Is anyone out there?

I know it's my fault if not. I have not been great about keeping this updated! Today we are battling the flu. I have not quite succombed, but I fear it's my turn next. The girls are all feeling pretty crummy. Maddie actually seems to be on the mend, her temperature is back within normal limits today. That may mean she can go to school tomorrow, which would be good because she's missed 3 days this week - add that to the two days she missed because of her surgery and we're up to 5 absences since August 20th. That has to be some kind of record for the first month of school.

I am only about 2 weeks into the semester and already feel like I'm neck-deep. The good news is that I passed my first high acuity test. The bad news is it was probably the easiest one of the semester. On Tuesday our lecture in the class was on mixed acid base balances, nullifying effects, V/Q, oxyhemoglobin dissociation curves and other equally as mind-boggling topics. I know these terms don't mean much to you unless you work in healthcare, but don't worry - they don't mean much to me either. Not yet, anyways. I am working on it. Our test on this unit is a week from Monday and I'm desperately working to grasp all of this.

Graduation is 3 months from today!!!