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[hillarygayle]

I keep drifting away, then drifting right on back. I CAN'T QUIT YOU, LJ.

Well, ladies & gentlemen...I got into grad school! Yes indeed. I have submitted my commitment to enroll, & on August 5th, I begin the BSN to DNP (doctorate of nursing practice) program at UT Memphis. For the non-medically-initiated, that is a nurse practitioner, but whereas most advanced practice nurses/nurse practitioners have masters degrees, I will have a doctorate. This offers a lot of flexibility; when I am through, I will be able to function as a registered nurse, as a nurse practitioner, or as a nurse educator. I will have my own DEA number & the ability to write prescriptions for most drugs without a physician. I will be able to diagnose. I will even be able to perform procedures considered minor surgeries, such as incision & drainage procedures & sutures. I'M SO EXCITED OMG.

I have opted to stay at St. B's while going to school, and drop down to part-time. I will still be working, but only 2 shifts per week. Gotta find some health insurance for me & Ganon (we are on mine, and when you go part time, you don't have benefits). We gotta remember how to eat & live relatively cheap. It helps that we are entirely free of the old trailer payment (finished in February) and my Honda Element is paid off.

After a long, hard, extremely bitter fight, Weiner High School is closing. Bryan is hunting around for other math jobs; rather, he is choosing from a few offered to him. Our first careers were ones that were hard to find work in. We do not have that problem with our second careers. :) Thank goodness.

I am drinking cider. OH WOODCHUCK, HOW I LOVE THEE.

In conclusion, here is a gratuitous photo of Ganon on our trampoline.

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