I am pleased to be able to start this post with bundles of good news. I have successfully taken and passed my NCLEX exam, and can officially say I am a Registered Nurse. That's right, if I wanted to, every time I sign my name, I could sign Erin Wert, RN. I should really practice... it's going to be weird not writing SUNS (Samford University Nursing Student), but really exciting, too. It's still a little hard to believe, though.
Not only am a officially registered to practice the field that I've spent the past four years studying and preparing for, I also have found a new residence! Next year I'll be living just 6 blocks from Vanderbilt with 3 other girls who I am very excited to get to know better. All fellow RUFers, one a new intern at Vandy, plus, bonus, we'll be living next door to the male Vandy intern and some of his friends. I am excited to see what the future will hold in this new abode. I can't wait for us all to move in and start making it cozy.
Last bit of "life-changing" news- today I drove home in a new (okay, well, new-er) car! It's a charcoal gray/black '06 Toyota Corolla. I'm pretty excited about it, and I hope it treats me well. I still am pondering what to name it, and trying to figure out if there is a way to actually make the remote locks work- but I'm just excited to actually be able to unlock all four doors with one button instead of doing back bends to reach all the locks!
And now that all of that is taken care of and filed in the "completed" section of my life, I am face-to-face with the reality that I will be driving to Nashville in two weeks and not coming back. Okay, that's a lie, I'll be back the next weekend for my cousin's wedding- but after that? forget it! Okay, still a lie, but the point is, I will be moving to Nashville- I need to put things like "switch driver's license" and "register car in TN" on my to-do list... Not to mention I'll have my first day of orientation July 12th. I will be rotating through various units for 7 weeks, and then on August 30th, I will find out where I'll work for the rest of the year- exciting! And then, probably, I will begin working night shift, which kind of scares me, but I'll learn how to make it work.
Right now I'm frantically trying to go through all of my stuff to sort through what I need and don't need and what is coming to Nashville. You'll have to understand frantically is a fairly relative term, though. So far today I've done nil on that, but seeing as I did buy a new car, I feel it's pulling a little weight on the to-do list today... Still, I should probably get on that. If my allergies will let me. I've realized that it's really just not fair that some people can actually clean and sort through their stuff without bursting into fits of sneezes and having to put up with days of runny noses after. And some people even enjoy it! I wonder if I didn't have the former problem if I'd find it more enjoyable, too...
It's safe to say, though, that with the three biggest question marks on my to do list taken care of, I'm feeling a lot better now. Knowing I'll have things like a roof over my head and basic transportation, not to mention, a job, is very comforting. And blessings that I too often do not appreciate as much as I ought. God has been so great at providing all I need, and I hope I do not forget it as I head into this year full of transitions. He really is amazing.
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