Originally Posted by RRRED

MikeSmoke, Yeah that amount of time sounds pretty high but I realize now that it's very normal to be "off" in many different stages and aspects for at least that long. It'll be much longer I know already but for my daughter, I've worked very very hard to keep a balance for both of us. We had about a year of non related extra trauma, abuse, and horrific sabotage that really offset our road to healing as well. Luckily, the authorities have been just fantastic this whole year with me and helped keep us safe and sound.

I'm so glad you quit smoking. I never though I'd see the day! And what better reason? I decided on it because of my daughter too. Her dad, you remember Todd? He had open heart surgery and almost died in the summer of 08... It wasn't hard either. Just stopped and that was that. I've helped quite a few other people do it too lately and that feels good too. No one can say "I can't"... I will never buy that line for the rest of my life. lol

School will consist of the RN program and perhaps the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) depending how sick I am of being in school by then. I might stop at RN since there's a few specialties that I know I'd excel at.

Anyway... glad to be back.. would love to work again too! I don't NEED to but I'd love to. We shall see.. the future is wide open.