oh you got a fire and it’s burning in the rain

things have been bad since i last wrote. i spend most days curled in bed staring at the wall until it’s time to go to work.  i’ve felt unbearably useless, unable to ever find a job in my major or a job in anything other than gymnastics, for that matter.  i’ve applied to seriously hundreds of reception/administrative jobs and have heard basically nothing.  i was in the top 3 out of 300 for this insurance job, but they took down one of my reference numbers wrong when they called and by the time i got their email about it days later (i was without power for a week due to a crazy halloween snowstorm), they had already contacted everyone and decided.  things with the boy have felt stagnant, i just always want to be alone and i’m giving him so little.  i can’t decide if i don’t have feelings for him or if it’s just that i can’t feel.

so i’ve decided that i HAVE to start being/feeling productive again.  i ordered fluenz and i’m going to learn spanish (i’m not a beginner, i went up to AP spanish 5 in high school) because a) i miss learning and b) 90% of jobs out there right now, regardless of category, either require or prefer spanish/english bilingual.

i’m also considering doing an accelerated nursing program…one of my team parents got me thinking about it and i’ve been doing tons of research.  here’s what would happen: i would take genetics online at mcc next semester because that’s the only pre req i don’t have, then i’d apply (about half of applicants get in, but it is mostly based on your GPA, background in the sciences, and letters of reference so i’m pretty confident).  i would still be able to do my nanny job this summer and keep working at gymnastics up until the program starts in jan 2013.  i’m really nervous about not really being able to work much for a year and really nervous about if i could handle to actual hands-on work of a nurse, but i feel like i can be desensitized to anything.

i really, really like the idea that i wouldn’t have worked my ass off through all the sciences for nothing. and it’s almost full placement into jobs upon completion of the uconn program. and seriously awesome salary potential compared to anything else i could do.

i just don’t want to
a) pay to take genetics next semester and go through the whole application process and getting letters of reference and such and then not get into to program
b) get into the program and invest 30 grand only to find out that i can’t handle it (this is the bigger fear)

someone just tell me what to do.

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November 17, 2011

would it be possible for you to volunteer at a hospital doing the gross “grunt work” and see if you can handle being around it? i’m so sorry you’re feeling so crappy. if it makes you feel any better, i could have gotten the job i have now without a degree and that makes me SO mad. feels like a waste even though i know it wasn’t really. xoxo

November 18, 2011

i honestly think you would be a GREAT nurse and you’re so freaking smart and you like that science stuff you have to take to get there i think that you just never know about handling stuff until you get there – its a big risk. is it really 30K? i thought my friend went for cheaper at a smaller school. hmm

November 23, 2011

2 aka bigger fear is wrong. I’M A GREAT COUNSELOR. but seriously, you can handle it. there is not a doubt in my mind that you already have the people skills via gymnastics and the science skills via a science degree from uconn. this is a natural progression.

November 23, 2011
January 10, 2012

ooo be a nurse with me!!!! (I’m worried too that I’ll get through the program and then realize I actually can’t handle the career I’ve just chosen for myself.) Love you, dear. -B

January 20, 2012

ryn: so glad you did!!! where the eff have you been???