Two Year Sentence

So this past semester I was on a break from midwifery school, a much needed break. Like I've said before, midwifery school is not inherently difficult. The classes are not the problem. Being on call 24/7 and driving more than 300 a miles a week can and does get to a person (or it least it got to me). It was nice to be out of school. I did miss my friends but I was able to go back to work full time and it looks like I'm going to be able to keep working next semester when I go back to school. Unfortunately, I won't be rejoining my class- I'll be in the class that's just one semester behind mine. A small class of five. It should be nice.

So I keep going back and forth between midwifery and nursing. This semester I took chemistry at USF, my last pre-req for nursing school while I pondered my options. I've always wanted to do international work as a midwife but the thought of all my student loan debt makes me question that and think about nursing. I finally saw the MSF documentary "Living in Emergency" and it helped to refocus me.

International work as a field midwife is what I want to do. Period. Yes, I think I'll also practice in Florida but I also want to think globally and work with NGO's like MSF or The Hamlin Fistula Hospital. Two years left and I'll graduate. In March I'm going to the DR with three of my classmates and we're trying to plan a trip for next December to go to Senegal. Hopefully we can pepper our last two years with international volunteerism to help the time go by a little faster... one can only hope.