With more twists and turns than any one person can reasonably expect, I have landed here. Where is here? Good question, and one I'm not sure of myself yet. Right now it looks like life has pushed me into a new direction that I hadn't considered even a month ago. But, right now.... this path feels right. So I guess it's time to dust myself off, have a look around and start learning to embrace where I am.
This is me... Crystal, wife to Mike and mom to 3. K has made it to 3rd grade and at 8 years of age is quite sassy. T is 6 and certainly can be considered the biggest drama queen of the 1st grade. C, well, he's the most challenging of the group. I also am the primary caregiver for my grandma, 79. A year ago she suffered a major stroke and has been declining since. I care for her in the evening and 24 hours on weekends. Blessedly we have caregivers that come care for her on weekdays. We also have a host of family pets. We are all really busy. That's not what this blog is about. Here I plan to talk about changing from a stay at home mom to a part time worker getting ready to take pre-reqs for nursing school.
Right now my goal is to obtain my phlebotomy liscence and start working part time. Allowing my husband to switch jobs and also work part time while he complets his nursing pre-reqs. I know the next 3 to 4 years are going to be rough and crazy busy. But I'm excited.
So far I have completed and turned in the FAFSA for my husband. He has been approved for financial aid and accepted to all 4 of the local colleges I applied to for him. Yay! Now the rush is on to get me into a phlebotomy course that will complete before Jan 2nd, or to get me hired on at one of the local hospitals that may be interested in training me in phlebotomy. We also need to meet with each of the 4 schools that have accepted Mike and see who is offering the most money, get in contact with Mike's grandparents who have always claimed they would pay for college and see if they are still up for helping out. Any little bit will help to pay bills and keep food on the table while we complete this journey.
Those of you that think it's silly that Mike is taking the nursing class a year ahead of me... I'm looking at it a little different. I plan to take advantage of studying with him and reviewing his tests and papers in hopes of being able to acheive the best grades possible when I take the classes myself.
I've already found one invaluable tool, allnurses.com. The more I look around that forum the more hooked I become. Everything from general nursing chatter to kifferent discussiong threads on nursing classes, NCLEX testing, HESI prep, PDA's in nursing... even pre-req class help. I found a link to an online math prereq program that is allowing me to listen to the lectures and do the quizes. Hopefully next year when I go in to take my assesment and placement tests I will test out high enough to not need to take this class officially!
Who knows where this path will lead, or where this blog will end up. I'm having fun being along for the ride.
This is me... Crystal, wife to Mike and mom to 3. K has made it to 3rd grade and at 8 years of age is quite sassy. T is 6 and certainly can be considered the biggest drama queen of the 1st grade. C, well, he's the most challenging of the group. I also am the primary caregiver for my grandma, 79. A year ago she suffered a major stroke and has been declining since. I care for her in the evening and 24 hours on weekends. Blessedly we have caregivers that come care for her on weekdays. We also have a host of family pets. We are all really busy. That's not what this blog is about. Here I plan to talk about changing from a stay at home mom to a part time worker getting ready to take pre-reqs for nursing school.
Right now my goal is to obtain my phlebotomy liscence and start working part time. Allowing my husband to switch jobs and also work part time while he complets his nursing pre-reqs. I know the next 3 to 4 years are going to be rough and crazy busy. But I'm excited.
So far I have completed and turned in the FAFSA for my husband. He has been approved for financial aid and accepted to all 4 of the local colleges I applied to for him. Yay! Now the rush is on to get me into a phlebotomy course that will complete before Jan 2nd, or to get me hired on at one of the local hospitals that may be interested in training me in phlebotomy. We also need to meet with each of the 4 schools that have accepted Mike and see who is offering the most money, get in contact with Mike's grandparents who have always claimed they would pay for college and see if they are still up for helping out. Any little bit will help to pay bills and keep food on the table while we complete this journey.
Those of you that think it's silly that Mike is taking the nursing class a year ahead of me... I'm looking at it a little different. I plan to take advantage of studying with him and reviewing his tests and papers in hopes of being able to acheive the best grades possible when I take the classes myself.
I've already found one invaluable tool, allnurses.com. The more I look around that forum the more hooked I become. Everything from general nursing chatter to kifferent discussiong threads on nursing classes, NCLEX testing, HESI prep, PDA's in nursing... even pre-req class help. I found a link to an online math prereq program that is allowing me to listen to the lectures and do the quizes. Hopefully next year when I go in to take my assesment and placement tests I will test out high enough to not need to take this class officially!
Who knows where this path will lead, or where this blog will end up. I'm having fun being along for the ride.
