Spring!

Spring arrived in Iowa with the return of the redwing blackbirds that sit evenly spaced between fence posts along the roads. The robins arrived shortly after. What a joy it is to wake to their morning song. Farm machinery that has been tucked away in sheds all winter is appearing in farmyards once again. Sunny days begin to outnumber the cloudy ones. Farmers are disking their fields and the smell of newly turned earth permeates the air. Newborn calves with snow-white stockings have appeared in the pastures. With each new rainstorm, the grass turns a darker degree of green. One night was silent. The next, the pervading chorus of spring peepers filled the air. It’s a comforting sound that says, all is right with the world. Spring is really here!

School is going well, but I definitely have a case of spring fever, which makes it hard to concentrate on studies at the moment! Have been able to maintain strong B’s in both nursing classes as well as Human Growth and Development and continue to have an A in Nutrition. It was discouraging to learn that we do not have a break between spring and summer semesters. We have finals one week and begin the summer semester the next Monday. Sadly it means that I must miss a much-anticipated gathering with my Posie friends on Cape Cod in May. On a happier note, the summer semester ends June 24th with our LPN graduation! Hard to believe that this first year of nursing school is almost over. One more year to go!

On the agenda for this week are tests over the cardiovascular system, protein metabolism, and pediatric blood, lymphatic, and metabolic disorders. In nutrition, I also have a paper due on vegetarian diets and complete proteins. In Human Growth and Development, there are two projects due, one an activity book for which I am doing a Sibling preparation book aimed at 3 to 5 year olds and an adolescent obeservation paper. In Maternal Child we also have several chapters of workbook due. In addition, we are working on our third care plan which is due the following week. It's a busy week!

Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10