Hey y'all,
My name is Amanda. To give you a little insight on myself here's a brief summary of this crazy life of mine....I'm 19 years young, I live in the small town of Tarboro, North Cakalaky. I'm a full time college student, work full time as a Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist (yes, I'm the blood sucker,) I have a boyfriend of almost three years now, Josh, I love my parents more than life it self, I have an amazing second family (Josh's family,) that has treated me as their own since the day I met them and are pretty great cooks/people to be around too ;) I often talk about a toddler named Alexis, she is my cousin whom I love with all my heart, her mom Christina practically raised me on the weekends when I was smaller, I hope to one day have the same influence on Alexis' life that Christina had on mine and to be there for her in anyway possible. My mom's family is huge. We get together for everyone's birthday, holidays and are just as close as we can be. Oh, I'm going to school to be Nurse too! I hope to graduate within the next few years with two degrees, HIT and Nursing at East Carolina University, GO PIRATES!! :) So that's a little about me. My life is crazy, simple, hectic and I wouldn't change a single thing about any of it.
One thing I have learned in the past few weeks is what a new perceptive will do to you. So if you've ever met any of my family or me you'd probably catch on pretty quick stubbornness is a quality we hang on to pretty strongly. I'm known to be pretty stubborn. My dad tells me all the time I am a spitting image of my mother (hey mama, did you ever think I would say that? ha! ) I took the past semester off due to working full time, I was stressed, frustrated and just wasn't in the best of places at the time. So this summer I have been getting all of my classes registered for full time in the fall, I've taken a new perspective on school and life. I work my butt OFF every week all week long. Sure I'm just drawing blood and triaging patients but, it's a lot harder than I thought it would ever be. Work gets crazy trust me. Which I'm sure can happen anywhere. I've realized I want my degree, I want to work hard and earn it. I want to be able to say I have my BSN and I helped save a patients life. I love what I do and I love all of my patients. That new perspective on school through onto so many other parts of my life. I've realized life is too short to "fool around" per say. I've realized to trust God, let him lead me where he wants to and to stressing over simple things. I am still getting to where I want to be but I will always have God with me, my family and my friends to guide me through this crazy thing we call life. I will become who I was always destined to be, I just have to let God lead me there.
Well, I better get to bed, tomorrow is Monday and a new day, I need my beauty sleep ;)
Until next time!
