Nursing School and Being Methodist

Studying for tests never seems to be as fun as I hope it is going to be. I've finally convinced myself to start studying before the day before a test, though. So I guess I can say that I've made improvements. Seth can't seem to understand why I have to study so much for tests. I'm glad I can finally tell him it's to guarantee that no one dies on my watch. Saying that seems so Grey's Anatomy. Scarily enough, that's what it has actually come to. I now can make that much of a difference on someone's life. If the right situation presents itself (or the wrong one, perhaps), me knowing these things could save someone's life or allow it to end. SCARY!! I hope that I'm not put in that situation for a very long time. However, I'll review my CPR information before my clinical on Thursday just to be on the safe side.

Nursing school is tough. People ask me all the time if it's really hard. I don't know how to answer that question, usually. I can't compare it to any other major at this level, so I don't know what to tell them. Usually, I include that entire explanation and take up a good portion of that person's day just to make sure they don't think that I think that my major is tougher than theirs. I don't think it is. I know it's hard for me. But that doesn't mean that it's any less hard than all of the other majors. I always finish it up by telling them that I absolutely love it and that's all that matters. I think I'm a bit of a martyr when it comes to how much we have to do for school. My biggest pet peeve about myself currently is how much I complain. I think that getting a blog is detrimental to my trying to fix this situation. Hopefully this will serve as a bit of a journal for me to work my thoughts out and to come up on the other side with a new perspective on the situation. One that says "stop complaining and do something about it." I wonder how much it would hurt to get that tattooed on the back of my hand.

Seth is coming this weekend! I can't wait! I'm starting to actually be ok with West Point. We now get to see each other every month, which is simply amazing! I'm excited because this will be the last break that we have together before I get to start bothering him about wedding details all the time. I told him today that he has to choose things when I give him options; even if his decision serves the sheer purpose of making me realize that I actually want the other option. I'm ok with that being the case seeing as I know that his decision will center around what he thinks I actually want him to choose. I wish he had more of a vision for our wedding, but I guess I can't complain that he cares more about being married to me than he cares about the actual act of marrying me.

I emailed the church that we think might be for us. It's St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Cleburne, TX. Neither of us are actually Methodist, but we both think that's what we are at heart. I believe that it's a good place for us to get married seeing as I found my faith in a Baptist church, was baptized in a Church of Christ, and currently attend Catholic Mass with my roommate every now and then. Seth has been baptized in 3 or 4 different denominations, to date. One of these baptisms actually was into a Methodist church, so I guess I speak for myself when I say that we're not Methodist.

Anyways, Cleburne is also building a new Conference Center that will be done sometime this Spring. Hopefully this option will work out and our venue will be solidified and we won't have to worry anymore. In a perfect world, this would be the case. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens and pray that our Methodist-Church of Christ-Baptist-Presbyterian forces work out for us!