Never Have I Ever - Bucket List edition

Last night, I was pinning on Pinterest and I came across this pin.

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I repined it but now it's hitting me a little harder. I sit here with my breakfast and beverage buffet of espresso, orange juice, and water like I do every morning and I think to myself "What haven't you done in your life, woman?"  I love my life and go throughout my day to day activities with a routine.  Have I ever held back from doing something I wanted to do?  Why haven't I just packed my bags with a few outfits and hit I20 without any plans?

But, as I watch GMA a man is demonstrating how to do THE BURPEE and I remember a certain time I learned to do a burpee after a few glasses of wine with one of the most fit girls I know. This probably has no relevance to you, but to me I remember I've always been down for anything.  Why am I holding back? And I can't help but think of 2 quotes that are usually screaming in the back of my head.

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It's so true, you only have one life to live.

So today, I wanted to do a little Never Have I Ever, but with a twist. This is going to be my official Bucket List. There will be some cliche bucket list items, but also some random personal ones. And I hope to finish them all someday before my time is up.

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Never Have I Ever - Bucket List Edition 

• Gone bungee jumping
• Gone skydiving
• Gone cliff diving 
• Gone scuba diving
• Attended a taping of Live! with Kelly and Michael 
• Drove to the West Coast from the East Coast
• Gone camping
• Bought myself a Tiffany Necklace 
• Gone to Vegas since I've been 21
• Been a Red Cross disaster volunteer (I do have the training though) 
• Let my eyebrows grow and got them threaded 
• Gone to every state in the United States
• Traveled to Belize 
• Traveled to every country in Europe 
• Traveled to every island in the Caribbean 
• Obviously, I want to fill every page of my passport by the time I'm 30
• Made pottery 
• Had a penpal that I've wrote real hand written letters to 
• Maintained a garden
• Pried my own Pearls out of those little sea creatures
• got my daisy tattoo removed
• Added to my 'free bird' tattoo
• Gone to a Washington Capitals hockey game at the Verizon Center 
• Read the entire bible
• Followed around my favorite band to every location on their summer tour 
• Flown across the Pacific Ocean
• Had a snake around my neck (this is probably NEVER going to happen)
• got plastic surgery
• Been an extra on Grey's Anatomy (this is inspired by my nephew) 
• Stuck my toes in every ocean
• Danced in a flash mob
• got my Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• passed the NCLEX and got my RN License
• got my Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
• saved a life
• learned how to ballroom dance 
• Read an entire book in one day
• worked out with Lauren Kitt and Nick Carter (lol lol lol LAUGH, no really) 
• ran a full marathon
• done a race in Washington D. C. 
• gone "ghost hunting"at Dorothea Dix Hospital 
• collected my own honey from honey bees
• studied Thomas Jefferson more (this includes staying up in Charlottesville and visiting Monticello more) 
• Cooked Lobster

I have more, but I must end this for now. I plan on making a separate page for this and adding it up on the tabs so I can keep track of my adventures.

What would YOU do if you knew you could not fail? I challenge you! What do you want to do before you die?

What Nursing School has taught me so far...

As of today, I am officially 4 weeks away from finishing my first semester of Nursing School. All I have left is...

1. Patho Exam 5 and Final Exam
2. Assessment Exam 5 and Final Exam
3. COPD Presentation
4. Head to Toe Assessment
5. Skills Exam 4 and Final Exam
6. IV Check off
7. Final Check off
8. 2 Clinicals
9. and a partridge in a pair tree

Doesn't seem like much does it? Or wait, does it? Not really, considering how far I've come in Nursing School in only 4 months. And let me just tell you what I've learned so far. 

Caffeine is what I need 99% of the time.

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Sleep is very important.

Not sleeping is not absorbing.  

Celebrating small victories and accomplishments are a must. 

When you pass a test, celebrate.

 It's hard for a reason. You're not in your pre-requestites anymore.

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Sedentary lifestyle is the cause of every disease. So, go run with your study partners and release some endorphins.

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Take a day of rest.

drink some wine, eat some chocolate, put your feet up, and stop studying. 

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Grey's Anatomy is an effective study tool.

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I may have Friedreich's Ataxia, Tuberculosis, Restless Leg Syndrome, Hepatomegaly, or maybe I'm just a hypercondriac.

that feeling when you're reading your Pathophysiology book and it feels awfully too familiar. 

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Don't talk to non nursing students about nursing school or the stress it causes.

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In 8 months, I'll do this again maybe and list what a year of Nursing School has taught me. 

Friday's Letters

Dear Grey's Anatomy, don't you dare try to cancel your show on me. I can feel where this is headed and don't you dare! I have watched you since I was in high school. high school. Please get me through 2 more years of college and we can discuss something. Okay? I need you, you help me study. 

Since high school, okay?

Dear Mother Nature, why you gotta be so drunk? It's almost the end of February. I'm perfectly okay with you acting all spring like. I finally went and got a pedicure. Let my piggies be in some flip flops for a while before you decide to throw some frost at me in Savannah. Dear Self, quit letting yourself go. Your busy, I get it. But act like a girl and not a slob. Dear Sean, you better pick Lindsey. You are super d u m b if you don't. 

Dear House, clean yourself. Dear Weekend, go by slow. I need to study for 3 tests. 3 tests. Dear Jarvis, you are my bible for J1 of nursing school. I don't know what I would do without you. Dear Time, be good to me. I just want to be the best nurse I can be. Dear Stassi and Jax, could you just like stop being so cute?  We all know you're going to get back together. I love how bitchy you are, Stassi. I without a doubt know we'd be best friends. And I can not promise I wouldn't steal your boyfriend like Laura Leigh. 

Dear Followers, sorry I'm not sorry my Friday's Letters are all about Nursing School and T.V. shows. It's kind of my life these days. 

Have a good weekend lovies! What are you doing? 

xoxo