A Proper Introduction

Well hello there! I actually just set this blog up, the last post was written a few days ago. So what to say, what to say, hmm....Well, my name is Kelley. Im 21, I live on a lovely island in Washington and im having my first kid in a few months. I was born in Louisiana, and shortly after I made my debut, Hurricane Andrew wrecked the house my parents were living in and displaced us for a while. My mom later remarried a military man and I can honestly say that I have lived a fairly transient existence my whole life. I honestly don't know if I will ever be comfortable enough in one place now to buy a home, I like changing scenery :)

Im going back to school after an awful attempt 2 years ago. I really wasn't ready and was very depressed, I was going to school because I felt like I had to and I screwed up my GPA badly. I feel much more motivated this year to keep up with my assignments and do my best. I think it is a combination of becoming a parent and needing to provide on a single income (if I screw up myself, thats just myself, now im responsible for another person), being a little older and knowing what I want to do, and having time to decompress from a stifling public school environment.

As evident from my last post, I work as a NAC at a nursing home that deals primarily in Alzheimers/Dementia but also has a few people working on some long-term rehab. I had wanted to work in a nursing home forever, I actually used to volunteer in an Assisted Living home when I was about 14 (I hosted bingo and passed out drinks at happy hour). I learned about what CNAs do, how they make a somewhat decent living (not really, but better than 6.50 an hour), and how it could get me into other health care fields. Since working, I have decided I want to be an RN. I like how I can get a job anywhere, the pay is nice, and I get to take care of someone that isnt me for extremely important reasons. I get that customer service jobs are important and the world needs them, but I hated faking smiles and feeling like I was B.S.ing people all the time. I also HATE HATE HATE!!!! being micro managed. Seriously, I get curt and cold when people treat me like I don't know how to do my job. If im an RN, it will be even less micromanagement.

I wish I had some fun things to list as hobbies, but laying in bed and messing with my tablet is not really anything interesting. I like to make things out of polymer clay sometimes though, I also like to draw on occasion. I wish I knew more cloth-type crafts, like sewing or felting or needle work or even crocheting and knitting (im awful at those two, when I crochet I just make big triangles instead of squares). Ive only lived here a year and I don't have a bustling social life but I would love to learn how to play Settlers of Catan and some other board games and play with some people.

Well, I believe that is all I have to say for now. I have a Reeses Ice Cream bar I am going to eat now, nom. See ya.