What is there to know?

When I decided to add an About Me page, I wasn't really sure what to say, so I made into a Q & A form. Well, that did not work out too well. What do I really say about me, though. How do I condense my entire life into a page? I don't know. I guess, I can try. So, here goes:

I was born and raised in the mountains of the Philippines. At 16, after graduating high school, I moved to Florida. Went to college there, earned a nursing degree, and here I am. Okay, there's more to it than that.

I started as a pre-med student. My dream since I can remember was to become a physician. New to the country and being 16, when I was told by a school counselor that I had very little chance of getting into med school, I followed the path that he set for me and earned an Associates Degree in Arts. As many of you know, this really does not count for much. So, I decided to put in an application for the nursing program at the nearest junior college. At that time, there were 600 applicants for 62 positions. After the discouraging remarks by the school counselor, I thought I would never get accepted. Shockingly for me and thrillingly for my mother, I received my letter of acceptance and I went to nursing school.

Undaunted, while in nursing school, I persisted and enrolled at the local state university to complete my pre-med classes. I majored in Microbiology and minored in Psychology. I also worked full-time because, well, I didn't have a rich uncle to finance me.

Then I decided that I also wanted to earn my Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, so I went for it (yes, while working on my pre-med degree as well . . . and working full-time, yes). I completed my BSN and had only one year left with my pre-med classes.

One day, I find out about travel nursing. That sounded like a lot of fun. So, I thought, I'll go into hiatus from school for now, travel for a year, and go back to working on my degree. Six years later, I am yet to go back for my pre-med. I have no regrets. Most surprising to me, I love nursing. I truly do. In the six years that I have traveled, I have worked in many, many emergency rooms, met a lot of totally fun and completely weird people, hiked lots of mountains, and have thoroughly enjoyed myself. I've worked in many different states, visited national monuments, parks, rivers, oceans, even a volcano (okay, a dead one, but hey, it's way cooler to hike them that way).

Last year, I took up a full-time position teaching and that was an experience to remember. I love teaching. The students were great and I had so much fun with them. I also gave them headaches everyday, but, well, we need some good nurses out there, damn it!

At the beginning of this year have found me, once more, in another chapter of my nursing career. I took a permanent position as a flight nurse. I love this job. I love this job. I love this job. This is where my 13 years of nursing is being put to the test. I am ecstatic about it and I am glad I'm here.

I'm glad you're here. Thanks for reading my ramblings. Anything else you want to know, just ask.

I guess this is my personal Q & A. I'll answer all questions (maybe not all, all within reason). Click on the Post a Comment link below and fill in the box. You know what to do.