Year Two complete ... roll on Year Three

The first uni year has absolutely flown by! But my second, wowsers! Where did it go?

I've had a great two years, stressful at times but my new friends have been complete rocks and we've all supported each other. I've made some new friends for life. I'm so pleased to have done this course. I was initially apprehensive leaving a full time job that I loved but Nursing is just brilliant!

There have been up and downs but getting the results that I'd passed everything was amazing! It's worth all the hard work! My placements, as I said before, have been great.
I've been on a busy surgical ward, experiencing all aspects of care from admissions to being in theatre to recovery and discharge. It was an awesome learning curve. I've been to a walk in centre, I saw sooooooo much from basic health care to life threatening emergencies. I've been on an Oncology Ward and Endoscopy outpatients too as well as many other days in other units, or visiting specialist Nurses.

The teams I've worked with have been excellent, we are lucky to have such a fabulous NHS.

I've kept up my Disney love and bought plenty of stationery... a must for students ;)

I started writing this a year ago... I just hope I have some followers still otherwise me blabbering on is pointless! Hahaha

Catch up soon
xo

Uni life!

Being a student nurse is a mix up of both fun and a challenge! Uni days are much more self taught than I ever expected, with pre reading, then a lecture, followed by a seminar and work at home. The assignments are hard going but then you wouldn't expect a nursing degree to be easy! 

My current assignment is about the free radical theory of ageing and how it links to the digestive and respiratory systems, finding articles is much tougher than you might think! 

I'm also revising A&P for an exam we take in Oxford, prior to that I have a practical exam on psychological status and observations.

I can't believe how fast time has flown from beginning this course! The two placements I have had so far have been fabulous! I have met both amazing patients and staff, the experiences I am having are life changing, I'm like a sponge....absorbing lots of information!

Wish me luck with my exams! I'll be back soon

xo

Me on Monday *a sad post*

Hello everyone, I hope you've had an awesome past few weeks? "Welcome" if you're here from Sian's page. I've kind of been out of the loop a lil while. On the 2nd of October a very close family friend passed away...

This was the last group photo of us all together just a week before she died, we're aren't great fans of taking lots of face facing photos but honestly, since scrapbooking I have realised how important photo taking and making memories really is! Paris has been battling cancer for just over 18 months, a horrible disease which she has been so brave and courageous fighting!

Myself and Tracy tried to help her through the rubbish times by taking Paris places, making 'fun' and generally being there for her! Lolly & Cal think the world of her too, Lolly spending time having 'horror movie days'....I hate watching horrors! Cal always brought a smile with his witty comments and chocolate sharing! We've eaten so much food with her ..... during those steroid days...haha! We have some amazing memories! Watching her die was the most horrendous heart breaking moment we've been through in such a long time, so sad, words cannot describe that feeling but we promised to ALWAYS be there and we were! At only 21 years old I cannot even begin to imagine how her family feel.... but as ever, I will always be there!

The past few weeks have been very gloomy and we've used every excuse possible to smile!

Including randomly blowing bubbles....shopping sprees,

Lauren met up with Union J ..... again! {thankfully she didn't faint!} haha!

I packed my bright Disney Princess back pack to remind me of the good times... uni was somewhere I haven't been very regularly in the past few weeks... grief is an odd thing! Popping up when you least expect it, slapping you in the face! One thing this has shown us as a family, is the awesome people we are surrounded by. They may not be blood but they are our family and we love them so very much! THANK YOU! {You know who you are!}

Lolly & Cal looked gorgeous at the funeral! We all wore pink, Paris's favourite colour, she had a beautiful send off! Now she's shining bright up there, like the diamond she was!

Forever in our hearts xx

 

Me on Monday

Welcome to my blog Me on Monday'ers "hello" if you're here from Sian's blog!

This week has been brilliant! I've started to get to grips with student life...

I've made some new friends and met up with some 'old' friends too ...

We've loved these Shaun the sheep & Gromit hunts over the years, I'm so glad we caught up with the girls... roll on the Christmas meet up...

...and that we finally also ticked off all 120 Shaun the sheep!

On Saturday evening, we had a gorgeous meal in the curry house with an awesome nurse friend and ended up in the town to have a lil drink! I felt very old! hahaha! .....& was quite offended I wasn't asked to prove my age! hahaha!

The rest of the weekend was relaxed ready for this hectic week....

See you soon xo

#30 lists day 12

Things I've learned this week

I need to get back on my diet/healthy eating plan again

Being worried makes your body do all kinds of crazy things

I have the most awesome friends

Some people need to seriously listen to me, I do talk sense ...honest

Ice Hockey season is back!!! Go cats go!

I have learned sooooo much from working in the community

Movie nights can be scary!

Being married for just 3 months today, is the best thing I ever did!

Happy days! xo

#30 lists day 11

My best friends 

Always laughing

These girls mean the world to me... My BFF {Best friend forever}, WBFF, {Work best friend forever},  HBFF{Hockey best friend forever}, ...hahaha! but more than that my wife! She is my rock! The bestest bestie ever!

She's always there when I need a friend

My babies are my besties too! They often say "Mam, you're my best mate!"

Growing up fast!

I have a great circle of friends, every one of them mean the world to me! I'm surrounded by awesome people! Some people I haven't know for a very long time, others I've known for years! Some of my best friends still live up north and we've been friends since school...

                             

Our girls....! They are hilarious! Thanks for everything xo Love ya'll *mwah* I'm not gonna list who they are, they know.