Well, fall 2013 is underway, and I am waiting for spring 2014 start for the RN program. Slightly bothered that it's taken this long to get to this point, but accepted the fact that it is better this way, I guess.
Being a single parent and doing all this on my own is taking a toll on me; physically, emotionally, mentally.. I need to reevaluate some things in my life. For example, as a child all the way through high school I was brought up in a house that was perpetually CLEAN. Now, here I am in my own place, and here I am always CLEANING. I mean, lets be honest here, I have more important things to do than clean. Like studying.
seriously.
As a single mother of two kids, part time employee and full time nursing student, I have to say this is the most difficult thing I've ever decided to pursue. I mean come on lets be real here, being a parent is difficult in itself, whether you're on your own or have a s.o to lean on (s.o= significant other. I'm just lazy when it comes to writing it out. repeatedly.) Now, a job.Granted when you have had a job for over a year, it becomes routine, and when it becomes routine, you tend to become brainless because it's something you repeatedly do. Now, that's not why it's difficult. It's difficult because it takes 8 hours of my day away from me to be able to study, or work on homework. Also, when it comes to nursing school, 8 hours out of a day is like buying a cookie and only actually getting a quarter of it, I mean 8 hours is a lot.
So, put this together, 8 hours of your day is gone for working, than coming home in hopes to study and you end up hearing 'mom' REPEATEDLY, not to mention having to make supper, get the kids ready for bed than once you actually have that time to yourself, you tend to pass out because of being exhausted from the day, and you have to wake up at 6am the next morning anyways.. it's just tiring.
Now that I'm done venting, I've always been curious to if there are other single hard working nursing major mommas out there, and I've always wondered how they're able to hold everything together when they feel like falling apart. I know I feel this way currently, but as far as I'm concerned I can't let it stay.
Being a single parent and doing all this on my own is taking a toll on me; physically, emotionally, mentally.. I need to reevaluate some things in my life. For example, as a child all the way through high school I was brought up in a house that was perpetually CLEAN. Now, here I am in my own place, and here I am always CLEANING. I mean, lets be honest here, I have more important things to do than clean. Like studying.
seriously.
As a single mother of two kids, part time employee and full time nursing student, I have to say this is the most difficult thing I've ever decided to pursue. I mean come on lets be real here, being a parent is difficult in itself, whether you're on your own or have a s.o to lean on (s.o= significant other. I'm just lazy when it comes to writing it out. repeatedly.) Now, a job.Granted when you have had a job for over a year, it becomes routine, and when it becomes routine, you tend to become brainless because it's something you repeatedly do. Now, that's not why it's difficult. It's difficult because it takes 8 hours of my day away from me to be able to study, or work on homework. Also, when it comes to nursing school, 8 hours out of a day is like buying a cookie and only actually getting a quarter of it, I mean 8 hours is a lot.
So, put this together, 8 hours of your day is gone for working, than coming home in hopes to study and you end up hearing 'mom' REPEATEDLY, not to mention having to make supper, get the kids ready for bed than once you actually have that time to yourself, you tend to pass out because of being exhausted from the day, and you have to wake up at 6am the next morning anyways.. it's just tiring.
Now that I'm done venting, I've always been curious to if there are other single hard working nursing major mommas out there, and I've always wondered how they're able to hold everything together when they feel like falling apart. I know I feel this way currently, but as far as I'm concerned I can't let it stay.
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