SHRIEK!

I shrieked today at work.

loudly.

I just couldn't help it.

I was in the fishbowl (area of station surrounded by glass, usually utilized for the MDs) when I happened to log onto a certain website that said: "Registered Nurse: Active"

I shrieked so loudly that another nurse outside the fishbowl jumped out of her seat.

Holy crap, I passed. I'm not sure how, and I'm hoping that it's not all an awful mistake (I've checked 3 times since learning that I'm now a licensed RN). For 27 hours after finishing the test, all I wanted to do was Thelma & Louise it off a cliff. Coffee, chocolate, and alcohol didn't help.

So anyways, It's official! There's still a lot to learn and I still feel incredibly incompetent at work (will that ever go away?). Thank you for the well wishes....maybe now I will start blogging more often :) No more questions to practice, no more chapters to review. What to do with myself now that I won't have to come home and answer 150 NCLEX style questions each night? I'm going to catch up on some reading and get ready for this and this.

hoping

my exam shut off at 75 questions today. I feel sick. I feel like puking. I feel like jumping off a cliff. Two of my classmates were at the exam, and we actually had some very similar questions.

We all answered them differently.

I've answered well over 2000 questions in preparation for this exam, yet I don't think any of those 2000+ questions helped me with the 75 questions I answered today.

I can't stand this wait and see period...

Oh boy oh boy

Boards on Monday.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!! here's hoping I rock it and not vomit or pass out :)

Wall

I'm afraid I'm hitting a wall! I'm trying to peel myself off this chair so I can run a measily 2 mile recovery run. But somehow...sleep...seems so much more attractive.

just two miles. about twenty minutes. Twenty minutes towards my fast approaching goal of 1/2 marathon.

I can do this. I mean...if I can run 8 miles, I can definitely run 2!

(sorry....sometimes I need to write silly things like this to make me realize how ridiculous I'm being about putting things off.)

New PR!

There are multiple times for yesterday's race.

The time posted online says 26:12.
The time posted on the board at the race said 26:11.

I thought I saw 26:09 when I came through the finish.

My intent was to start my watch when I crossed over the starting point, but because this race wasn't super organized, I'm not sure if I started my watch at the right point (there was no "START" banner. Instead there was an orange cone with a sign that said "start" at the side of the road). At the end of the race, I thought I stopped my watch, but had looked down at it after turning in my tag/number and the watch was still running at 26:20. The race obviously didn't provide chips and I didn't start at the very front of the pack. So there's not telling what the true time is.

BUT. Holy crap, I ran a 5k @ 26:12 or 26:11! My first mile was at 8:20!!

The race was all up and down hills. It was one of the toughest courses I've ran for a 5k and I can't get over how much I've improved over the past few weeks. And I haven't even been working on speed!! Just distance/endurance....

Some things that may have helped with time:
1. the weather. it was high 60s and NO WIND. That's almost unheard of here in this area. Usually I'm running in 30-50 degree weather with winds ranging anywhere from 8-20mph gusts. (I hate the high wind gusts. but I'd rather run a long run outside in the wind than inside on a treadmill)
2. the hills. Yeah running up was a pain, but running down hill had to help a bit, I'm sure.
3. After mile 2, I was running near a person who apparently had a team of trainers throughout the course! Every 1/2 mile or so someone would be yell at her to step it up, to keep it steady, to pass the girl in the green shorts, etc.

There was a free beer at the end. Along with greasy pizza (I passed) and delicious warm pretzels. No water bottles though. Instead, there were two people pouring water into tiny cups. (seriously, what was up with that??)

A fun, good way to start off the 5k season. I can't wait to run some more!!!

Overall placement: 195 out of 650+ runners & walkersDivision placement: 10th out of 69

First...

5K of the season is TODAY!

High is in the mid to upper 60s today...I haven't ran in anything above 50 degrees since fall, so this run might be tough for that reason. Oh, and there's that small matter of something called hills. ug.

But it's sunny out, blue skies, not a cloud in the sky. I'll have to wear shorts. (eeks!) Which is a perfect segue into today's race day strategy: start at the front of the pack, blind all those runners with my super white-out colored legs, and win! haha, right. probably more like middle to end of the pack for me :)

Although it doesn't matter because I hear there's a free beer for runners at the end. First place, last place, I'm just happy to go!

Of course I'm wearing this shirt. Except mine's in white. I'm liking the berry color better. Wish me luck!

tired

so tired. so tired I can't even write fun sentences to give updates...obviously work started. work, plus my study class = little sleep. I only worked an 8 hour shift, but I feel like so tired, so incompetent that I just want to sleep.

But instead
I will
get off my ass
and go for a run.

To clear my head.
and prep for the 1/2 marathon that
I'm unsure how I'll manage
to train for, now that
I'm working.
and studying.

Apologies for not commenting on fellow bloggers pages! I'm still reading through my feeder...although half the time I"m so tired I skim. One day soon I will return :)

More soon..