EVERYTHING IS COMING UP BECCA!!!

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I GOT INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH'S NURSING PROGRAM! I begin class in just two weeks!!!

So how did this happen you ask? Well, this morning I was groggily awoken to an 801-581-**** number and I immediately felt sick because that's the number of the U of U Hospital where I work. I really didn't want to talk to anyone from work so I didn't pick up. Plus, I just don't like to pick up the phone in general unless I know why someone is calling. I checked my voicemail and said "Hi this is Cindy from the U of U Nursing program. Call me back." My heart started racing because when I was rejected from the program this spring, the rejection letter did say I had been placed on a wait list. I always held onto a glimmer of hope that just MAYBE someone would drop out and I would be able to get in, but I mostly told myself that to not have a complete breakdown. Last night, I was thinking to myself that it was 2 weeks from the date nursing school would start...and part of me was still imagining that someone could call me and tell me I got in.

My dream came true and I quickly called Cindy back. She asked me if I passed Pathophysiology in the spring, and I nervously replied YES YES I GOT A B+! "Good good, well I would like to offer you a spot in our nursing program then." WHAT?? OMG OMG OMG...I'm going to cry! "Haha yeah I know...but first let me tell you what you need to do to get started." After we were finished talking I ran out my door and did what any soon-to-be RN adult would do: I yelled for my mom and cried as we hugged and jumped around. My Dad called out anxiously "What is going on?" because he assumed something terrible must have happened with my crying. I couldn't stop shaking and mostly felt like I was going to throw up at any second. I quickly called all of my best friends which include my 3 sisters and my best friend Krissy who I have known since I was 2 and practically is my sister. I owe all of them tremendous gratitude on my journey towards this goal.

To Allison: For spending hours on my nursing essay with me. I suck at writing (as I am sure many of you have realized after reading my blogs...I don't always have the best vocabulary or grammar) and begged her to write it for me. Allison refused to of course, telling me that I had it in me I just had to explore why I wanted to be a nurse and put that into a paper. She mapped out all of my reasons with me into an ordered paper and kept pushing me and pushing me to make the paper better. She revised it at least 10 times trying to make it perfect, but still totally making the paper something that I made. Allison did all of this when she was visiting for Christmas, and gave up a lot of her priceless time with the rest of my family to help me out. I can never repay her for that...except I will give your kids check ups whenever you'd like haha.

To Laura: For letting me use her resume outline for my application. This is another area in which I knew nothing about. Laura revised and explained to me what you do and don't do in a resume, and I must admit, my resume came out better than I had ever imagined. It really showed how much I had accomplished and it really strengthened my application.

To Sarah: For giving me endless pep talks about being a nurse and doing well in life. I love talking about nursing and anything medical, and when I was done doing my clinicals as a CNA and told her all of my stories, she was so excited and really pumped me up about getting to my goal. Also, she was screaming louder than me on the phone when I told her even though she was getting her 3 month old daughter up for the day.

To Krissy: For spending hours with me on the phone this past year while I cried about anything. I can tell her anything and know that she is my only friend that isn't blood related that will be there for me NO MATTER WHAT. Thank you for always listening to me and putting me on my two feet again.

To my parents: For trying to steer me towards going to the U of U and never giving up on me. This is probably the biggest accomplishment of my life so far and if I had any other parents in the world, I am sure I wouldn't have come this far. Thank you for believing in me and holding onto my goals for my life when I couldn't always see what could await me if I made the right choices.

Have a great day everyone!!! And remember, never give up on your dreams...even if you get rejected the first time...because who knows, maybe you are just on the wait list for your dream! =)