school's out

Truth is, I actually never wanted to be a nurse. And it's not because it never crossed my mind. I remember going through every possible college degree and thinking, "eh, I'm not really medically-minded." I'm the type who rarely gets sick (knock on wood!), scarcely visits hospitals let alone doctors, and prefer to just lay down rather than take medication.

So I chose social work.
After a 2 year leave of absence from college, I went back to school to finish my degree.
The nursing package was presented to me and suddenly became very appealing.
A spontaneous decision was made and FOUR years later,(two years of prereqs) I'm a nurse.
I stress four years because I had just ONE year left for my social work degree and was then planning to get my master's degree. That still would have taken me probably two years.

But I now wanted to be a nurse, not a social worker. Yet I finished my bachelors of SW nonetheless. (There's plenty of future ideas brewing!)


So luckily I was accepted to nursing school the first time around.
(or else I'm pretty sure it never would've happened.)
And to be honest, I contemplated quitting every semester but the last.

I didn't, and I'm glad- because I now see that I really do love it!
And I'm really happy about my decision.
....and even more happy that this happened yesterday:



So, we have many reasons to celebrate. This ↑ being one of them.


And this ↓ being the other.

two very very lovely years.


So Costa Rica,↓ here we come!


hasta luego