I was a basket case today. My stomach literally hurt from the time I got up until after it was all over with, SO when I got to school I was almost to the point of throwing up my nerves were so shot. BUT as soon as I walked through that lab door it just hit me! I knew what I was doing, I knew I could do it, and I did it!! I got further than most everyone had gotten in the allotted time frame AND I did my personal best run ever! I know (unofficially) that I passed and find out for sure tomorrow tonight.
So as of today it’s unofficial (lol…) not official til tomorrow that I start externship on July 12th.

Tomorrow we go and get our site assignments then some of us are going out to dinner and having drinks.

I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

By Christylee on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 12:19 am:

excited! ooops, hit send to soon! lol...

By Emily7 on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 10:14 am:

Great job Christy

By Christylee on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 10:17 am:

Thanks, I'm just on cloud nine today!

By Rayanne on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 10:24 am:

Christy!!!!

I bet you are proud. Keep us updated with everything.

By Babysitbarb on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 10:38 am:

congrats!!!!!

By Texannie on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 11:41 am:

Congrats. Is an externship different from an internship?

By Dana on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 11:46 am:

Wohooo! Congrats! RELAX NOW

By Christylee on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 11:54 am:

Thanks Rayabbe, Barb, and Dana! Annie, externship you don't get paid at all... I believe for some internships you get paid.

Thanks for all the congrats guys...

oh and BTW I just started an online journal for my adventures in externship, if interested you can view it at http://www.livejournal.com/users/on_my_way_now/

By Happynerdmom on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 12:06 pm:

Yay!! Congratulations!

By Karen~moderator on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 08:44 pm:

Congratulations! You go girl!!!

By Annie2 on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 08:54 pm:

Good for you!

By Christylee on Thursday, July 1, 2004 - 10:06 pm:

Just got home from class and it's OFFICIAL now, I'm now officially starting St Luke's on July 12th. I'm so excited, my first rotation will be Orthopedics and then plastic surgery.

I ended up with a 95 for the class, I made a 95 on my written final.

By Dawnk777 on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 01:00 am:

Is this for nursing? Congratulations! Have fun!

By Tink on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 01:07 am:

YAY, Christy! I'm so proud of you! What a huge amount of hard work and dedication! I hope you have so much fun watching your dream unfold!

By Christylee on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 08:24 am:

This is for a surgical tech program. I started last November and I'll finish Feb 05...

By Pamt on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 11:05 am:

Congrats!!! I know your excitement since I just recently passed a tough test and will seriously start working on my degree in the fall. Way to go and enjoy your externship!

By Dawnk777 on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 10:57 pm:

Okay, that's cool, Christylee!