Today is good day. Today I got one step closer to the life I am trying to create. (Today was actually OCT 5). There were approximately 700 applicants for the program. 180 have been shortlisted. I am one of them. There are 96 seats for the Jan start, so I'm still treading in deep waters, but trust me when I tell you the excitement I am feeling right now, is something I plan to hang on to until the bitter end. I want this so badly, so I stay positive and do everything in my power to try and will it into my reality....and yet it is so far out of my control. What if I get in? lol. It's just that all my hard work is 'almost' paying off. I have to write a letter of intent and collect my references....HOLY COW!!! shortlisted.....finally! I almost didn't write this entry because I didn't want to jinx my chances...stupid huh? I have learned from my little princess that every achievement deserves celebration. Being in the top 25% is certainly an achievement. I can do this! I've got this....and if I don't get in...which is ridiculous....I'll get 'em next time.
I started receiving emails last night that some of the other members on my regular forums had been shortlisted....i started to panic. "where is my letter", "why haven't I been shortlisted?"... "oh no, they don't want me"....the mind is an amazing thing. I totally created this alternate world where they were picking from the best to the worst and I was not even going to get a letter at all. This morning I woke up, checked my email every 5 minutes for about 3 hours then decided I couldn't take it anymore. I emailed the contact I had in the Nursing department, told her I felt sick to my stomach about it, and asked for any insight she could offer. She said many nice things including that my application was well received and I had been shortlisted....also that they were going in alphabetical order :) not the best to worst scenario I had invented.....I have had butterflies ever since. I picked up Paige early and took her on a dinner date to celebrate. I'm still in shock a little bit but so grateful for this acknowledgement. Just being considered, I feel, validates most of the long hours I have put into my studies. MOST, not all. :) Staying positive that things will work out in my favour
xoxo
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Time goes so Fast
Well everyone, it's official. My baby is in grade one!! First few days have gone smoothly....and she has become a teenager overnight... she still loves to snuggle though so I am thankful for that. I started ethics and anatomy, both online, last week. I am enjoying them both although I feel that ALOT of memorization is in my near future....I know quite well the difference between pulmonary and respiratory systems now, as well as the major difference between ethics and morals and how we develop and shape these. I still haven't heard from BCIT but I did run into an old customer at the Rusty Gull tonight who, to make a long story short, might be able to put in a good word.....the things people say when they have had a couple drinks though....can't really take that too seriously. I have a good feeling. All I can do is wait and enjoy the experience of possibility. I may not know my future for certain, but that might be what keeps me going. A maybe is always better than a no. Tomorrow (or today I guess) is Monday. Time to start another week. Time to hit the gym and the books...and the salad :)
My little angel lost her first tooth tonight. I'm sad that I couldn't be there but with the way it was just hanging on, I knew it couldn't last. Time goes so fast. This is something that I am learning as I go along. The speed of time is not measured in seconds, but in moments, in memories. It's the moments that keep zipping by, the memories that fade. The seconds will tick and the hours pass, but those measurements can only be validated by the moments that fill them. It seems no matter how hard I try to breath in the beauty of the world, things are just zipping by. I am a Mother, to a grade one girl who is missing one tooth.......and yet just yesterday she was learning to walk. Where does it go? Time....And while my baby seems to be growing at the speed of light, when it comes to my career moving forward and the application process for school, time seems to be standing still.
I love hiking. I really didn't do much of it until the last couple of years, but I love it so much. Especially in Vancouver. I guess it's time to hit the grind again tomorrow. For now, I must sleep. It's late and I'm tired. I have a lunch date with a very special little lady tomorrow. Talk to you soon
xo
My little angel lost her first tooth tonight. I'm sad that I couldn't be there but with the way it was just hanging on, I knew it couldn't last. Time goes so fast. This is something that I am learning as I go along. The speed of time is not measured in seconds, but in moments, in memories. It's the moments that keep zipping by, the memories that fade. The seconds will tick and the hours pass, but those measurements can only be validated by the moments that fill them. It seems no matter how hard I try to breath in the beauty of the world, things are just zipping by. I am a Mother, to a grade one girl who is missing one tooth.......and yet just yesterday she was learning to walk. Where does it go? Time....And while my baby seems to be growing at the speed of light, when it comes to my career moving forward and the application process for school, time seems to be standing still.
I love hiking. I really didn't do much of it until the last couple of years, but I love it so much. Especially in Vancouver. I guess it's time to hit the grind again tomorrow. For now, I must sleep. It's late and I'm tired. I have a lunch date with a very special little lady tomorrow. Talk to you soon
xo
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Pending Department Review
Well I guess I can't officially call myself a nursing student because I have yet to be accepted into the Program at BCIT. I have, however been taking courses over the past 1.5 years, directly out of the RN program to up my chances of being accepted. I am 29...ugh...and have a beautiful 5 year old daughter. I won't go into too many personals here, except to say, it has been quite a road that has led me to pursue a career in nursing. When I finally decided to go for it, I felt like a big weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I was making the right choice. That feels good. I applied to the Jan 2012 intake in the 3rd week of June and I won't find out if I am even shortlisted until September or October. This has been quite a lesson in patience.....I am so ready to get started!
The program has something like 600 applicants and only 85 seats. Many applicants already have degrees (so I have heard), which is more than my 63 post secondary credits...45 of which are from an acting diploma....Hollywood never came knocking but I think it's for the best ;) If I don't get in for Jan, I will have to apply for August....keeping my fingers crossed for Jan for so many reasons.
In just 3 short weeks I will be starting into business ethics and anatomy/physiology, as well as heading back to my volunteer position in the PICU at a local hospital.....I am so excited. Not only that, but my baby will be starting grade 1. I am so proud of her and so scared at the same time. Sometimes I just wish I could keep her safe by my side at all times....I know kids can be mean in school....but of course, she needs to grow up. I have many worries about going back to school full time, not being able to spend enough quality time with her, since her time is already divided between her Father and I ....I have to trust that we will find a way. It's only 3 years, we will MAKE time :) I suppose I need to get INTO school first.
As of today (and since July 19) my application status reads "pending department review"....I hear it will stay that way until I get an acceptance offer which will be Nov 30 at the latest....sigh...I will keep you updated on that and my pre nursing studies, as well as the adventures of being a mommy and a student....and a waitress....and and and :) you get the picture.
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The program has something like 600 applicants and only 85 seats. Many applicants already have degrees (so I have heard), which is more than my 63 post secondary credits...45 of which are from an acting diploma....Hollywood never came knocking but I think it's for the best ;) If I don't get in for Jan, I will have to apply for August....keeping my fingers crossed for Jan for so many reasons.
In just 3 short weeks I will be starting into business ethics and anatomy/physiology, as well as heading back to my volunteer position in the PICU at a local hospital.....I am so excited. Not only that, but my baby will be starting grade 1. I am so proud of her and so scared at the same time. Sometimes I just wish I could keep her safe by my side at all times....I know kids can be mean in school....but of course, she needs to grow up. I have many worries about going back to school full time, not being able to spend enough quality time with her, since her time is already divided between her Father and I ....I have to trust that we will find a way. It's only 3 years, we will MAKE time :) I suppose I need to get INTO school first.
As of today (and since July 19) my application status reads "pending department review"....I hear it will stay that way until I get an acceptance offer which will be Nov 30 at the latest....sigh...I will keep you updated on that and my pre nursing studies, as well as the adventures of being a mommy and a student....and a waitress....and and and :) you get the picture.
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