Work and College
I work almost full time (30 hours/week) and attend school full time at a community college. Call me crazy, but it isn't reasonable that I should have to take out loans to get a %&*%$&#^@ associate's degree!
It seems like I spend all my time either studying or working. The cost of education has skyrocketed. Fifty years ago, one could get through college without having to take out loans if one was working this much. This is freakin' nuts!
I am so glad the semester is almost over. I am sick of school and working so much; I'm fed to the teeth with working my @ss off and getting Bs and Cs cause I just don't have the time to study as much as I'd need to to get better grades. I've also more than had it with teachers who think that one should get As and not work. Unfortunately, if I don't work, rent doesn't get paid and I don't eat.
There is something very wrong with looking forward to nursing school as RESTFUL, but that's what I'm doing right now. Once I'm in nursing school, I'll only be working on weekends (only! hah!). Of course, I'll also be doing 12-hour shifts at a hospital throughout the week and spending hours upon hours in class and studying, but I digress.
On the bright side, this is the first time ever that stress has caused me to lose weight rather than gain it. Until the last few weeks, I was wearing a size 17 in juniors. I am now in 14s-and they're getting loose!
I'm going to live in today for now--and try to remember that I really only have one more semester of this before I can apply to nursing school. I can't apply till September, and then I can't be accepted until January at the EARLIEST. I'll have several months--if not a year--to rest up by "only" working 40 hours/week (I'll get a second job to save money for nursing school) and attending lots of Al-Anon meetings. I work in retail now; maybe another area store needs a cashier on the weekends, or maybe Walmart (shudder of horror) needs a stocker. Perhaps I'll waitress. Who knows, I might even find someone who needs help with a special-needs kid. Heck, maybe I'll get a really good raise next year when I get my review and I won't have to get a second job!
It seems like I spend all my time either studying or working. The cost of education has skyrocketed. Fifty years ago, one could get through college without having to take out loans if one was working this much. This is freakin' nuts!
I am so glad the semester is almost over. I am sick of school and working so much; I'm fed to the teeth with working my @ss off and getting Bs and Cs cause I just don't have the time to study as much as I'd need to to get better grades. I've also more than had it with teachers who think that one should get As and not work. Unfortunately, if I don't work, rent doesn't get paid and I don't eat.
There is something very wrong with looking forward to nursing school as RESTFUL, but that's what I'm doing right now. Once I'm in nursing school, I'll only be working on weekends (only! hah!). Of course, I'll also be doing 12-hour shifts at a hospital throughout the week and spending hours upon hours in class and studying, but I digress.
On the bright side, this is the first time ever that stress has caused me to lose weight rather than gain it. Until the last few weeks, I was wearing a size 17 in juniors. I am now in 14s-and they're getting loose!
I'm going to live in today for now--and try to remember that I really only have one more semester of this before I can apply to nursing school. I can't apply till September, and then I can't be accepted until January at the EARLIEST. I'll have several months--if not a year--to rest up by "only" working 40 hours/week (I'll get a second job to save money for nursing school) and attending lots of Al-Anon meetings. I work in retail now; maybe another area store needs a cashier on the weekends, or maybe Walmart (shudder of horror) needs a stocker. Perhaps I'll waitress. Who knows, I might even find someone who needs help with a special-needs kid. Heck, maybe I'll get a really good raise next year when I get my review and I won't have to get a second job!
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