That Time of Year Again

It's now mid October, which means there are only 2 months left till Christmas.  I have no job this year in which to buy gifts with, which is a bit depressing.  However I have lots of yarn.  With that said, a few of you will be getting a homemade gift from the heart :).  I figure that with my study schedule as tight as it is, I should have gotten started on all of these gifts 3 months ago. With that said I'm going to give you a small sneak peak of what I've been working on.  The pics below are not of gifts that will be going to any followers of this blog, sorry.  And I'm not telling who they will be going to or what the project will be when finished.  Wouldn't want you letting it slip.  I'm just going to post a little peak at the stitches and colors.  Enjoy!  Once the gifts are given I'll post full pics.

These should be Royal Purple and Teal.  Don't know why it looks so drab in the pic.

 

Study TIme!

So, I've had a hectic week these past two weeks.  Week before last we had two test on Monday, a head to toe health assessment check off on Thursday (which I passed with flying colors), and then our health assessment final on Friday.  By Friday night I was so frazzled that I thought I'd come down with a case of alopecia (hair loss).  I made it through the week though only to find out I missed the mark and will have to repeat the course. UGH!!!!  This is heart breaking.  I feel like a failure.  But if I'm being 100% truthful, I have no one to blame but myself.  I was always the student who never had to study. Through my A&P classes, Biology, Microbiology, and all the other classes I've had to take up to this point I've never studied for the first test.  I'd go in and come out of the the class with nothing lower than a B.  But this first semester of Nursing School has shown me that is not going to be the case any further.  After I made a D on my first test I have started trying to teach myself to study.  This is proving to be harder than I thought.  It's like teaching an old dog a new trick.  I'm more determined than ever now though.  I will bring this up!  I will do GREAT this semester! And when I retake Health Assessment next semester I'm going to knock it out of the park.  Just watch me :).

My Blueberry Nights

                                                       

While getting ready for bed the other night I came across this movie.  I can't remember what I'd been watching before but this one was advertised as coming up next.  I had never heard of it and planed to go on to bed but then it started coming on and the actors names were flashing across the screen.  Nora Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz......  I couldn't believe that will all of those well know actors I'd never heard of this movie.  I decided to watch the first few minutes just to see what it was all about.  I was hooked in the first few minutes.  Now I'm not saying this film is for everyone, but if you like quiet movies with people trying to find themselves then I do recommend it to you.  I really enjoyed it and will watch it again.  It was made in 2007, so it isn't all that old.  When I saw it the other night it was on HBO, I believe.  Go check it out.
                                                           

Where Does The Time GO?!

Well, I am now midterm through my first semester in nursing school.  Know what I've realized?  It's impossible to do anything while in nursing school that is not directly related to nursing school.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining.  I'm VERY grateful to be in the program and I know that it will be worth it in the long run.  But right now I'm realizing just how hard this is going to be.  I'm wondering if I should turn this into a Nursing Blog, seeing as how that is what my life is made up of now :).  Recently I haven't had time to crochet, watch many movies, or finish many books.  But it's all ok.  I did get to share in a few teenage girls first viewing of the original Footloose last night.  That was fun, and I've told them we will plan another viewing party for the original Dirty Dancing and Point Break.  I hear they will both be remade and I wouldn't want their first impressions of 2 of the greatest movies ever being the Crap it will be turned into during a remake.  Just saying.  Perhaps I should throw The Thing into the mix also.  I have two half finished books sitting on my desk and they taunt me every night.  They've been sitting there since the beginning of September and they are making fun of me that it is taking so long to read them.  I'll get through them eventually.  What are they you ask. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong and One Grave At A Time by Jeaniene Frost.  Both very good books so far.  When I'm done, perhaps I'll post a review.  No promises on how long that will take.  So anywho, that is what is going on in the world of Wensa right now.  Not too much excitement to the outsider, but almost more than I can stand.  Hopefully I'll be able to finish the crochet projects I've been working on as Christmas gifts.  Some of them my have to be rescheduled as birthday gifts.  Sorry if it turns out to be yours.