BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!!!!!

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated my blog, but most of my free time has gone to studying or sleeping. I have midterms for the next 2 weeks. Since I have slacked off and avoided studying for the past month, I am having to crack down now. So I just got information today that in order to guarantee a seat in Nursing school, I need a 3.2 gpa; however, if my gpa is below a 2.75 after my freshman year, I have to change my major!!! So I am ensuring, through hard work & studying like crazy, that I have a seat in Nursing school.

I had to shadow a Nurse this past Friday at the UAB hospital. I was in Neurology, which is where patients who have had a stroke, seizure, or any terminal illness such as brain cancer are located. I actually didn't get to do much that day except for discharge patients, but they said I could set up an appointment with them and pick a specific area I wanted shadow next time. During the time I was there, I was able to talk to the Nurse I was shadowing and she let me know a lot of information. One very important thing she said was that I needed to start looking at potential hospitals to work at. She told me that Alabama hospitals were one of the lowest paying in the U.S. and that I was better off going back to TN to work because I would make more money (SWEET!!!) She also informed me that there were many jobs in a hospital that I could actually do now!!! She said they would work with my college schedule and possibly only make me work on the weekends. So I applied for a couple of jobs at the hospital the other day. Hopefully, I will be a patient care technician pretty soon.

I am also starting a Volunteer Program called Links-Up Mentoring. I will be going to a middle school once a week to work with troubled 7th graders. My job is to become a "friend" to them and teach them responsibility, respect, and self-esteem. I originally signed up for 3rd graders, but I'm up for a challenge. I have to come up with a way to be "disciplinary" & fun all at the same time....it could get interesting. Just remember how stubborn you were when you were in 7th grade. I'm hoping to avoid bad attitudes. I'm expecting the worst but hoping for the BEST!!!

I finally made it to "The Basement" this past Tuesday. I definitely prayed over my car before I left. It was an amazing experience and I love to watch God move in a place. Matthew 18: 20 says, "For where two or more come together in my name, I am there with them." I could definitely feel him there that night. Matt Pitt is the preacher and he was awesome!!! He relates to young people so well. I'm not perfect, just FORGIVEN!!!

So I'm going to state my opinion on first impressions...they no longer mean anything to me. People seem to put on a "mask" when they first meet others. WHY? Why can't people just be themselves? I strive to be who I am at all times, I don't change my personality based on the people I'm around. If I had known what I know now....I would have made some better decisions on the people I live with. When you live with another person, you need to respect that other person. RESPECT!!!! I think that is a big issue right now. Well I will quit rambling about this because I could go on & on.

Well I'm off to study some more :)
Some things I have learned this week:
1.) People can't drive. ( I almost got in a horrible wreck the other day....stupid IDIOT!!!)
2.) Transitions can be hard.
3.) High school did not prepare me for college.
4.) First impressions are CRAP!!!

1 month down, 8 more to go. I'm still in love and holding on strong!!! Nobody ever said waiting would be easy, but it will be worth it in the end.