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Have a funny cap and a piece of paper with my name on it that says that I <em>accomplished<\/em> something (sort of)<\/li>\n<li>Went on vacation for the first time in years (because apparently a 4 day trip where I spent most of it on a bus doesn&#8217;t count)<\/li>\n<li>Went spelunking for the first time and had a lot of fun<\/li>\n<li><strong>Got into nursing school<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Yet again worked as a customer service rep<\/li>\n<li>Stood up for myself and reported my supervisor to Human Resources (yeah, that did not work out well &#8211; still glad I did it)<\/li>\n<li>Started nursing school &#8211; met so many people, learned so many things about <em>myself<\/em> and others &#8211; finished with an A average for term 1<\/li>\n<li>Turned 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And what&#8217;s in store for me for 2013?<\/p>\n<p>I start up at school again on Monday, I have a new clinical placement that&#8217;s going to be mildly hellish to get to for morning shifts if I start at 6:30am (7:00am won&#8217;t be as big of a problem). I&#8217;m taking 6 courses (pharmacology [online], pathophysiology, microbiology, clinical skills, group learning, and clinical). I&#8217;m going to be on campus three days a week, thank goodness I have a locker in a decent location (already got my schedule &#8211; that I still need to print out). Of all the classes, the one that&#8217;s new to me is microbiology- so that shall be interesting. The only new textbook that I need to get is the one for microbiology, and the instructor is <em>really<\/em> pushing for the ebook because we need to do online quizzes (via the publisher&#8217;s website) anyways. The website says it&#8217;s $70, which isn&#8217;t bad at all&#8230; But the thing I dislike the most is that I can&#8217;t resell it when I&#8217;m done! The reason it&#8217;s so cheap isn&#8217;t actually because it&#8217;s an ebook, it&#8217;s because we&#8217;re not getting <em>all<\/em> of the content. The ebook of the entire text is the <em>exact same cost<\/em> as a physical book. Which is ridiculous (in my opinion) because they should have saved some money on not <em>printing and binding the damn thing<\/em> and made the ebook cheaper. So I&#8217;m glad we don&#8217;t need the entire book, because it would have been $200 otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Other excitements in my life include getting a new laptop, a new bag (purse, not backpack) and a couple new dvds. The non-excitement is learning how to use Windows 8 because it&#8217;s a new operating system and I&#8217;m not used to it at all. My new laptop is not a touchscreen, so I find the Start Menu a bit tedious, to be honest, and I miss having a Start button. <em>Also<\/em>, it actually took me a while to find the &#8216;shut down&#8217; button and I ended up\u00a0 having to read in the book where it is! They&#8217;ve completely hidden it (under <em>Settings<\/em>, FFS), not user friendly at all. One thing I <em>do<\/em> like about it is the Instant On feature. Takes <em>seconds<\/em> for my computer to go from black screen to the me being able to log in &#8211; which is pretty awesome, if you ask me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012 was the year that I&#8230; Took classes that I truly enjoyed in university Took my first distance education course (purely online, even the final!) Finished off my very last semester in university with high grades (!) Graduated. Walked across a stage. 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