jamilyn

I kinda know how you're feeling. I'm 26 years old with a HORRIBLE college transcript that I created right out of high school when I had no idea what I wanted to be when I "grew up". I only went because my mom expected me to and even then I hardly ever ACTUALLY went. I spent my days at the mall or with friends and in the end, forgot to withdraw from my classes in time so I left with F's. About a year ago I decided that I was tired of not having a real career....I wanted to do something that I was proud of......so I did some research and realized that I KNEW I wanted to do something in the medical field but I really had no clue about any of it. I got a job as Unit Clerk in ICU at one of the hospitals in Baton Rouge for 3 reasons: 1) to familiarize myself with all things medical 2) help pay for nursing school 3) I chose a hospital that has it's own School of Nursing. So....I'm hoping that being an employee will help my chances of gettin in when the time comes. I'm still working on my prereqs so we'll see. In the meantime, I'm learning/seeing/doing tons of cool stuff at work but I can't wait for this leg of the journey to end and the next part to begin. lol I know it's going to be super hard due to my current "full plate". lol (I have a 3 year old daughter in dance, three teenage stepsons who live with us fulltime...one of whom is "troubled" over the death of their real mom who died when they were 2,3, and 4 and a husband in the Army who was recently diagnosed with cancer). But I'm determined despite all the people who are telling me that it's gonna be too hard and I wont have time and I should just give up!! Where there's a will, there IS a way!