A Whole New World...

Two weeks ago, I started Nurse Practitioner school fulltime. I can't believe I'm actually doing it...it terrifies & excites me all at the same time. To think that this time next year I'll be a Nurse Practitioner...it's crazy. So my life has been pretty hectic, working full time, going to school full time, and preparing to leave for Nicaragua in FOUR days...and then the bomb dropped yesterday...

I was laid off from my job...my job as a nurse! Who would've ever thought that nurses would get laid off? The hospital I worked for laid off over 200 employees, from administration to nurses, PCAs, & unit clerks. They closed 2 units...one of them being mine, which was the only pediatric unit in the hospital. Not only am I out of a job, but ALL of my coworkers are also out of jobs. When the big news was dropped I was 2 hours away in a classroom, while one by one each of my coworkers were called into the Nurse Manager's office and told to turn in their badges & given their severence packages. My heart broke for each of them & now that I am back home from school for the week, I face my own walk of doom. Tomorrow morning, I have to meet with my Manager & turn my badge in. I believe it will hit me full force then.

I think I have decided that I am not going to look for a new job. I am just going to focus on school & I have faith that God will provide financially. I have a peace about this decision that I know can ONLY come from God!