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Nov. 19th, 2007

  • 11:31 PM
Pearlies
On Thursday it will have been exactly one month since i last posted.... saaaad.

Lots has happened!! I am DONE going to fayetteville for clinical!! PRAISE GOD!!! I seriously was so drained that my body finally turned on me last week. I got  Bacterial Infective Pharyngitis. Which, by the way, hurts worse than strep throat. It hurt so bad to swallow that i gagged on my own spit cause i didnt want to swallow.  (i know... you really wanted those details...)  So i spent the last day of clinical in bed. Oh and did I mention that I had a huge paper due the same day?? yeah.... so who knows how that one turned out... oh well. I am at the point where I am just saying to myself "as long as you pass, it doesn't matter..."

I have no idea what I am going to do about my living situation. An opportunity has arose for us to move across the street from Piedmont hospital. Except i have a feeling that it is going to be HUGELY expensive and my roommates will be able to afford it and I wont. Background: they hate our complex because of the "demographics" and even though its the nicest apt ever, they still dont like it. SO the manager offerred for us to transfer to an even newer, nicer complex in December. no fees or anything, but we just dont know about the rent. ...im seriously contemplating telling them to just transfer into a 2 bedroom and then just moving home. except then it will be like it was last time i did that, and I will be all alone in Duluth. UGH i have no idea what to do with my life.

Krystalyn, my other best friend from high school, just got engaged and asked me to be in her wedding which will be in the summer. I am so so happy for her. but this just reminds me yet again how very UNengaged I am. and how very UNengaged I will be for a long time. and how badly i want to BE engaged... blah.
But aside from all that, I am getting really excited about Kylie's wedding and now abot Krystalyn's. My dress for Kylie's wedding should be coming in a few weeks, and then Krys graduates (yay!) and then Kylie's wedding and festivities, and then Krys's birthday, and then we start planning stuff for Krys... I love those girls. I am thankful that there are people like them in this world.
Kylie just had her first Bridal shower and this weekend we spent like 7 hours addressing Ky's wedding invitations... i think that is what started the excitement

Paul and I are going... its been rough but we are going... I just hate that there is like MAYBE one day that I get to spend time with him. Its always so sporadic and if it ends up being too late I have to cancel cause I just cannot stay up late anymore. I'm an old hag. And he's so wrapped up in his music... I just wish there was a way to be more exciting to him than his music. He is just off and running with it and I love that he is successful and doing something that makes him happy, I just wish there was more of a balance. It's complicated too, cause we definitely spend time together, but its one of those things where you watch where someone's time/money/passion goes, and you wish it was somewhere else. or your time/money/passion doesnt go into the same thing... I dont know. Its difficult to explain.

I got to spend some time with QUALITY girls a couple weekends ago at Nessa's birthday. I love her. (yes, vanessa, you.) :) Its just nice to be able to pick back up with someone like you never really went anywhere, no matter how long its been. Maybe its the livejournal updates ;)
And all my dear sisters... it was nice to be with the girls i bitch to ;)

I am sitting in my apt by myself wondering if I should go to bed or clean. I cleaned my parents ENTIRE house yesterday, no lie. I dont think I did that much cleaning the entire time i was in high school. My aunt flew in from PA yesterday and my parents had to sing at a conference in Atlanta so they didnt have time to clean. So I've been doing a lot of alone cleaning lately. I don't think I do well with being alone. I get lonely quickly.... Then I write really long LJ entries... so really its bad for everyone! ;)

Well I cant really think of anything else to type... oh... many congrats to Lysa :)

<3
Jessie

Vera Bradley

  • Sep. 23rd, 2007 at 1:02 AM
Pearlies
If anyone wants to purchase something that I bought from the Vera Bradley outlet sale, you can see what I am selling on eBay.
Its the easiest way to see everything i have. The list isn't complete now, but it should be by Monday night!

My username is Chuppy2u.

Please buy stuff :)

Sep. 22nd, 2007

  • 10:57 PM
Pearlies
I'm biotching a LOT lately... apologies to everyone.

PS

  • Sep. 18th, 2007 at 11:25 PM
Pearlies
OK so another big YAY GOD for saving my life...

I seriously REFUSED to check my pharm grade for our first test because i was CONVINCED i bombed it and I got an 84!! oh yes... that was a miracle.

The Ups.. and its about frickin time....

  • Sep. 18th, 2007 at 11:16 PM
Pearlies
So i went back to the Vera Bradley outlet sale the next day (mistake?) and this time i bought stuff to resell on ebay. I checked ebay beforehand, and it looked like everything was getting bids and stuff. SO over the two days i got over $3200 in merchandise for just $600. and i plan to resell most of it, so hopefully i will at least break even, which would mean i got a crap ton of free stuff.

Paul suprised me at my apartment after class today :) and then an even bigger suprise... he offered to ride with me down to Fayetteville so i wouldnt be alone. I was the only one that had to get paperwork at the hospital today. He took a magazine and waiting in the hospital floor lobby while i did my work. How freaking awesome is THAT? :) I think it makes up for a lot of the crap we have been going through lately. It at least proves to me that he is still in this and is willing to put me first sometimes.

i needed that BIG TIME

I'm waiting for my uniform to wash so i can hang it to dry overnight. I DO NOT want to go to clinical tomorrow. especially since my patient is self-care and therefore will need basically nothing tomorrow. Oh, except she needs to be unhooked from her IV to go outside to SMOKE!! i mean, you are in the freakin hospital, what are you doing with cigarettes? LUNG CANCER!!! Hellooooo!!!! the patient two doors down from you is DYING from it!!!

thats just a little bit odd to me.

i hope you all are sleeping tomorrow when i get in my car at 5:30AM

<3
Jessie

My Vera Sales...

  • Sep. 14th, 2007 at 11:48 PM
Pearlies
Ok so i love doing this and its going to be the most boring entry for everyone else, but this is for ME :)

I spent a total of $304.22 including Lindsay's purchase.

Here is what I bought:               Original Price         Sale Price               Total

Straw Sandals (1 pair)                    $22                           $6                        $6
Padded Hangers (6 sets)               $12/set                   $2/set                 $12
Villager (3)                                          $69                          $26                     $78
Napkin (3)                                          $6                              $2                       $6
Pocket Wallet (2)                              $23                           $6                       $12
Travel organizer (4)                          $42                           $3                      $12
Paperback book cover (6)               $15                           $2                       $12
Zip around wallet (1)                        $34                           $9                       $9  
Pet Collar (4)                                      $15                          $2                        $8
Pet Leash (3)                                     $17                          $2                        $6
Handbag (1)                                      $50                           $29                      $29
Vera (1)                                               $76                           $29                     $29
Betsy (2)                                             $61                           $19                     $38
Pet Porter (2)                                      $97                          $15                     $30

Total Items: 39             Total Orig Price: $1,210      I Saved: $923

oh yeah. i deserved that. :)

The week of hell is finally over...

  • Sep. 14th, 2007 at 10:58 PM

i feel soooo much better. I'm still no where close to at the top of my game, but at least the school part is mostly off my back for now.

I did NOT do well on my test today. i haven't checked my grade yet cause i refuse to ruin my weekend. It was just not pretty. and its frustrating because all my friends seemed to know what they were doing. oh well. is over. now to study for my next nursing test, and i do well on those...

I rewarded myself at the Vera Bradley outlet sale :) It's funny cause i ran into a few people from school and they all said "oh i knew YOU wouldn't be missing this!" which is weird to me cause i didn't know people saw me as a vera bradley person. in fact, i really did NOT like vera in high school. but i had soooo much fun today. I went with Victoria, and she didn't buy anything but i spent $250. ha! but some of it i plan on reselling on ebay cause i got a couple things for under $20 that usually go for about $100. so hopefully ill make some of my money back. but i got a good deal for myself. Then victoria and i got stuck in traffic on the way home so we rolled down the windows and sang keith urban and rascal flatts songs at the top of our lungs :) And we made a spaghetti dinner when we got home. It was good times with my little sister :)


now i'm allll alone. but it's ok cause i'm deep cleaning my apartment and playing with my new vera's :)

<3
Jessie

Its all part of life...

  • Sep. 14th, 2007 at 1:19 AM
Pearlies
I saw someone die today.

They called a code on my floor and i got to go watch, but it was a DNR case (DNR means do not resuscitate so when someone starts to die they just give them oxygen and let them go, no CPR or anything.) so nothing happened really except intense monitoring.

she was 91 and it was her time, but i have never been in a room when someone has actually left this life. It was really weird and I had a really hard time holding back tears because the whole family was in there crying. and seriously there were about 25 people in the room cause when a code is called, EVERYONE and their mom goes to help.

I know i'm going to have to see that a lot, but it was really intense. I felt really heavy afterwards, and my professor acted like nothing happened and as soon as we walked out of the room he says, "ok now go give the patient in room blahblah a bath."  ummm... ok? no reflection? you aren't going to ask if we are ok? yeah... i guess thats cause he's a guy, but still.

It was weird.

Off to a good start! :)

  • Sep. 6th, 2007 at 11:26 PM
Pearlies
I got a 91 on my first test of the semester!!!! yaaaay!! :)

Today was the first day back in patient care. my patient was 85 years old and so so sweet. God really was looking out for me cause i was really nervous about getting back into the hospital. I havent been there since April, and thats a pretty long break. Everything went well though, except i was welcomed at 7:30am with the most pungent urine soaked bed EVER and i had to clean it up. yay.

Also, it took me 6.5 hours (no lie) to do all my paperwork last night, so i didnt get to sleep until 2:30 and i had to be awake at 5:15 becuase our clinicals are an hour and fifteen minutes away this semester. good. but i wasnt all that tired, thank God. I took a 2 hour nap when i got home :)

NFL started back today.... but i like college football better. the colts are DESTROYING the saints right now... i havent seen a score this high in the NFL in a long time. but that really isnt saying anything, cause i dont really watch NFL that much.

I should go to bed.
<3
Jessie

Stream of Conscienceness

  • Sep. 2nd, 2007 at 12:21 AM
Pearlies
I passed my validations!! :) And piedmont fayette is actually a REALLY nice hospital. im pretty excited about it. I'm not going to start patient care for another week and a half though. which is good cause im nervous still. Last year i didnt really do a lot of serious stuff, but this year we are literally the ONLY nurse taking care of our patients (we get 2 this time) and we do have to get everything double checked, but its still freaking scary.

side: the fairtax was NOT started by scientologists in 1990. thats just stupid.

i have a test on Tuesday and its going to be super hard. mostly because i have had 3 months to totally forget how to take tests. but i did go back to my starbucks this week to study :) and i saw my old friends that work there. and the pumpkin spice latte is back... ooooh yeah :)

Paul and i dont get to see each other very much :( and we keep picking stupid arguments cause we have to move so many things around to just hang out for a couple hours. plus he is so excited cause he is finally out of his house and his music business is really taken off (its now an LLC) and its hard because i want him to hang out with me and cook him dinner and do other bummy nonimportant things together. BUT im trying to understand that he needs to be able to do his thing for a while cause it is exciting to be doing what he is doing. GRRRR why d i have to be so freaking needy sometimes?? .....and by sometimes i mean pretty much all the time...

I got my hair chopped off again and i looooove it!! The Aveda school is seriously the best deal ever!! I paid $15 and i got probly the best haircut i've ever gotten. and you get SO much more attention there than at a regular salon. like a scalp massage after the shampoo and conditioner with some really good smelling mint conditioner.

I went to the AOII room the other day. it was really nice to see old friends. but the chapter is so different. for the most part everyone was really excited to see me but a couple of people seemed kindof irritated that i was there. oh well. the people that mattered were excited and thats all i care about. i just thought it was really funny that anyone would act like that. is it a bad thing that an alum would come back to visit? i mean, i would think that kind of thing would be encouraged... anyways, im going to 2 days of rush and im excited to see my friends. but thank the Lord i dont have to be in the thick of all of it.

my dad called someone about a sleeper sofa today, and when he was on the phone he called it a sleefer sofa :)

ok thats all :)
<3
Jessie

And So Begins Nursing School...

  • Aug. 28th, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Pearlies
I have to check off on so many clinical skills tomorrow its not even funny.

I learned how to start IVs but i still dont think im ready to do one in front of the professor. We get 3 tries and if we don't pass we get kicked out the program. BUT i've passed everything else on the first try, so im not too terribly nervous.
ha.

These are the skills I have to check off on:
Trach care
Trach suctioning
IV insertion
IV med push
Hanging a primary IV med bag
Hanging a secondary "piggyback" IV med bag

BLAH... Did i mention we learned all this only 6 days ago?? say a prayer for me at 9am!!!

<3
Jessie

Aug. 24th, 2007

  • 11:48 PM
Pearlies
I was in the wierdest mood today, and it comes and goes but i felt OVERWHELMINGLY tired and wierd and not so happy. and for no reason.

i hate it when that happens.

I went back to my study spot today for the first time since last semester!! I saw Julian, who has recently broken up with one of my best friends which made things a little awkward but not too much. i didnt really see anyone else though. it was a slow day for starbucks.  i was there chatting with Krystalyn. Im so happy we live closer to each other now. i love her

I worked out today... but then i put on a shirt that i havent worn in a few months and i pretty much want to cry. maybe ill become a marine like my little sister so i can look freakin normal again instead of having to buy all new clothes.

I miss paul a lot. i miss doing random stupid stuff together like going to the grocery store and sitting around. i want to do random stupid stuff.

my sister is spending the night cause she has marine stuff in the morning at tech. i cant believe she is in college! We picked her up the other day and she was in BDU's (camo) and THAT was wierd... so i took lots of pictures of her and my dad cause he was in his BDUs also :)

my stomach hurts. maybe its all the flab compressing its happiness.

<3
me

aaah life...

  • Aug. 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Pearlies
I really need to work out... what am i doing? blogging. good.

Life is so freaking difficult and not fair. I was meant for another world.

I got my clinical schedule and i am with Lindsay and Katie, one of my other really good school friends BUT we are the only group that has to go two days AND we have to drive to PEACHTREE CITY for clinicals!!! thats an hour away! PLUS we have to go the night before to get our patient information. Which means i have to drive 6 hours a week JUST for clinicals. we are going to see about staying at someone's house in ptree city for one of those days. I just cant believe that the ONE clinical group that has two days of clinical is the farthest one away.

Paul and i havent really seen a whole lot of each other, and our schedules aren't really lining up. i am so happy his music thing is working out. i just wish we could go back to the carefree days... i really miss those.

Lindsay got a puppy! her name is bella. and i think she needs a friend ;)

Jerry and Lixy are in town this week with their baby! I'm SO excited about it. I got to hang out with them last night and im supposed to be hanging out with them tonight too, but they havent called me back yet.  we'll see. they leave saturday

I just got in a huge cleaning/baking/cooking kick.... i am currently cleaning my room, doing laundry, checking my bank account, brewing tea, cooking pasta salad, baking chicken, aaaand blogging.... oooh yeah ;)

<3
Jessie

All's Well That Ends Well

  • Aug. 19th, 2007 at 2:24 AM
Pearlies
I am probably the most non-confrontational person you will ever meet in your life.

But I listened to my momma and my Big and I talked to my roommate last night. Even though i was FREAKING OUT on the inside cause i was so nervous. It's a miracle I didn't puke right there on her bed. yikes.

She felt terrible, and completely appologized for everything and said that she was just having a really bad day and she really does like my friends, she had just gotten in a big fight with her b/f etc. So we worked it out.

I know i have said things I don't mean when i am having a bad day... its easy to let your frustrations play out on someone else. I was the innocent bystander/victim i guess.

AH sweet forgiveness.... I feel so much better :)

I'm hurt...

  • Aug. 17th, 2007 at 9:46 AM
sad face

You should really be careful when sending text messages... you just might send them to the wrong person. And you might really hurt that person's feelings.
I'm really only writing this becuase I have no idea what to do, and I know the person in question never reads my journal.

I threw an apartment warming party last night with the permission of my two roommates. On all the invitiations it said it was our party, even though i put together the whole thing by myself. I spent $80 of my hard-earned money on food and wine. And I all I wanted was to have a goodo time. I didn't care that i did all that because i was just really really excited.
I invited mostly nursing students that we are all friends with so it would be more our party than my party. Most people couldn't come until much later after the party started, except three of my church friends. One of which is one of my very oldest, truest friends. SO we are standing around talking and having a good time waiting for the rest of the people to come. My roommates ignore everyone and go watch TV. They did say hello, but they definitely alienated themselves. which really i thought was ok becuase they were waiting on people they knew. Then Krystalyn (my really good friend) says "Jessica, your phone just lit up." I had gotten a text from my roommate, who is also supposed to be my best friend. We do everything together. The text says this: "This sucks. Her friends are gay." She obviously sent it to the wrong roommate.
I had absolutely no idea what to do. I felt a hot flush come over me, mostly becuase i was really hurt. So I set the phone down and acted like nothing happened. I figured my roommates saw me read the text anyways. Then the one who sent it came over right next to me and said "What kind of drinks you got here?" and then snuck my phone into her room. i knew exactly what she was doing, but i didnt know what to do. i said "where's my phone?" but she just kept walking. Then the other roommate had to 'show her something in the bathroom' and they went back together. I went in right after them and there was my phone, sitting on the counter. The text had been erased.

I have NO idea what to do. I am so hurt that this girl who is supposed to be my best friend would talk about my friends like that. I really take it personally because these are my closeset friends. If they are "gay" then what does that make me?? And to even be sending texts back and forth when you are both 6 feet away from me... that is so low. 
I really did not want the year to start like this. Moving into a new apartment with these girls was supposed to be a good thing. 

I just dont get it.

One more day left of Summer 07...

  • Aug. 16th, 2007 at 2:33 PM

This summer has gone by fast, but then again when i think about when it started, it feels like forever ago. 
I did not really enjoy the summer at ALL. Considering i was working two jobs and moving into a new apartment amongst all that. Plus paul was working three jobs and we NEVER saw each other. 

I do miss living at home. I love my family. and i really dont know when i will live there again cause i really wasnt planning on moving home until i wrecked my car in april. We'll see. I'll prob move home in two years for a few months just to save money, but thats too far away to think about. 

We are having our apt warming party tonight. Just a quiet little get together so our neighbors wont hate us. :) I'm excited though. Paul and I (not we) ;) went to Ikea last night and he got his Expedit bookshelf that he has been wanting (I put it together, yay!) and I got some organizational things for my room. Its pretty much done. I just have to clean it and hang up pictures.  I need to go through things and throw/give away more things. I've been doing good though! I cant believe some of the crap i was holding onto.. like my favorite shoes from high school, like i'll ever wear those again. 

Im sad that tomorrow is my last day at the office. Only because I just love spending so much time with my dad. I love my daddy :) he is a good dad. We had together every single day this summer. I'm really going to miss that. He drives me crazy sometimes, but i still wish i could hang out with him every day. 

Well i should get back to work y'aaaall.
<3
Jessie

I'm Overwhelmed

  • Aug. 10th, 2007 at 1:46 PM
wisdom teeth

So today has not been the best day ever. 

I didn't get to sleep until about 4am. Paul and I tried unpacking my room last night but there is so much crap and not enough space in my teeny room to put everything. I have to buy a bunch of organizational things like baskets to put on my bookshelf so it will double as a dresser or something. not to mention i have about 3 boxes full of toiletries that i have no idea what to do with. and decorating? HA!

I'm not in a very good mood at all. I couldnt get out of bed this morning until about 11:45. and i was supposed to be at work at 8. oh and to make things EVEN better... there was some huge misunderstandng about who was suppsed to be sitting at the front desk. I TOTALLY screwed up by not coming in until 12:30 becuase i was supposed to be sitting at the front desk at 10:45... good. BUT it turns out that i was supposed to be sitting at the desk UNTIL 10:45... which is honest to God NOT what i was told. So the company's phones and reception were totally closed down until 11am. Awesome. AND its all my fault.

Did i mention that my mom gave me this awesome dinner with chicken and past and green beans so i would have something to eat and job number two... and oh yes i left it on top of my car and watched it splat all over Bunten Road. So i get to eat a roast beef sandwhich for lunch and for dinner, which means im eating more bread, which means my thighs will get more fat. Awesome.

I just want to curl up in my comforter and go to sleep for a long, long time. but no... i have to work till 9:15 and then unpack my apartment by myself.
Im in such an AWESOME mood. 

Blah.

Stupidest thing ever....

  • Aug. 9th, 2007 at 11:43 AM
wisdom teeth
Have you ever been secret shopped? Oh its so much fun... especially when the secret shopper does EVERTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL!!!!!!!!!

Im a little frustrated.

I got secret shopped last week and the stupid lady gave me a 47%!!!! I was SO nice to her and she was SO rude!! I did absolutely everything right and she gave me a 47% becuase i didn't "connect" with her. Seriously!?!?! and she was being super sneaky the whole time. Like she would walk away from me when i tried to help her, etc. UGH!!! SO RUDE!!!! So im not going to go following this lady around like her shadow when she OBVIOUSLY doesnt want my help. OH and then when she returned the glasses, she said she was returning them becuase she found another pair at a different store, and then gave me 0% on the return service becuase i didnt ask her to look around for something else. Why would i ask her to look for something else when she JUST said that she had already bought a pair that she liked better?!?!?!?!?!

So now my manager says she is going to start a file on me and i had to re-read the secret shop rules and write a report on how I feel about my score and how i will improve in the future.

GAY!

LJ is pretty much complete now...

  • Aug. 9th, 2007 at 10:47 AM
cat
I FINALLY made userpics for LJ last night cause i was sooo bored... I think when i get my camera back from paul I will take pictures with different expressions to fit each mood... yeah..

I'm starting to put up all my pictures online becuase
a) Google is awesome
b) I can keep all my pictures online instead of ALL of them on my computer
c) It gives me something to do

http://picasaweb.google.com/JessicaLynCurry

Thats all for now. im pretty hungry so im going to go eat a cucumber. yuuuum!

<3

I love my sisters

  • Aug. 9th, 2007 at 12:04 AM
big & lil
I just got off the phone with Jordan. I miss her so so much. Its really wierd, i have had two dreams about AOII in the last week. I know it probably wouldn't have been all roses (ha, no pun intended) if i had stayed at State and in AOII cause of all the drama. But when it comes down to it, i really miss those girls that I got close to. Mainly my pledge class because they really were all i had at State. And especially Jordan cause we were together from Pi Chi groups...

But saying that... I am really glad that I moved on and out. There is so much drama going on there... yeesh. I'm just glad i took away a handful of dear friends that I can call anytime and get a warm welcome and an ear to lend. And not to mention the best big sister ever who is actually a REAL true person with a solid head on her shoulders and lots of love :) I LOVE you Nessa Narie!!! :) PS are you back this week or next? caaaause we have to arrange a meeting. a very important meeting called catching up on whats going on in life! I'll prob call you tomorrow cause I'm for real about this.... yo. ;) Maybe Ru Sans is in order? We'll talk.

Oh and the website is finally back up



In other news...
I'm really burnt out at work. i haven't made it in before 10am in like 3 weeks... and thats if i made it in at all. I'm losing a lot of potential money, but I'm not getting in trouble or anything cause my dad is my boss. but still.... i need to finish up this summer strong. i have bills to pay.

Paul and I are unpacking my apartment tomorrow, so hopefully i can start staying there on Friday. I need to simplify everything and get organized cause right now i feel like there is too much clutter and baggage in my life. i need to rejuvenate by shopping at Ikea and Bed Bath & Beyond and other such organizational stores.


My computer just froze up. Come on now... its a month old and i did every upgrade imaginable... REALLY?!?!?!?
I should go to bed.

<3
Jessie