Orientation

Orientation for the nursing program was yesterday. I got to meet some of the other students, and they all seem pretty cool. There are 145 of us in the class, but I imagine several will drop out before classes even begin. There were a lot of questions and hemming and hawing from the class about money and time, both of which are a HUGE part of this program.

I have a few friends and former classmates in the program, and we all signed up for the same lecture, lab, and seminar classes. The clinical assignments are random. Uniforms are frigging ugly, but I'll deal.

I also found out that I was exempt from the final exam for the Spanish class I took this semester. The teacher is going through some serious personal shit, and he was unavailable. The problem here is that I was on the cusp of an A, and the final would have pushed me above the threshold. I don't exactly know how this will be handled, but you can bet my OCD ass will fight for the A. I need a 4.0, if not for a competitive edge in the externship market, for my own obsessive piece of mind.

On another topic, there is a GIGANTIC Flyers game on tonight. I plan to scream my damn head off at the bar.