School is kicking my ***

Don't say you are sorry for babbling....this is the one place I feel you can truely babble and gripe (whoops bad word had to edit it).....this is one of my favorite spots to get the load off my chest. I used to love being a nurse....my girlfriend says she became a nurse because of me. Now I think it is just too much paperwork and too much "how can we cut corners to save money" and not enough about the patients. I never really wanted to be an RN either, but as I stated above I made the jump into the pool and there is no turning back now. The closer I get the more I think I can do this and the more I want it. I want to be independent and know that I don't need any help to be on my own. That's what I am working for now.

Okay so here is another update........I am retaking my microbiology, the class is a killer, my teacher doesn't like computers so his tests are usually fill in the blank with no word bank and he counts off for spelling. But........I got in! I got my packet last week and was given seven days to get most of it complete. WooHoo I got in! Now I gotta get through micro.

Another update....WoooHooo......I am just completing my third week of the LVN bridge program....yes ladies and gents I said nursing program. In fact I just returned home from my first day of clinicals and I can't help but wonder....."Why, do they say clinicals are hard?" One patient, I can't take phone orders, I can't call a doctor, I can't mess with a PCA machine, I can't draw blood, I can't do anything with out my instructor present.....wow, I'm loving this!!!!!

I am half way through the first semster of my nursing program......as a class, we've laughed we've cried and now we are starting psych.....and I'm sure we will all laugh and cry again. We have lost a few classmates already and I pray every day we don't lose more. Looking to December......and the end of the semster.