Well, I just finished a (very hard) first year of nursing school. I have one more to go before I get my Associates in Nursing and before I can sit for the NCLEX. I have already had twelve clinical experiences – all of them rewarding in their own way, even when I had a patient who was more than I could handle. I’ve seen and touched a dead person for the first time, performed postmortem care, and consoled their family afterwards. I’ve treated MRSA and VRE patients, and I feel that even in my twelve days of clinical experience, I have seen more than many people who will never set foot in the medical field. This is what I want to do, and I’m so close. I know I can do it – though sometimes I lose sight of the goal and why I’m reaching for it… though sometimes it all seems to difficult, I’m halfway there.

I think after I get my associates I’m going to take a break from school (and when I say break, I mean a break from being a full time student)... I plan on starting work and taking Chem I and II in Fall and spring… just to sort of give myself breathing room (financially and emotionally/mentally) until I have to jump into the bachelor’s program.

I find myself more and more tired as I go through nursing school, but it’s worth it.