Instant gratification

Ahh the sound of instant gratification. That was what I was looking for on Tuesday when I went for the information session on Tuesday. Will I be in or out? Hard or easy? What I got was a piece of paper laying out what seemed like a scavenger hunt that seemed never ending. Now the truth be told it all makes pretty good sense, but I am one of those people who needs a plan, I need to know what is going to happen way before it is scheduled. I am a very chaotic person, and not having things laid out for me only adds to my insanity. To get to the ever so drawn out point This is the situation. I fell in love with the program. It is a year long practical nursing program that will allow me to bridge to a registered nurse while I am working as an l.p.n. The classes and clinicals are in Franklin. Plus just hearing the director talk about nursing made me light up like a Christmas tree. The application process is what put me in a sour mood. On the nineteenth I have to return to the Franklin center and drop off my application between 11 and 12. They will then give me my testing date and time for the N.E.T. which is the entrance test for nursing. The dates are the all on the following week, and I have to drive to Dickson to take the test. I will then go on the 12th of June to pick up my test results, and get three reference forms that must be filled out, and mailed to the nursing director, after that I will wait until late July or early August for a letter telling me whether or not I got in. I was really hoping to know by June, because I will need to figure out childcare, and other things. Then I heard how they pick the class, and my heart sunk. They take the top 24 test scores from the entrance test. The problem is that there are over 200 applicants. I left the meeting with my heart a little broken, but that night I prayed and decided that I was being really ridiculous. I have just as much of a chance as the rest of the applicants, and I test very well. I also know that if I don’t get in this semester I can keep trying. In the mean time I am going to go back and get recertified as a nurse tech, and start working again on Matt’s off days. I am going to keep my head up and think of it as a bonus if I get in to school. So that’s the plan. I will of course keep everyone updated on everything, and thanks for everyone’s support. I know that God has a plan, and everything will work out.
Now on to spectacular news. Matt is graduating from the Fire Academy in Bell Buckle next week, and I honestly can’t believe it has already been almost ten weeks. I am so proud of him, and while things have stayed much cleaner while he was away, I can’t wait for him to be home for good. I know that this isn’t some big fancy college graduation, and he won’t get a degree, but he did achieve his dream, and we all know how hard he has worked to achieve it. So I think that this more of an “I did it”! The graduation is at 9 a.m. on Friday the twenty-second in Bell Buckle. Everyone is welcome, but it’s a bit of a drive, so I will take pictures and post them later. Thank you all for the prayers and support through this journey, we are so very grateful. And I am so excited to see what God has in store for us next. I love you all, and will post again soon.