This Thing Called Life

     I can hardly contain my excitement since my LPN pinning ceremony is only 3 days away! We had mock interviews this past Thursday with potential employers and I ended up getting an offer for a second interview which will be on September 1st. They own multiple clinics and work with different positions but the best part is the offer is for a position Monday through Friday, no weekends! After my pinning ceremony I plan on taking a week off to relax and really take in the beginning of my healthcare career journey. I still cannot believe this moment is almost here. I've worked really hard to make it through this program and it was all worth it.

     It seems like yesterday the countdown on my phone for my LPN pinning ceremony said 247 days. We are down to just 14! Today in class we filled out the application for the NCLEX-PN exam and payed for that portion. Basically all we do in this class is take a lot of Kaplan tests and prepare for our role as a nurse and prepare to take the NCLEX. I plan on using Kaplan and the pn mastery app as well. The goal is to obviously pass the NCLEX on the first try. No one plans on or wants to retake it multiple times. I'm mailing my invitations for the ceremony tomorrow. I don't have many people coming for me, but the ones that are coming are the ones that matter most to me and that is what counts. 

     Dollar Tree is the perfect place for anyone to shop, especially when you're on a tight budget! I found some pretty good finds this trip. I'm looking forward to the next one :)

     Being a full time student means that I often run low on cash. I also recently quit my job which doesn't help my financial status. But I thought I would share the two easy ways I make extra money to pay my credit card bill, put gas in my car, or save for a rainy day. The first site is CashCrate. I have been a member for a long time and in all I have made over $100 since joining. You get paid for watching videos, participating in surveys, and much more. They also pay you just for signing up. Here is my referral link if you would like to join and try it out: http://www.cashcrate.com/4652172 . The other site is Inboxdollars. I joined them not too long ago and it is the same principal as CashCrate. They pay you to join and you also get paid for confirming emails, filling out surveys, watching videos, and more. I'm still working on receiving my first check from them. Here is my referral link to join that site as well: http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref24699421&s=7...

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     It is now Wednesday and all I can think about is finances. Why the hell did I up and quit my job? My dad did say I could make the same or more landscaping with him but what am I supposed to do during my off time? Like this week for example. We off from school for a summer break. I wanted to pick up shifts at my job before I quit. The drive was ridiculous and working short every weekend and trying to meet the demands of the administrators and family members was frustrating. But I really should of thought it through before just impulsively quitting. I deferred my car payment this month which is embarrassing and I also missed a month on my car insurance which I didn't know about. That is part of the reason I signed up for auto pay right out of my account but somehow that got messed up and each month I have to call them. That is probably why I missed a payment. I have other things going on in my life and making phone calls tends to get pushed onto the back burner. I...

     Yesterday was a sad, frustrating, and hectic day as was the day before. It was my weekend to work and we are ALWAYS short. I had been working on the memory care side for the last month and then yesterday when I looked at the assignment sheet they had put me on the assisted living side by myself for the first time in for ever. So all day I was running around getting people washed up and ready for breakfast and lunch. I did some laundry, changed some bed sheets, and so on. But by 1 p.m. I was exhausted. My feet and legs were killing me from working short Saturday and all day yesterday and they are still hurting today. I basically make around $260 a month since I only work every other weekend. My dad told me on Saturday after work that I could make the same amount of money or more working for him doing landscaping jobs with him. So yesterday I really debated about it and I wrote my notice for the DON saying yesterday was my last day. I was sad because I LOVE my res...