The beginning.

Today was soooo stressful! We had orientation today, which means papers, introductions, more papers, signatures, more introductions, and TONS of lectures on how to be successful. We finally figured out how scheduling works, so I feel better knowing when I'm free and when I won't be. We already had a take home test, which I finished about an hour ago. Good Lord.

I'm going to get my corrective retainers on Thursday! Ladies and gentlemen, do NOT live by my example and wear your retainers! If you don't, you wind up like me, needing new retainers that are going to work just like braces. Boooooo!

I don't have class on Tuesdays until 4:30 for the first five weeks. I won't know about my clinical and lab schedules until next week. I'm so glad that they're trying to ease us into this intense program. I don't think I could handle taking all of this work on at once!

My friends are being really supportive today. I'm so excited at how many phone calls, Facebook messages, and text messages I've gotten. I seriously have the best friends in the world. I couldn't do this without them.

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~Walter Elliott, The Spiritual Life"

I found this quote on perseverance, and I think it definitely applies to nursing school (or any school in general) because we just take it one semester at a time.

I can do this.

This is me, and I'm just alive.