No School Today

My clinical instructor called me at 5:30 AM this morning and told me we would not be having clinical today because she is sick.  Now, don't get me wrong, but woo hoo, five days off and a huge test on Tuesday.  Sorry she is sick, but I welcome having a Thursday off!

Today is my favorite daytime women's meeting.  What a treat to be able to attend!  I cannot wait!

Yesterday at 5 AM my dog got sprayed by a skunk.  Not only did I have school, I had to go to an adult day care center after lab for the afternoon for a clinical experience.  I remember my chemistry professor telling us a recipe for this very thing a couple of years back.  I guess the old tomato juice theory that every one talks about really does not work.  I looked it up online and goes as follows:

                                                                      1 Quart 3% hydrogen peroxide
                                                                      1/4 Cup of Baking Soda
                                                                      1 tsp. dish soap

I had a couple bottles of peroxide and the rest of the ingredients, so I was able to wash her face and head, (the worst hit) before I left for school.  Of course I had to leave her out all day.  For some insane reason my husband let her in the house right after it happened, so the house stunk too, a little.  Thank God I have hard wood floors.  The floors got a quikie job of sprinkling baking soda, pouring peroxide and then squirting dish soap.  The entire fiasco began at 5, and now it was after 7 and I still had to shower, eat, pack a lunch, load my car, and get to class by 9.  Finding a parking spot takes no less that thirty minutes, it is so crowded, but that is an entire post all by itself.  Short story, long, I made it to class with 15 minutes to spare, but was convinced that I probably reeked of skunk.  My classmates assured me that I did not, but I smelled it all day none the less.

The adult day care experience was a joy!  We played hang man, trivia  and had snow cones.  I got to sit and visit with a World War II Army Vetran.  Later he played the piano for us....wonderfully! I had a great time and I am thinking about seeing if I can volunteer there a couple of times a month.  Gonna pray on it for a while and see what comes to me.  Those folks really were a joy though and the staff was awesome too.

After that, it was off to Target for more peroxide and baking soda, oh, and a new collar too.  I mixed up a galloon of the anti-skunk concoction and my husband I scrubbed and sniffed, and sniffed and scrubbed!  It worked really well, she still has a little aroma to her, but she can come in the house and  wants nothing but to lay in her bed today!  She is not used to being outside all day, poor spoiled brat!  By the time we got with that I was soaked from head to toe, so I decided, I might as well pull the plug on the pool.  Holy crap!  Was it cold in there!  O.K. cleaned up the bath mess, took a shower and then realized I had not eaten all day.  I looked at my husband, please take me to Olive Garden.  Off we went, but that place was absolutely mobbed at 7:30 on a Wednesday night!  We ended up at the old stand by and had prime rib! 

God willing......on Saturday my husband and I will have been married for 17 years.  I find it a little mind boggling myself!  We were going to try and take a trip this weekend, maybe even to the ocean, but I really do need to study.  So instead of packing everything up and going I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend of fall temps, maybe some cider and doughnuts, no cooking, and the sweetest man in the world by my side.  We will probably revisit the spot where we took our vows in the park next to our house.

I feel so blessed today to have everything I need, and even what I want most of the time.  I still have to pinch myself and say, "I am a student nurse!"