I'm baaacckk!!!

I'm back to the blogging world! :) I decided to get back into blogging because I think it is a great way to document what is going on in my life and I can look back on it in a few years and see where I've been. I am mostly just going to blog about my life in general down here in South Carolina. I am going to school to get my RN here and will probably talk about what I'm doing in school so when I get that degree and I can look back and see how I did it and what it took. I'm excited to get back to blogging! I moved down here in August of 2011. I left behind A LOT of things to come down here and experience something new and different. I started school in August and went full time. I took medical terminology, psychology, anatomy and physiology (BIO 210) with a lab, and a freshman seminar class. For my freshman seminar class we had to do 10 hours of community service for the class. I did my hours at Harvest Hope Food Bank. It was really a great experience to get in the community here, see how many people are going hungry and to know there are places they can go. I worked there the day before Thanksgiving and the amount of people they had come in was shocking. I really enjoyed doing the community service and the experience it gave me. Getting back into the "school mode" was tough and it was definitely a semester of getting back into the groove of school. My A&P class was definitely the hardest class I had, it was the most interesting but the toughest as well. I ended up getting a 4.0 for the semester and that felt great because I really put in a lot of work to do good and with all the stress from moving and everything else going on in my life I'm glad I proved it to myself that I could accomplish that!

My life down here is different and I'm still trying to adjust and accept all the changes. I kind of made a New Year's resolution but really it is just something I really want to do. This year my goal is to accept that this is where my life is right now and to make the most of it. I want to take advantage of the opportunity I have been given and have a great year. I'm trying really hard to forget things in my past, learn from them and move on to be a better me. I have a lot to look forward to this year and that will definitely help to make it a great year. Two of my really good friends are getting married and I can not be more excited or happy for them! I am super excited to share there special days with them! I'm going to spend a lot of time this year trying to find out who I am, I know that it is a lifetime journey to find out who you are, but I need some time to focus on my life and what I want my future to be. I'm going to be positive and know that everything will work out how it is supposed to!

I just finished my second week of the Spring semester and so far I really like most of my classes! I am taking NUR 115, which so far is my favorite class, it basically teaches an overview of the nursing profession. I love learning about being a nurse it makes me excited for the future. The first day of class we watched a video of some nurses that worked in the hospitals during disasters like Katrina and what they did and how strong they are as people, it was very inspiring. I am also taking BIO 240 which is a nutrition class, which I am really liking because I love learning about how to be more healthy. I'm taking BIO 211 which is a continuation of anatomy and physiology which also has a lab. Last class we got our fetal pig :( to dissect. It was sad to see a cute little pig that I had to cut open but once we had it cut open I forgot what it was and was just having fun looking at all of its' insides. Haha I think that may sound bad but really it was super interesting to see all of its' organs. I really like my teacher this semester for this class, she is really nice and actually teaches instead of reading a power point. My last class in NUR 163 and I honestly don't quite understand what the class is about. :) I know it has some psychology topics and it all relates to nursing. Hopefully I'll like it a little more as the semester goes on. I am going to apply to the nursing program the beginning of next month and will get a start date after this semester is over and they see my grades for these last classes I need to qualify to apply. I am also going to apply for the merit program which will hopefully get me a sooner start date because as of right now the latest I could start is 2014 it think :(. It is all a process and I know I have to be patient but when you just want to get school over with so you can start your life with a new job and you gave up so much for this, it is hard to be patient. :)

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

One of my favorite things down here is I live pretty close to a lake and I love to go watch the sunsets there. They are always so pretty over the lake! It is a place where I can go to relax and just enjoy the view. Here is a couple pictures of the last sunset I captured. EnJoY!