Ten below zero tonight
without the windchill
No school for Cordy
The air is too cold. But me?
Of course I have school.
So I will put on
my paper thin scrubs to sit
with crazy people.
Oh, how I wish my clinical would be canceled in the morning. But even bitter cold can’t prevent me from spending 10 hours in a psychiatric ward. My clinical for nursing school this quarter is psych/rehab, so the first half of the quarter I’m working in an institution with patients who will probably never leave due to their serious mental illnesses.
I do find it interesting to learn more about the different types of mental illness, but 10 hours is a long time to spend there. By the end of the day, I have to do a mental status check on myself to make sure I’m not going crazy as well.
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Wow! Ten hours is a very long time to not have a break from that environment. Hopefully, you’re learning a lot and it will be all worth it.
Welcome to WNY…oh, you probably don’t live here…but we’re used to crazy cold winter weather 😀 I talk about it on mine too…
Enjoy!
No school due to the cold?! We’re -7 this morning, but still have school, boo!
BTW, Not seeing Mr. Linky today? My haiku is up.
MommyCosm: Haiku: Pictures of Mommy
Way too cold, way too many places!
10 hours in the same environment anywhere makes a long day! And in this environment can be a bit draining I guess! Good time to practise your best inner strength! You’ll feel quite proud later!
I stumbled across your meme today and I am very glad I did! I have never written a Haiku before, but I enjoyed the challenge. Mine was very short and simple, but I was pleased with it. I hope to keep it up each Friday and get better in time.
I love that last stanza!
10 hours? Wow. I think I would have to be admitted come that point. Just think of the end result though =)
I empathize with your cold and crazy conditions … wish I could share some of our California warmth, wind and ‘mellowness’ … just because. I participated on three sites today but I’ll be away from the computer most of the day, so I’ll do my visiting over the weekend.
Hugs and blessings,
cold weather like that sucks. hang in there!!! nursing school will all be worth it in the end 🙂
I hope you get some long underwear under those scrubs.
i love the last verse! there’s nothing worse than being cold–and you guys have it bad out there!
I had no idea your clinical was in psych this term! That makes my haiku friday post very appropriate. It starts out normal and end up with pretending that my dog is talking to me and wanting a pirate tatoo and my husband wanting to give me Haldol because Haldol is yummy.
What a long day. I hope you were able to stay warm in your thin scrubs. 🙂
I know I’m very late posting, but for some reason there was no Mr. Linky when I clicked on. I’ll try to be earlier next time.
I live in West TN and our public schools were closed. “They” didn’t want the lil darlings to get chilly while waiting for the buses. Winters are weird here; mid-50’s one day, 2 degrees the next.
I spent the day with my 9 year old daughter but had to take my 11 year old to school. Her school only offers bus service to students living in other counties. Cold, shmold was their motto.
Ame I.