some, he's a Bucks and Packers fan apparently.
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| CJ demonstrating Foley insertion |
I left lab eventually because everyone except me and the two foreign exchange girls had left. I went to the library after that and wrote down everything from the check-off rubric onto a notebook, along with other notes that I thought were helpful. I was at the library for an hour or so.
Then I left and went to Walmart, because there was our Halloween party tonight. I hadn't really planned at all for the party tonight. Before I left this morning, I'd grabbed my jean jacket, red puffer vest, and one of my dad's shirts so that I could be Marty from Back to the Future. I was him for one of the high school Halloween dances, but I had no other options for tonight. Anyways, I went to Walmart and bought a Four Loko and that was really all I planned on drinking tonight, because my check-offs were at 8:15 am tomorrow morning. After Walmart I went to HealthPoint to try and run inside the therapy section to go to the bathroom, but they were closed, or their doors at least wouldn't work, so I went to Kidd's and went there instead.
So after that I still had some time before the party, it was probably 8:30 pm or so, so I sat outside of the Baptist Student Center and read over my notes that I made at the library. I got pretty good at memorizing all of that, and I was there doing that for an hour and a half or so. Then a little before 10, I made my way to 333.
So this party wasn't too busy at first, but it never starts out busy. The only people really there were tekes, some Delta Chis (because this was a paired party with them), some Tri Deltas, like Keely and Hannah, and some TKE girlfriends, like Teddy. So I started kind of awkward because I didn't know who to talk to. I was kind of surprised that most people immediately knew who I was dressed as. I feel like I had one of the better costumes. Mason was Bob Ross, Romell was a lederhosen guy, Eddy was a pirate, Whitlow was Twister, I think Grant was a banana, there was a big variety. So I talked to them to start out. Then I ended up talking to Nyk for a long time, like 45 minutes or so. We just talked about our jobs and nursing and stuff. He wasn't even dressed as anything. Then I went downstairs for a bit, and it was a little weird. It was definitely busy down there, I just don't really dance, so I just stood around for a bit. I talked to Teddy some, watched Kevin and whoever play some cup pong, and then I had to go to my shift at 11 to work the bar. This was probably the busiest time for working the bar, there were so many people coming in. It really wasn't that bad, though, I got to talk to lots of people and everyone was like, "Marty!" I also took a couple of drinks from the coolers for myself. Some other guys joined me behind the bar to kind of help out, like Jafar, Matt was there for a bit, I think Mason was there. I was supposed to be opening the drinks before I served them, but my finger was killing me so I stopped doing that. But I was kind of getting into it, I was a good bartender. After that was over at midnight, I was free. I ran into Shaylea, and I really don't know about her. I was kind of trying to avoid her not going to lie. But I still talked to her some. I tried to get her to get Scott to talk to her friend again for some reason. I think she eventually went over to Sig Tau. There was this other girl I was talking to who was dressed as Cleopatra and I kind of wish I'd have gotten her number or something. If I had it, I wouldn't have done anything, but she was nice. And then that one girl I talked to on homecoming night was there, Jalyn. So I talked to her, she was dressed as a nurse. The party shut down at 1 am, but the Jalyn girl was texting me afterwards and said she was at Logan's house, and I was like, oh, I know him, I can go there.
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| me and my costume, as photographed by Ryker (notice the lack of braces) |
So after the party, I started walking to Cape Trails from 333, which is a little crazy, it's apparently a 34 minute walk. When I was leaving, Whitlow was on the front porch with this Delta Chi who was dressed as someone from Devil May Cry I think. But I started talking about Silent Hill and asking if it was similar to that for some reason. Anyways, I left and I called her and told her to put Logan on the phone because it'd be weird if I just showed up. I made it almost to Rhodes before Scott pulled up to me, I don't know where he came from, but he was there. So he drove me to Cape Trails. But then she texted me they were now back at Towers. So I apologized to Scott, but he was fine with it, and he took me to Towers. We pulled up right in front of Zach and all the girls he was with. Jalyn was one of them, and I thought we were all going to hang out and eat Taco Bell, because she'd texted me that they had Taco Bell, but Zach and them went one way because they live in a separate tower than her. So I was left with her and we went back to her dorm. She did have a quesadilla, so she gave me half of that and we watched some Grey's Anatomy. We really just talked. I actually went over my check-offs several times on her, so that was good practice I guess. And I also did end up spending the night with her, which was really just about an hour of sleep. So that was weird, but I'm glad we didn't go further than me just sleeping in her room. But it was interesting learning about her.
So that was the day. It was pretty good, the party was fun, I probably shouldn't have gone to it with my check-offs being the next day, but whatever. Today was a 6/10.
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