Wow!!!

So, it's 1 week, 4 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes and 52 seconds and counting until pinning...it's really almost over. And the thought totally freaks me out!!! Obviously, this is what I was aiming for in the beginning but now that it's here it seems so surreal!!! I made a final decision not to walk for graduation because I just really don't want to. Also, my brother-in-law graduates on Saturday at 9am and Amarillo College's graduation is Friday night at 7 so that means 9:30 or 10 before it's over and then a two hour drive...no thanks. Granted, I'm not going to the graduation, I'm playing with the kids, being the "babysitter" but it's all good!!! I need some quality Jobert, James & Deborah time!!! I miss those little turkeys!!! They are growing up way too fast and they'll have a cousin that will be joining them in August which hopefully I'll be present for!!! Anyway, walking isn't really that important to me and I never really wanted to but the hubs thought I needed to...until I had an excuse not to.

I was thinking today about not having any school work to do for a while and the idea is just nuts. I don't know what I'll do with all that free time...HA!!! I know, how ironic right??? I have some reading that I'd like to do but I really don't know what I'll do with all the free time other than that. Obviously I plan to be working somewhere but I'm probably only going to be working 3 days a week so what do I do with the other 4? I don't have kids and I don't know if we will or not so now what? I'm excited to actually be able to work as a nurse soon but there's that large looming question mark. Of course, I'm for sure starting my bachelor's in January but I may start before, if I can do online classes since I'll be heading to Houston in August for Mr. David Foster Oliver's arrival!!! I can't believe how many classes I have to take before I can start the actual nursing program and I'm not sure I know how to take regular classes...lol!!! I know that sounds crazy but none of the regular stuff is as hard as this, or at least I don't see how it can be but who knows??? I have 22 hours of it though...and I misspoke, I have to take chemistry and I don't imagine that's going to be easy but I know I can do it. Hopefully i can use all those classes to bump my gpa up a little more. It's fine where it is and I'm not shooting for a 4.0 because I just refuse to give up my life but still, a 3.5 would be nice. Plus I have to take statistics but my dad can help me out with that, he got an A in the class when he took it and he just gets it. Hopefully I will too but math is just not my strong suit, good thing I'm not an engineer ;)

So, I'm going to start studying for finals on Monday since I have mine the following Monday and Tuesday the 9th & 10th of May respectively. My management final is Monday at 8:30 and then my ekg class final is at 1:00 and then my critical care final is Tuesday at 8:30 and then I AM DONE!!!! I hear the Hallelujah Chorus, albeit faintly but I hear it!!! I not only see the light at the end of this tunnel but I am seeing the door too!!! I have an interview for a position in the ICU at the hospital in Borger on Monday which is awesome. I hear that the smaller towns pay their nurses better since it's harder to keep them there. We won't be moving if I get a job in Borger but if I get a job in Lubbock then we'll be moving. I don't really want to move though, the idea makes me want to hurl. I hate moving!!! Really, the next move that I want to make is when we go back to Colorado for the last time!!! I'm so ready to get back there. We were looking at pictures the other night and I still can't figure out what made us leave. The upside is that I got into nursing school and I will be a nurse when we get back there. Obviously I'll have to switch my license to a Colorado license but that really shouldn't be a problem since Colorado is a compact state too. I'll at least have my BSN by the time we move but I don't know that it will make a difference in pay. It doesn't here so who knows? I don't care anyway. I don't think that I want to be a hospital nurse forever, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to continue on and get my master's. My goal is to be a cardiology nurse practicioner. I'm all about the heart stuff, love it!!! I don't want to do surgery necessarily but I want to be able to be in on them, when I can. I'm all about seeing an open heart surgery and hopefully holding the heart. That would be awesome beyond awesome...and hopefully it will happen. I'm going to try to make it happen while I'm here so that I can at least see one. I'm just ready to be working. The thing is, I may enjoy the office nurse part of nursing and may choose to stay in that role. They have a lot of freedom, once they've put in their time and that appeals to me too. That's the most awesome part of nursing, the opportunities are limitless and that excites me to no end.

Well, I think I've rambled long enough. It's 11pm and I'm pretty tired. I was going to work on my playlist some more but I'm too tired. I think I'm gonna call it quits and head to bed!!! Have a good rest of your weekend!!!