From the Lioness' Den...

Sooooooo

When do ya suppose it's a good time to sit my boss down and inform her that in about 2 months I am gonna be starting school which will require me to cut my hours back to about 30 a week? And also tell her that at the end of the 18-month program I've chosen, I will be leaving for good since there is nothing I'll be able to do here at the hospital with a paralegal degree. I've worked for this facility for 7 years and had my current job for about 6. She is the Director of Nursing and not only do I handle the scheduling of the nursing staff, I also do alot of administrative things for her, handle creative projects for her and serve on a couple committees. She is an awesome boss, the best I've ever had. She lets me keep my schedule very flexible, which I love - which is why I don't think it'll be a huge problem till I actually quit. That also takes me to my one little bit of insecurity about taking the step I'm about to. What if I go through all of that school, get a job in a legal office and then DECIDE I DON'T LIKE IT AFTER ALL?????? Will I waste the entire next 18 months of my life and not know until it's too late? Then again, if I spend the next 18 months doing exactly what I'm doing now, I'll keep wondering "what if....." and getting no further ahead, advancing nowhere in this job, and becoming more frustrated. I can feel that happening now, which is why I am looking at going to school to begin with.   Vicious circle.

Yesterday I met again with the admissions counselor and got the financial aid packet to fill out. I also took a test, some sort of admissions test. I had 12 minutes to do 50 questions but they told me not to worry if I didn't get all 50 answered. I got 41 answered. When the looked at my results - now mind you, I don't know if this is actually true or if she was just trying to boost my ego, hard to tell - she said they want to see at least 20 right, the average is 22-28, the highest she's seen is 34 and I and one other person got 33. Who knows if it was for real? So, I have to fill out the ream of paperwork for financial aid and then go back Tuesday and get down to the nitty-gritty there. I called sis 2 in Denver to see what she thought about possibly co-signing for me if (and I probably will) I need a co-signer for the loans that the Pell grant & Stafford loans don't cover. She said to fax her the info since when she got married a couple weeks ago, the BIL's student loans also became her responsibility and that's major $$$ since he is a lawyer - hmmmm perhaps I see a job opportunity in the future.....anyway. That's all the rambling going on in my head today besides the usual stuff. Have a good one everybody.

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1:03 PM, Jun. 8, 2006 .. Posted by Bruinsmama

whoo fun fun fun