There are so many things I am looking forward to once I graduate. Of course it will be fulfilling to have a college degree. It will be ridiculously exciting to start my new job as a nurse and to feel accomplished at succeeding in a life-long dream. But there's other, less obvious changes that have been coming to the forefront of my brain as I delve into the third quarter of school.
1. I won't have to work my lame job anymore.
I'm so over being "low man on the totem pole." I'm too smart for most of the political bullshit that goes on at work not to mention my actual job requirements. The back-biting and gossiping that seems to infect all parts of my low level employment is so draining. I know there will be certain head games that will have to be played once I'm working as a nurse (since that's a fact of life; hospital politics never disappear) but at least I'll be able to have more of a standing with my colleagues. In the medical world, a degree is everything. Working in a hospital with no degree? Well, you may as well be a walking mop. Ugh.
2. I can tell a certain bar (who has owned my husband for the better part of eight years) to burn in Hellfire for eternity.
I HATE the bar job my husband works at. I hate the hours he has to work, I hate the people who work there (except for a chosen few whom I hope will also escape one day), I hate the drama and the lies which are never ending and I hate the despair that seems to cloud the atmosphere and choke it's patrons and employees. I want my husband OUT of that lifestyle. For good. Forever. Done. Over. My degree will set him free.
I can't wait.
3. I get to tell people what I do for a living and be proud to say it.
"Hey Rachel! I haven't seen you in forever! How's life? Where are you working nowadays?"
"Oh, I work at a Children's Hospital. I love it"
"How interesting! What do you do there?"
"I'm a registered nurse."
I know in my heart this is the right choice not just for me, but my family too. Now I just need to convince my brain to give a little help in my huge Physiology test on Wednesday in order to keep the dream alive! Come on, Brain! You can do it!
3 comments:
There is defiantely a certain amount of pride that goes along with saying that you are an "RN". I enjoy your blog so much....brings back many fond memories!
You go girl! These are the reasons that we put up with all the stress. There is light at the end of the tunnell.
you and i are in the same boat in so many ways! keep your fingers crossed for me that i get into my program! im so proud of you rachel. you are an inspiration!!!
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