March

I am now in my last few weeks of nursing school. I will be done April 27. I can't believe it is almost done and I will be able to do boards for my RN. I am on a medical floor which is not what I prefer or what I feel comfortable doing but so far it has been ok and what I do now I don't have to do for a lifetime.

I have also been reading with school stuff a book by Richard Dahlstorm, titled O2. It has been very interesting in which it talks about inhaling and exhaling and bringing a balance to Christian disciplines. I find it interesting as part of this process he talks about the consumerism in America these days. I know for a long time it seemed that I was working to just keep things fixed, replace broken things or buy the latest electronic gadget but now that has stopped in the last three years and when I was working it was to live day to day and give some of it away. I am continuing to dething (not a word I know but appropiate) my life. I am a collector of books I want to read I book I buy one but I have changed partly due to decreased revenue but partly because I don't need to own the book. I use the library and interlibrary loan. Granted I have to keep track of due dates but it is still cheaper than owning it and I don't have to store it afterward. Paring down my clothes closet is another task I have done. I think next might be DVD's after all there are only certain ones I watch regularly and again if I don't have them I don't have to store them. Renting is cheaper in the long run. CD's are a problem because if they are just on the hard drive they should be backed up incase it crashes and I am a music junkie. So that may be my main colletion. After I graduate getting rid of the storage shed is the next money saving move I make.

I actually am enjoying a simpler life and am looking forward to spending days reading, having friends over, and seeing what other ways God might show on how live simply.