The Last Month

    The last month of my life has been full of ups and downs, struggles and successes. I finished another semester of college, my boyfriend moved home from Pueblo, we celebrated Christmas, New Years 2015 and soon we will be celebrating our 3 year anniversary of dating.  But those are just the big things that have been happening. Life isn't just full of big moments or events; little ones are just as important.

    At the end of the semester, I ended with 3 A's and a matching 3 B's. I took 13 Credits this semester which doesn't seem like much, but it was a lot more than 13 credits. My Anatomy and Physiology 210 Lab was worth 1 credit but felt like it was, at the very least, a 4 credit course. The work for that class was more extensive and more like a lecture than the corresponding Lecture course. Some of the other girls in that class struggled with me to get the highest grades that we could. Sure, their study techniques may not have been as good as mine and I got a higher grade than them, it was still difficult for all. I am proud to say that I did earn a B and that I was successful in that, but I am disappointed I didn't do better. I feel like If I had tried harder, studied differently, then I would have been able to do better. But then I tell myself that I did the best I could for myself at the time and that I couldn't have done it any differently.

    This last semester was probably the most stressful and intense of them all. I was more stressed and defeated than ever before. But in turn, I was more determined to pull through, too. I was strong willed and more set on succeeding than ever. After meeting with a Nursing Advisor, who said I wouldn't be able to get into the BSN program, I felt a fire that I had never known before. No one can tell me that I can't do something and if they do I will do what I can to prove them wrong. I can't stand people setting limits for me or for others. The only person that is stopping you from doing something is yourself. No one and nothing else can stand in your way of your dreams and I am not going to let anything stop me.

    In a year from now I hope to be preparing to start the BSN program at Colorado Mesa University and will be graduating in May of 2018. That is my hope and I will strive and work my ass off to do it. I don't know what I'll do if I don't get in, but I feel that with how determined I am with school and getting in, I will hopefully be able to do so this year.

    Spring semester starts in a little over a week and I'm so ready to start and keep moving forward! It's so exciting to be getting closer and closer to my dreams and I can feel it within my grasp! I can't wait to be able to call myself a Nurse in just over 3 years!