Less than 3 months

Less than 3 months and we're done!!!!!!

3 down 1 to go

I took my last final today for my 3rd semester!! So happy to be done and be that much more closer to graduating. This was my best semester yet and my favorite so far thanks to peds. I loved my peds clinical! So sad that it's over but happy to be done with med-surg.

Last week we had a Touro baby shower for Jace and Hollie. It was fun to hang out with everyone and eat yummy food and of course ooh and awe over cute baby things.

4 months from tomorrow will be our pinning ceremony (graduation). I'm the chair for the pinning committee..aka graduation party planner!! I'm excited to get planning and have a fun graduation. Kind of crazy talking about being finished with school. I can't wait!

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Pool Party

I have the best study group. We like to eat a lot, play ping pong and basketball, give professors cartoon names, give each other care bear names, not study, and have pool parties. After one of our ridiculous tests we had a pool party/birthday party for Micah. It was so fun to just relax and act like we 10 years old again. My favorite part of tests are the parties we have before and after. :) Here are some pics from the party...

IV

(This blog might get pretty boring now if you're not into nursing stuff or even if you are :)....just fyi!)

I put my first IV in a baby last week. It was really nerve racking hearing the baby scream the entire time and with 2 nurses holding him down.

But I got it in my first try so I still have a 100% success rate with placing IV's!

Can I just say how happy I am every Thursday cause I'm in peds? I used to dread clinicals cause of my dislike of old med surg floors but peds makes me so happy. I actually look forward to going to the hospital. Finally I get to take care of babies!

I was in the ER last week and I loved it. It's totally different than being on the floor. I love the adrenaline of it and the fast paced work you have to do when someone comes in from the ambulance. Might be something I could enjoy and get used to...

Want to hear some great news??? It's now August which means I am done in 6 months! Hallelujah. I hope I can make it these next few months.  

New blog and new last name

Jen Chatwin ---> Jen Patterson

Still getting used to the new name as well as the new title of "wife"

and calling Dylan my husband.

But I love it!

I am starting a new blog that will be the "married blog"

http://dylanandjen.blogspot.com/

We will probably go private so send me your email address!

This blog will now be my nursing journal which will probably be pretty boring for some of you, so....check out our new blog!

Half way

I took my last final today which means I'm 50% a nurse. I'm halfway there I can't believe it! And let me just say that planning a wedding in 5 weeks and wrapping up a semester of nursing school is probably the craziest thing I've done in awhile. I haven't slept in weeks and I want nothing more then to just be married and in Hawaii right now. Only 10 more days!! So crazy! The wedding planning has been fun and it's totally doable to do a wedding in 35 days!I didn't think it was possible without cutting corners but it is. I don't feel like I've had to compromise on anything. I'm very lucky and blessed that my parents, Dylan, and his parents are doing all they can to help make our day special. And now all that's left is little last minute things. I can't wait for June 24th so I can see how everything is going to turn out. Having a wedding planner is like the best thing ever! Less stress on my mom and me and I just get to show up to my own party! Love it.

We started moving into our new place last week. We are renting a cute townhome For the next year till I finish school and then we will see where we end up. Our place is super close to my school and about 10 minutes from my parents house. It has an awesome view of the strip and is in a nice area thats close to a lot of restaurants and cute shops. We love to entertain and have an extra bedroom so visitors are always welcome! I will post some pics once we get everything situated. We were lucky to receive some furniture from someone in my parents ward so we are having fun painting it all and putting things together. The furniture is a little outdated but so far the painting is working and i think it will turn out good. I'm excited to see how it all comes together.

Sooooo about 2nd semester....I'm so happy it's over! This semester was tough. I learned a lot and got to see some awesome things like a total knee replacement surgery and open heart surgery. I need to post about that sometime so I don't forget about it cause it was so freaking cool! Probably the best thing about semester 2. My mental health clinical was very interesting and just made me grateful that I'm normal and don't have those kinds of problems. It was really sad sometimes listening to them talk about their experiences and all that they have had to go through. Once again another experience that has made me thankful for all that i have and for my healthy mind. Nursing school has been a humbling experience. I've always known that I'm very fortunate to have the family I have and the life and health that I have but every week I'm reminded how lucky I really am. I'm looking forward to semester 3 cause I'll be in peds finally!!!!! I've missed working with the little kids so much. I just can't wait!

Well, 10 more days left of being a fiancee and then I'll be a wife. It's still a very surreal experience and I'm just so happy. Just 4 weeks ago this wasn't a thought in my mind and now I'm just 10 days away from being a married woman!