So here it is the new semester and yes I am in the Radiology program how exciting! Not!!...okay it's not that bad and I do mean the course itself. However my schedule it's draining me out. For one thing I just kissed my social life good bye...I mean here I am on a thursday night (my party nights) and I'm home blogging why you may wonder? Well it's because I have class on Fridays now not to mention I just had work till 10 pm so that means I would've had to come home shower, get ready, do my hair and my makeup. Not only that but I'm exhausted. I have class, come home, eat quickly and go right to work. Yes those are what my days consist of now school, work, sleep. I run on like 6 hours of sleep when I go to class and work...the only thing i wonder about is when am I going to have the time to study?
I might have to cut down on some hours but I need the god damn money! Basically I don't have a life anymore. I feel like I'm a machine programmed to run the same routine everyday. It makes me sad and makes me want to give it all up but then I think, "Hey I'm working toward my future, it will pay off in the end" right? I hope so. See this is the story a brief rewind to my not-so-old past (yeah I say that because I'm going back to 04) Anywho here it is, I started college on 2004 where I went to attend Rutgers University in Brunswick to become a meteorologist however I attended for 2 years and that didn't work out. I was very indecisive about my major and basically just wasted time and money. On the contrary I can not say that Rutgers was a complete waste there were many upsides to it....like the liberation!!! OMG was that the best being away from my controlling father, but the boys, the relationships, the parties, the drunken nights, the sex and most importantly the friends. So Rutgers was a chapter in my life I will never forget =) its one of my favorites in fact (I kinda miss it =/)...anyway going back, so after realizing i was getting nowhere at Rutgers with a major I decided to look at my alternative options for a possible career. My father told me about Radiography and said it pays well, its promising, and guaranteed, all that and he wanted me to follow in my sisters footsteps. So I looked into colleges and stumbled across Essex. So now 2 years later after leaving Rutgers I'm in Essex starting my Degree credits to become a Radiologic technologist. Yes we aren't technicians we are technologists.
So this is my first semester with the whole thing and by God what a difference it is. My days are packed with classes and then work so I feel a little overwhelmed that I wanna quit but I know I need to give it some time and stick to it. I'll adjust. The good thing is they just recently opened up a new building specifically for the medical majors so the entire second floor is for the radiography students. The building is really nice. Very comfortable and cozy plus we got brand new machines to work with and these are the actual machines in the hospitals so I can't wait to get started on those. All in all I think it's going to be a great field...I'm just not use to the work and seriousness of it all. This is all new to me, even the feeling of knowing I'm actually working toward a real goal is new to me. I guess this is what it feels like when a person goes into college knowing what they are going to do with the rest of their life. It's a secure feeling and I like it but I'll be honest I do feel a little scared. So far all the students I've met are great. They are all friendly and funny and just fun to be around with. And the professors are great as well. But yeah that basically sums it up right now. I'm tired and need sleep. Seriously, I'm a walking zombie during the day!
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