My God, she's not dead after all...
So, I haven't updated my LJ in, oh, forever. Unfortunately, there's this little thing called Life that tends to interfere with my best laid of plans. Best of intentions, and all that rot...
Then again, "they" say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions...
(And who are "They", anyways?)
So, where to begin? So much, and yet, so little has happened since my last update. First thing's first, I suppose:
I survived Fall semester, obviously, and even did well in my classes. Didn't have much in the line of sanity or peace of mind left over afterwards, but I suppose that *that* is beside the point. However, I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to what I had previously wanted to do (did that make any sense?). Call it exercising a Woman's prerogative to change her mind at will and whim, or call it a massive wake-up call, but I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to waste my life away as an "Primary Care Nurse Practitioner". I did 16 hours of clinical time alongside an NP in an office setting, and thought that experience consisted of 16 of the most boring hours that I've ever spent anywhere in my professional career. Wait, I said "boring"? Sorry, I meant to say "utterly, mind-numbingly boring". I can appreciate what Primary Care NPs do, but not as a career choice for me. I am a Critical Care nurse, and need to do something more along *those* lines. So, I've scrapped previous plans, and now intend to apply to another local (private, = $$$$!!!) university for either their Acute Care NP, or their Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program. I'd probably finish in 2009, just in time for bragging rights at my 20th High School Class Reunion. (!)
Or maybe I'll just chuck it all, and join the Peace Corps, or Doctors Without Borders.
Hell, I don't know what I want to do with my life, or what I want to be when I grow up. At least, I'm past the "I want to be a princess-firefighter-ballerina" stage.
Now, I just want to be a ballerina...
Then again, "they" say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions...
(And who are "They", anyways?)
So, where to begin? So much, and yet, so little has happened since my last update. First thing's first, I suppose:
I survived Fall semester, obviously, and even did well in my classes. Didn't have much in the line of sanity or peace of mind left over afterwards, but I suppose that *that* is beside the point. However, I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to what I had previously wanted to do (did that make any sense?). Call it exercising a Woman's prerogative to change her mind at will and whim, or call it a massive wake-up call, but I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to waste my life away as an "Primary Care Nurse Practitioner". I did 16 hours of clinical time alongside an NP in an office setting, and thought that experience consisted of 16 of the most boring hours that I've ever spent anywhere in my professional career. Wait, I said "boring"? Sorry, I meant to say "utterly, mind-numbingly boring". I can appreciate what Primary Care NPs do, but not as a career choice for me. I am a Critical Care nurse, and need to do something more along *those* lines. So, I've scrapped previous plans, and now intend to apply to another local (private, = $$$$!!!) university for either their Acute Care NP, or their Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program. I'd probably finish in 2009, just in time for bragging rights at my 20th High School Class Reunion. (!)
Or maybe I'll just chuck it all, and join the Peace Corps, or Doctors Without Borders.
Hell, I don't know what I want to do with my life, or what I want to be when I grow up. At least, I'm past the "I want to be a princess-firefighter-ballerina" stage.
Now, I just want to be a ballerina...