Back to School, Resigning at "The Job"

 Yes, it's official.  At 10am this morning, while sipping a hot cup of coffee I tendered my official two-week job resignation notice while pondering over the minutia I may or may have not anticipated, and a rather long checklist of to-dos.

In seventeen days time I will be a pupil of microbiology, anatomy and physiology, global microbials and a plethora of other scientific musings in the hopes of satisfying prerequisites towards an accelerated nursing program.  Since I have an official military obligation (another school entirely) to satisfy January thru May of 2011, time is short and the sequence of courses must be absolutely harmonious to gain acceptance in Fall of next year to the accelerated program.

Am I nervous?  Hell yes, but with anticipation and promise of a career path that I can commit myself to fully, that melds with my values and future goals/personal potential.

Eventually, my Bachelors of Arts will be accompanied by a Bachelors of Science.  Until then, tons of prereq's, an 18 week military obligation and then the program proper.  I'm excited!  It appears that not all things become jaded with age...:)

Back to School... nearly! Also, 2011 At-A-Glance

Yes folks, it's true: I'm headed back to school for my second bachelors degree, this time in Nursing.  I'm stoked for several reasons, but when it's all said and done in about 2 years I'll have my BA in English and BS in Nursing hanging side-by-side, a testimony to my mantra that "Life is about Balance."

Additionally, this week marks the midterm week for Psych and Statistics, hitting the half-way point of my 8 week semester "warm-up" for going back to school full-time this early June (hopefully... if the classes aren't full come registration time).  Trying to wade through the ridiculous pre-reqs (miss those, don't you?) just to get to the good (nursing) stuff is a pain in my ass, but it must be done.  Taking some of these courses makes about as much sense as that hilarious website where people write and speak funny.

So, it looks like April 26th will be d-day for registration, thus deciding whether or not I'm walking away (running away) from my full time job as web person for my company's oh-so-blah corporate headquarters.  In this economy, that takes guts... or a suspension of one's senses... or both, perhaps?  Nah, just a plan - an investment in a brighter future.  Let's do it!

Here is how 2011 is shaping-up: Training, Playing and Studies

VOTE for me over at the Gnarliest Injuries Photo Contest!! (Please! :)

My online pal and triathlete Steve is holding a contest on his page for the Gnarliest Sports Injuries and I submitted my "I-beam Punctures Thigh" entries from my epic 2005 crash in the North Georgia Mountains.

Here's the deal: if you can stand the sight of injuries and some carnage, go to his blog HERE for the Gnarliest Injuries Photo Contest and please vote for the three most heinous wrecks for male and female (mine is titled I-beam Severs Quad... so it'd be great if you would actually vote for mine among the top 3...)  Top prize takes home nearly $375-400 in cycling/running gear, all oriented towards safety, visibility, identification.  So help keep me safe!

As some of you know I'm heading back to school for trauma nursing in the near future, so this is not only thematically-appropriate but will help in the penny-pinching.

I know I don't ask for anything, but do appreciate the little things so if you have the time, that would be great.  Thanks in advance, and feel free to kick this over to your coworkers/colleagues so they can vote for me too!  The more the merrier :)  [Just be sure and warn them that the theme is that of sports trauma so they don't read this while eating cheerios or something along those lines.]

If I win, we'll go for a run to celebrate.  I'll even let you wear my jacket.  What's not to love?

Thanks for exercising your right to vote.. on President's Day nonetheless!