mental health clinicals.

i started mental health clinicals this week... its really tough. 

its not pushing drugs and cleaning sores- its little boys sexually abused and sexual abusers.
im finding it to be upsetting.
on a different note,i really like this video because its so true.
there are chemical imbalances in peoples brains.. its no different than thyroid problems or cancer (in fact many times cancer is caused by our poor choices, like smoking! Exceptions on both sides of course...) but there is a natural tendency to think "crazy."
lets cut that out.


cascade chapel at oc was today... and thats that.

poor, but rich.

im working some odd jobs to make money here in oklahoma...
a little time playing with some young friends-


a little time wearing this terrible outfit and waitressing-




you know, this and that.
i dont make too much money, but i have enough to tithe and save and still buy gas and the occasional $2 film.
and obtain a new coat.
so life is good.

HUH?

I drive across Oklahoma City on Mondays and Wednesdays to go to OCCC for micro.
Some days I learn German from podcasts, some days I sing Glee. Some days NPR.

Yesterday I listened to Adele (it was raining).
Anyway, as I was driving I saw a billboard that said, "I care about the Earth."
And I thought, "Well isn't that nice!"
And then I focused behind the billboard and in the field (a field in the city... isn't that weird?) were two oil pumps and a tower with oil burning (like the Olympic torch).


Hoo boy.

some days.

it is my opinion that no matter how you prepare yourself there is nothing to combat the horribleness of the first bad day of the semester. up until this point you have been sailing along, doing your homework early and breezing through review chapters.
then one poorly planned weekend and its tuesday and youre behind!
this is where i found myself yesterday. jut a teeny bit behind and very very busy.

i know that isnt enough to warrant a descent into despair but sprinkled over a poor review from the nurse i worked with last week and doing poorly on the homework from last week (part of which contributed to my poor review in a terrible cycle of nursing school death) and having two tests this morning and it was a not great day.
this is how i felt.




but then i slept a little and thought about it and heres how it is:

- not everyone will like you. especially in nursing because its women, overworked and full of drama.
- also, the first tough day is the worst. so ive made it past that!
- theres is not much that a hug and some sleep cant improve.



thats all i got. here is a picture of a puppy to make you smile.
i really want a puppy.

the long, flat road.

here i am! finally updating on our trip here.
joshua and i took four days and meandered our way across I-80, listening to harry potter and the deathly hallows and some dance pop.
nothing too exciting happened, although we did see some crazy anti-abortion signs in kansas! and a painting of jesus with wheat. here are some of the highlights! enjoy!

the first picture. fierce face.

oh we will oregon, we will.

the enormous moth.

not our landscape but pretty yes?

dischelvedlast picture. disheveled.

NURS CLASS 1011!

dont we look professional?!
there i am! second from the right on the bottom row.

whoops!

only one thing of note today:
i, savannah with a MATH MINOR, failed a math test.


there are several things of note in this: one, to pass you need a 90% and i missed three questions which put me at an 88%. and also i havent taken algebra since junior high. so really i dont feel too bad about it, especially since i immediately told my college calculus teacher and he just laughed. and promised to help me fix my bike, dwigt.



its first week follies tonight.