Senioritis for ReaL!

So as I sit here waiting for Jason and Preston to wake up, I am completing my last and final assignment for LVN school. Tomorrow I take my last and final test for LVN school. This week is actually our "last week" of real classes. Next week starts all day NCLEX reviews, and preparing for the "pinning ceremony."

Wow, that paragraph gives me chills. This year has just flown by, I remember thinking it never would, and here we are. Jason and I have been through so many ups and downs this last year, we've had our own issues, Ive been sick, Prestons been sick, Jasons been sick, we've had things go wrong with our house, and jobs, but through it all we've pushed on. It amazes me that we are already here. I cant believe it. Its such a blessing to think in just a few short weeks I will be functioning as an LVN. I look back at pictures from when I first started school, and now of Preston, and he's not a baby anymore.

He comes walking out of the bedroom saying, "Mooommmmmaaaaa!!!" Searching for hugs and good morning kisses, a "ippy up" filled with his good morning milk, and "icky ouse?, hot dog?" for his good morning mickey mouse shows. When just one year ago I was waking up breast feeding a new infant. I remember thinking I was never going to get through this year.

A few months ago when the school brought up plans for pinning, I remember telling my Mom how I didn't want to make it a big deal. Now all of a sudden it is. Not just a big deal, but a huge deal! It is such an accomplishment to be where we are at. I started school last August, I didn't realize that this year really was something people were encouraging me not to take on. They told me, "your too weak", "you can't do it", "your body is still recovering Amy." My hard headed self took on the challenge. I succeeded. July of last year I was in the ICU on deaths row, August I was starting school, and now? Im an LVN. Nothing will stop me. I have a passion for the medical field, and a passion for my family, and nothing is going to stop me from giving them everything I can. Doesn't matter how hard I have to push myself. This is a marker for me now, not just some dumb LVN pinning ceremony. Its one step closer to my ultimate goals. I am proud now, and its so incredibly humbling.

Just 2 weeks before school was to start:

Just a few short weeks ago:

Wow, so your telling me I have worked, raised a child, kept up with a household, helped blossom a marriage, and kept my sanity, all while going to school full time for the last year? What an accomplishment. I have become incredibly proud of myself this past week.

Go Tschirhart Family!