I'm going to do it!

I've made up my mind...I'm going back to school. And soon. I'm going to try to get my application and all of the necessary paperwork in by the middle of February so I can start school in June. I don't see the point of waiting any longer. I'll be doing school part-time, and I can only afford to do my CNM at the moment, but the point is that I'm starting. I'm going to have to go back to do my FNP at a later time. Oh, who knows...I have to have an interview with the dean before I'm accepted, and if we want to do both courses, we're expected to declare that at that time. Maybe I'll just dive in and hope and pray that it works out in the end. Speaking of diving in, we're also considering staying here in Fresno for a couple of years. Crazy, huh? If I can, I'm going to get an extension here at CRMC to see if it's really truly a place that I can stay and be happy for a while. I would end up taking a cut in pay, but they're offering contracts right now for one or two years that include a sizeable bonus and relocation pay. We'd be able to move our stuff from FL to CA and settle here. We're just trying to determine if it's worth it...is it worth a cut in pay and dealing with CA taxes and weather for a couple of years in order to have some stability and go to school, bearing the bonus in mind? I'm trying to think of a way to discuss this with my boss. I know that they'd hire me...they already have been trying to recruit me! I've been nicknamed "Smiley" since I apparently smile all of the time. Staff are begging me to stay. I really like the floor that I'm working on...it's the first place that I've worked at since Bay Med that I can say I've been truly happy, and that I feel that the staff works together well. Sure, it's got its issues just like any other place, but I feel that I could stay there and be happy. So many things to weigh...

Well, we were going to go to San Fran today, but Trav forgot that it is Saturday, and Saturday in San Fran is madness!! The traffic is horrendous and crowds are ridiculous. So, we're going to wait until Monday. Yes, I actually have three days off in a row!! Woohoo!! I don't know what to do with myself! Well, actually, I spent the whole morning cleaning the house and getting laundry going. Then I showered (I smell like Patchouli and Lavender...I just keep sniffing myself...I love the earthy smell of patchouli!), and am now sitting here enjoying my second cup of coffee, listening to a little Jason Myles Goss and blogging. I'm trying to finish housebreaking Ziggy today, and work on some projects over the weekend. I'm thinking of ordering henna and hennaing my hair, but I'm having a bit of a time explaining it to Travis. I think that he thinks that if I henna my hair, then it will grow out red for the rest of my life or something! I'm trying to show him some pics from the Mehandi website, but he's too busy gaming to pay much attention. Maybe later.

I jumped on a real estate site for Michigan last night and looked up some Victorian houses in the area that we'd like to settle in. There were two that were just birthing homes waiting to happen! You know, so many of our plans have changed in the last several years, sometimes I get worried that this will just be another one of those changed plans. Or is it just that those things have changed to get me to this point? Guess I'll find out someday.