January 10, 2009
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Nursing Assistant
I really love life though as I am writing this I am currently in a very bad mood. I really love school and it is better than I could have ever imagined. Everyone at the college is mostly mature and very nice. There is no more stereotyping and for the most part no drama. This is a place where people can take me seriously. It is like a breath of fresh air and no words can really describe how happy I am to be in a happier place.
I have already been though one week of school. There was a little bit of stress in the beginning because I didn’t have my text books. This is my first year of college so I told everyone to give me a break. Our school has its own book store so I wasn’t too worried. I was planning of waking up early to buy them. There was a huge storm the night before so school was delayed for two hours. I was able to calm down for a while and I told myself it was going to be alright. I just hoped we didn’t have to use our books on the first day. The delay was more of a blessing in disguise because it gave me the opportunity to walk around and figure out where everything is. After that I waited in front of the book store for only a few minutes and I was there right when it opened. Even more to my luck I was just standing looking at the books when a lady quickly helped me find exactly what I needed and I was out of there in no time ready to get to class. My pants and shoes were soaked the whole day but it was an inconvenience that didn’t bring down my mood. After my books everything was smooth sailing.
My class is really fun. The first day was getting to know everyone in the class and to be honest it was just games to me. Though the teacher was trying to make a point that as a nursing assistant you should be comfortable getting to know strangers and always be friendly. It also helped loosen the vibe of the room. After that first day it has been more serious, we learned mostly about AID’s and touched up on some other diseases. We also talked about CPR and I have a couple of tests coming up. I think I will be alright but I need to study hard tomorrow.
I think so far I am doing well and not attracting any stalkers. I can only hope that lasts.
I met this cute guy a couple days ago at lunch. He was messing with his Zune and I wanted to know if he was online. He was and I saw his Zune user name, it seemed normal for a guy nothing freaky or questionable. So when I was done eating I came up to him and asked if he wanted to swap music. He said sure, he is so cute but he isn’t from around here. His name is Travis and I don’t remember much more than that. I hope I see him again on Thursday.
I was talking to my buddy Michael recently about my problem with Jerry and finally, exactly what I wanted to hear from someone was “if you need emotional support, I’ll be there” which makes me feel more confident about breaking up with him. I don’t feel alone. Michael and I are hopefully going to hang out next weekend. Cathy was thinking of having a fondue party and sleepover thing but I much rather hang with Michael if the two happen to clash.
Today Cathy brought me down with my life goal plan but I am trying to stay strong. I am studying to be a Nursing Assistant, then work as one as I study as the next thing up which is LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) then get a job as that as I work to be a RN (Registered Nurse). Then do that as I figure out what I really want to do because these classes actually don’t take too long to do and I get a pretty good amount. This is just my fall back job because no matter where you go in life there will always be a hospital and people to help. I am thinking in the end I want to do Alternative Medicine and she said well becoming a nurse doesn’t help you get there. I need to start out somewhere right? She also says not to have such high expectations for my pay and I said that I don’t really care. I am going to study hard and try to get a job in this field. I am being optimistic and realistic. I pretty much won the discussion but I strongly dislike when she does this to me. Who is to say how much I will get paid? Just because Melissa’s mom is a nurse and she says they aren’t really hiring at the moment that is still just one hospital out of many. How come she always thinks my plans aren’t that great? Are hers better? She needs to stop dominating me and discouraging me. I know sometimes I may not be that smart but I will get there, one day. She or anyone isn’t going to stop me.
