Meeting my roadies today...signing up for the same pain.

Trude and I met up with our roadies (we're all driving in when we can) and if study group is possible, we'll be helping each other out.

My buddy friend nursing student Comrade X is graduating and pinning next week so we are planning on taking both X and buddy Comrade Y (their spouses too) out to dinner to celebrate. They made the decision to go to SM more palatable. We basically saw what they endured (much like a long trip through purgatory on a really hot day) and since they are no longer on fire, we feel we will survive the walk. Toasty trip...maybe some tears, but survivable.

Incidentally, after talking today to Comrade X's spouse, it looks like there is a light at the end of the rainbow. They are both very happy...and I am so blessed to have friends such as these to help navigate the treacherous waters of nursing school.

Last night Trudy and I got the news we were accepted into another program (one we had tried twice before to get into - much to our utter despair)....getting the congratulatory email was rather anti-climatic because we had requested news on our admission status, actually begging and bribing for it...to no avail. As a result we had to pay for SM, attend orientation and order books. Getting asked to attend a program by two prestigious schools (one school offering two seats in both an accelerated BSN and Masters program); is nice, but after what we did to get there, I was actually too tired to actually be happy about it. "Congratulations on your admission...thanks...I guess." Bah humbug.

So, we met our roadies today and decided we had some things in common...the next 11.5 months are going to be spent with these people and it was easy to welcome each other, knowing we had all signed up for the same pain. Now if we could all just get the same lab schedules. I have a lot to look forward to.