Today, I decided to get back to blogging - I haven't logged onto blogger.com in a few years it seems and as I went to make adjustments to my template and header, etc... I realized that I still love the quote, from 'Angel from Montgomery' by John Prine - and it's actually still appropriate. Let me explain. I just recently moved away from most everyone that I know - I've made a few friends, but none quite yet to whom I can unload all unfiltered thoughts and comments. I am living on my own again, but it's different this time - I feel much more focused in my goals (I'm getting my Masters in Nursing) and I feel like, at this point, I've made huge mistakes, learned lots of nasty, painful lessons and now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'm ready to pool my energy into learning as much as I can and then working to better the lives of all the children that I may come across in the future.

I am working on a pediatric nursing route, most likely emergency medicine for a while and then transitioning either to a patient teaching/case management position or a nursing school professor. Either way, I finally feel enabled to dream of achievable goals. It's exciting.

Back to studying... pathophysiology and pharmacology - I've got finals on monday... along with lots of mardi gras parades to attend between now and then.

-j-