[relief is near]

The semester is over soon – just nine more days until finals, then I’m done until mid-January. Let’s all breathe a sigh of relief…

In the mean time, I’m finding myself cramming for finals while prepping for the holidays, on top of all my normal tasks. I know this stressful time will be done soon, and I’m just focusing on that to get me through. Sadly, I will still have clinicals even once classes end, as the rotations were poorly planned and run into winter break. But at least I won’t have class to worry about on top of it.

I’m struggling to find my balance at work lately. A schedule change was thrown at me that was both unexpected and unwanted, as well as being a tech in a different department once day per week. I am not liking the change, as it’s completely thrown a wrench in the schedule I had worked out to manage my daily duties with my new supervisor duties. I’m working on a plan to get things back to normal asap, before my brain implodes! But then things are sure to get crazy once the next semester starts at school, since I will be in class four nights per week on top of it all. I am planning on doing some budgeting to see if I can afford to cut one day per week out of my work schedule, but somehow I don’t think that will happen.

But for the most part, things are well. I will likely be absent around here for the next week plus as I prepare for finals, but I will be sure to check in as soon as I am able to let you know that I survived!