Denature. Primers. Extension.

By this point in my life, I imagined I would be farther in my career. But here I sit again in Purdue’s library….STUDYING. 

After graduating from college in 2012 with my degree in Nutrition and Fitness, I thought I had all the time in the world to make myself into who I wanted to be (at least career wise). I took a year off school and worked in the medical field assisting physicians in the Dermatology field. Some days, I really loved my job. I got to finally have that patient interaction that I wanted and maybe gain some clinical experience to help me along in the future. However I knew at the end of the day, I still wanted to pursue my first real career interest, Nursing.

A year ago, I applied for Nursing school with high hopes that my career could finally be where I wanted. Sadly, my hopes were slightly crushed when I was told I needed to retake my science classes because they were no longer current (nursing standards- 5 years). So I re-entered college and basically started over. I knew that this was something that I really wanted and if it was just 3 classes holding me back, I was willing to muster through the next year fulfilling those requirements. A year came and passed. I passed all three classes with good grades and re-applied for nursing school.

Late April, I received a large envelope in the mail from the school of Nursing bearing both good and bad news. The good news was that I was in good standing with the school of Nursing and was looked highly as a possible applicant. The bad news, that due to an overwhelming demand in the school, I was put on a wait list and will be contacted once a spot became available for me. I was devastated. How could something I wanted so much be so hard to obtain. The summer passed and no good news from the school came. I decided that I would not let these short comings stop me. I still had one more semester of classes that I wanted to take and one class that was a prerequisite to nursing school, microbiology.

And that’s what brings me to Purdue’s library today. I’m studying microbiology. But for the first time after this ordeal with the school of nursing, I am looking at other options if things still don’t go as planned. Graduate school has crossed my mind. Maybe PA school. Maybe a Masters in Biology.

I know I’m a smart cookie. I know that I can succeed if I try. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned. And I’ve learned to say…

“That’s okay. Something better is ahead.”