So first an update on my beloved car, Charlie. He is still yet to be completed. =( But my insurance adjustor called & said he should be done by next Thursday the 27th. So here’s to hoping he is. I miss him dearly. Stanley the PT Cruiser (yes i named him hahah) is getting me where I have to go though. Besides the fact that he’s a gas guzzler. =P But I’m ready for Charlie to come back into my life.
Last night I went to my local community college for an orientation on Allied Health non-credit courses. =) I was probably the youngest one there by about 20 years, I am not even kidding, but it made me feel a lot better. My damn social anxiety & such. =/ I learned a lot though. I learned about the chances of getting a job, how much I’ll make hourly, the kind of hours I would need to work. The only thing I hated it that this girl was sitting behind me & she would not shut up. I felt like I was at the movies & I just wanted to go sssssh the whole time.
I am still kinda undecided about what I want to do. It’s either Phlembotomy or Patient Care Tech. The only thing I don’t like about PCT is that you have to take a CNA class & I’m sorry, nothing against wiping butts & cleaning up vomit but I do not handle bodily fluids well. So I’m going to email the career advisor & see if there’s any jobs that would like you to do just Phlembotomy & EKG. But if not, either I decide to get over my fear of bodily fluids & persue PCT, which then I could become a LPN & then an RN or I just stick people with needles all day. I’m not sure. Maybe she could suggest some other things.
But I’m uber excited that I’m taking the first steps towards going towards a medical career. I love my job here BUT at the same time, I don’t make enough to really move out, I’ll never be able to move up (well anytime soon) and I don’t work five days a week. I know that going with any healthcare job, I will have to work crazy hours/weekends/and holidays but the money is certainly worth it. Plus, I love helping people. I rather help them face to face then help them over the phone being bored outta my wits end occasionally.
So I’ll let you know what I decide! I could be starting class as soon as Monday the 31st! I don’t know if or when if I decide just on Phlembotomy though, because class is at 515 M/T/W & I work till 5. I’m not sure my boss will really go for me having to leave like 15 mins early those well 2 days because I have Wednesdays off. But I’ll have to talk to her, probably tomorrow. I’ll start off on Phlembotomy & see where that goes.
Wish me luck!
