DNP, CRNA, APN ???

hmm, 20 days.. guess it's been a minute since I blogged last ;) April is fast approaching, and so comes the end of my spring semester. As excited as I am to finish I am also freaked! I have 2 APA papers to write, a final project/exam and 2 more final exams. The worst part is the class that I am struggling with the most (Nursing Research), is the one that I have the most due in.. boo hiss! I'm telling you this is a tough class. Null hypothesis Type I & II errors blah blah blah, sucks. Next semester I am taking Health care Management and Economics and Intro to Critical Care Nursing. MORE FUN!! haha.. well at least the CC nursing will help me further my career and hopefully be interesting. Speaking of my career, I am finishing up orientating in the PACU & Day Surgery pre-op. Things are going good, and the patient care really isn't an issue for me, but the charting and paperwork sucks! For my friends who are still using Cerner.. be happy.. very very happy! Meditech royally sucks monkey balls. Otherwise everyone is pretty cool, except for one bitch ass nurse, who will remain nameless. Maybe I am threatening being mid 20's and having more critical care experience than her? Who knows, maybe she is just a bitch.. but she sure does treat me like shit.. but yet I remain pleasant to her. I refuse to succumb to the crotchety nurse stigma like her. And you know what else? I'll probably be her boss one day...hahaha! So it's not a secret that I am going back to school to further my nursing career, but the question still remains what do I want to do when I grow up?! My Masters is certainly in my near future, I had briefly thought about CRNA (nurse anesthesia) school, then switched to Nurse Practitioner, and now I think I am back to CRNA. There are some tough decisions to make though. One being the fact that I have no time to waste. By 2015 all advanced practice nurses will be required to have a Doctorate, but if I can get done before then, I will be grandfathered in. That means I have to finish up this degree, take my GREs, apply and be accepted and finish all before 2015. Pretty big task. Did I mention that in order to be accepted to anesthesia school you must quit your job? Yep, it's that grueling. So then here is the kicker. No life. It sure feels like I have been in school for my whole life anyway. That is what happens when you have to work full time and school part time, it takes twice as long. So subjecting myself to another 2-3 years of this is pretty exhausting. I think about what about having kids, keeping my horses, building a house?! I'm trekking towards my 30's  and feel like I may miss out on a lot, but then again I also feel it would probably be worth it. Anyways I have a lot to think about, but I am glad I am getting some OR type experience to add to my critical care =)

 Some things I have to look forward to:
1.friends coming in town in April and May!
2.spring semester to be over
3.having a real paycheck!
4.going home in July
5.bringing my horses to Colorado


That's it for now! Maybe I won't wait 20 days to post again!

Colorado life

Colorado life is pretty darn swell! As you can probably tell from my lack of blogging DH and I have been pretty busy lately. I FINALLY got a job! Go me! And I have been working Monday thru Friday lately for training purposes. It's certainly safe to say I am not a m-f kinda girl. I loathe getting up early every single day.. Ask my husband, I'm a bear. The job is going well so far, tough learning a new charting system, docs and the whole surgical thing is new to me. With time though I'll get it down. School is getting pretty intense too as it's past the halfway mark in the semester. Technically I am on spring break, although it's not much break working 5 days a week plus 2 hours of homework each night! It's the only way I can stay ahead though... And I like to goof off on the weekends :p speaking of weekends..they are a BLAST here in CO! We go hiking, skiing, sightseeing and not to mention all the fabulous things to do in Denver! Last weekend we went hiking in Boulder, went to the Denver symphony and then I met a couple friends on Sunday to go skiing :) left DH at home to study for his test, he was uber jealous! I have made a few friends here and things are going great! I'm keeping myself super busy and still manage to have a couple gfs to grab a drink or a yoga session with :) don't get me wrong... I REALLY miss home and the salty air, and my horses! But we are making the best of it and enjoying all that CO has to offer us. Today my mom sent me a where's George dollar and that made my day. Miss my family and it's only been 2 months, hope they come visit soon. On the plus side I have some great friends coming for a visit very soon and I can't wait to see their faces!!!