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2 comments:
Hey there,
Happy belated birthday to you too!
Thanks for your kind words. About the lpn thing. I've been wanting to do it for about a year and a half now. When we lived in Saskatoon I was trying to find a place that offered it and there weren't any places in the city that offered it, which is dumb in a city of 200,000. So I was disappointed with that. Then we moved out here and found out that they offer it here at the college. I wouldn't take it until next year or the year after that. I want to eventually get my operating room technician. I really feel that God led us out here for many reasons, and I feel one of them was for me to get my act together, gain some confidence in myself and to do the things that make me happy and fulfilled. I never want to work full time. I never will. The lpn course is only 12 months, so its not that long and the wages are very good out here in the north. I thought about the rn program that they just started here, but thats four years and thats way too long to be in school and to have kids as well. This is something that I have thought of for a while now, I really want to do it. I'm just afraid that I'm going to fail and give up on myself. I had gone to hairdressing school and had wanted to do that for many years, had a bad work experience and never worked again in a salon. Then I got my nail technician course, and once again didn't persue it because of having to build up my clientele. So I'm done with the beauty industry. I really want to work in the health field. What I had really wanted to do was the radiology or lab tech course back in Saskatoon, but the waiting list was ten years!! So I researched some other options. This is what I have chosen, and I really feel like I'll enjoy once I get myself going. I suffer from a bit of anxiety, which doesn't help matters. I think about things too much and talk myself out of stuff more than I should. I guess I need to grow up. I do know that I need to change my way of thinking about myself. Thanks for your prayers and concerns. Take care.
PS Do you homeschool all you children? Or just your 11 year old?
Tanya, I just homeschool my 11-year-old. He wasn't doing too hot in school, and I am a fan of homeschooling--was homeschooled myself 10th through 12th grade. It has been a challenge and a struggle to do this--I'm not a raging success with him myself. Trying to find the right curriculum that really works for your particular child can take a long time! I think I may get it right this year--my third year. And add to this the fact that his dad is actually not homeschool's biggest fan and made me feel BAD for picking a more appropriate curriculum ("Changing AGAIN!?"), this isn't really a walk in the park.
ANYWAY!!! The LPN thing sounds good! I actually looked into it myself before deciding I was much more cut out to be a medical transcriptionist!
When I was starting out, I did some bank teller training, and was a teller for 2 1/2 years. It was not a good fit, and I still shudder at some of my experiences there. But I learned a lot from it. I'm still in banking, but not working with the public anymore on the front lines, and I make better pay. So THIS is a much better fit. I want more skillful work, though. If I lost my job or moved, proof departments or not all over the place, and I wouldn't necessarily want to do it again. But you can do Medical Transcription at home or at a place of business. I would feel more secure with a real skilled job. And I can still be part time--something that, I agree with you, is a necessity. I have also been drawn to the health field, like you.Anxiety is normal, eh? You'd probably have a burden of indecision lifted off your shoulders once you signed up. Then, once you got into the routine of school and just kept at it, you'd feel very proud of yourself, right? :)
Hey, you know, I wanted to mention something neat. You said in one of your posts that you are getting your daughter to do nightly devotions. Well, that was just what I needed to hear at the time. I have felt guilty for quite awhile for not implementing something official for my kid's spiritual welfare and the discipline of learning and loving His Word. For the millionth time, I prayed about it, but this time, I prayed for SPECIFIC ideas of how I could start something. So, then I saw what you had written--thanks! Now, they are instructed to read their Bible and pray each night before bed. I just got them each some "spiritual notebooks," which they can customize with what they read or prayed or are memorizing. (Haven't started them on memorizing, yet.)
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