Poof...a dream becomes a reality

WOW is all I can say about these first two weeks of classes. It is A LOT of work...I mean a lot! But boy is it worth it. I had my first clinical last Thursday and I was pretty much in awe for the whole six hours. I am on the OB floor at Parkview Huntington Hospital....quite amazing. It is so strange to be on the other end of the whole birthing process. I, of course, have had three kids so I am very familiar with the whole patient side of things but being on the nursing side is a whole new way of looking at everything. I must confess....I naively believed that OB nurses get to hang out and hold babies all day and that couldn't be further from the truth. I did get to love on a new baby but only for a second. There is sooooo much to do. We were there for 6 hours and it flew by so fast. I am in a group with 4 very fun people and that makes the time go faster. We will all be in the same Riley group as well so it is nice to know that I have a ride every week. There are five of us so we each get to drive once for each rotation. That is an answer to prayer because I didn't want to have to drive home from Riley so late every week...God is always moving in our lives, providing what we need. Just being in clinical is unreal....I have been planning on this for three years now. I feel like I am in the background watching a dream come true...only I am the one living it. Some classes have been easier than others in the last three years but now all I have is nursing classes ahead. These classes are more interesting to me because that is my goal...to be a nurse but they come with their own set of hurdles. The classes themselves are going to be very challenging. I spent about 4 hours yesterday working on my clinical paperwork....that will be the same every week. Nothing worth having is ever easy so I am praying and praying for God to calm my fears and help me to be the best mom, wife, student that I can be. So far he is moving mountains and I am sure he has more great things in store. Thank you to all my prayer warriors out there....God is listening to us!