I Guess the Beginning is a Good Place?

In November, 2000 I was attending a small Christian college in northern California as a Diversified Liberal Arts major when God woke me from a dead sleep and told me I would be a nurse! As much as I argued that I love working with children and I'm scared to death of needles, I realized there is only so much talking back that you can do with the Creator of the Universe before He inevitably wins. Needless to say, I left the school at the end of the semester, began pre-requisites to become an RN, and overcame my needle phobia.

Fast forward to today... Saturday, November 7th, 2009. I am only a few weeks away from completing my first semester of the nursing program at my local community college. The program is 2 years, but I like to think of it as "four, 4 month installments (A.K.A. 4 semesters)" of intense education. Yes, it has been 9 years since God called me to nursing, and I know that He had me wait 9 years for a reason! I tried running away from His goals, I tried to move things in my time, but all along He has been in control, and I must say that I am grateful.

I started this blog today, because Tuesday was the first time in the last 9 years that I seriously considered quiting. Through the exhaustion and the stress, I wiped tears from my eyes as my husband gently reminded me "it's just another day, and we will get through this!" He told me that I should start writing about my experiences so that I can look back on weeks like this last one, and remember that I survived... it is another day to check off on the countdown of achieving the goals the Lord laid out for me, and the end result that I have grown to love and crave!

So, here I am. I am writing about my experiences, my struggles, and my progress. You might ask why I am blogging instead of keeping a private handwritten journal? Well, I keep one of those too, but I know there are other people either in my position or wanting to be in my position that I might either help or learn from! This will be my story of going from SN to RN in 16 months!