I'm cleared!

Each day, I try to complete at least one task in preparation for my nursing program. Some of these things are for my personal well-being (like my early-morning-wake-up program currently in development), and others are officially mandated by the Nursing School Gods. Up until yesterday, my list of these official things-to-do looked a little something like this:

-Academic prerequisites? Check.
-Health history? Check.
-Financial Aid? Check, check, and check.
-CPR for the Professional Rescuer? Umm....

Finally! Check!

I successfully completed my CPR course this past weekend. Our instructor managed to snag enough mannequins for everyone in the class, so we banged the training out in a little over 6 hours. (It still sounds like a long time, but it was mercifully shorter when compared to the officially scheduled 9 1/2 hour course.) I still can't decide if this shortened class was a good thing. I am thrilled, however, with my shiny new resuscitation mask and baggy of latex gloves. I just hope that I will never have to use them.

What's even more exciting than being able to perform CPR, save someone from choking, and do a mean set of rescue breaths, you ask? I am now officially qualified to start school this summer. Woo hoo!