Wow! It sure has been awhile since the last time I posted! Not much has happened though, so I guess it’s alright. I’m now in Yuma, and although I cried the whole way to the airport – I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulder now that I am here.
After the last couple of years Washington had lost its sense of “home” to me, leaving behind, nothing but pain and depression in me. Where I am now, that’s home. I have my Brother, my Sister-in-law (who’s truly more like a sister) and my nephew and niece. The only thing that could make it better is if my mom could get here sooner, and if my other nephew could visit (he is currently in college on the east coast). I do think that I’ve probably smiled or laughed more since I’ve been here than in the last two years. I feel happy for once, and feel as if I have the confidence to move on with my life now.
I’m sure there are days that will be hard, but for now I am fine. I’m surrounded by the people I love, which is something that was difficult to obtain for awhile due to distance.
Anywho, enough of that!
I’ve started actually doing things now, instead of just hanging around in limbo. Got everything worked out for school. I decided not to bother taking a detour to pick up my nursing license, and go straight through to med school. So with that I should be finished sooner, and hopefully can take out loans in the future or argue with the VA to help more. I already know I’ll have to take out at least 200 thousand just for the main med school. God. That’s going to take so long to pay off, lol. Maybe I should sell some blood!
Other than school, I’ve been working on getting more fit for my future. I want to join a swim team again, and I also want strong legs for all those nights I’ll be running around an E.R in the future. Won’t be a good idea to be an unfit Trauma surgeon. Don’t want my patient dyeing before I can even run to the operating room. So in order to get back into shape, Tammy and Tasha have become my workout buddies. We walk or jog everyday for at least 40 minutes. So far we’re at 4 ½ miles a day! We’re planning to push for more in the future, but they are going easy on me on account of my bad leg that still hasn’t healed fully from my car accident. The leg is doing a tad better, but it still gives out on my often – which is something that’s permanent. I may need surgery in the future, but for now I want to work on strengthening it by my will alone. After we walk we something do random aerobic workouts offline, and on days we don’t do those we weight train with the bow flex. Ahhh, boy does it feel good!
So watch out! Relay swim and diving Tessa is coming back full swing (or partially >_>)!
