Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Decisions, I hate them

Oh to be able to make up my mind and stick with it. Wouldn't that be wonderful. Once again I am rethinking the whole moving to Maine in September issue. I wanted to go and get into Photography school. Well last week I was talking to my friend about how I had gone to nursing school for a year and she had said she used to be a surgical tech and got her degree at UAMS where I work. She was telling me about it and my interest was peaked.

Before I looked into Photography schools in Maine I was looking here because as a full-time employee at UAMS I only pay a small percentage of tuition at any University of Arkansas school. But if I take classes at UAMS I only pay 10%, that is like nothing. So I had really wanted to do that, then I would not have more loans added to the one I am already paying. But you can only get a minor in Photography in this state.

So as she talked it made me think about how much I love to watch the "chop 'um up" channel as Tami and I call it. And really being a surgical tech, I would have to maintain the sterile field in surgery and arrange and pass instruments to the surgeon, so in essence I would be watching a real chop um up for a career.

So the next day I researched the program and profession. I liked all that I saw. So I sent out an email for more information. I can only take up to 11 hours a semester if I work full-time, but they did not have information on the part-time students schedule. I am ready to be back in school and I think this is the profession for me. I can always do Photography without a degree, my uncle did or I can go to school for that later.

I just got frustrated when I thought I had it all figured out and then this idea was sparked. Please pray for me that my boss will allow me to take classes and have a weird working schedule. That I would get accepted into the program, they only take 4 part-time students a year.

I would be so happy if God just laid out the map of my life for me. Or He would only open one door at a time and completely close all others at that time. But then life would be boring wouldn't it, hum can't decide that one yet. This could be me.

2 comments:

Hong and Tami Kim said...

YEAH!!!!! Chop em up CAREER!!??? Go for it! I'll pray for you in this! How exciting. I think you would love it. You would also, you would be in the area you love (medicine) but not scared about the things you were scared of in nursing. I hope you go for it all the way! Then you can tell me all your stories. :-)

Aaron said...

Anita often came home with some pretty gross stories after a day's work of "srub teching"...and she'd just HAVE to share them over dinner!

Hey...maybe that's why I don't like spaghetti anymore?...