A Treasure Found at Home

after months of not-sureness and questioning and wondering and dread and fear and hope and mental turmoil, i have Made A Decision.

i’m changing careers.

i’m going back to school starting in january and should have my BSN in about two years from then.

i’ve added a bunch of nursing blogs to my feed, bought a couple books, told a few people, gone to informational meetings at schools. i’m excited to get started — i’m excited to get finished with school so i can have a job that means i can support myself financially without resorting to rice and beans for every meal AND where i feel useful and helpful and competent, where i feel i make a difference. so far i’ve narrowed my interest in a specialty down to about 7 gagillion out of the 10 gagillion specialties there are to choose from. topping the list today (note: these are subject to change at any time) are l&d, nicu, critical care, peds, flying nurse, psych… i know i don’t want to work in the ER and i don’t want to work in a school. but i do like the idea of being the nurse at a special needs summer camp. and i don’t *just* mean burning man, although it would be nice to give back to that community in that way, too. also, someone was reminding me of doctors without borders which have two week “jobs”.

i also know i’m signing up for “let’s call sparkle to find out how bad this is before we go to the doctor.” but since i was raised by a nurse and had a nurse housemate for a while, i’m used to the calls from sick people. plus, i still do this to my mom so i guess it’s going to be payback.