At least the hike was a good idea...

[demon_rum]

actually, the hike was fantastic. Got me out of the house in a way that didn't either involve school or work, gave me lots of decent exercise and reaffirmed that all the lunges I've been doing actually help (my bottom is still quite sore, thankyouverymuch). Plus the weather, which rained so much in the first 15 minutes that we almost turned around

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[random_hato]

*cheerleads*

it'll all work out! won't say it'll all turn out right, but you'll do your best and live through the aftermath and life will go on!!!

*does not miss school*

*dreads going back this fall*

[demon_rum]

THANK YOU (HUG)

I needed some cheer tonight :)

back to school? nooooooo. I have been in school for 2.5 years straight now, plus working full time and trying to have a life. I don't personally recommend it unless you're REALLY sure.

or maybe that is just my current hatred of school talking...

[random_hato]

lol, i graduated with a BFA in 07, i totally get the horrors of full time worker/full time student :) and i honestly couldn't have done it without my mom watching my kid more than she should've had to.

i'm hoping to go back full time this fall for a CDA (tech certificate). totally job related and 100% paid for- which means they might not have enough grant money for me to go full time, but i'll be taking as much as they'll let me cuz i want it done and over with within a couple of semesters, lol.

[demon_rum]

Isn't it amazing how, once you've got other things going on in your life, education becomes a full-on community effort? It's a good thing, but I am so. sick. of feeling grateful to everyone else :)

DO IT FAST. That is all I can say. I have been dragging out this stupid nursing thing for 3 years now and it is killing me very very slowly.

By the time I'm a nurse I'm just going to hate all people, all the time. I'm sure that will make things more interesting...

[random_hato]

lmao, i've hated the general public my entire life.

and now i work with kids. cuz at least they're social morons because they don't know any better. not because they're assholes. well, some of them are assholes :P

one of my lit profs was still a practicing RN. she'd been an ER nurse for 35 years. and she didn't like people either- but she was highly interested in their tattoos and the basic dramatic melange that is humanity at its worst. probably why she was a writer and lit prof, lol.

[demon_rum]

I used to be a bank teller--in nursing you're still stuck with people and they're in an even worse mood than people at the bank, but they tend to be politer because of the needles :) It's funny, though--some of my classmates are so excited to work in OB or Peds or something and I'm just like BLEARGH CHILDREN EEEW.

But I remind myself that it's a good thing there are people out there who really, truly enjoy working with kids, because that means there's less chance I will have to. They're cute and all, but from a distance.

(I am the least maternal female possible.)

Your prof sounds awesome: ER nurses are some special sort of amazing that I can't comprehend. I could never do it; I'd be hitting people, and then I'd be fired and have to go to school again.