I stopped by the Residence Life/Dorms office again today. The girl I've been working with said that the lady in charge mentioned me recently, and that it would help if I had someone in the Nursing Dept email them that I needed housing. I'm glad I stopped by, because I'm not sure when she would have told me on her own.. But it seems that I am on their mind, so what I've been doing is working. I told my nursing contact that they needed an email. Now I hope that luck that's been on my side continues just a little more..
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The Latest
I haven't written in a long time. I said I won't get into why my living plans for the nursing program have changed.. But basically having the rug pulled out from under me with that has been very stressful on me. Not knowing where I'm going to be living in a couple months does not sit well with me, and I can feel it lingering in my gut constantly. I also have some other personal stuff going on, so have not felt like writing much lately. BUT.. Funk be gone, the only way to go is forward, and I am still extremely excited about starting nursing school in the fall. Nothing is more important to me right now, and it feels good to be that motivated about something.
Regarding living, I'm doing all I can to get into the dorms, but their space is very limited. I've called a few times, emailed, stopped by.. trying to "put myself out there" and show interest without being too annoying. The student workers there were pretty helpful the last time I stopped by.. but there will be a lot of luck involved if I do get in. I should know soon. In the meantime, I've been browsing Craig's List to get an idea of what's out there as far as rooms to rent.
I went to a couple orientations for my new school. We were warned how difficult the nursing program will be, and how little free time we'll have. I can't help but smirk, as I really doubt it's worse than anything I've already been through with engineering and the PE exam. Nevertheless, of course I take the warnings for what [I think] they are worth. I know I will be busy.. because I'm sure it will be a lot of work, and will be challenging, and I will want to get as much out of it all as I possibly can, so will study harder than I need to. I was lucky enough to get some used books from a friend who went through the program a couple years ago. I've decided that I will use the money I saved from that to buy myself a used iPad2, and get eBooks for the remainder of the books I will still need. The books are 1000+ pages, and I travel a lot. Speaking of the books, I've been looking through them a bit, especially prep books for the Boards/licensing exam. And it makes me.. very happy. I just want all the info in my brain right now.. all at once! I like engineering, and always found my coursework interesting. But it feels great to be really in love with what I'm learning. I found out I'll also have to take a US History course and either 2 art history/or music history/or film/or dance/etc classes, to fulfill the college's general education requirements. (Most of them I've already fulfilled from classes from my first degree). US History is always good, and I do enjoy art a lot, and of course like Music.. So, it shouldn't be too bad, except that there is not much room in the program, and even where I do have room, scheduling may be difficult. So, that may be a pain, but there's a way, I'm sure.
So, for fun stuff I've been doing: I went to New Hampshire, with pit stops in Maine and Boston last month. I've also been going to the beach a lot, went to a water park, and doing lots of little things with friends. They all involve time with my family, and my little niece and nephew, and long-time good friends; so I'm happy to have this time with all of them. I've been sort of a gypsy, and spending a lot of time on Long Island and the NYC area, since I like it down there better than where my father lives upstate, and that's where most of my family and friends are. For anyone reading who is not on Facebook, pictures are posted on Picassa:
(None of my albums have people in them, since they're publicly view-able.) Also, below are some pics of me for my non-FB friends.
Next week- CA :) And I have a trapeze lesson planned....
In New Hampshire:
Point Lookout, Long Island, NY:
Long Beach, NY:
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