Little Mother Haywood-where are you?

**Cricket1** · 11-12-2006, 09:46 PM

I haven't heard from you on any of these forums for a few days and just wondering how you're doing. Hope all is well.

**auntie2many** · 11-12-2006, 10:02 PM

I was wondering how you were too. I noticed that you haven't posted any messages lately. Please do update us as to how you are? Thinking of you!

auntie

**Shellshome** · 11-13-2006, 11:15 AM

I was wondering this also. Hope all is well for you and your family. Let us know how you are.

**littlemotherhaywood** · 11-13-2006, 04:46 PM

Hi ladies. Thank you for thinking of me. I've been super busy lately and honestly kind of depressed. Rather than subbing periodically at the KDO program I've been working all three days for the last couple of weeks. I'd have never thought I did a lot but it's amazing what isn't done now that I'm not home. I can't make up my mind about school. I really think nursing is a good thing to study, but I'm afraid it's not what I'd really want to do, but I don't know what I'd really want to do.....some things I need to figure out. I'm coleader of my dd's girl scout troop and it has been just draining me lately. I'm glad to do it, just really worn down lately. I know it's a combination of all of the stress. We have our meeting of creditors December 13 and I'm really scared. My dh is still being a pain in the butt. We've come to a semi-agreement about the painting money. He just agreed to two more painting jobs and I'm a little more relaxed about the EF. If we both have to work this summer, then we have to work. I'm optimistic that we'll have most of the money we're going to need. Dh is about to get his raise up to Master's Level pay and we're going to bank all of that. On the flipside though, I feel very unsecure in our relationship. So I'm trying to find a way to plan for the unexpected (or possibly expected depending on how you look at it). Well, I've got to run. We're expecting company and the house is just trashed and I've got to figure out something for dinner, etc... I will try to drop in more. I've just been kind of keeping to myself lately.

**ironmaiden** · 11-13-2006, 05:02 PM

My advice is to find someone who is currently a nurse and ask if you could go to work with them for a couple days - to see what the job is really like. And help you decide whether you could picture yourself doing that job. And the other question is the schooling. Nursing school is very intense.

**Cricket1** · 11-13-2006, 10:46 PM

I'm right there w/you Kimberly in trying to decide what to do with my life. I used to drive myself crazy and literally lose sleep over it. For some reason, the past month, I've just been coasting. I work part-time and I'm trying to go with the flow until some opportunity knocks.

I'm glad that you're feeling a little more comfort with the finances and I'm sorry dh is being the same. I think it's very wise to plan for the unexpected.

So glad to hear from you--you were missed!!!!

**littlemotherhaywood** · 11-14-2006, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by ironmaiden

My advice is to find someone who is currently a nurse and ask if you could go to work with them for a couple days - to see what the job is really like. And help you decide whether you could picture yourself doing that job. And the other question is the schooling. Nursing school is very intense.

I'm pretty familiar with nursing. My dh's aunt and grandmother were both nurses, one of my aunts was a nurse, and two of my good friends as well as dh's cousin's wife.....a lot in the family, lol. The intensity does kind of scare of me, but I've been speaking with a few nursing students lately about the course load and what they've experienced. All of them are full time students and mothers. One of the programs is a three day program where you go two nights a week and then all day Saturday. The only problem I have with that is that my dd's activities all fall on Thursdays and Saturdays. I would hate to make her give up something I've fought so hard to keep her in and it would mean I would have to bail as the leader as well. I would have to wait an additional six months for the daytime program and then daycare would be involved. That's just at one school though. The number of programs is overwhelming. Then there's the consideration of just getting the RN or getting the full BSN. Most RN programs are being done away with. There's a school down here that plans to do away with their BSN program and just offer an MSN program. The best thing financially for me to do would be to just go for the RN right now, but the area I'm interested in working in would require a minimum of the BSN. I don't want to end up burned out because of working in an area I'd be unhappy in. I just feel like there's too much to even think about right now, but the clock is ticking and I don't want to wait.