Midwifery
I'm applying to UNR for the Fall 2011 semester (well, I will in February, when applications are available). For the nursing program. I want to be a midwife. It's too bad I couldn't have figured it out before spending 4 years and several thousand dollars on a TV/Radio degree. But hey, if not for Ithaca, I wouldn't have met some of my closest friends today, not to mention Andrew, and I may not even have become the kind of person who wants to be a midwife. So hey, everything for a reason and in its own time, eh?
I've also resolved that I never again want to make a life for myself somewhere I can't see the stars at night. This pretty much excludes every major city in the U.S. This wouldn't be problematic, except that big starless cities are the places where actors, like my wonderful boyfriend, make their careers. So... slightly problematic. Technically, I can be a midwife anywhere. In fact, a big city with tons of pregnant ladies to draw business from is probably a great place to do it. But I can't have a dog, and I can't have stars. I need to be able to have both of these things in my life.
Well, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Which will be in 3 years when I've finished nursing school. Damn...
But all in all, I'm optimistic. I think this is a good path for me, and it feels right. It feels right because it's not something someone steered me into. It's something I discovered myself and fell in love with.
Now if only we could mellow out these oppressive NYC summers...
I've also resolved that I never again want to make a life for myself somewhere I can't see the stars at night. This pretty much excludes every major city in the U.S. This wouldn't be problematic, except that big starless cities are the places where actors, like my wonderful boyfriend, make their careers. So... slightly problematic. Technically, I can be a midwife anywhere. In fact, a big city with tons of pregnant ladies to draw business from is probably a great place to do it. But I can't have a dog, and I can't have stars. I need to be able to have both of these things in my life.
Well, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Which will be in 3 years when I've finished nursing school. Damn...
But all in all, I'm optimistic. I think this is a good path for me, and it feels right. It feels right because it's not something someone steered me into. It's something I discovered myself and fell in love with.
Now if only we could mellow out these oppressive NYC summers...