Accomplishment #1 !!!

Hey guys, I have some really awesome news for you today! So I get to class and everything was going as usual. After reviewing a chapter on caring for moms and newborns, my instructor pulled me and another student out of the classroom. Of course, I'm like Good Lord, what did I do now! She actually informed me that since we have the highest percentages in the class, she wanted us to take our State exam. Like right now. What was I gonna do, say no? In my mind I'm freaking out because this test determines whether or not I will get my license back.  I didn't even get to study!!!! So long story short, we found an empty conference room and pored over the test. I checked, double checked,triple checked and checked again all 100 questions. I marked some that I was unsure of so that I could go back to review. I changed some answers and I wrote out my thinking process over others. An hour later, I walked my test back down the hall to my instructor and watched her grade it with her blue pen in one hand and pink highlighter in the other. Every time she made a mark on my paper, I cringed a bit. At the end she looked up at me and in her Texas accent said, "Good lord lave mercy child, I knew you could do it!" I GOT A 92% ON MY STATE BOARDS!!!! 

Now. Me being the nit picky anal student that I am, I looked over my test and immediately got a little sour. Four of the questions, I should have gotten right. Two had the correct answer before I changed it and the other two I knew, but I had not read the question thoroughly enough. Simple misunderstandings and second guessing. I do it all the time. So instead of the 96 %, I got a 92% and I'll have to be happy with that. Anyway, she marched me down to the administrator's office and made me show her my test. After she gave me the biggest hug, she encouraged me to keep going beyond my CNA/GNA and use my potential to be an awesome nurse. Good ol' Fran Wheat- If only she knew the plans I have for myself. She'll be prouder than she was today!

So the hard part of the class is over and I'll be finished with it in about 2 weeks. I just received a letter in the mail stating that I'm eligible for Federal Student Aid and you better believe that if I can use it, I'm going for it. If I can get the Feds to pay for my undergrad, That will be the best thing ever. I'll keep you updated, but in the meantime, check out my happy dance.