Overwhelm

First off, I don't always return my phone calls promptly and I rarely listen to my voicemail. Secondly, I'm a little overwhelmed by my choices these days.

I am working full time, I start my second semester in two weeks, I take an enterance exam for an LPN program in two weeks, and I need to take my National Board Exam to get my WV massage license as soon as possible. The enterance exam is on the same day as my first day in English Composition, so I'm not sure how I'm going to pull that one off. And yet, I have time to gripe about it on a blog. I know... I KNOW. It relieves my stress though. And it's too cold out to smoke a cigar, which is another way I relieve stress, but I won't smoke inside.

I'm pretty sure that I'm going to learn in Eng. Comp. to not start sentences with "and", "if" or "but". But I will continue to do so, unless I'm turning in a paper to be graded. So back off. Ah, I feel better already.

I took an online sample entrance exam and got 100% in all but science. It's been awhile since high school chemistry folks, and I don't know what an ionic compound is. So I ordered a study manual which I will cram with the next two weekends.

I am enrolled at D&E in pre-nursing, with the intent to enroll in their 2 year registered nurse program in the fall. However, I also applied to a 1 year LPN program in Clarksburg at a technical school, for which I am taking the test on the 26th. They have 25 slots and 200 applicants. I'll let you know if I get in. The hope is to get through the LPN program (in 1 year) and then I can work as a nurse while taking the RN program, which will just take 1 more year at that point. Then I can decide if I want to go for 1 more year to get my BSN (bachelor of science in Nursing) which will open up more career opportunities.

Ack. I need to get my tax forms back so I can start applying for financial aid.
See, random thoughts and worries like that keep popping into my head. I'm going to go search more financial aid websites now.