babiblu3

Hello everyone, I am still new to this site but was very impressed just on my first post on how much support there is out there with people in the same sticky situation... I find myself in somewhat of a bind right now and need some advice, anything from my fellow medical peers. I am a single, young mother, 23 years old with a little girl who is only 1 year. I moved back with my mother right before my daughter was born and have been here ever since. I had a job but I live in a very temporary tourist town and work usually just lasts a season or so and then dies down. I just left the job i was at because they have no wrk until next season. I have already used almost all of the money i had saved up from this past season with no income whatsoever. My mother has a medical condition but you wouldnt know it as she is super active and very healthy looking but will be going through an inferon treatment for her condition. I feel so helpless right now because I am struggling by myself financially to stay afloat while living at my moms house as a full time student, and now (not that its a burden at all) a week ago we found out my mother will be starting her treatment in 3 weeks. She watches my daughter 2 full days of the week while im in school and often so I have a chance to do homework and study. Since she will be starting her treatment I will have to look after her and make sure everything is going ok, meds, ect. and wont have additional help from my mother (my mother is the ONLY one who watches my little one)while shes doing her treatment which ill need for the 2 days of school i have during the week and a few others so i can at least get a p/t job but i feel that this will be super difficult to do altogether. im struggling so bad that most of what im eating is cup-o-soups so that i can afford to feed my daughter good stuff as nutrition is crucial in her infant development. I dont leave the house for any other reason than school so i dont have to use any gas because i cant afford it. I also just permanantly seperated with my daughters father which im ok with but get no support from at all and struggle even more. I am so bummed right now and need some advice or words of motivation to keep me going please help ne1, nething. Thanks for your time

wow! i am very taken back on all the positive support and how other ladies can relate in someway with me! Thank you guys so much for taking the time to respond back and i hope you all accomplish ur goals as well even if it does take more time than wanted/expected. Thanks again for all the support i GREATLY appreciate it all! I will do my best to stay focused and keep my eye on the prize...the thing that keeps me motivated is seeing a vision of when i get to take my daughter shopping for her FIRST year of school and ACTUALLY being able to afford to buy her a "Dora" brand backpack, shoes, lunch box or watever may be her favorite then, and not feel bad that i have to get her a plain-jane one instead because of a stupid job & not a career.

Hello everyone! I am very new to this site and am excited to get to know people and learn from others experiences. I need some help tho... I am 23 years old....got a late start like some others have here as well. I also have a 1 year old baby who is very demanding and like any other baby, needs all attention. I have totally separted from her father and get no $ from him BUT ijust moved back with my mother-so i get some help from her while im at class during the week. I am working on my pre reqs right now and at the END of THIS semester (fall semester) I will have completed: 1st being summer semester class (2010) of Psycology-when i first started college... (i only started with 2 classes to get myself used to it and had to drop of of the classes) 2nd being fall semester (2010) of Math/Bio-(Ii had to drop BIO due to not understanding the material, so i pretty much only got 1 class done) 3rd being spring (of 2011) of med terminology/public speaking which I did well in but i only took 2 classes that semester because i got pregnant the previous fall and by spring i was getting close to due date. 4th being summer of 2012 (I took a break and was stay at home mom up until summer 2012 smester) I completed Music (a humanity credit) and another Math credit (probability/statistics) 5th being Fall 2012-I finally bumped it up to 4 classes which I should have done long ago but couldnt due to financial aid problems and the classes I needed were not available to me at the time. By the end of this fall I will have completed Eng 101, Theater (humanitycreit), Bio112, and AHS 126 health calculations Sorry if I am all over the place...I know I have not done too much even tho I have already been through 5 semesters after this fall 2012 but my question is why do I feel I have gotten nothing done towards my nursing career?? I have 13 pre req credits to go-most of which depend on another class to be completed and finish all my pre reqs. So after I finish all 13...WHAT COMES NEXT? AND HOW LONG is it going to take me to do what is to come next?? Is there something I should be preparing myself now as a heads up or shortcuts while I am still doing pre reqs that will help or prepare me more for the next step? I feel so frusterated and now I have a baby doing it pretty much all on my own-with some help from my mother. I am struggling on juggling baby, work, doing homework WHILE concentrating on actually getting GOOD grades at the same time, having somewhat of a life (I am not a party girl-but theres no time for EVEN a movie!) and still trying to stay sane all at the same time. My body is being affected and barely find time to even eat. There are days where I feel I can't do all of them at the same time and feel a breakdown coming if I dont figure things out quick! I dont want pity and I dont want to burden others with my "riff-raff" but Ill take any input that may help-especially from people who might have the same thing going on. Thanks so much for listening :) Have a wonderful night! -babyblu3