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36 days and counting....


So, I FINALLY was able to register for class. There was a computer glitch that was causing everyone not to be able to register, but I called & the lady (you know the one I mentioned every time I called she was NOT very helpful) was actually very helpful this time & she did an override and voila, I was able to register!!! Woohoo!! SO excited
and nervous. Want to know why I'm nervous, well let me just show you....

This is a picture posted by one of my friends who is already in the program that I'm going into. This is her Patho book. Oh Lordy bejordy, now THAT made me nervous!!! Now, if you have read my blog for a while, especially through Micro & the A & P's, you know I am prone to making molehills into mountains quite frequently, which is a common occurrence I know. But I take it one step farther, I actually create the mountains before I ever even see them. I'm what you might call a "pre" worrier. I don't wait to worry, I start WAY ahead of time. Now, you'd think from past performance that I would realize that this practice is in no way helpful, nor is it a good indicator of how I'm truly going to perform in any of these classes, but no, rationality is not my friend. Sooooo, this semester I am going to try MUCH harder to just give the worrying over to God. I'm going to try and just lay it all at His feet. I know how I perform, I know what I am fully capable off and I am NOT going to worry this semester. Now, that's not to say I'm not going to get a little nervous the night before a test or when I big project is due, but I am NOT going to obsess about school the way I have in the past. That being said, what is up with this class that on my schedule next to is says "Pass/Fail" . Ok even after that big speech, I'm not gonna lie, THAT has me worried!!! And so the countdown begins....

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