For Jill...

It has been brought to my attention that it has been 2 months since my last post. I'm supposed to be studying for my Microbiology final that is at 7:30am tomorrow but I really hate that class, am tired of studying and am pretty much just over school for the semester so I thought why not take a break and update!

Life has been pretty crazy lately. I started my job about 8 weeks ago and am totally loving it. Its a good thing too because I am working 40-50+ hours a week. I work a night shift during the week, an all day Friday shift, and a 24 hr shift on Saturdays that goes over until Sundays. This is my "real" schedule but I have been picking up other shifts during the week if they need coverage. I love my job because I get to meet some of the neatest and nicest patients but also some of the most grouchy and crazy patients! And when I say crazy, I really mean crazy...a lot of the patients I deal with are psych patients who are schizophrenic or bi-polar etc. etc. The down side to my job is the lack of sleep that I have been getting. Since I've been in school and working this much that really doesn't leave a lot of time for sleep. I'm looking forward to being out of school and just being able to work and then sleep in after getting after an all-nighter. Another good thing that has come out of my job is that I've realized more and more what I want to do. I've wanted to be a nurse for most of my life and this job has just made it more and more clear that being a nurse is NOT what I want to do! I have come to realize that I would like to do a whole lot more than be a nurse. I will probably be going to Paramedic school in January and then working as a medic for a while. Eventually I am hoping to go to Davis' Physicians Assistant program. This is scary but exciting at the same time. I love working on the ambulance and am looking forward to running more trauma based calls as a medic.

In other news, I am getting ready to leave for Europe on Saturday! I am really looking forward to this trip and am so excited to finally get a break and relax. I will try to post when I am over there but not sure what the internet situation will be.

Hope everyone is doing well!