Good start to last free weekend before school
Today was actually productive. I got up before 10 am (amazing since I didn't fall asleep until after 2:30 after getting caught up in St. Elmo's Fire on Oxygen) and went for a run (literally limped through the whole run; this ankle thing is really bugging me.) After I showered and got dressed I rode my bike to campus (yay me for not driving my car!) I went to talk to Kim about my choice to go to nursing school. We had a really good talk about all sorts of things including my recent health news. She was so excited for me about nursing and kept telling me how great it was. She advised me to tell Mark to keep him in the loop and he was really happy for me too. I swear, I've never gotten so much praise for making a simple decision before. I told Mom that and she said that this was a big life decision and I should feel awesome about it. I do feel awesome about it, but I don't feel like its as huge as all the adults are making it to be. I feel like getting engaged would be a bigger life decision or buying a car. To me, this feels about the same or a little less significant than choosing where to go to college. I'm more nervous about taking out loans and living on a budget than I am about choosing to be a nurse. Maybe because it's not in my face yet. Just looking at application dates and such. Speaking of application dates, I wish I'd chosen to start applying earlier. Half of my apps are due November 1st! WAY TOO SOON! And this year has to be a turning point in my academic career. I have to finally stop procrastinating and do my work more than 2 days before it is due. And I have to actually study consistently. I'm really bad about that.
After I talked to Mark and Kim I headed down to Dixon and managed to catch Guido. We talked for at least an hour and he was very encouraging and enthusiastic about my choice. It was good to hear from a nurse that I'd do well as a nurse. I can't wait to get home so I can shadow Joan in the ICU @ Harborview. I think that's going to be so awesome. I'm still really excited about this nursing school thing. I feel like I'll make a great nurse and a great nursing student with my background in athletic training. I also decided that I am going to plan on getting my ATC credentials in addition to going to nursing school. I just hope I can take that test before I start nursing school.
Since I've been making lists all day, here is the list of things I've done today:
-Got up and went for a run.
-Bike to campus
-Told Kim and Mark I'm going to nursing school.
-Talked to Guido about going to nursing school.
-Biked home and ate lunch.
-Made a grocery list.
-Fell in love with the Silver Palate cookbook.
-Made a budget (ah!!)
-Made excel spreadsheets for my budget (term-long and weekly)
-Talked to mom about money and nursing schools.
-Re-folded all my clothes so they fit in my dresser and are organized (YAY!)
-Researched nursing schools.
-Created Excel an excel file with all my nursing schools and relevant information in it.
-Resisted ordering Pizza Hut for dinner.
-Avoided buying groceries for another day and thus avoided spending any more money.
Over all a pretty productive day. Not much GRE studying in, but that's alright. Tomorrow I get to clean house, study, watch football and maybe go grocery shopping, and definitely order pizza to eat while I watch the game.
Here's the list of nursing schools I'm looking at so far:
-Auburn University
-Medical University of South Carolina
-University of Miami
-State University of New York-Stony Brook
-Virginia Commonwealth University
-Johns Hopkins University
-Georgetown University
So, I think I've had a good day. And the only weird thing about today was that for some reason when I heard the song "I Feel Bad" by Rascal Flatts I started crying. I wasn't even really listening to it, and I wasn't sad at all but for some reason it just made me start to cry. It caught me off guard. Whatever. I'm excited to have another productive day tomorrow.
After I talked to Mark and Kim I headed down to Dixon and managed to catch Guido. We talked for at least an hour and he was very encouraging and enthusiastic about my choice. It was good to hear from a nurse that I'd do well as a nurse. I can't wait to get home so I can shadow Joan in the ICU @ Harborview. I think that's going to be so awesome. I'm still really excited about this nursing school thing. I feel like I'll make a great nurse and a great nursing student with my background in athletic training. I also decided that I am going to plan on getting my ATC credentials in addition to going to nursing school. I just hope I can take that test before I start nursing school.
Since I've been making lists all day, here is the list of things I've done today:
-Got up and went for a run.
-Bike to campus
-Told Kim and Mark I'm going to nursing school.
-Talked to Guido about going to nursing school.
-Biked home and ate lunch.
-Made a grocery list.
-Fell in love with the Silver Palate cookbook.
-Made a budget (ah!!)
-Made excel spreadsheets for my budget (term-long and weekly)
-Talked to mom about money and nursing schools.
-Re-folded all my clothes so they fit in my dresser and are organized (YAY!)
-Researched nursing schools.
-Created Excel an excel file with all my nursing schools and relevant information in it.
-Resisted ordering Pizza Hut for dinner.
-Avoided buying groceries for another day and thus avoided spending any more money.
Over all a pretty productive day. Not much GRE studying in, but that's alright. Tomorrow I get to clean house, study, watch football and maybe go grocery shopping, and definitely order pizza to eat while I watch the game.
Here's the list of nursing schools I'm looking at so far:
-Auburn University
-Medical University of South Carolina
-University of Miami
-State University of New York-Stony Brook
-Virginia Commonwealth University
-Johns Hopkins University
-Georgetown University
So, I think I've had a good day. And the only weird thing about today was that for some reason when I heard the song "I Feel Bad" by Rascal Flatts I started crying. I wasn't even really listening to it, and I wasn't sad at all but for some reason it just made me start to cry. It caught me off guard. Whatever. I'm excited to have another productive day tomorrow.