I've conquered my gremlin
I rid myself of another stressor that’s been disrupting my peace of mind. I was so busy setting up my computer then battling with my e-mail that I didn’t really notice that I was missing my external hard drive I had ordered with my computer. I did think about it not being there, but when I read the packing list it wasn’t on it. I was fairly certain I had ordered one, but I decided I must have deleted it since I kept making changes to my order before finally submitting it. Then the other day, I came across my order confirmation and there it was at the bottom of the list at the cost of $150. Now I was sick because I had thrown away some of my packing materials and I just knew it must have been in there, and I had just missed it. So I decided I’d have to call Dell to see what the deal was. But I didn’t have time because I’ve been trying to get my reading assignment done (all 11 chapters!). Then today when I went to pay my water bill at the office, they told me that I have a package there. Instantly, I was flooded with relief because it had to be the missing hard drive—it was!
I’m off to Kentucky tomorrow to watch my baby sister graduate from high school. Hard to believe! I guess that means I should get started packing—I hadn’t even thought of that. I’ve arranged my days off so I can have off Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. Some of that time I’ll have to be studying for my exam on Monday morning.
Mixed in with all that, I’m sort of caught in the middle of trying to help one of my friends from work get out of a very bad relationship. I think I’ve talked to her 5 times on the phone tonight, both at work and here at home. She’s quite distraught and very frightened of what her boyfriend will do. I’ve seen for myself what warped things he's capable of doing. I think the last time I talked to her a few minutes ago, I managed to calm her down enough that she’ll be ok for tonight. I think she may be my mission from God at the moment.
On the schooling front, I did decide to go ahead and accept my admission to nursing school in the fall. I’ve decided I’ll just have to exist without a social life for 2 ½ years. After I get through this Pathophysiology class, I’m going to have to tackle the problem of the uniform. It is required that you buy the school uniform at a certain place, and as it turns out, this uniform consists of navy blue scrub pants and a white scrub top. Now as you know, no good little Mennonite girl can wear pants in public, so what is she to do? I had been envisioning white dresses and all that. But I’ve decided I’m not going to worry my head about that little annoyance right now. I’ll just have to go have a word with the administration at some time in the near future.
And so life goes on…..
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