A couple of invites:
December 24th - We will be having some food and fun for Christmas Eve around 7:00pm until everyone leaves and/or we fall asleep. (If we, the now ancient parents of an 11-month old, fall asleep at 10, I guess you could stay and be merry, just keep it down.)
December 25th - We are hosting dinner. We're having fondue at 3:00pm. If you're interested in joining us, let me know, so I have enough cheese and stuff.
My little brother (okay...
younger brother...) just got a job at USAirways. He gets free airfare for himself and his spouse/committed partner, and drastically reduced airfare for his parents. Nothing for siblings.
But wait! He's not married/in a committed relationship. What happens in that case? He gets to choose a "travel partner". This doesn't mean that the travel partner has to travel with the employee, just that the travel partner gets the spouse/immediate family travel benefits, including anytime/anywhere privileges.
His travel partner? His sister.
I love my brother.
So, I signed up for Anatomy & Physiology I at Owens. I start on January 11th.
This feels so incredibly weird.
I had an advising appointment right after filling out a very short, one-page, free application (another incredibly weird thing...), in which I found out that, since my ACT, taken like 12 years ago, was over a 20 (!), I am guaranteed a spot in the Spring 2010 incoming RN class. I told her that I could get an entire BA within that amount of time, and she seemed to wonder why in the world anyone would do such a thing. When I told her my goal was to get my MSN and then my CNM, she said, "Well, while you're waiting for your nursing courses to begin, you don't want to waste your time. You could start taking classes for your masters during that time." Erm... She also wasn't sure that I'd be able to get out of the Comp I & II courses. They require a "C" or better from a transfer school. Here's the thing: I never took the English 111 & 112 classes at BG because I got out of both of them from scoring high enough on the AP test in high school. So, I never got an official grade in those courses, just a pass or whatever they give you. That, according to Owens, doesn't constitute a "C" or better. Unreal.
So, thinking that the GEMINI program was my first choice and Owens was my safety was apparently backwards.
I am SO hoping to get into MUO/MCO/UT/whatever it is this week.
In other news, Joel is really, seriously walking. It seems to now be his mode-of-transportation-of-choice. He decided this, however, during my advising appointment yesterday. The boring adults talking must have been motivation enough, because no less then four times did I end up running after him as he left the office and headed down the hallway.
Can I just say this: I can't wait to be a midwife! :)
Thanks for all the cheerfulness, everyone. I needed it!
Here's something crazy: I think I'm actually about to do something cool with my life. Like, for real. For a couple of years now, I've thought it would be really neat to be a midwife. So, I started researching, found a CTM (certified traditional midwife) program that is neat, but after two years I'd only know how to do things for very (VERY) normal births, and I think it would be illegal to practice in most states, much less apprentice and all of that. So, no CTM. The other option (more legal and useful, too) is CNM (certified nurse midwife). The problem? I'm not a nurse! Not even a little. I have a BAC degree (bachelor of arts in communication), the degree you get when your hopes and dreams of being a professional whatever turn into a giant nightmare and/or farce (for me, it was professional flutist - ha!). So, the first step to becoming a CNM is becoming a nurse. So, I think I'm going to do just that. I'm hoping to get into an anatomy/physiology class at Owens this spring, and another one in the summer. I'm planning on applying to the GEMINI program at MUO within the next month ( a masters program for non-nurses who have a BA who want to be nurses). If I get in, I'll start in the fall.
Why in the world am I doing this? This is the most terrifying thing I've done in a while. But, I really don't have anything to lose. If I don't get into MUO (a very real possibility), I'll figure out a plan B. At the very least, I'll take an anatomy class that will get my mind working in fun ways.
I guess that, above all, I know that I really want to be a CNM. A lot. I want to help women through labor. I want to help women realize that birth is wonderful, natural, full of freedom, and not scary. I want to care for women and their families. If I don't do it now, I'll go back to work in a few years at a bookstore or something and wonder what I would've been doing now if...
"I don't wish that I could go, I am going.
I don't wish that I could be, I am being.
I don't wish that I could do it, I am doing."
-Sara Groves, "Past the Wishing"
Thanks for all the cheerfulness, everyone. I needed it!
Here's something crazy: I think I'm actually about to do something cool with my life. Like, for real. For a couple of years now, I've thought it would be really neat to be a midwife. So, I started researching, found a CTM (certified traditional midwife) program that is neat, but after two years I'd only know how to do things for very (VERY) normal births, and I think it would be illegal to practice in most states, much less apprentice and all of that. So, no CTM. The other option (more legal and useful, too) is CNM (certified nurse midwife). The problem? I'm not a nurse! Not even a little. I have a BAC degree (bachelor of arts in communication), the degree you get when your hopes and dreams of being a professional whatever turn into a giant nightmare and/or farce (for me, it was professional flutist - ha!). So, the first step to becoming a CNM is becoming a nurse. So, I think I'm going to do just that. I'm hoping to get into an anatomy/physiology class at Owens this spring, and another one in the summer. I'm planning on applying to the GEMINI program at MUO within the next month ( a masters program for non-nurses who have a BA who want to be nurses). If I get in, I'll start in the fall.
Why in the world am I doing this? This is the most terrifying thing I've done in a while. But, I really don't have anything to lose. If I don't get into MUO (a very real possibility), I'll figure out a plan B. At the very least, I'll take an anatomy class that will get my mind working in fun ways.
I guess that, above all, I know that I really want to be a CNM. A lot. I want to help women through labor. I want to help women realize that birth is wonderful, natural, full of freedom, and not scary. I want to care for women and their families. If I don't do it now, I'll go back to work in a few years at a bookstore or something and wonder what I would've been doing now if...
"I don't wish that I could go, I am going.
I don't with that I could be, I am being.
I don't with that I could do it, I am doing."
-Sara Groves, "Past the Wishing"
