So evidently nursing school is really busy.
We're wrapping up our first full semester this week and next. One final down, two to go! Where did the time go? It is so hard to believe that 79 days ago was our first day of class. We were thrown into a whirlwind mini-term, followed by a whirlwind summer. It is AMAZING how much you can learn and grow in 79 days, let me tell you. And those people who tell you nursing school is hard? They are right.
But, in spite of the difficulty and the stress and the insane schedule, I am truly loving it. I love Fridays, because that means I'm in the hospital working with a real patient and learning to DO what I now, without a doubt, know I am called to do. And to be honest, I love class. I love learning and being asked to think in new ways about things that 79 days ago I didn't even knew existed. We have amazing faculty at Baylor who know their stuff and want our success almost more than we do. It is truly the hardest thing I've ever done academically thus far in my life, grad school included. But knowing that in just 281 more days I will receiving my nursing pin and embarking on an amazing career? Totally worth it. And that's exciting.
I would talk about something else, but honestly there is nothing else to talk about for the moment. To all my friends and family who are patiently putting up with my stress and exhaustion and tears and falling asleep 5 minutes into any movie... thank you for being there for me, even when I study flash cards over dinner. Aside from God's grace, your support is what carries me from day to day when things start to get crazy. Only nine more months!!
OK, back to my case studies. The end.
03 August 2011
27 February 2011
61! Days!
It is late. I should be sleeping. But my decaf latte has set in and I need a bit more time to wind down. So I sat down to look ahead to the coming weeks, and discovered that I have officially entered the window where it is exciting to count in days and not weeks! I mean, really. 30 weeks sounds SO much better than 210 days. But 61 days? That's a reasonable window, yes?
15 February 2011
Snow Days, Chocolate Cake, and Living in Community
Hey, remember February of 2011 when Dallas froze over and everyone was stuck at home for a week? Yea, that was crazy. Five snow days in two weeks! In theory, it was awesome. In practice, a little hard to recover from, at least as far as work is concerned. But, pressing on... more rambling after the jump.
30 January 2011
Annnndd the countdown begins
88. The number of keys on a piano. The atomic number of radium. The speed in mph that the DeLorean time machine must reach to travel in time.
Also, the number of days until I reach the end of one chapter of my life and turn to a fresh page. Eek. The dramatic life change that lies ahead is both daunting and ridiculously exciting. It doesn't seem real yet, although it does more so each day as various pieces begin to fall into place.
It's funny to look back over the last few years and the incredible journey on which God led me to this place. I have struggled since entering the 'real world' after DBU, never quite knowing where I was heading in the long run. I could see right in front of me, but it was the kind of sight that comes from a dim flashlight in the dark woods - never reaching much further than a step or two away. I didn't know that the first interview I went on after graduation would lead to a six-year stint in a school business office. I didn't know that I would pursue graduate work in music theory, and didn't know that I would ever be satisfied with a decision not to complete that work. I didn't know that I would attend over 25 weddings, none of them my own. I didn't know that I would become "Aunt Fi/Tia/Auntie Adrianne" to nearly a dozen (and counting!) of some of the cutest kids in the world. I couldn't see 5 trips to England or two weeks in Japan. I couldn't see having an amazing church home and playing in a band with some of the most talented musicians in Texas. I couldn't see the friends that would become closer than family.
And I most certainly couldn't see the latest turn: acceptance into one of the top nursing programs in the state. A career change of epic proportions, yet one that strangely makes sense.
Many years ago, one of the leaders of a small Life Group I was attending approached me during our prayer time and told me that, while she didn't know why, I should read Psalm 139. It seemed really odd to me at the time, but I went home and read it. At that point in my life, it just seemed like a nice verse. However, I placed a special bookmark at that page and continued to revisit it every now and then. Over the course of the years, it has become something of a life passage for me. I read it often, and it has spoken directly to certain events in my life. One of the verses particularly resonates with me in this season:
Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
(Psalm 139:4-5)
While I may not see where I am going, I rest in the comfort that God does. He has "hemmed me in" and knows exactly what lies ahead. He has brought me this far, and I am excited to see where He takes me next.
How is God working in YOUR life today?
Also, the number of days until I reach the end of one chapter of my life and turn to a fresh page. Eek. The dramatic life change that lies ahead is both daunting and ridiculously exciting. It doesn't seem real yet, although it does more so each day as various pieces begin to fall into place.
It's funny to look back over the last few years and the incredible journey on which God led me to this place. I have struggled since entering the 'real world' after DBU, never quite knowing where I was heading in the long run. I could see right in front of me, but it was the kind of sight that comes from a dim flashlight in the dark woods - never reaching much further than a step or two away. I didn't know that the first interview I went on after graduation would lead to a six-year stint in a school business office. I didn't know that I would pursue graduate work in music theory, and didn't know that I would ever be satisfied with a decision not to complete that work. I didn't know that I would attend over 25 weddings, none of them my own. I didn't know that I would become "Aunt Fi/Tia/Auntie Adrianne" to nearly a dozen (and counting!) of some of the cutest kids in the world. I couldn't see 5 trips to England or two weeks in Japan. I couldn't see having an amazing church home and playing in a band with some of the most talented musicians in Texas. I couldn't see the friends that would become closer than family.
And I most certainly couldn't see the latest turn: acceptance into one of the top nursing programs in the state. A career change of epic proportions, yet one that strangely makes sense.
Many years ago, one of the leaders of a small Life Group I was attending approached me during our prayer time and told me that, while she didn't know why, I should read Psalm 139. It seemed really odd to me at the time, but I went home and read it. At that point in my life, it just seemed like a nice verse. However, I placed a special bookmark at that page and continued to revisit it every now and then. Over the course of the years, it has become something of a life passage for me. I read it often, and it has spoken directly to certain events in my life. One of the verses particularly resonates with me in this season:
Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
(Psalm 139:4-5)
While I may not see where I am going, I rest in the comfort that God does. He has "hemmed me in" and knows exactly what lies ahead. He has brought me this far, and I am excited to see where He takes me next.
How is God working in YOUR life today?
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