Playing Catch Up

So I guess I kinda suck at this blogging thing. With school and work it's kinda hard to keep up with even though I rarely have a lack of things to say. :o)

This time of year I always try to reflect on the good things in my life regardless of how badly things might be going. Despite being freakin' broke and the stress that comes along with that things are pretty good and 2008 has been pretty good to me. It was on the drive home from a recent trip to Atlanta to visit with friends I began to think about how lucky I really am to know the amazing people I know AND get to call them friends. Sometimes I forget there are people out there that suck just because I have such great friends!! So, to all my friends, new and old, I love you all!

In keeping with the mushy vein, I would also like to publicly acknowledge another amazing force in my life. He's the one who is always here for me reminding me to be positive when I'm not and cheering with me when things are going great. He knows I sometimes need to be pushed (OK...shoved) past my own self doubt and doesn't hesitate because HE knows I can do anything I want. Everything he does, (even when he doesn't want to) he does for me. If it weren't for him I wouldn't be here pursing a degree I thought was out of my reach forever. I am eternally grateful for everything he does and look forward to a lifetime of returning the favor. 

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The last few months.....

I finally found a job! Wait...lemme scratch that exclaimation point and try that again.  

I finally found a job. 

There, that's better. I work in a hair salon and I'm not a fan. I was worried when I took the job that working with 30 women would be too much for me, I was more than correct. Of course there are a handful of people that I really do like but some have treated me so badly or even indifferently that I wouldn't lift a finger to do anything for them. I've done nothing but be nice to everyone, stay out of the drama and attempt to learn how the place runs and do my job but I guess that's not enough. So, the job hunt is ON. Again. Keep your fingers crossed that 2009 brings me a job in a doctor's office or the hospital so I can get outta there!!!!!

The other major consumer of my time was, of course, school. How was the first semester back, you ask? Well, I think a large chunk of my soul is gone but by god, I did good. 3.75 semester GPA, easily the best in my long drawn out college career. In true 'Shannon' fashion I managed my highest grade (an A+) in American Lit and the lowest (a B) in Math. I now fully understand why college students become so devoted to their Universities. That chunk of soul I mentioned now belongs to the University of Alabama. Roll Tide Roll. ;o)

The Next Big Things

I have a another semester of BS classes coming up but Spring semester also brings my first opportunity to apply for Upper Division Nursing classes. If your not familiar with this process it's a very competitive one that is based solely on GPA. Basically, to get in you need to be rocking out. To my advantage, most of the nursing students I've seen in my harder classes, like Microbiology, were filled to brim with little girls who clearly care nothing for school and care desperately about things like their hair, their tan, who the latest whore is in the sorority, getting a dress for the football game and doing their nails. I even heard some of them making fun of a woman who is probably closer to my age than theirs because she was taking notes and asking questions! Like OMG! Like, I mean, really, who takes notes in class? I'm sure those were the ones dragging the class average on tests down to a 68. But, whose complaining? Not me, none of those little brats will even get close so that means less competition for me. :o) 

Wish me luck, y'all!