So.....I'm kind of a big deal....

LOL not really, BUT I had my first real shift working in the chemo room at St. Jude. I don't post much about my job on here, but for those who don't know, I've been training in the regular IV room aka where we make the "normal" stuff such as antibiotics, stuff for nausea, stuff for fungal infections, pretty much everything except chemotherapy. Well I've officially began training in the chemo room since my elders deem me competent enough, so yay! So far, I LOVE IT, seriously I feel really important like I'm making a difference. Those kids need their chemo done right, and I have the best teacher in the entire world teaching me! His name is Matt and he's a 4th year student so he's graduating in May and I'll be taking his spot. I'm learning so much, I feel like a sponge. I learned calculations today and even did some on my own! I don't know why, but today everything just really started to click! I figured out how the paperwork works, and who needs chemo hand delivered and who doesn't and which ones aren't stable enough to make until right before they're going to be administered and what some of them do in the body and all kinds of stuff. I'm 100% confident I'll be ready to work alone by May, probably before then, but I won't need to work alone until then. Ok well I'm done with my giddy ranting, hope everyone has a great weekened!

Work and Vacation

For the last few days I've continued my training at St. Jude's and I'm loving it. I am pretty good at making IV bags and syringes, but those darn labels are getting to me. They always stick where they're not supposed to. I did have one accident. I was trying to break open an ampule and I got the first one perfectly, but the second one sliced into my thumb. I actually felt like I'd been broken in after that :) I got my grades and I did OK. I was disappointed about one of my grades because I screwed up on the final and it brought my grade down a whole letter. I guess that will teach me to procrastinate before finals. My GPA is 3.32 right now though so I guess that's OK. I should just really be concentrated on passing, but I can't get out of that "must get all As" mentality. I think my parents crushed it into my head so much growing up, I beat myself up when I don't get As. I'm pretty much over it now though. Tomorrow we're leaving really early and driving all day. We should get to Ormond Beach, FL by 5:00 pm. We'll be in FL until the 31st, then we're going to spend New Year's eve and day in Clarksville. I'm really excited. This is kind of a boring blog, but I'm sure I'll have great stories to tell when I get back.