Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Madness...

You may have noticed that I have not posted anything in over a year... Life has been absolute madness for the last little while. Life event#1: graduation! I finished the nursing program at the U and graduated having received a full ride scholarship on my last year and with nursing honors. I am very proud of finishing school at all, since I just wanted to have a college degree by the time I turned 30. I barely made it :) Life event#2: bought a home Doug and I had been looking at houses for months on end and finally found one we could afford, and covered all of my wants and his wants. The home buying process was stressful, and more costly than we could have imagined, but we finally signed documents, got the loan and moved in! ( granted, on finals week...). While the timing wasn't the best, we made it work, and even drove the kids to their school in salt lake city all the way from home in Saratoga springs. Thank goodness for summer break and a new school! Life event #3: puppy I had wanted to have a dog almost my entire married life, and for those 12 years, we were unable to make that happen. As soon as we bought the house and all, I started to seriously look at dogs of breeds that are hypoallergenic (which doesn't guarantee that it won't be a problem, but does mean it is less likely). We found our dog, Colonel Watson, on a KSL ad, and we love him so much! Can't get any cuter! life event #4: boards Some of you may know a little about nursing school... We must take the NCLEX exam to have a license to practice. It is a computer adaptive test, and you must demonstrate your knowledge on increasingly difficult questions of nursing analysis, or you will be given questions that are less difficult and therefore not passing level questions. The exam can have anywhere from 75 to 265 questions, so if your exam shuts down after question 75, you did very well, or you failed miserably. Although I prepared for the exam, I was terrified when it shut down at 75 questions. I found out last week that I passed my boards, Halleluiah!!! Life event #5: the job I had at this point, submitted over 40 applications for employment, and had one interview. I decided, after going to church one week, that I needed fast about this, and so I did. That very night, I got a text from a friend, informing me that she was going to turn down a job in pediatrics, and asking if I wanted to apply for this job. I was of course, grateful for this and applied immediately. The day that I presented the nclex, I found out I had the job!!! I have since started training and working graves (hence why I am up writing this at this time). All in all, a great last few weeks, and while I am leaving out a great deal of unpleasant developments, I am grateful for all of this, and excited for a life full of changes. Thanks for reading, Laura