Nurses don't make good public speakers...

One thing that really sucks about nursing is the fact that even though I graduate with a nursing degree, it doesn't mean that I am a nurse. I first have to pass a test that was made to break the spirit and denounce your knowledge. Luckily, I passed! Two points for me! And I love my job! Two more points, and with a total of 4, I'm having a pretty good day!

But I remember a day this past semester that wasn't so good. Our professors thought it would be a great "learning experience" if we went to Nurses' Lobby Day in Jefferson City (which is couple of hours from St. L). That also happened to be the day there was that huge blizzard, and unfortunately we were already down there when it started ("fortunately" the school paid for a hotel for us, but that's a different story... nursing students are crazy...). The day consisted of getting tons of free stuff from nurse recruiters (yeah!) and sitting and listening for hours to different nurses lecture about the importance of being involved in government and different bills they were wanting passed related to nursing (nah...). But I realized something that day: nurses don't make good public speakers. What were they wanting passed? I don't remember. But I do remember two things said that day by two different speakers.
~"Everything that happens in life is controlled by the legislators; everything from what happens in your bedroom to what you put in your mouth..." I was taking a sip of water when the speaker said this, and I about spit it everywhere and died laughing! And my friend looked at me and said, "dude, did she just say that?!" Our government is a lot stronger that I thought! The speaker was trying to emphasis the importance of government on our everyday life, but I think someone should have proof-read through her lecture notes. And linking those two situations was not a wise choice; it leaves a lot open to interpretation...
~"Now don't put porn on that." A different speaker says to a student as she hands the student a 1 gig zipdrive prize for answering a question or something. This was done in front of about 500 people at this event, including some Amish people. The look on the student's face was priceless and the whole place was quiet. I, once again, lost it! It was so wrong, yet so funny!


Here are some pictures, once again, from grad. My older sis took these; they made me laugh.

Here's me saying, "See those obnoxiously loud people waving and acting like the paparazzi with the cameras? That's my family."

About to head down to get my diploma...

After I got my diploma...

Not paying attention during the ceremony now that I have my diploma...

Me, rocking out the graduation...