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Time, Energy, Future, Present

Time, I have so much time, but it is filled with so much right now. When I am not in the middle of doing something I am thinking about what I need to be doing.  I am always trying to figure out my next move, the next assignment, the next appointment, the next test.  The amount of energy I have is not matching up with the amount of time I spend doing things.  My future is so close to me but it feels like a million miles away when I am lacing the energy to do the things I need to do right now. 

If only things were more simple, there are so many semantics that go along with every decision and every goal.  I want to become a nurse. I want to get my bachelors in Nursing… before I can do that I need to get into the Nursing program, but instead of being able to just apply and go – it has to be difficult, I understand having classes that need to be completed before you can apply, totally, I appreciate that, it makes sure you are serious before you can begin the program… BUT do they really have to only allow you to apply once a YEAR? Because I have ONE class left to finish I can not apply to the Nursing program next month. The program will not start until Summer, by the time I started the program that one last math class will have been done. But because I can’t apply I now have to wait a YEAR, NEXT march to apply. Adding a whole year to my schooling before I can work. 

The other option is to try to apply to another school 45 minutes from here, but that has a whole new set of problems, I have to work out the transfer, financial aid, credit transfer, just a lot of hassle. I am going to do it, it is worth it to finish my education a year sooner.  But it does not make it any easier to deal with internally.  Just so much stuff to work out…. 

That does not include the house cleaning, organizing, budgeting, a three year old that I swear is a 13 year old me in a tiny little body- so much attitude comes out of that little girl!  The biggest blessing is that Joseph started working again, my goodness that has been amazing, the level of stress that cured was outstanding.  I was terrified that he wouldn’t find a job- or that the job he did find would have crazy hours, low pay, and be worse than before. But by the grace of God he got his old job back, and it seems to be going well. Normal hours, more pay than unemployment, less stress, ahhhhhhh….. :-)  

It will work, I will get a degree, I will stay in school until I do- and I will love every minute of this crazy- stressful life!

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Some new Digi Kits!

I may not have time to scrap book with them, but I can still show you some of the amazing new kits my designers have come up with!! 

First we have Bathtub Adventures by Faith True Originals

Next we have Girls Night by Amber Shaw- love the colors!!

And one by Plum Dumpling Designs called He’s My Valentine

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I need a Maid!

College has been keeping me so busy! I barely have time to do homework- let alone house work! I was looking online and got to wondering how much a cleaner would cost- lol, there are some companies in dallas that look good, but that is for dallas commercial cleaning - no where near here! 

For some reason I am having trouble finding any companies here in town, and the last time I hired someone on craigs list they did a worse job than my husband would do- maybe I just need to look into finding a way to move to Dallas! Here is a moving service dallas I could use! 

Hopefully I will get the hang of my new schedule soon, I haven’t had time to scrap book or anything since I started back in school. I am having fun in my classes though, the hardest one is Public Speaking but only because I so do not like to speak in front of people so there is a lot of anxiety involved in that class! I am also taking a math class (so far so good) and a Development class and finally Anatomy and Physiology class that I am loving, after all I will use that the most as a nurse- even the next few years in College- I still have to take A and P 2 and microbiology. 

I plan on applying to the actual nursing program in March even though I will still have another pre-requisite class to take, but with my GPA and having finished the other classes hopefully they will let me in and not make me wait a whole year to apply again.  Crossing my fingers but I can not keep stressing about it, all I can do is apply and go from there.  If it happens it happens, if not then I will just keep plugging along and see what happens! 

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$649 for Books…

Wow, went and bought my books for college, $649 for four classes and I still need to go get a lab coat, back pack, and some other misc things… Can’t believe books cost that much! The anatomy class books alone were $249!!

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New Year, New Blog, New Me…

I have let a lot of things slip this year, not everything but a bunch of things I shouldn’t have.  My blog has been one of them, I have been so focused on school and my scrapbook hobby that I forgot how to include the blog into all of that.

I think this new theme will help with that; the old theme required a full post every time, otherwise it just looked funny.  With this new format I can post a quick update, a gallery of images (scrapbook pages maybe), or any sort of post and not mess up the design. 

One thing I really want to focus on in 2012 is not stressing so much, the quote pictured here sums up how I feel about all the stress I have;  it’s a waste.  So what if the bed does not get made, or if I cheat on my diet; tomorrow is still going to be here and I need to enjoy today; regardless of what is going on in my life. 

I start my next semester of college this week, I actually pick up my books tomorrow! I am super exited about that (a little nervous too!) I am really hoping to get accepted into the nursing program in March even though it will be a long shot because technically I am not eligible until NEXT march I still have one prerequisite to finish. However, I have a 4.0 GPA and have already completed many of the classes that didn’t have to be taken until after I start the program.  It all depends on how flexible they will be… it wouldn’t be such a big deal if they took applications more than once a YEAR! :-(

How is your 2012 going? Any big changes planned for the year? I would love to hear about them!

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