Chiquita's Blog

Hello Everyone! It’s good to talk to you all again. Austin Peay just got off break a little bit ago but i feel like it’s taking me forever to get back in the groove of things. I just want to sleep..=(. My spring break was pretty good though. I got to spend some time with my friends who came down from San Diego and those pics are below! Those are my best friends and we try to do everything together.

I can’t believe that the semester is almost over…it seems like it just started a little bit ago and it’s alaready about to end…I will be taking some summer classes though so school won’t be quite over for me yet. After the summer I’ll just have one more semester of classes left then I’ll be able to start my internship. Before I know it I’ll be graduating and moving out into the real world…it’s kind of a scary thought. I look forward to it though. Change can be good sometimes.

As you all know March Madness is going on so I hope all the basketball fans out there are watching. I don’t really know who I think will win yet but so far it has been really exciting. The Lady Govs made it to the tournament this year! Congratulations! Unfortunately, they lost their game but they put up an amazing fight. Even if basketball is not really your thing, I encourage you to watch some of the games. These college students truly go all out and it’s a thrill to watch.

I hope all you students out there who are not yet convinced about Austin Peay come visit us! I think you willl really enjoy the campus and we’ve have been known to give some of the best tours in the south..=). Austin Peay has a great atmoshphere and it’s a good place to spend your college years so feel free to come check us out. Well, I hope to hear from you! Stay posted another blog should be up soon!

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Hello everyone! Hope all is well. I can’t believe how fast the semester is going by! In a few weeks spring break will be here…=). I recently changed my major to Health Care Management and I must say I’m really enjoying it. It has a lot of the same concepts as nursing so I feel like I understand most of the material. I am taking 3 online classes this semester so I’m really having to stay organized but I feel like I’m handling it well.

This semester has brought many new faces to the campus as well. It’s always good to see new people on campus and they all seem to be enjoying the campus. This weekend our Govs basketball teams will be playing Tennessee State University so I’m really excited about this game. Usually we have a really good turnout so it will be exciting to see a big crowd. Everyone has been asked to wear pink to the game in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I think this a great cause and I’m hoping we will be able to PINK OUT the game saturday.

As we all know, Valentine’s Day is saturday as well! So if you have a special person out there make sure you don’t forget to get them something special! Hopefully I’ll have a dozen roses waiting for me somewhere…=). Thank you all for reading and I hope you all have a great weekend. Stay tuned for another blog soon!

Hello everyone!! Wow…it is truly amazing how fast this year has gone by. Time really does go fast…I hope all of you have had a wonderful year. This past semester has been a really tough one for me. The nursing classes were very tough and the clinicals were more in depth than the previous semester. We had to know a lot more information about the medications we were giving and I gave more shots than I can even count! But I enjoyed it all. I really learned a lot and I feel much more knowledgeable than I did during the previous semester. It was truly a learning experience.

I don’t know about you all, but I am definitely looking forward to a New Year’s celebration!! I am ready to start a new year. I have never really done the new year’s resolutions so I doubt I will do them this year but I may just set some goals that I want to be successful in. I’m hoping this new year will have a lot of good things in store for me. Hey who knows maybe I will even win the lottery..=) But most importantly I hope everyone has a safe and joyous holiday season!!! See you in 2010!!!

Hey Everyone!!! I hope all of you out there had a great summer! I am really looking forward to another year of blogging with you all. I would first love to tell you all about my wonderful trip to San Diego, California!!

This was my first time away from the south and also my first time on a plane so it was pretty exciting. I was very nervous at first about getting on the plane but once we were in the air it was no problem at all. Unfortunately, due to some delays I had to stay in the Houston, Texas airport overnight =( …but I did eventually make it to California. At the airport I was greeted by my best friends and for the week we just enjoyed every bit of San Diego.

We went to the San Diego Zoo which is ENORMOUS! It literally took us all day to look at all the creatures they had. But it was all well worth it. The most exciting part for me was getting the opportunity to feed the giraffes! I had never even seen a giraffe so the possibility of getting to feed one was amazing. It was scary at first but I soon realized that they’re just gentle giants.

After the zoo, we also got to go to the beach! I fell in love with every part of the beach. It was just so calming and relaxing. The water was a little cold but I still went in and had fun. I’ve now realized that I MUST live somewhere near a beach!
The very last night I was there, my girls and I had a bonfire. It was so much fun and I could not have asked for a better trip!

Now that school has started I have been nothing but focused on my studies. I know this is going to be a tough semester of nursing but I feel more prepared than I did my first semester. I passed my IV practice today so I think I’m on the right track! Well it was nice blogging with you all and I will be posting another blog soon so stay tuned!!

Hello my friends!! I hope you are all enjoying your summer!! I must say I am definitely enjoying my summer. Last semester really worked me hard so I’m trying to spend my time not thinking about school and just focusing on doing some of the things I love to do. Of course in nursing you can’t really forget everything you learned, so I still have to look over stuff to keep what I learned fresh, but i’m still able to enjoy my summer while doing so.

One of the things I’ve been able to enjoy doing this summer has been going to my sister’s high school graduation. It was really exciting to see my sister moving on from one chapter of her life and getting ready to step into another. She will be attending Austin Peay too so I know we will have plenty of fun going to the same college. I’m hoping she can learn from the mistakes I made during college and be a much better student than I was at times. I look forward to her telling me about her college experiences and I hope that she is able to take advantage of everything college has to offer. I do worry if she’s going to be able to make her 8:00 am classes since she is far from an early riser, but I have confidence that she will get the hang of things eventually.

I also got the pleasure of watching my cousin graduate from high school as well. Their graduation was outside in their football stadium so it was really interesting to watch. Graduating high school is a big accomplishment so all you new graduates should be very proud!!

Well I truly hope everyone has a safe and EXTREMELY enjoyable summer! The weather is just too beautiful to waste…

Stay tuned for the next blog!