Cap & Gown

All the seniors received their 'Cap and Gown' orders today. It's kind of bittersweet for me to be doing all these senior things because I feel like I'm betraying Class of 2010. It's really not as exciting because my best friend isn't there with me to do all the senior things, but it's just something I have to get through. I'm really excited to graduate and finally be done with high school. I have the ASSET test this coming up Thursday, and it's required to take if you want to attend any community college in North Carolina. Since I'm only graduating with so many credits, I'm not able to attend a 4 year college. I have to start at a community college, which is just fine with me since that was my plan from the start. Everyone keeps asking me what I'm doing after high school, and I really don't know since we don't know where we're gonna be stationed at or if we get extended. If we move, I'm really hoping we get Hawaii or California. Being so obsessively compulsive with ABDC and just seeing the "city life" really makes me want to get out there. I've always loved cities and being around big buildings. There is something about it that makes me feel like I'm in a totally different planet.

Here are a couple of pictures of my order. Keep a look out in the mail for my graduation announcements! :)

So what are my plans post high school? Well, I'll be going to community college for a nursing program or just general courses (depending on what that college offers) and then transfer to a university to get my bachelor's degree. I'm really thinking about becoming a travel nurse and live in different parts of the world. I think it would be a good experience, but now that Nolan is in my life it would be hard to be so far away. So we'll see how that plan goes. After a couple years into my career, I want to go back to school to get a degree in education. I want to teach Allied Health courses for high school because besides being a nurse I've always seen myself teaching in a class room. My Allied Health teacher, Ms. Jenkins, has also been a huge inspiration because she works so hard. She would be a teacher during the week and a nurse for the weekends. I know it seems kinda hectic to do both, but it's something that I really want to do. Another big ambition of mine is to help kids. I would LOVE to work at St. Jude's. My mom said it would be tough because I would probably become attached to the children, but as long as I could help them in any way I know that I would feel better about the situation. I'd also love to visit different countries and help kids there.

<3Jaimie