I decided it was about time I catch up my blog. Lots has happened since my last entry, most importantly that I finally moved to Tucson, AZ to start nursing school! I drove down last Saturday in my car, with Mom, and Dad driving his Jeep with a trailer full of my stuff. First off I would like to say this move has been the most expensive of my life. That said, the trip was uneventful except for the occasional "breaks" my AC seemed to be taking. The move into my apartment went fine. I'm not used to having a big desk in my bedroom so my beautiful dresser is in the closet. Very strange. Also strange, my AC was taking longer and more frequent "breaks". Mom and Dad set me up quite nicely, for which I am beyond grateful, and then left me on Sunday evening. My roommate has been in and out but mostly out since I've been here so I've spent the vast majority of my time alone. Not that I haven't been productive. I'm all moved in now, have worked out every day, have my textbooks and have done a significant amount of reading. There are only a few events that deserve mentioning further, they will be described below.
Textbooks.
It turns out you have to be accepted to medical school to be smart enough to get out of the medical school building. Getting in is easy, getting out - not so much. Of course the medical bookstore is in some obscure corner which I will never find again. I parked in the nursing school parking lot thinking it couldn't be that far and set off to get my books. There are no signs in the med school building (except for exit signs that don't lead to exits). After wandering for a while some girl took pity on my and walked me to the bookstore. The clerk piled my pre-ordered books on the counter and, with a smile, asked me to fork over more than $1100!!! She mentioned something about someone helping me take my 3 bags and 2 boxes of textbooks to my car if I would like to pull around. Fine, so I took 2 bags (not sure what I was thinking) and headed off to get my car. There was just the small matter of getting out of the building. After 2 flights of stairs, an elevator ride, several deadends (that had exit signs) some kind lady escorted me outside into the 100+ degree heat. Great. 40 pounds worth of textbooks and I'm forever away from my car. AC doesn't work. By the time I pulled around I was dripping with sweat and couldn't feel my fingers. After getting a fruit smoothie and wandering around Target (the only place in town less than 80 degrees) for vowed to get my AC fixed.
My AC
So I went to get my AC fixed and the compressor is dead. The warranty won't cover the compressor unless they replace a bunch of other stuff too. My car uses an old system that no one in town carries anymore. Mitsubishi placed the AC in a difficult location. They ordered the parts on Friday and won't be able to start on my car until Tuesday at the earliest. I have been staying home a lot and will have to sell several body parts.
The Blind Date
So, it sounds like it's been awful since I've been here which isn't true. The people here are super nice and helpful and many people have gone out of their way to help me and befriend me. So here's the up side. On Friday - the day I found out I'd have to sell a kidney to get my AC fixed - my friend Jen called and asked if I'd like to go on a blind date. I agreed - I generally enjoy blind dates and it was certainly better than staying home alone. I had a great time - dinner at Chipotle and frisbee golf - and then after bringing me home he stayed and we chatted for several hours. Nothing extravagant, just really fun.
That catches us up to today. I went grocery shopping and worked out and now I'm procrastinating working on my clinical calculations for administering meds assignment. Yes, they sent us a letter saying we had to pass a dosing exam at 90% in a couple of weeks but we would not be covering the material in class. I'm good except for apothacary units which I've never used before. Fun for me.
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