JetPens Order

My very first order from JetPens came today.  They ship REALLY fast, as I think it was Tuesday when I got the email that it had been shipped!  Hooray for Jetpens!

I'm telling you, there is really not much better for me than a Uniball Jetstream Multi-pen.  They took my 2 favorite things and bred them together, basically!  Jetstream pens have been my favorite for several years, and to find out they were available in a Multi-pen (I have an obsession with Multi-pens) was very exciting.  I have to be able to write in several colors as well as pencil for work, so it is nice to have them all combined into one beautiful, smooth-writing pen!  I got a couple other pens as well, and will try to do reviews of them all soon!  I have SOOOOO many pens in my pen collection that it will take me FOREVER to review them all!

Also in my order from Jetpens today was a Zebra Surari Emulsion Ink pen and a Pentel Vicuna.  Although I feel it is a bit blasphemous to say it, BOTH of these pens are going to give the Jetstream a run for their money!  They both are comfortable to hold, look pretty nice, and write smooooooth!  Possibly even smoother than the Jetstream, though my long love affair with them will not at this time allow me to say for sure!  

Uniball 207 Premier with JetStream Refill

So, for whatever reason tonight I decided to see if the refill from the Jetstream RT would fit into the barrel of my Uniball 207 Premier.  I love the super-cushy grip of the 207 Premier, and it is a nice-writing pen.  However, I still prefer a ballpoint pen over a gel or rollerball most of the time.  I know, I'm weird.  Most people prefer the gels and rollers. 

At any rate, it fits.  The Jetstream refill itself is a bit narrower, thus, the 207 refill does NOT fit inside the Jetstream body.  But because the Jetstream refills have that wider ring at the end, it gives the spring something solid to fit against and makes it fit quite nicely into the 207 Premier body.  I'm stoked.  The JetStream sport is a favorite pen of mine because of the way the grip fits my hand nicely.  They are nearly impossible to find locally however and when I can find them, I can only get the 1.0 mm.  I prefer the 0.7 mm, which leaves me having to order them from Jetpens, which is fine, but I don't order much online and prefer to shop locally when I can.  At any rate, the Jetstream RT isn't as comfortable for me to hold.  Now I can just take the refills out of them and stick them in the 207 premiers!  :)

It's so easy to make me happy.  

It Feels too Surreal & Jetpens.com

OK, So, this past Friday was my last REAL day of Clinicals.  All we have left is the brunch for the nurses on the unit we were on and our final evaluations this coming Friday.  Before that, I have 2 final exams - Mental Health and Adult 2.  I start preceptorship (GASP) a week from tomorrow!  I am a little nervous about that, but not overly so.  The only part I am really concerned about is trying to work and do preceptorship at the same time, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do!  I am really still more worried about passing the NCLEX than anything else.  

I just really cannot believe that it is almost over.  The past 3 years have been a long road, yet it has flewn by at the same time.  I am starting to feel like I'll be a real nurse soon.  I can't wait!  I've been saying all along I can't wait until it's over.  Now it's almost here and I am so excited!  

The weather here has been WONDERFUL the past few days also.  Living in Florida, we have 2 "seasons" - January, and Summer.  Last year we had a nice winter with more cold snaps (and COLDER snaps) than usual.  I was hoping this year would be the same, and the prediction is that it will be.  It is early November now and already we have a cold spell - down in the 40's at night and high's in the low-mid 70's.  It is currently 63 at 8:30 pm, and is supposed to be in the 40's again tonight.  That awesome weather also excites me.  :)

On another (also exciting) note, I finally broke down and placed an order from Jetpens.com.   I have a total love affair with both the Uniball Jetstream series and Multi-pens, so the fact that a Multi Uniball jetstream existed has been nagging at me ever since I discovered it.  I just absolutely had to have one.  Hey, at least I didn't order all 25 pages of my Jetpens wish list, LOL. I hope they really do ship as fast as I have heard, because I cannot wait to try out a new pen!

Pen Obsession Confession

For those of you who do not know, I have a MAJOR pen obsession.  I have enough pens to open my own office supply store.  However, that would mean I would have to get rid of pens, and I don't want to do that, LOL.  In all seriousness, I probably have over 1000 pens. 

Until very recently, I did not realize there were other people who shared my pen addiction.  Then by following a series of links I found the Pen Addict.  I have since found several other blogs I enjoy reading (right now in my very limited time, because of school), and websites such as Jetpens!  I cannot wait until I have some money and I can order some pens from them!  Not like I need to add to my stash any...

I only wish that I had thought of starting a blog to review pens like the Pen Addict.  What better thing for a pen addict to do???  Not to mention that people send pens!  LOL.  Seriously, I may review some pens.  I wonder how long it would take me to review 1000 pens?  

I am an equal opportunity pen owner.  I don't care if they are fancy or plain, cheap or expensive.  I used to love fountain pens, and have not had one in years.  I plan on buying one soon, as I do miss them.  Aside from my love for fountain pens, I had always been a hardcore ballpoint pen lover.  This was mostly because rollerballs of yester-year did not write properly with the unusual way in which I hold my pen most of the time.  Neither did the original gel pens.  This has changed however, and it seems pretty much all decent pens will write for me regardless of how I hold it.  This opens up more pen opportunities for me!  :)  Thus, I have relatively recently gotten into loving gel pens and a few rollerballs as well.  

Like most hardcore pen loves, I also have particular things I like about some pens more than others, prefer a certain type of grip or barrel, a certain line weight, etc.  I absolutely prefer a retractable pen over one with a cap for example. 

I can also tell you I would much rather write in blue or some funky color like purple or green than in black (too bad in Nursing you can only chart in black!).  I prefer a 0.7 mm line weight in the majority of pens.  I have a few pens however that are less or more, and they also have a place in my pen jar/box.  I have certain pens or types of pens I like to use for one purpose or another.  And because I often have to write in several different colors in a night for work, I have a SERIOUS love for multi-pens!  I did not realize until I found the Jetpens website that there were so many multipens available! 

My all-time favorite pen is the JetStream Sport.  I have a serious love affair with this pen.  They are incredibly hard to find locally, especially in the "original" model, which had a slightly thicker grip, the traditional 3 little ovals on the clip, and was a 0.7mm nib.  Thank goodness I found you can order them from Jetpens!  The new ones I can sometimes find locally have a thinner grip and a 1.0 mm line.  They are still nice to write with, my not my FAVORITE pen.  Jetpens even has a multi-pen version, and I just cannot wait to get my hands on one.  I will be in absolute heaven....