Well, I got through my 290 pages or so from last weekend, and I'll be hitting the books hard again this weekend. I'm still trying to find some time in my weekdays to study, read, and hopefully log some extra time in skills lab at the school. I am still working at my job, and although I have cut way back to 15 hours a week, I find myself envying the students who can go home and take a nap after class. My schedule this semester has me up at 6 a.m., in class or lab until about 1 p.m., going home to walk my dog, and going to work until 7:30 p.m. most days of the week. Monday I'm at school from 8 in the morning until 8 at night. Friday I play catch-up with my skills lab videos and time in the research library. This all makes for a very long week.
Since school started up again, I have found myself having literally NO time to do anything resembling a hobby. Before Christmas I promised my boss I would make a patchwork scarf for her; now I am praying to have it done before spring comes and a scarf is useless. lol. My craft room is sitting there all lonely and abandoned. I LOVE nursing school, but I find myself looking forward to going to work because I get to talk to people about subjects other than skin conditions and medication dosage calculations!
I also joined a glbtq nursing forum online. With most everyone in my class being from the same sort of cookie-cutter, straight white girl nursing mold, I felt like I needed a little queer camaraderie, and I'm really glad I joined the forum. I'm still trying to decide if I want to come out to my classmates all at once, like doing one of my presentations on something glbtq, or just mention it nonchalantly like I have done in the past when coming out to people. The longer you are out, the more you learn to have a feel for situations like this, I think. I have been out for about 10 years, and I am still learning.
