I set the appointment for 1:30 and only cancelled the appt at 12:00! I just felt like I couldn't handle it anymore. I got a LOT on my plate and knew that going in, so I am not feeling sorry for myself. Trying to homeschool six kids, well five as the littliest is only 4 yo - I work from home for a doc in MA (I am a transcriptionist) and study and clinicals. I was just ready to drop. I am the oldest in my class (I'm 44) and I feel like I can't keep up like the younger ones in their 20's do.
Thankfully, my husband and my one instructor encouraged me to push on, so that's what I am doing.
Work of advice to students who have NOT started YET - it is hard. You DO need to practice time management and your life will end except for nursing school. Make sure you know that's the reality, but keep the prize/reward in your head! I keep picturing graduation and my kids and husband and friends cheering me as I receive my lamp and pin. That keeps me going. Well, and the fact that I have a college education to help pay for in two years lol. My oldest is 15 and a sophomore!
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I set the appointment for 1:30 and only cancelled the appt at 12:00! I just felt like I couldn't handle it anymore. I got a LOT on my plate and knew that going in, so I am not feeling sorry for myself. Trying to homeschool six kids, well five as the littliest is only 4 yo - I work from home for a doc in MA (I am a transcriptionist) and study and clinicals. I was just ready to drop. I am the oldest in my class (I'm 44) and I feel like I can't keep up like the younger ones in their 20's do.
Thankfully, my husband and my one instructor encouraged me to push on, so that's what I am doing.
Work of advice to students who have NOT started YET - it is hard. You DO need to practice time management and your life will end except for nursing school. Make sure you know that's the reality, but keep the prize/reward in your head! I keep picturing graduation and my kids and husband and friends cheering me as I receive my lamp and pin. That keeps me going. Well, and the fact that I have a college education to help pay for in two years lol. My oldest is 15 and a sophomore!