Why I am doing this - a bulleted (but not complete!) list

So why the heck am I doing this nursing school thing? I thought that I'd try to document some of my thoughts for those days in the future when I wonder why the heck I decided to put myself through this.

- I am growing tired of the insular corporate world
- I want to feel like I am doing something that's at least somewhat helpful to people
- I really, really love pregnant women, childbirth, and helping new moms and I would love to do that for a living
- I think that I will be good at it
- I really like teaching and teaching self-care is a big part of nursing
- I am really interested in the variety of nursing roles available
- I am hoping that this will be a flexible career - we could move, I could work nights, can pick up extra shifts as needed, could easily shift to part time in the future if possible

So tired...

Thank goodness it is Friday! It's only 9pm and I am running on empty. It's days like these that make me worry about how I am going to make it through nursing school! I only have 1 class this semester (A&P 2) and of course no clinicals! In the fall I will have 10-18 hours of clinical per week and 2 classes (Fundamentals and Drug Dosage Calc).

The good news is I got a 100 on my A&P test (Immune System)! Next test is in 10 more days!

Off to bed now to catch up on sleep!

My new journey!

I am testing out this whole blogging thing, but keeping the blog private for now. Later I will decide whether to make it public. The purpose of this little journal is to document my journey through nursing school. I am a 29-year old wife and mother of 2. I also have a full time job. It's going to be a busy 21 months.

After 8 years at my current company (I am in Financial Services), I have decided that it's time for a career change. Something changed for me after the birth of my daughter 3.5 years ago - the medical field began to really, really pique my interest. I began to feel like something was missing from my current career (though I love my co-workers). I remember walking out of meetings where we'd spent a full hour talking about...well, it felt like we were talking about NOTHING. Or at least not anything that really mattered. Nursing matters. At least I think it does. Real people, with real needs. Will I be able to help all of them - heck no! Will I be able to make a small difference for a few - I really hope so.

I just found out Monday that I have been accepted into Nursing school at a local community college. I've been taking pre-requisites for about 2 years now and am thrilled to begin this journey. I will start school in August, and I wanted to have a place to document this process so that I can remember all of the little things. My ultimate goal is to become a Nurse Practitioner (FNP or WHNP) but first things first, so I'm focusing on becoming an RN (hopefully in Labor and Delivery).

Well, off to study for an A&P 2 test!