Hi everyone!  Not sure if anyone ever reads my blogs, but I thought I'd mention that the annual breast cancer awareness walk is coming up in September.  It's a great cause and helps fund research that can save lives.  My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor.  She was given the chance to try a new drug that was developed, and it was this new drug developed by funded research that saved her life.  I encourage everyone to get involved if they can.  It doesn't take much time and it's well worth it in the end. :-)

 

Hi everyone!  Not sure if anyone ever reads my blogs, but I thought I'd mention that the annual breast cancer awareness walk is coming up in September.  It's a great cause and helps fund research that can save lives.  My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor.  She was given the chance to try a new drug that was developed, and it was this new drug developed by funded research that saved her life.  I encourage everyone to get involved if they can.  It doesn't take much time and it's well worth it in the end. :-)

 

Oh how sweet it feels to be so close to finishing my Bachelors in Psychology.  It seems like it has taken FOREVER, but of course it was well worth it. 

For all the students out there who are working hard towards a degree, don't give up!! It may be tough at times and sometimes it seems like you will never see the end of it, but you WILL! No one can ever take your degree away from you, it's your forever, and that is priceless!

I hope that I can continue to inspire all of the other students out there, especially the one's that I can help with my tutorials!  I don't know what the next step will be for me, but I know that with my degree finished I can hopefully start a career and get some of these student loans paid off!! Oh my, I don't even want to think about the loans...that's the not-so-good part of getting your degree. 

Good luck to all my fellow students who are working hard to continue their education and juggle all of life's stressors at the same time.  I commend you all!!!

:-) alisharenee05

Just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I'm so very thankful for all the blessings in my life, and hope that everyone remembers the true meaning of Christmas! 

 

Well, tonight was the first night that I had to work on the Adult Psychiatric Unit since I started working at the hospital.  It was HORRIBLE! The funny thing about it is that the patients were fine (I use the term fine loosely, I mean they are patients in a psychiatric unit after all), but the horrible part was the other nurses working there!! I mean I have never met a more miserable bunch of ladies in my life!  If there's one thing I hate it's having people treat me as if I'm an idiot...I mean seriously!  They kept barking orders at me and expecting me to know exactly where everything is and how to do everything (keep in mind this was my first day working in this particular unit, which is made up of two floors and a billion different rooms) and when I asked a question about how to do something or where something was they just looked at me as if I was the dumbest person on earth.  I guess part of working there means I have to have some sort of psychic powers so that I don't need to ask logical questions, lol! I was about to tell them that I was probably more intelligent than all three of them put together, but luckily I held my tongue until my shift was over.  PHEW, am I glad it's over! Too bad I have to go back tomorrow night.  I think I'll ask my supervisor if I can stick with working in Adolescent Psychiatry from now on. Sad to say that I'd rather work with actual adolescents rather than nurses who act like they're still in high school (drama, drama, drama)! Okay, I'm done venting. On happier note, I got a nice surprise in the mail today! SoF sent me a nifty license plate cover that says "Student of Fortune Bought Me This Car."  I definitely would not have been able to get my new car had it not been for the extra income that I earn from SoF! So, thanks SoF!!! Don't know where I'd be if I had never found this website... Hopefully tomorrow night goes better than tonight.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed because I'm not sure I can hold my tongue much longer if the...

As I mentioned in my first blog I recently started working in the adolescent psychiatric unit at our local hospital.  Well, since I've been working there I've started thinking about going to school to become an RN.  I already have my degree in Psychology, but getting my RN wouldn't take long because most of my credits will transfer!! It's still up in the air, but if I did become an RN on the psychiatric unit my salary would increase by almost half!! Sounds like a good idea to me!

Everyone seems to think that nursing is a great field to go into because it is in high demand.  I suppose it won't hurt to go for it! At least I'll always have something to fall back on if my career in Psychology doesn't go as planned. I'm going to start working on my application for nursing school today...wish me luck!

Well, I've decided to become a SoF blogger, woohoo!  It took me a while to decide what I would even blog about, but I suppose I'll just write about whatever happens to be on my mind...lol.

I recently got married (July 10th), and I couldn't be happier.  Sometimes talking to people about "my husband" makes me feel really really old though...lol.  I'm only 22, which I guess is a bit young for marriage according to some people, but I feel like I made the right decision, and that's all that matters in the end...right?!? 

I also recently started a new job, which I love! I'm working in an adolescent psychiatric unit at our local hospital, which is perfect considering that I'm planning on majoring in Psychology.  I've only been there for a few weeks, but I can already see that I picked the right field as far as career choices go!

Hmmm...guess that's it for now...

Till next time.

-alisharenee05