Summer roommate quote wall

This is the only quote I guess that made it onto the wall on my sticky notes, but it was a good one.:)

"Justin Bieber is one of those things that you can't admit until someone admits it first." -Haley

The start of my nursing journey

It has been so nice not to be in school and having to go to class, and to not have homework. That is for sure. It's definitely been different getting used to this new life I have, of no school. I've gotten to sleep in, not stress about always needing to study, I've been able to read for fun (imagine that!), blog, run errands, work without stressing about needing to study.. it's been great.

Now, for the last 2 days or so, I've been looking more into nursing schools (oh, by the way, I finally decided on a profession!! I want to be a nurse! No more PA school, I don't want to be a PA anymore. Just a nurse.) and it is becoming slightly stressful. Yesterday I said to Jessica, my roommate, "Don't graduate, it's too complicated." :) Yesterday I was stressed largely because I discovered a very close deadline at ISU, that was 7 days away, and if I wanted to apply, I had to pronto, and there are so many things you have to do to apply, like get IN to the school first, take the TEAS test, get a physical, immunizations, background check, send official transcripts.. and all these things have their own fee to them, so if I did apply, and somehow pull it all off in the next 6 or 7 days (oh yeah, and I would have had to petition a couple classes to substitute on their prereq list for what I have taken, and have that sent in in the next 5 days.), I would be nearly out of money. Oh, except I get paid in a couple days, so that would help, but still.

Anyway, so I was suddenly stressed, and didn't know if I should apply and just go for it and spend all this money and time doing it over the next week; then I ended up talking to Sally last night, and she reminded me that we just need to start moving for Heavenly Father to guide us, something that I had actually reminded her of in my blog, she said. I was glad she reminded me of that, that I already knew, and so quickly forgot apparently. So last night I decided to just at least apply to ISU and try to get in, and go from there.

Well, I did last night online, and paid the 40 bucks to apply, then today on the phone with the school found out that it takes 2-3 weeks just to find out if I got in. So that wasn't going to work. Plus, having to take this TEAS test--it's like the GRE, and I already learned once that if you don't prepare sufficiently (or at least if I don't), you don't do well; and the GRE you can retake, but the TEAS you cannnot. One shot is all you get. So I've also decided that I don't want to just blow it and take it real fast in the next few days and not do well. So I've decided not to apply to ISU, and I feel okay about that. Relieved, really. I lost $40, but at least that was all. And as Sally said last night, "it's just money." Not that we should just waste it, but money is not all life is about. And it seems that my guidance comes after I take a step in some direction, which includes paying something, and then I get my guidance...(could've saved me a couple hundred bucks...:) But oh well, I feel like it will be okay. My life is not in my hands, so I'm just trusting my Heavenly Father to keep guiding me and stop me when I shouldn't go any farther, and to take care of me financially. I'm doing what I should be in life, and living how I should, so I know that He will. And that includes financially. I'm not too worried. Also partly because of that blessing Isaac gave me that promised me that I would be okay financially, which is a reason I decided to just move into this apt, paying 300 a month (still hurts to think about). So I will be okay. I may need to scrimp and save, but I'll be okay.