7-5-05 Why didn't I do that the first time around? Ü

I started my CNA class tonight. Don't know how I will manage the next 6 weeks of overtime, 2nd job, school and clinicals, and strive for one day off a week. But I will survive. I always do. Ü
I miss my friend Rich very much. I know that he is having the time of his life up North in the "Great Outdoors"! But it would be nice to get a word or two every 8 weeks or so. Ü But he is a guy after all so I know how y'all are more reserved than chicks and less likely to write and call when there are sports to do or fish to catch.
I like the class so far. I look forward to clinicals. I can't wait to work at WMC as a CNA and then get the RN career/schooling going as soon as possible. I really feel as if I am making the right choices this time. Maybe it took me 10 years to get going again on my original path but here I am with my walking shoes on ready to go.
More meaningful stuff....I am catching myself rethinking what I say and how I act/react. It is like I am seeing me from the outside. This is a good thing because I can make corrections and not make the same "mistake" the next time. For so long I felt out of control. I felt like I always had to have something to say, a response to everything. "Butting in" to others conversations was okay because I had no control. Now I do. I am trying to learn to observe silently. And though I have to bite my tongue quite a bit, I am trying. It is a challenging task after a lifetime of being subjective to change to the "objective" approach. But I like it.
Well, I can still get 5.5 hours of sleep if I hit the rack now so I had better get going.