First Semester is coming to an end...

My first semester at University is coming to an end soon, this is my last week of lectures before going on exam leave! I have my normal classes and labs this week and next week I think I have two revision sessions for two different papers, but put on the same day to save those that travel from coming in twice as majority in my bioscience class are nursing students.  I have my first exam of four, on June 10th and the last on June 17th, where I will then be done for the semester and awaiting my final marks I get for each paper.

Spontaneous night to the City...

..Taylor and I started off by Taylor deciding to come to my flat after she finished work and then we wanted to do something different, spontaneous and just to get out of the house... so we went to Takapuna Beach, then headed off to have dinner at Pita Pit.

...Taking random "selfies" (I hate that word with a passion..) at the beach...

KiwiYo for dessert..

This is just the beginning of our random, just cause we felt like it trip into the city on a Saturday night.

After eating and as we were about to head back to Albany we were on the road to the motorway on/off ramps, talking about how I love the massive bendy curve bit from Esmonde Road North, and how Mum always forgets and hates it and seems to end up heading into Auckland City.  

On our way into the city we had a few options of where we wanted to go and explore and ended up at the Skycity parking lot where we thought, hey, lets go up the Skytower just for the fun of it! 

Down to buy the tickets... I didn't have my student ID on me but he let me get in for student prices! YUS!

Going up... up... up... 51 stories up! 

You could see the city from inside the lift!

Taylor's first time EVER going up the skytower!!!

Random skytower photos..

AUCKLAND CITY!!

Standing on the glass.. scary when it decides to creek!!! haha..... we jumped on it too!

Taking photos of the magnets.. (I should keep this in mind sometimes...)

Love this one!!

After the skytower we went for a walk to look at the cathedral.. (Skytower is the red lit building in the distance)

......Photos....

Sad to be leaving... 

actually it was cause these people tried to use the ticket booth before us..... we were there first.. :)

It was a rather awesomely spontaneous trip into the city but it was pretty cool to see the city at night and walk around Hobson Street and down a couple others... walking past clubs and bars... Hurry up and turn 18 Taylor!! 

Finished my night off with a cider at my flat :) 

Last day of my first Clinical Placement

Today I had my last 5.30am wake up for this semesters clinical placement! I am proud to say that I have attended every single day without being sick or using being sick as a way of having a day off.  I have learn't a lot through practical work and keen to go on to do my exams and my next placement next semester at the actual hospital!

Here are a couple photos we took this afternoon just before we finished for the day..

Just a casual snapchat I sent someone... haha this was at like 6.30am... Meryn, Holly and I always get to placement super early.. before we are suppose to start so we can come in a chat and get sorted before we need to be at the nurses' stations for handover.

"SELFIE" haha, as you do... 

Back: Meryn, me, Nick

Front: Josie, CTA, Lauren and Eilish.

Missing: Holly

Our awesome as clinical placement group! We reckon we had the best group- we all get along really well and help each other out when needed :)

A bit of a blast to the past..

This is more just to play with the photo sizing than anything... But a few photos from years ago!

Calf Club Day 2006- (Wellsford Primary)

Cheyenne and I swimming at Trounson Park 2008

Anna, Danica, Jamie, myself, Amy

Year 9 boarders + Libby not photoed 2009

Eloise and I taking random photos 2012

Taylor and I taking randomly weird photos at lunch time 2012

Monica, Sam, Judy, myself, Taylor

Some of my friends at school- Judy's last day 2013

Injections!

Watch out world!

I did "administering subcutaneous injections" today in my lab!

I am now able to draw up, mix, and give subcut injections, under the supervision of a RN, though the patient would probably thank them for that one.. :)

"Don't recap the needles though, eh Meryn!"

We seem to be mainly focussing on diabetes for some reason at the moment, but I guess pricking fingers and getting blood samples are an everyday sort of thing so good for us! We did blood glucose levels and medications in our lab a couple weeks ago, and with the subcuts today it was to do with insulin (actually water and water/cornflour mix) being injected to this foam thing in a box with a leather top secured on to it so not actual people, but still. It was rather awesome!

I'm loving Nursing and I have one more assignment due this Monday and then two more clinical days for the semester! Then my exams of course :)

Useful?

Hmmm... Is Facebook trying to tell me something? I wonder..... 

Yes, I should be writing my assignment... well I am at the same time. 

But I was being productive! Really!

Answering questions by other classmates on our group page.  

Have to say though- I am almost finished this assignment! I am just getting articles to back up my own rationale statements! Exciting stuff! Almost done with assignments for the semester! One more to go after this and a re-sub if wanted when I get my psych essay back! Then exams!

I think I have my first exam in exactly a month from today- 10th June.

I have only two more placement days and I have completed all of my clinical components as well, ALOT of paperwork went into that! 

My flat! Finally some pictures!

I have finally gotten around to taking some photos and posting them on here of my flat!!

There is even a space in the carport for my car :)

My room! :)

Kitchen

Dining Room

Lounge

Other half of the lounge

The deck off of the lounge looking out to the bush

Bathroom

Laundry