On a mixed note....I finished the third of four board exams. I am glad to get this next stage over. Right now I am just praying to pass this exam. The first half was great. I felt wonderful after turning the exam in. Then I realized that I got every question wrong. The next session was worse. I hated the case studies. I studied them and I thought that I was prepared but by the time I was finished I was sick of it. I do not think I could have handled the exam if there was one more case study! The exam tested my knowledge as well as my ability to sit for 4 hours straight and regurgitate information in the form of a bubble sheet. I am so glad that I am finished. I hated the experience and do not want to go through it ever again!
On a better note....Heidi, Melissa, Brittany and I presented our research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium yesterday. It was awesome! I loved it. I hogged the spotlight. I answered all the questions and did not give my team a chance to speak. I hope they will still be my friends! I forget how much I like public speaking until it is all over. Friends, please forgive me for talking all the time!
On a sad note...My roomie is moving out tomorrow. He has been the best roomie I have ever had and I will miss him. I wish him the best of life, love and happiness!
On a happy note...only 1 week until Blue October's cd, 'Foiled' is released!!! I love 'Hate Me' so much!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
'(Mary's) Got a Gun'
I have two more days until the dreaded 8 hour written dental hygiene national board exam. I usually experience dreams prior to a stressful situation...read the 'I am an illusion' post. So last night I had a dream. I was in a shooting contest with other dental hygiene schools. I was representing Weber. One of the requirements was that our ammo had to be of a lesser calliber than a 204SD. My gun was a H6/7. The officials said that they had never heard of a gun that shot H6/7 rounds. I told them my dad had made the gun just for me. He even loaded the shells a little lighter so that it would not kick back on me. So I ended up kicking some trash during the competition. When I woke up and digested the dream I laughed and laughed! I had transposed the different calliber of gun with names of dental hygiene instruments! I love it!
Tomorrow is my undergraduate research symposium. I have to admit that my teams power point rocks! It is going to be great! I cannot wait to present because it means that the next day is the board exam. This means that my schedule will lighten up a smidge and then graduation is near! Only 39 days until graduation!!!!
Tomorrow is my undergraduate research symposium. I have to admit that my teams power point rocks! It is going to be great! I cannot wait to present because it means that the next day is the board exam. This means that my schedule will lighten up a smidge and then graduation is near! Only 39 days until graduation!!!!
Friday, March 17, 2006
'luck of the Irish'
I successfully completed my local anesthesia board exams. I am still in shock. I have to keep looking at the envelope to make sure it was my candidate number and that it really said I successfully completed the exams. I know it will sink in later, probably after some good sleep.
My home girls passed as well. Way to go Korbin, Natalie, Melissa and Heidi! You guys rock. These girls took their test one day prior, in support of my nerves they came up to campus and dealt with all of the crazy estrogen/adrenaline in the air. I was touched that they cared that much about me! I am the luckiest girl in all of dental hygiene cookie world!!!
So, I arrived this morning at 8:20 am. I walked down to the testing room just in time to grab my packet and sit down. I took the written exam. I feel like I did pretty well on the exam. Sadly there was not any math...oh well! I am so thankful for my study group. There were so many questions that I knew cold because they had drilled the answers into my head. Thanks!
Bonnie was my patient. She was so great! I really appreciated her willingness to come up to campus and sit and wait for my turn. Then she was a great patient. I started with a right PSA injection. It went great! I proceeded to the left IA and got a huge positive aspiration. I withdrew and was allowed to pick up my back up syringe and proceed. I did so and when I was at deposition site the examiner wanted Bonnie to pull down her lip and then I noticed that I was not over the premolars! I finished the injection and was told to wait with my patient. About 3 eternal minutes later the examiners came back and said that they would like to see the left IA injection again. I said left, do you mean right? They wanted me to do another injection on the right. So I did. I rocked on that one. Bonnie said that I did not shake quite so much! I dismissed her and proceeded to clean up and dispose of my sharps. Then I cleaned the unit and left. As I left the clinic I noticed a flat envelope in the results basket. I peeked and it was my candidate number! Talk about fast results! I knew I passed without looking because the envelope was flat (if you failed the envelope was fat with failure and reapplication forms)! I turned and looked at the group of girls waiting for me to come out. I smiled and showed them the envelope! They screamed so loud I was shy and embarrassed to have such attention shown to me!
We went out for lunch to celebrate! Melissa bought sopapillas for all! What a great woman she is! Heidi treated us to ice cream compliments of her mom! Maria drove all the way up just to be there for us! I am the luckiest girl alive to have great friends in my life.
My home girls passed as well. Way to go Korbin, Natalie, Melissa and Heidi! You guys rock. These girls took their test one day prior, in support of my nerves they came up to campus and dealt with all of the crazy estrogen/adrenaline in the air. I was touched that they cared that much about me! I am the luckiest girl in all of dental hygiene cookie world!!!
So, I arrived this morning at 8:20 am. I walked down to the testing room just in time to grab my packet and sit down. I took the written exam. I feel like I did pretty well on the exam. Sadly there was not any math...oh well! I am so thankful for my study group. There were so many questions that I knew cold because they had drilled the answers into my head. Thanks!
Bonnie was my patient. She was so great! I really appreciated her willingness to come up to campus and sit and wait for my turn. Then she was a great patient. I started with a right PSA injection. It went great! I proceeded to the left IA and got a huge positive aspiration. I withdrew and was allowed to pick up my back up syringe and proceed. I did so and when I was at deposition site the examiner wanted Bonnie to pull down her lip and then I noticed that I was not over the premolars! I finished the injection and was told to wait with my patient. About 3 eternal minutes later the examiners came back and said that they would like to see the left IA injection again. I said left, do you mean right? They wanted me to do another injection on the right. So I did. I rocked on that one. Bonnie said that I did not shake quite so much! I dismissed her and proceeded to clean up and dispose of my sharps. Then I cleaned the unit and left. As I left the clinic I noticed a flat envelope in the results basket. I peeked and it was my candidate number! Talk about fast results! I knew I passed without looking because the envelope was flat (if you failed the envelope was fat with failure and reapplication forms)! I turned and looked at the group of girls waiting for me to come out. I smiled and showed them the envelope! They screamed so loud I was shy and embarrassed to have such attention shown to me!
We went out for lunch to celebrate! Melissa bought sopapillas for all! What a great woman she is! Heidi treated us to ice cream compliments of her mom! Maria drove all the way up just to be there for us! I am the luckiest girl alive to have great friends in my life.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
'I am an illusion'
With local anesthetic boards so close I have been experiencing crazy dreams. Most of them are fuzzy but the feeling of anxiety, failure, and confusion are dominant.
Last night I had the BEST local anesthetic dream-here it goes
I was late. Heidi and I walked into the clinic and to our oportories-which were individual rooms like private practice. In my room Kelsie was setting up for me! I was so thankful to her for helping me that I did not notice the patient in my chair. Kels was trying to be cool but was watching me like a hawk. It was then that I noticed that my patient was my dream man, Mr. Rob Thomas! I was confused because I remembered seeing Bonnie, my LA board patient, in the waiting room. I thanked Rob for being so willing to be my patient. He replied that it was not a problem and he was willing to help. I told him that I was a little shocked that he was in my chair. Rob told me, 'of course I am here. I told you I would be when you asked me.' I have no memory of asking him. I then looked at my attire and realized that I was in jeans and sandals. Prof Gall and Mrs. Campbell were my judges and they were only 3 rooms down. I began to change into white shoes and scrubs. Rob was on the phone and politely excused himself to go smoke. He came back as I finished dressing. I was dreading having to talk to him about smoking cessation, but my fears left me when he walked into the room and climbed into the chair. He was so sexy and nice. I woke up before I got inside his mouth...DANG IT! I am pretty sure I could have had a great time probin, explorin and giving an extra/intra oral exam! Well here is to dreams!
Good luck 06ers on the LA board!!
Last night I had the BEST local anesthetic dream-here it goes
I was late. Heidi and I walked into the clinic and to our oportories-which were individual rooms like private practice. In my room Kelsie was setting up for me! I was so thankful to her for helping me that I did not notice the patient in my chair. Kels was trying to be cool but was watching me like a hawk. It was then that I noticed that my patient was my dream man, Mr. Rob Thomas! I was confused because I remembered seeing Bonnie, my LA board patient, in the waiting room. I thanked Rob for being so willing to be my patient. He replied that it was not a problem and he was willing to help. I told him that I was a little shocked that he was in my chair. Rob told me, 'of course I am here. I told you I would be when you asked me.' I have no memory of asking him. I then looked at my attire and realized that I was in jeans and sandals. Prof Gall and Mrs. Campbell were my judges and they were only 3 rooms down. I began to change into white shoes and scrubs. Rob was on the phone and politely excused himself to go smoke. He came back as I finished dressing. I was dreading having to talk to him about smoking cessation, but my fears left me when he walked into the room and climbed into the chair. He was so sexy and nice. I woke up before I got inside his mouth...DANG IT! I am pretty sure I could have had a great time probin, explorin and giving an extra/intra oral exam! Well here is to dreams!
Good luck 06ers on the LA board!!
Thursday, March 02, 2006
'If you're happy and you know it...'
...Jump up and down! I did just that when I came home from the VA yesterday and sitting on the front step was a package with my name on it. I ran inside and proceeded to open a package so covered with tape that even my gramdma Faris would have been amazed. The person who packaged this box used at least 3 rolls of tape. It was amazing. I would cut off one layer and there would be another one sitting there taunting me with the unatainable prize inside! I could not stand it! Brent brought out the trusty pocket knife. Even armed with such a tool I had a hard time getting into the box. Once I broke through I was so excited to behold the game I had been searching for for several months; Pollyanna.
When I was a child my grandparents had a board game called Pollyanna. It is a basic take your men around the board game, but we would play parnters and the loosing team had to do the dishes. I have such fond memories of playing this game with my family. I have been looking for the right edition of the game on ebay. I have found several but every time I bid I am outbid. The game has been selling for 120 to 130 dollars. I do not have that kind of cash to spend on a game. So I made myself a deal. If I studied according to my schedule I could buy the game. So I have been bidding on this game forever. I finally won one on Sunday! I only paid 71 dollars! I am so lucky to get this game for so cheap....yup 71 is cheap to me! This game hold so much sentimental value that I would have gone higher but luckily I did not have to!
I am so happy I have this game! It is called the 'glad' game. I must remember the glad game and play it whenever I am feeling like I did the other day! I know I will make it and I know that I just need to be myself but the stress I am under is making my brain go haywire! I forget things, I do not care about a lot of things. I just need to stick it out a little bit longer and I will be a hygienist!
Well world...feel free to stop on by one night and we will get out the old Pollyanna game (it really is 55 years old!) and have some fun!
When I was a child my grandparents had a board game called Pollyanna. It is a basic take your men around the board game, but we would play parnters and the loosing team had to do the dishes. I have such fond memories of playing this game with my family. I have been looking for the right edition of the game on ebay. I have found several but every time I bid I am outbid. The game has been selling for 120 to 130 dollars. I do not have that kind of cash to spend on a game. So I made myself a deal. If I studied according to my schedule I could buy the game. So I have been bidding on this game forever. I finally won one on Sunday! I only paid 71 dollars! I am so lucky to get this game for so cheap....yup 71 is cheap to me! This game hold so much sentimental value that I would have gone higher but luckily I did not have to!
I am so happy I have this game! It is called the 'glad' game. I must remember the glad game and play it whenever I am feeling like I did the other day! I know I will make it and I know that I just need to be myself but the stress I am under is making my brain go haywire! I forget things, I do not care about a lot of things. I just need to stick it out a little bit longer and I will be a hygienist!
Well world...feel free to stop on by one night and we will get out the old Pollyanna game (it really is 55 years old!) and have some fun!
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