Happy New Years!

Hi everyone!

First off, I would like to say Happy New Years to everyone! Then, I would like to apologize for the delay between blogs. Life is a little hectic for me. But, I hope everyone is enjoying their break and is ready for the new semester. I know I am. Last semester I was so eager for break, and now I'm eager to go back to school. For some reason being at home for a month was a little tiring and boring. I didn't do much, and I didn't have anything challenging me. Even though I utterly HATE staying up, cramming and studying, I kinda missed the rush.

So, For this new year, and new semester I made myself some resolutions. Hopefully I'm not setting myself up for failure. I think I can handle all of them.

1) Stop being lazy (I'm HORRIBLE when it comes to being lazy, literally if I do not want to do something..I will not do it no matter how important it is, and that I realized does not work while in college)

2) Get a 3.0 or 3.5 this semester. Last semester I had a few bumps and bruises. I can and can't blame myself. It was my fault, but I feel like if I wouldn't have gotten the understanding of how things need to be done, if I didn't mess up a little. So I'm going to (keyword: GOING) to bring my 2.5 up.

3) Be more organized and learn how to say no. I don't know how to say no to my friends. So last semester I would have to work, and study and all the above, but never failed that the moment they asked me to go out to eat with them, or hang out during the weekend I would make time for that. Instead of making time for school and work.

Those are my three main resolutions. I think everything will fall into place if I get those three things together. I'm so excited that school is in a week! I know there's going to be a lot of work, and there will be nights I will be on the brink of tears because I just want to sleep. But I know its all worth it. And its a challenge, and i mean who isn't up for a challenge?

I also did a lot of research and thinking and planning, as far as my career goes. I decided to apply to the nursing school (which I think can be done in March), and I believe I mentioned before that I would still minor in psychology. Bad news, I can't minor in psychology. I spoke to someone at the school (sorry I don't remember who) but they informed me that nursing students here at Ursuline, cannot minor, because the nursing workload is too much. Ouch! I wanted to cry. Not because I couldn't minor, but because it made me realize what I would have to go through.

I also found an old packet I printed off the Internet, many many years ago (I want to say, my freshman year in high school, or maybe even 8th grade) Which explained the whole process of becoming a doctor. And wow, it was not a pretty thing to read. But I know at the end of all of my hard work I will be proud of myself, and that school will be one of my biggest and most fulfilling accomplishments. So its worth it. I may be able to find an updated version of the article, and If I do I will gladly post it.

I also read this interesting article on MSN, I thought I would share with you guys. Its called The Falling-Down Professions . It talks about how Law and Medicine are loosing its allure, which I thought was interesting.

Well, This is the end of my post, I will update you guys on how my first week of school is going next week, and I hope everyone had a great break and that they do well this semester!