The stress of being in my last semester of nursing school is at its peak right now. While some people are gleefully counting down the days until May, I am frantically counting hours missed and hoping nothing else happens to cause me to miss another clinical day. I am one stomach bug away from possibly exceeding my limit and being dismissed from the course, thanks to the sick days I needed to take this week. In addition to being on the mend and missing 2 clinical days this week, I was also unsuccessful on an exam...only by a few points, but that is totally not my style!
I think what happened here is I put myself and my wellness above my school work....I realized that holistically, I needed to take enough time to heal rather than keep pushing and playing an endless game of cat and mouse with some random infection. Dare I say I made a mature decision?? I also put forth the interests of my child, who needs me to be healthy. A sick mom is a sick household here....I am fortunate that whatever ravaged my tonsils did not seem to spread to the rest of my family.
Typically, I would be devastated by the exam grade I earned today. But I am more proud that I took the exam today, picked up my kid from school, let him ride his scooter awhile, loaded the dishwasher, put in a load of laundry and didn't immediately crash on the couch. I took time to be sick, so I was able to do those things today. I put my family and my health first....isn't that what life is about? Sure my education is important, but at the end of the day a healthy family is more so. I think I may have learned a great lesson today.....and hopefully it will stick!!
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