When life is busy, time has a way of slipping away. I haven't had a moment to write since my last post because I have been busy as a one armed paper hanger... School is in full swing - trying to coordinate assignment due dates has been one of the biggest hurdles I have had to face since starting back to school last April (05). I have a good course load this semester - Anatomy & Physiology II, Abnormal Psych, Health and Disability of the Elderly and Spanish for the Medical Professional. All of these courses are geared toward finally helping me get into and finish nursing school. Unfortunately I missed the deadline this year because my A&P I grade was only 70 and 78 is necessary to even apply. SO - we wait until next January. In the meantime, I'm still plugging along - taking whatever I can to finish my course work as well as take care of the prereqs needed for nursing.
I have made a few trips north to visit my friends - they have been such great friends that I wonder if I have been as good a friend to them as they have been to me. I just pray that I have been. Next week, I'm taking my daughter with me to spend four days in the mountains. We have such a good time visiting it's like a mini vacation for all of us! Even though I bring work, I find that I get it done so that I can enjoy my visit with them and get my work done! Sometimes Cedar helps with the math portion of my work; I can count on Phil to help me with the sociological aspect of things (he's got a great knack for making me stop to smell the coffee and relax); Sandy has been a fountain of knowledge in the medical field as well as other fields I'm exploring. I don't know what type of nursing I want to do yet but it's nice to have people that will let me bounce ideas off of them. It's amazing all the help I've gotten so far. I am so blessed to have awesome friends!
While I have awesome friends, I also have awesome kids! My kids have encouraged me all along this path towards nursing school - they've made me sandwiches while I study, graciously stopped playing the heavy metal so I can concentrate on the circulatory system, and have offered back and neck rubs as I sit hunched over my textbooks. What more could a gal want? They are the reason I decided to go back at my age (42 now). I want them to know that learning is a lifelong process, not something that only lasts 12 years or so. The day you stop learning is the day you start watching the grass grow from the wrong side!
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