Going For It

No one will read this, and that is perfectly OK with me. It takes some of the pressure off of trying to put together paragraphs that are grammatically correct if I don't have to worry about pleasing an audience.

Two months ago I went out on a limb and decided to apply for an accelerated RN (registered nurse) program at UCC. After a very detailed application process and nerve-wracking interview, I was offered a place in the program. Of course, I accepted. The wonderful thing about this program is that it's considered a private school so the facility gets to pick and choose who they want to attend. The classes are small (around 15 students and sometimes even as few as eight) which is great because there's a lot of opportunities for one-on-one attention and tutoring. The downside? The facility also gets to set it's very own fee schedule. Let me just say that they are very smart in setting you up with an appointment with the financial aid department until much after you've already accepted your spot in the program and signed up for classes. It's REDICULOUCLY EXPENSIVE. But the more I thought through it, the more I realized that a traditional program was going to take much longer and most likely, end up costing the same. So in the end, I toughened up, took on some awesome debt and started classes.

I thought it would be informative to document my weeks and months and years as a nursing student. Maybe one day I'll be able to look back at all of my ramblings and writings and be able to find a deeper meaning in all of it. Or maybe I'll look back and wonder how in the hell I didn't jump off a bridge.