Millie’s Blog

The Fall Semester is days away and I’ve had a nice break, but am ready to begin my Nursing classes again and start clinicals. I’m really ready to start all the hands on material. As much as I hated the setback last semester, it may help me perform better in the clinical setting and on tests since I’ve already gotten a lot of the information. Or at least that’s what I am hoping. I’m really ready to see my friends who went home for Christmas break also, but it’s been nice seeing some of them around the Admissions office over break.

Today, I think I’m going to go downtown and eat at one of our restaraunts called the Blackhorse (their pizza is awesome!) with a friend that I have known since elementary school. It’ll be nice to catch up with her before both our schedules become very busy with school work. Also, this weekend I plan to go to a movie– I’ve been on a movie kick lately– I’ve been to see Alvin and the Chimpmunks, which was adorbale and funny, P.S. I Love You, which I cried the whole way through practically, and this weekend I think I’ll see Charlie Wilson’s War, anything with Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks has to be good, right?

Hope all is well with everyone. Until later.

I’m really glad that exams are over and to have made it through a tough semester. We’re still waiting on grades to be officially posted, but I have a good idea of the grades I ended up with and I am pretty happy about them. I’m working in Admissions over the break and planning to spend time with family, but won’t be going to Virginia to see my brother and sister in law like I had planned. However, I think we are going to have a big Christmas celebration with all my family at my cousin’s house early Christmas morning–we’ll go there and have breakfast like french toast and pancakes and open up presents there. Then that night my mom, grandmother, and I will have the traditional Christmas dinner. I’m looking forward to making my famous German Chocolate cake. ;). Christmas is my favorite time of year! I love all the lights, especially the one Clarksville puts up at the Riverwalk, the music, and the good mood that everyone seems to be in. I hope everyone has a good break from school and/or work and a very Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow is the last day of classes– hard to believe! I’m looking forward to getting through the exams and having a small break. My first exam is this Friday and then my last is the 12th. I’ll be working during our winter break in our Admissions office, but am hoping to have time to visit some out of town friends and family. I also hope that I’ll be physically able to give campus tours once again– I miss getting to meet new people and talking about APSU. Anyway, just wanted to write a quick post. I better get back to finishing last minute papers and studying.

Just wanted to say that I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and ate plenty of turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie, and all that good stuff!

I had most of my family to my house and just got to sit back while everyone else brought the food– I’m not brave enough to do the turkey on my own yet. LOL. For those of you who went shopping on “black Friday” I feel for you because I was at Wal Mart late that night and it was still ridiculous so I can only imagine what shoppers faced in the early morning. If you went out that day, I hope you found some good sales though.

All in all it was nice to have a small break from class, although I spent most of it studying. This semester has really flown by and I’m finding it hard to believe that exams are almost here and winter break will be here before we know it- all the Christmas songs I’m already hearing on the radio are definitely reminding me of that!

Until later,
Millie

Over last weekend, I spent time with my husband’s family from Michigan. Each time they had been here they had not gotten to go to Nashville, so we decided to go and let them see what downtown was like. We ended up taking a trolley ride and it hit all the high points of downtown Nashville– the Ryman, the Sommet center, the Parthenon, Music Row, etc. It was really a lot of fun and even though I’ve been in Nashville several times in the past I surprisingly learned a lot about the city that I didn’t know before. The trolley or any of the other buildings tours (like the Country Music Hall of Fame) are something I would definitely suggest doing if you want to get a feel for the area. After the tour we ate lunch at the Wildhorse and the food was great and watching other people take line dancing lessons was pretty amusing, as well.

Oh, and here’s a fun fact from something I watched on the news about Nashville– people who commute to Tennessee’s capitol (whether it be from Clarksville, Hopkinsville, etc.) rank in the top in the country for individuals who travel the most miles to get to work. Also, they offered the statistic that one of the station’s newscasters (who commutes from Hopkinsville, KY) spends at least $5400 a year on gas vs someone who lives downtown spending $72 a year! Yuck! That’s not very comforting to me knowing I’ll probably be commuting to a hospital in Nashville after graduation.

And for just a small update– I am walking– without the use of crutches or a boot on my foot. (yay!) But when I stood up to try to take my first step on it, it was as if I had forgotten how to walk! Anyway, walking hurts right now, but I know the more I keep using it, it will improve. It makes me realize how much I took for granted just being able to walk, much less exercise like I used to.