Well the week of changes has finally come and gone.
I told Nelnet that I was going to be leaving at the end of April. I was surprised at the reception it got. My boss' boss told me he thought it was a good idea, as did many others. In the end, I felt very strange, stepping out of my comfort zone of the last few months and into a strange new world I still don't know that much about.
I worked right up until two days before nursing school started. I left last Tuesday and the orientation began on Thursday. I only took one day off to try to corral as much cash as I could before I went to being a no-income student in a fairly costly program.
The people in the program seem very cool. No doubt, we will all get to know each other very well over the next year. There are some very good looking women in the program, but they all seem a lot younger than me. And having been through the two-day orientation now, I do feel kind of uneasy. They had last year's accelerated group come in and talk to us about how we could expect things to be, and it's pretty clear that this program is going to be very demanding. Combine that and the work I'll be doing--for the program and at least for the immediate future--and I admit I'm so far out of my comfort zone that it's off the radar. This past week I spent a lot of time reflecting on this decision. Is it the right one? Should I have kept the dull but safe job I had just a week ago? I have to keep telling myself that I could expect to be wondering about these things at this point, and that the reasons I made this decision were good, and that the months I took in coming to the conclusion to do this was done with sound thinking and clear minded judgment. Only time is going to tell if I am happy with it.
I've kept up pretty well with Judy. We still talk a lot, even if we don't see each other but maybe once every few weeks. But now it seems less likely than ever that things will ever happen between us. I'll be spending so much time with my new fellow students and in studying that I may not get a chance to see much of her. I'm rather content with us just remaining friends. And still, you never know what might happen in the long run.
I also tossed around the idea lately of moving out of this arrangement with Elise and in with Davy and Kelly to save money. I told Elise about it and she said she'd lower my rent by 200 bucks a month. This clouds this decision a lot. That and the idea of living with the always volatile Davy. Strange as it seems, I know I could easily live with Kelly, but as for Davy, well....I'm not so sure. He is pretty lazy and lately has been acting kind of strange. He's still a good friend and all but living with him might be a challenge I don't need. This could still happen, as it might be kind of fun to live with them, but we'll have a few months to wait and see.
I told Nelnet that I was going to be leaving at the end of April. I was surprised at the reception it got. My boss' boss told me he thought it was a good idea, as did many others. In the end, I felt very strange, stepping out of my comfort zone of the last few months and into a strange new world I still don't know that much about.
I worked right up until two days before nursing school started. I left last Tuesday and the orientation began on Thursday. I only took one day off to try to corral as much cash as I could before I went to being a no-income student in a fairly costly program.
The people in the program seem very cool. No doubt, we will all get to know each other very well over the next year. There are some very good looking women in the program, but they all seem a lot younger than me. And having been through the two-day orientation now, I do feel kind of uneasy. They had last year's accelerated group come in and talk to us about how we could expect things to be, and it's pretty clear that this program is going to be very demanding. Combine that and the work I'll be doing--for the program and at least for the immediate future--and I admit I'm so far out of my comfort zone that it's off the radar. This past week I spent a lot of time reflecting on this decision. Is it the right one? Should I have kept the dull but safe job I had just a week ago? I have to keep telling myself that I could expect to be wondering about these things at this point, and that the reasons I made this decision were good, and that the months I took in coming to the conclusion to do this was done with sound thinking and clear minded judgment. Only time is going to tell if I am happy with it.
I've kept up pretty well with Judy. We still talk a lot, even if we don't see each other but maybe once every few weeks. But now it seems less likely than ever that things will ever happen between us. I'll be spending so much time with my new fellow students and in studying that I may not get a chance to see much of her. I'm rather content with us just remaining friends. And still, you never know what might happen in the long run.
I also tossed around the idea lately of moving out of this arrangement with Elise and in with Davy and Kelly to save money. I told Elise about it and she said she'd lower my rent by 200 bucks a month. This clouds this decision a lot. That and the idea of living with the always volatile Davy. Strange as it seems, I know I could easily live with Kelly, but as for Davy, well....I'm not so sure. He is pretty lazy and lately has been acting kind of strange. He's still a good friend and all but living with him might be a challenge I don't need. This could still happen, as it might be kind of fun to live with them, but we'll have a few months to wait and see.
