Because this is how things go...

I've been working on getting into an accelerated nursing program at a nearby college. It's four semesters or one year long. When I took a test and turned in my background check I was told it would take a month and that they would contact me, they indicated via mail. They also told me that they were no long accepting applications for their 2012 program and I'd have to wait until 2013. This I felt would work better because it'd allow me to get my finances under control and set aside some money for school. I waited and waited and constantly found nothing in my mail box. Apparently they meant my email. I checked today.

I'd recieved my acceptence email on the 11th. They're pushing me to start classes this fall. One problem. Orientation is tomorrow at 2. I was scheduled to work until 3. So now there is no work tomorrow and me trying to figured out if I'm supposed to be at this orientation and starting this fall or if I'll be waiting until next fall.

Part of me is going yay nursing school with appropriate flailing while another part of me is set to get the work done.

This is my life...

Today nothing seemed to want to go right. I called off of work so I could make it to my nursing orientation and get paperwork done. There was an exam that they needed me to take and a degree audit they wanted me to print out. The exam wasn't avaliable and I couldn't tell if it was because it hadn't been made avalaible or if I was just looking for it incorrectly. Turns out this school does nearly everything that they can online. So I called around and got no answers.

I then went to a nearby campus to get the degree audit and they couldn't print the audit because the system was updating because several nursing codes had changed. He tried twice. I explained that I also need to print of paperwork and he told me to go get my student id (I don't have this yet) and then I'd have access to the computers and could print it out. I went to get my student id and was told that I can't have one until I have signed up for fall classes, which I wasn't able to do until after orientation. So I drove to the public library.

Thankfully as soon as I parked one of the orientation organizers called me to confirm that I was coming and to let me know she'd made the exam avalaible to me. I explained about the degree audit and my difficulty in printing off the paperwork. She told me to not worry about it and to just come in and she'd have blank paperwork availble for me.

So paperwork is turned in. Exam is taken. I just need my degree audit and I can sign up for classes. Then I have a physical to get, immunization records and I need to take a CPR class since my card expired in May.

Classes start August 27th! I got in a whole year early! They'd already signed up students for 2012 and then they admited six more and I was lucky enough to be one of those six. I should know my schedule my July 5th. I'm still feeling a little overwhealmed, but I'm so happy at the same time!