New Beginnings

Its been a while since I've posted, but late is better than never, right??? :)

Not much new has been going on in my life. Im still working as a nurse aid on the neurology floor at Hendrick Medical Center. I love my job. I work nights, which can be rough, but its working out. I've learned SO much about nursing, and medicine, and just the overall human experience. I love being able to make someones hospital stay the most positive experience it can be. Its just awesome!

Im starting school in a week and half. Yikes! It sometimes makes me feel bad that most of the people I graduated high school with have already graduated college, but now is the right time for me to be there. I have done so much the last 6 years, and learned so much about myself and what I want out of my life. I taking 4 classes, 13 credit hours. Im taking 3 online courses- English, Sociology, and Texas Government (dont ask me why thats a required class...I live in Texas. They're very proud.) And Im also taking Elementary Algebra with a lab. Im nervous and excited about going to school. Its been a LONG time since I've been in the world of homework, assignments, and tests. It will definitly be an adjustment. Especially because the last time I did that I was working part time and living with Mom. Now Im on my own with rent and a car payment, and it seems like more and more bills. I work 48-60 hours a week, and in order to pay all those bills I still will work that much while Im in school. Its going to be crazy but Im determined to be happy and successful. I cant wait to have the letters RN at the end of my name! :)

Speaking of the car payment...I did buy a new car about 2 months ago! I had driven to Arizona to visit my friend Rachel, and on the way home (about 30 minutes into the drive) another car had decided to turn around on the freeway. As she was coming back onto my side of the freeway from the median, she ran right into me. I'd never been the driver in a car accident and it scared me to death! Physically I was fine, and so was the other driver, but my car was a mess. She hit me on the drivers side door and it wouldnt open when I tried to get out. That began a 6 week process of settling the accident. After that whole ordeal, my tolerance and respect for car insurance people went down the toilet! It was the most miserable experience ever. Thankfully, I have a great friend in Abilene who let me use her car for a month while I was fighting with American Family Insurance. It was a humbling experience to have to rely on her so much, but Im so grateful to have her. The whole experience turned out to be a blessing. I got a check for $1,000 more than what I paid for my car, and I was able to put a down payment on my new car. What was even more amazing was that I was able to get financed all on my own. It was a proud moment. :) I got a 2009 Mazda 6. I LOVE it! It has air conditioning and starts everytime I turn the key (which I couldnt say about my Maxima!)

Thats about what my life has been the last few months. Im looking forward to this new chapter of my life and have set goals for myself that I will do anything to achieve. One of those is to get back into my running and developing a healthy lifestyle. More on that to come...

I love and miss you all! Come visit sometime!

xoxo, Jess