I have always wanted to become a nurse, and I still do. However, the issues surronding nursing are just enough to make me not want to waste my money...right now....
It's not the vents I hear here, it's just the reality of the field, the things I don't know if I can deal with.
Today I had a meeting with the head of the Speech and Language Pathology program at the local college...this is something I always wanted to do but it was never available to me until now. So here I am at a cross road and I'm taking the SLP road. I think for my personal tastes this would suit me best. It has been a hard few months, I've been faced with a big choice. I think I have researched this path well and I suddenly feel like the weight of the world has been lifted from me. I am excited to start the program but a little sad that I am giving up (well, not giving up, just moving on) from my dream. But, dreams are one thing and reality is another.
This isn't to say that SLP is the perfect job and I may not like it, but in the next year and half I will have my BA, If I decide I don't want to go on to my MA then I can always do an accelerated BSN program. I'm young, 27 and I am blessed with a future husband that fully understands and supports this choice I've made. No one ever said I have to know now what I want to do for the rest of my life!
So I thank you all for the support and love that you give, and for the honesty and reality that you can get no where else :chuckle
Thanks
Iliel