Searching...

The job search is still going. I have yet to get one or even get an interview. Hopefully things will be looking up soon! Fingers crossed.

Frustrated...

I know I have been posting about the same thing lately...jobs... but that what is going on in me life currently. I still haven't been able to find a job. I don't have the experience the hospitals are looking for, but I am unable to get the experience. I have applied for over a dozen jobs and nothing has panned out. Hopefully something will happen soon.  I can only take so much down time doing nothing.

Another semester has gone by. It wasn't too difficult. Most of the classes were pretty basic. I actually was able to take some fun classes for the first time! I took a beginning swim class and a culinary class. I bet you are asking yourself why did Kimberly take a beginning swim class. Well dear folks, I could not get into the advanced swim classes without getting beginning and intermediate waved and I had know idea who the teachers were for that class (they weren't listed), so I decided to take the beginning. On the very first day I told the teacher I could swim and that I was a WSI. She then asked me to be her TA. I became the TA and taught the class along side with her. The thing that blew my mind was how much faster adults learned to swim than children! It was amazing! The culinary class was great. I enjoyed the lab portion a lot more than the lecture portion but I had to take both. I kind of knew a little bit because of Megan (go sister!). I know I still have a lot to learn but cooking is fun! I can't wait to make some stuff for my family2

A new semester starts next week, so I have to go up to school for  mtg and then the writing papers begins. Basically I will be a writing machine for the next 3.5 months! Great... I strongly dislike writing papers. Not my forte!!! These two classes are my last. I graduate in July for the last time (unless I go to NP school, still haven't made up my mind about that).

The job search continues...wish me luck!!!

Rejected...

It would appear that I do not have enough experience to get any of the jobs I want. I am starting to think that I may have to move outside Utah and Idaho to get one. Perhaps I shall move back east, I could find one there! I have applied for over a dozen jobs and all I get are rejections emails from their computer systems. I am feeling a little down at the moment. Hopefully, something will happen soon!

My little brother leaves very soon for two whole years! I am sad and happy because he will be gone but he is doing a wonderful thing. Go little brother!!!

School is almost over for the semester. I have only a couple of things to do left for all my classes then I am home free for about a week and then it starts all over again. I only have 8 credits next semester which is only two classes. I am just taking the ones I need to graduate in JULY! That is right people I will have my Bachelor's in Nursing in JULY!!! WOOT WOOT!

Job...

The job search isn't going so well. I have applied for several jobs and nothing has come of it. It seems that I do not have enough experience in the field. Well, that would be true, but no one is giving me the opportunity to get experience. SO FRUSTRATING!!!

Job....

Here goes the job search!

I started to apply for jobs and the first three I applied for I did not get. I do not have enough experience according to all the emails I receive. How I am supposed to get experience if no hospital will let me. I am getting really frustrated! Mom called me and told me to look on Craigslist for other jobs, so I applied for a couple of those and hopefully I will get a call.

Here's wishing!!!

Ear . . .

The epic conclusion the ear saga ends here . . .

My ear is finally better!!! Celebrate!!! Please celebrate with me, come on I know you want to. This is a very important day in the life of Kimberly. It has been 2.5 months since the saga began and it is finally over.

I still have to keep my ear dry for the next month but after that I am free! Which is a good thing because I registered to take a swimming class at school. This swimming class is going to be fun because it is a beginning class and I am not a beginning swimmer. I am looking forward to it. I have wanted to go swimming for quite some time but the ear made it impossible.

No more MD appointments here I come!

Ear . .

The ear saga continues. . .

I went back to Dr. Lee the following Tuesday (October 18) for a follow-up on my ear. He looked inside and said a bunch of crap was still in there. He cleaned it out and put more cream inside and told me to keep it dry still and that he wanted to see me again next week.

I have a really great habit of going to Idaho Falls ever week.

A week went by. . .  my ear feels great! I can't seem to find anything wrong with it. However, I was WRONG!!!!!!!!!

My appointment for October 25, was right after I had a 12 hour clinical night shift. I was super super tired. I had not gotten any sleep in the last 26 hours and I looked the part. Everyone in the office knows me by name now because I have had appointments for the last month and a half. I wasn't in the mood for any bad news about my ear not being better. I never should get my hopes up because it still wasn't better.  Holy Moly! How long can a stinkin' ear infection turned fungal infection last? I mean honestly? what is the deal? Well he cleaned it out again gave me Fluconazole and said see you next week. Gah! Really?

(November 1)Thank heavens my next appointment wasn't right after a clinical. I arrived praying my ear was all better but to my disappointment. . .  it still wasn't. He said we were about 80% of the way there. Now what he put in my ear next was a great surprise to me. He put a chemical the looks a lot like the crystal violet dye in my ear. He said that it would help get rid of the moistness and kill the fungal elements. He also ordered an ear drop to clean all the fungal elements out and see you next week.

This is becoming a habit.

I went on over to Smiths to pick-up the prescription.  Guess what? Smiths did not carry the particular ear drop and said they would have it tomorrow. Now I really didn't want to drive all the way back to Idaho Falls in the morning to pick it back up so I had it transferred to Walmart in Rexburg. However, they did not have it either. Apparently this is not a very popular drug so I had to wait until Wednesday to get it but that was alright with me.

Now because of the purple dye Dr. Lee filled my entire ear canal with, my ear leaked purple everywhere! I was going insane. Purple here purple there. It was never ending!!!

(November 8) I had another all night 12 hour clinical. This clinical didn't make me as sleepy because it was in the ER and there was something to do most of the time. I had a great time listening to all the nurses, especially my preceptor Nick. He was a hoot. I never laughed to hard at clinical in my life. It was great! Sorry off track there for a second. I arrived at Dr. Lee's office 1.5 hours early. I attempted to take a cat nap but it was way to cold to sleep in a car and I even had 2 coats and a blanket and I still froze. Thankfully, Reese (office assistant) gets there about 20 minutes early to open the office. I went inside so I didn't loose any extremities. At 0900 Dr. Lee took a look in my ear and said 90% the way there. Great! I wanted it to 100% of the way there. He told me to keep putting the drops in my ear for the next three days and would like to see me next week.

I honestly don't know what the office will do without me coming every week.

The saga will continue next week . . .