Keeping My Head Above Water

Oi vey! What a week this has been! I've been crazy busy with school in the last week and it will continue to be a little nuts until after Thanksgiving. I'm sure it's the same for the rest of you though. :( I'm just trying to keep up.

I know you all LOVE to hear about my football teams, so I'll update you now on all that is going on in the Barnes family world of football.
1. The Bearcats (10-1, 9-0 MIAA) are MIAA Conference Champs and are entering the playoffs for the 11th time in the last 13 years! We're playing Pitt State at home next Saturday!!!


2. The Maryville High School Spoofhounds are doing very well this year in football too! They haven't been this good since my Junior and Senior year of high school. They are conference champs and 12-1 and are going to be playing in the quarterfinals for state at Fair Grove. Go Hounds!

In other news, I am getting excited but scared for next semester. How weird that I will be graduating college! It seems like just a little bit ago that I arrived in Springfield for the first time, walked around campus with my parents and Brooke and Sarah, cried as they all left me here, and had to go on learning to live with complete strangers. And look at me now, I'm living with all people that I had never known before coming to college and we're the best of friends! I'm excited to start off in doing what I really want to do and feeling important and making a difference and helping people in their hard times. But I, like I'm sure all of you, are nervous about getting to that point and having to make all the decisions in between. First, I'm nervous about even being able to graduate and passing my final HESI and the NCLEX. Yikes! It's just scary to think that four years of college could go down the drain if I don't pass these tests. :( Also, I'm scared because I don't know where I want to work. A big part of me wants to stay in Springfield for a little bit, but what if I don't get a job in Peds that I like...or do I even want to do Peds for sure...I'd be fine with Labor & Delivery too, but I just don't know! Or if I don't stay in Springfield where should I go...will I get a job in Kansas City? Or what if I go to Tulsa? Where will I live in either of those places? So many decisions and it seems like it's all coming so fast! Someone who graduated last year said she started applying for jobs in January. That means I've got to get info on benefits and all that between now and then and figure out what I'm even supposed to apply for! Jeesh! It's all coming so fast! I'm excited about it all...but hope I get everything done between now and then!

Love you all!!!! Thanks for all you guys do!