Valentine's Day

I have been curious as to what different people have to say about Valentine's Day. I know that this year my boyfriend had to work during the holiday and I found myself sitting in my room watching the Olympic Luge competition by myself. Every time a Valentine's day commercial came on I got really annoyed. It seems that Valentine's day isn't about celebrating the love that you have with an individual, but that it's simply an excuse for Hallmark to make money and for women to ask for materialistic things. I wanted my Valentine's Day to be a day when I spent time with the person I love to celebrate being with each other. I told him that all I really wanted was to know that he loves me and that we have each other, and that if he did get me a gift that it was something from the heart and not something he was pressured into buying due to commercials.

Please leave a comment and answer the poll, because I'm very interested in what other people have to say about the holiday.

halfway through the term already?

Believe it or not it is Tuesday, Feb. 16th. Since my last post a few things have happened that I've wanted to blog about.

I had my first experience in the hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As a nursing student I've been anticipating the day that I could put my scrubs on and walk into a hospital to care for a patient. The first day was just orientation, but the next time we stepped foot into the hospital we were on our own (with the supervision of our clinical instructor of course). As we got off the elevator onto floor 3 of St. Joseph's Hospital (this is part of the Long-term care unit) my heart was beating near out of my chest. Nervous and giddy my partner and I walked into our patient's room. After providing our patient with Morning Care we looked at each other and realized "wow, this really isn't that nerve-wrecking." Our last time in the hospital until after break was amazing, because we took care of more than one patient and had hospital staff asking for our help, which made me feel like a nurse.

A group of my friends went out to dinner for a birthday weekend. 3 of the girls actually had birthdays all within 5 days, so naturally we used that as an excuse to get off campus and go out to dinner. We went to Legends!!! If you are visiting Elmira I highly recommend this place for all of their food but especially their boneless wings!

This upcoming week is MID-TERM BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super excited about this break, because this term so far has been unbelievably busy and I really need a break. My boyfriend is driving back with me, and I can't wait to see how my boyfriend, born and raised in NY will respond to our southern ways in Virginia. I think I'm probably a little more nervous about the trip my dad is planning for the two of them. My father + My boyfriend + the Norfolk naval base to see the Aircraft carrier = lots of questions...... I will keep you updated on that progress. Hopefully it won't snow anymore down in Virginia.



I'm off to finish up HW and study for my 2 mid-terms. I'll blog again soon.

Ashley Hemphill '12