Pondering....

"But if the discontent with your present situation is deep, recurrent, and lasting, and if that discontent grows in Bible-saturated soil, God may be calling you to a new work. If, in your discontent, you long to be holy, to walk pleasing to the Lord, and to magnify Christ with your one, brief life, then God may indeed be loosening your roots in order to transplant you to a place and a ministry where the deep spiritual ambitions of your soul can be satisfied. It is true that God can be known and enjoyed in every vocation; but when he deploys you from one place to the next, he offers fresh and deeper drinking at the fountain of his fellowship. God seldom calls us to an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of his sustaining grace. "

- John Piper

Pod Picture

My BMC family. So fun to work with :)

A Blurrrr

I’m not sure that this blog will ever be up to date. Sigh. Little blurps here and there just to connect the dots for now.

Made it successfully through the first semester of RN school. Intense. About quit at week 6 but pressed through and my perspectives changed. So much I could have written about but was so mowed over with homework that there were very few moments to blog.

Now I am nearing the last few precious hours of my 4 week break and will hit the books again on Tuesday. One more year and if all goes well I will be able to take the boards in January 2013. Then what? Not entirely sure, but I am excited at the possibilities.

Hopefully my dots will be more closely placed as the year progresses….no guarantees though.

Wallflower

"Wallflower, come dance with me,

Left over, you're just what I need.

Broken One, you'll be the queen of my heart." - - "Wallflower" by Laura Woodley

My Beast

Making Donuts

Because I have the day off. Because I haven't made donuts in years. Because it is a crisp fall day. Because I can study better when there is something baking. Because I like donuts. Because I can :)

RN School

The summer has flown by and once again I am back in class. My class consists of 18 LPN's with a diverse background of experience - from ER to L&D to Psych to office nursing. I am really looking forward to working with these people and being able to share from the variety of our resources. I have two amazing instructors - 1 was a previous LPN instructor whom I adored and the other 1 I had never met before but she is very kind and I really anticipate that she will challenge and encourage me along the way. This program is not without its intimidations, however. Many old fears from my previous LPN program experience have taunted me. I never really became confident in many of the typical nursing "skills" and have been working in an office for 8 years so I haven't had to practice them. Now I have about 6 weeks to become competent enough to get "signed off". In addition, although I only have class one day a week, the homework required is "full time". I am excited for the challenge and I am so blessed that this time around I have strong resources available for assistance. It is pretty handy to have doctors, nurses, pharmacists, PA's, lab techs, etc as some of your best friends :)

So, 15 months from now...in 12/2012 I will have overcome many challenges and grown significantly and will hopefully be on my way to taking the boards! And, hopefully, I can keep this blog updated occasionally so I can look back and see my progress :)