Monday, May 13, 2013
Happy Birtday to a sweet boy...
Little N ~ you are in my thoughts a lot today. I wish you a wonderful birthday! Lot of love always...
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day...
I love being a mommy ... and my beautiful, kind, imaginative, crazy, wonderful children makes my everyday filled with joy and wonder. I love you!
To my mother ... I love and miss you ~ sending hugs across the oceans to you.
To M, L & A ... You are all very very special to me and I wish you wonderful mother's day filled with lots of love and snuggles.
To my mother ... I love and miss you ~ sending hugs across the oceans to you.
To M, L & A ... You are all very very special to me and I wish you wonderful mother's day filled with lots of love and snuggles.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Mail has arrived...
Letter #1 ... from the local ASN program I applied for. Acceptance here is based on a point scale with the top 40 students invited to write a proctored essay worth 10 points and then the top 20 students are accepted into the program. I have 54.2 points out of 56 available before the essay ... this is great as I know even if I did a completely awful job on the essay, my chances for getting accepted are still very very good.....BUT I have decided not to do the essay and leave the spot for someone else because ... drum roll please.....
Letter #2 ... acceptance for fall start in an accelerated BSN program back in Illinois. I got email confirmation of acceptance yesterday but the real letter arrived today.
and...
A phone call bright and early from OHSU this morning offered me acceptance into the summer cohort for their accelerated BSN program....yikes program orientation for this one is only 35 days away.
Wooooohooooooo ... yeah baby ~ I am in ... now begins the hard work!!!!
This is a lot of excitement in just a couple of days. I am trying to let it all sink in because time for decision making is right around the corner. Which program to choose, where to go .... what is the best choice for me, for the children, for Rio .... so many things to consider and so little time.
My stomach is so full of butterflies :-)
Letter #2 ... acceptance for fall start in an accelerated BSN program back in Illinois. I got email confirmation of acceptance yesterday but the real letter arrived today.
and...
A phone call bright and early from OHSU this morning offered me acceptance into the summer cohort for their accelerated BSN program....yikes program orientation for this one is only 35 days away.
Wooooohooooooo ... yeah baby ~ I am in ... now begins the hard work!!!!
This is a lot of excitement in just a couple of days. I am trying to let it all sink in because time for decision making is right around the corner. Which program to choose, where to go .... what is the best choice for me, for the children, for Rio .... so many things to consider and so little time.
My stomach is so full of butterflies :-)
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Is the mail here yet...
To say that I am looking forward to seeing the mail lady everyday is an understatement. I am waiting on pins and needles for news about nursing school ... and today we did not even get any mail - the mail truck just went right on by!!! Yikes .. I just want to know already!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Hoping that next week brings nursing school news...
I am waiting on news from three different nursing schools ~ one locally, one in Portland, and one in central Illinois. It is funny how timing works but it seems likely that news from all three will be forthcoming next week.
The local program was supposed to send out their invitation for the proctored essay at the end of this week, so presumable it could arrive on Monday. The program I was wait listed for in Portland had an acceptance and deposit deadline of May 1 for the students accepted on the first round, so by the end of next week they should be working their way through the second round of acceptance letters for people who initially were placed on the waiting list. And just today I got an email from the program in Illinois to let me know that official letters of acceptance will go out in the middle of next week.
All three have their own set of advantages and while I am waiting for news, I am still pondering which program is best in the event that I get the option to choose.
The program locally is much cheaper than the other two initially, but it takes longer and will require a BSN completion program after the first two years here. So while I know it is an excellent program, I am not sure it is the right fit for me.
The Portland program is ideal only if I know Rio will be in Portland full time as well and right now it is not looking that way. I know this program will be intense and full days Monday to Friday. My worry here is that if something comes up with the kids during the day, I will be missing instruction time and nursing schools are typically not very flexible when it comes to missing out on school days. This program is a great opportunity but only if it works for the entire family and right now I am not sure this is the best fit.
The program in Illinois was the one I was previously accepted to start but turned down as we moved back to Oregon. It was not in my plans to apply for it again but once I realized that I had been placed on the waiting list for my program of choice in Portland .. I figured that it could not hurt to have it as a backup option. Quite frankly this one is the best program option for me as the instruction hours will not interfere with the children's school. It is so important for me that I can be there for the children with respect to breakfast and getting them off to a good start and then again in the afternoon when they get home and need help with homework. Especially if Rio is not around full time during the week.
So here is to more hurry up and wait....hopefully next week brings good news!
The local program was supposed to send out their invitation for the proctored essay at the end of this week, so presumable it could arrive on Monday. The program I was wait listed for in Portland had an acceptance and deposit deadline of May 1 for the students accepted on the first round, so by the end of next week they should be working their way through the second round of acceptance letters for people who initially were placed on the waiting list. And just today I got an email from the program in Illinois to let me know that official letters of acceptance will go out in the middle of next week.
All three have their own set of advantages and while I am waiting for news, I am still pondering which program is best in the event that I get the option to choose.
The program locally is much cheaper than the other two initially, but it takes longer and will require a BSN completion program after the first two years here. So while I know it is an excellent program, I am not sure it is the right fit for me.
The Portland program is ideal only if I know Rio will be in Portland full time as well and right now it is not looking that way. I know this program will be intense and full days Monday to Friday. My worry here is that if something comes up with the kids during the day, I will be missing instruction time and nursing schools are typically not very flexible when it comes to missing out on school days. This program is a great opportunity but only if it works for the entire family and right now I am not sure this is the best fit.
The program in Illinois was the one I was previously accepted to start but turned down as we moved back to Oregon. It was not in my plans to apply for it again but once I realized that I had been placed on the waiting list for my program of choice in Portland .. I figured that it could not hurt to have it as a backup option. Quite frankly this one is the best program option for me as the instruction hours will not interfere with the children's school. It is so important for me that I can be there for the children with respect to breakfast and getting them off to a good start and then again in the afternoon when they get home and need help with homework. Especially if Rio is not around full time during the week.
So here is to more hurry up and wait....hopefully next week brings good news!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Doors...
A saying goes that when
one door closes another one opens.
I am saying my prayers for a door to open for A&S .. and if not a full door then someone please crack open a window!
We have decided to close the proverbial door on our journey. Obstacles keep popping up and at some point enough is enough. As I tell my children, in all races some one has to be last... I guess this is our race to be last. It seems that every time things were looking up ... something looks back down. We were once again fully set to go, confirmed insurance coverage, my body in great shape for a pregnancy and testing coming back good ... then a very sudden and unexpected loss of a job for my hubby and thereby loss of insurance. BAM another smack in the face and a big challenge for my family as we try to regroup and figure out what to do next. We all feel like we have been pulled through the ringer and perhaps it is just time to let go...letting go is hard and I hate it but I guess such is life.
This roller coaster of ups and downs and almost "there" has been gut wrenching ... but I know beyond the shadow of doubt that I am richer by a friendship. Their desires were strong, my intentions were good and our match was great .. but sometimes strong, good and great is not enough. Nothing is fair surrogacy, the road can be long and sometimes is does not end where it should. Life is unfair ....
Who knows where my road will lead ... who knows what doors will open next. I will open my eyes and my heart to the wonder of life's journey and wait to feel the gentle breeze flowing in from an open door ~ hopefully it will the door of nursing school beckoning me to enter :-)
Friday, April 12, 2013
Waitlisted...
I got news just the other day:
"The Undergraduate Admissions Committee has finished reviewing the applications and we are pleased to announce that you have been offered alternate status with us. We congratulate you for your achievement!"
Sure I was hoping for an acceptance to arrive but alas a wait-listing is better than a straight out denial. I know that last year they went through quite a few people on their wait list so there is still a chance that I will be offered a spot.
So the wait continues! I know that accepted students will have a 2-3 week window before their deposits are due so it will be a minimum of another 3 weeks before I will hear anything further.
Hopefully by then I will also hear back from the local school here on whether I will be invited to sit for the proctored essay which is the last step of the application process here.
..happy waiting!
"The Undergraduate Admissions Committee has finished reviewing the applications and we are pleased to announce that you have been offered alternate status with us. We congratulate you for your achievement!"
Sure I was hoping for an acceptance to arrive but alas a wait-listing is better than a straight out denial. I know that last year they went through quite a few people on their wait list so there is still a chance that I will be offered a spot.
So the wait continues! I know that accepted students will have a 2-3 week window before their deposits are due so it will be a minimum of another 3 weeks before I will hear anything further.
Hopefully by then I will also hear back from the local school here on whether I will be invited to sit for the proctored essay which is the last step of the application process here.
..happy waiting!
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