FINALS!

In a little over a week, finals will be over and the first semester of nursing school completed. Wow!
This has been a test heavy week that isn't over yet. Never knew that brain work could be so physically exhausting! I wake up in the middle night pondering words such as erthropoieten and glomerulus and trying to remember the intricacies of how B and T cells function, which leukocyte rids the body of parasites which one phagocytizes invaders and the chemical reactions that take place to make muscles contract and whether its the sympathetic nervous system or the parasympathetic nervous system that activates the fight or flight response... Along with about a million other pieces of important information I should really know and understand in detail by my first final next Tuesday!
And that's just Anatomy and Physiology!
Next semester is just around the corner and I'm looking forward to taking Maternal Child Health and being able to focus on my area of interest for a while. Also have classes in Human Growth and Development, Nutrition and the biggie, Med/Surg. Looks to be an intense semester, but exciting and interesting!
Before I get there though, a road trip home to Colorado for Christmas will provide a nice break. Looking forward to seeing my kids, my folks and hopefully a number of my friends over the holidays. And sleeping. Sleep would be a very good thing!
Nursing Fundamentals ended today with our last regular test of the semester. The final question?
You do know it's Christmas don't you? If you do, fill in answer A on the answer sheet.
Blessings of joy and peace to all,
Lisa