Never Ending Journey

I never thought that I would make it out alive after midterms week. With so many different assignments & tests to study for each class, I felt a sense of hopelessness and was expecting to fail miserably because I just personally never had experienced such a heavy workload before. Needless to say, I buckled down on my studies and took things one assignment at a time. The whole month of October was basically dedicated to studying for midterms week and I am proud to say that I did much better than expected. By getting almost all A's and B's in everything, I felt a sense of accomplishment knowing that I was capable of doing all of this work and even getting good grades too. However; this is just one part of the semester. It is called "midterms" for a reason because it is only the middle of the semester and now we have finals to expect. I was really hoping to just find some time to relax and catch up with people back home because I feel as if I have lost contact with a lot of people whom I had close relationships with. I figured that Thanksgiving break would be the perfect opportunity to do this as we have a whole week off from school. In the past, my Thanksgiving break consisted of eating myself silly and then taking long naps only to wake up and do the same thing all over again. It was the one week during the school year where I usually didn't have to worry about assignments or anything school related.

 Now that I am in nursing school, things are different. We have major assignments due for each class right after we come back from Thanksgiving break (papers, exams, and of course finals). I know that I can't do what I usually do during Thanksgiving break and that is slack off. Although I plan on making time for family and friends, I have a new found sense of priorities and I will also keep my school work on check during this week off from school. One way that I have been preparing for this is by getting started on assignments much earlier. I am hoping that by the time Thanksgiving break rolls around I will have a head start on my assignments so that I am not forcing myself to study overtime. The one thing that keeps me going is the sense of accomplishment I felt after getting through midterms week and I plan on finishing my first semester of nursing school on a high note. Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving everyone !