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NO BUT REAL TALK OK I WENT TO SCHOOL IN GEORGIA AND I EVEN HAD TEACHERS TELLING ME THAT I SHOULDN’T CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN BECAUSE IT WAS THE DEVIL’S BIRTHDAY AND I GOT SUSPENDED FOR 4 DAYS BECAUSE I WROTE AN ESSAY ENTITLED “You’re All Dumb, The Devil Wasn’t Even Born: The Story of All Hallow’s Eve” AND I TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN, HOW IT WAS A PAGAN CELEBRATION TO VENERATE AND APPEASE THE DEAD AND HOW THE DEVIL WAS TECHNICALLY AN ANGEL THAT WAS CAST FROM HEAVEN AND BECAUSE ANGELS WERE CREATED BY GOD THEY WEREN’T BORN THEREFORE THE DEVIL COULDN’T HAVE A BIRTHDAY. MY PRINCIPAL WAS SO CONCERNED FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS IN 3RD GRADE AND HE GOT MAD AT MY MOM FOR RAISING SUCH A “DISRESECTFUL, HEDOONISTIC CHILD”. SHE BOUGHT ME ICECREAM AND LET ME WATCH CARTOONS WHILE I WAS OUT OF SCHOOL.

Your 3rd grade self rocks, and your current day self rocks too.

My public school experience

Tonight was my CNA 1 competency test and I have to admit that I was pretty nervous.

What made me calmer was the fact that my partner was freaking the fuck out. She bounced back in forth between saying “Help me, Jesus!” and telling me to shut the hell up. I let it go because it was mostly nerves and not her usual hatefulness. She was visibly shaking so I probably should be more sensitive. 

I only screwed up a couple of things. Minor things like fluffing a patient’s pillow after you position them on their side. I wash my hands for 40 seconds because I lost count during the required 20 seconds. So no real harm no foul. 

And I am now CPR certified too! I got my card so I can now save lives… Or make out with people at random. Of course I could probably do that anyway but lets face it, not too many people want to do that while conscious!

But now that I have reached another level in my nursing school, I have but one thing to say. The same thing that I always say!

Suck my balls, dad! I’m somebody now!

Today, I start my first day of community college to get my nursing degree.

I fell so nervous I think I am on the verge of a panic attack every time I think about it.

But, I have to do this. Otherwise I will just spend the rest of my life just scraping by. And I want out of that so bad I can taste it.

My public school experience summed up in two pictures.

Things really sucked for a while because on Thursday at some point I lost a $50 bill. I have no idea where the fucker is, I practically tore my apartment apart trying to find it. It is not the end of the world but I could have bought a lot of food and it made me feel really shitty.

I did manage to go see “Pacific Rim” and it was awesome. When the first kaiju appears and destroys the Golden Gate bridge, I actually felt like a kid again watching my first Godzilla movie. It was an excellent film. 

I text’d hunter afterward and we geek’d out over it. She also said that she was going to visit sometime soon. That is always fantastic. She had to cancel her last visit because of Father’s Day and ever since then my mom keeps asking “When is Hunter coming to visit you?!” I just tell her when she feels ready too, I don’t want to push the issue. She called last night and ask for the 100th time and I told her point blank that I did not know and neither did Hunter and I would gladly inform her when she did. I got a little annoyed. 

Anyway, she also told me that she is going to BronyCon and will bring me some treasure from it. It is in Baltimore and I have no money to attend. Hopefully she will bring me something cool. When she when to FWA she brought me some kick ass pony badges. I still have them hanging in my room.

Once I pay rent and tuition it will take me some time to work and recover. I should also have my pistol paid off by then. Once again, that missing 50 spot could really come in handy. But once I get my nursing degree, I can afford to do things like go to conventions and commission art. Maybe afford some of the finer things in life instead of scraping my pennies together in the hope of buying a $15 box fan at Big Lots. 

I have it worked out though. My landlord is pretty friendly with me. If I ask her to delay my rent until the 15th then I can pay both and not starve for most of the month of August.

Speaking of which, my birthday is the 15th. I feel old. So very old. 

So, today I registered for my classes at community college! They are just waiting to get my transcripts and I need to pay my tuition by the August 2nd. So, yay.

I was only able to register for two classes being this late into registration. They are both online classes, the only way I could take them, and a lab. They are Basic Computer Skills and Anatomy. The only one that worries me is the computer skills class because technology has never been my friend. Together with fees it will run me about $512 all together. The first CNA class will only be about $125!

I might have to eat a lot of ramen for the first month or two but it will be worth it to get the hell out of housekeeping.On that front, the worthless old man that I work with, the one that has to retire before they make me full time, is considering leaving at the end of the year! That means I get to work year round, get more pay and finally get some benefits! 

Here’s hoping.

I asked a girl that I work with about the nursing program that she is going into. After the general education is out of the way, it is only a two year program. If I can keep my current hours, I can take evening classes each night at the community college and get my certification. It might take me a bit longer, because I might just take only 2 classes a semester. But, it can be done. 

One of my supervisors says that there is a high demand for male nurses because the population is getting older and heavier. I now have more motivation to start lifting weights again.