u/Ok-Crazy3288

I'm a life guard so I have a (very slight) background in medical but I want to make sure I am setting myself up for success.

I've done all the prereading but I'm going to go back this week and review it one more time. I've also made some google docs on the drug monographs with onset, indications, contractions, and cautions and dosages.

Is there anything else I'm missing? I just really don't wanna fail and have to pay and do it again, trying to jump into licensing ASAP. Overall I'm eager to get out into the field before PCP school. Any advice or notes you have left over would be absolutely invaluable. Thanks :)

Small rant

This may sound silly but I (1/2 Persian, 1/4 German, 1/4 Polish ) feel like I relate to neither of my parents cultures, but not in a bad way most of the time. I just feel like a world citizen, like I could be happy anywhere.

My mother is very white, Germanic and polish roots in terms of hobbies, cooking, slang.

My father is as Persian as they come, I grew up eating the food, hearing the language, going to Persian party's, etc.

I'm White passing 70% of the time, I blend into every country I go to, which I admit is a plus I guess.

Every time I tell someone what I am they say "oh, good mix!" or "that's a great mix" implying that there are bad mixes? I never know what to say except smiling and nodding.

I feel like this between human, I love who i am and my mix, but Ill never understand the feeling of being 100% devoted to one culture or country.

This post turned into a ramble but does anyone else relate? lol

Fall 2027, I’m #4..

Should I just try and pick a cohort in 2028 with zero people on it? Is it unheard of for being #4 for a program a year away and actually getting a spot?

It’s more than a year away but I feel uneasy letting other spots fill up while sitting in the waitlist.

As someone who lives in the tri-cities, will be getting her EMR cert soon, and wanting to go straight into PCP training, its looking like relocation or taking classes far away + having a crazy commute will happen, JIBC having a 1000 apps and only accepting 30 students a year, Columbia being booked into next year, damn.

I've also heard that no one is hiring EMR's really so I guess ill have to work another job while I wait? just rough because I'm eager to get out there and work but relocation costs $$$. I wouldn't mind relocation if housing was provided but I've never heard of that.

What is everyone else doing in my situation right now, or people who have been in my position? Should i just plan to write off finding a related job until I have my PCP?

I will be finishing my bronze combo course 2 days before my NL starts, the NL classes say if i dont have proof of my bronze cross by day 2 I cant continue.

Is there proof they give you right away after the class that would allow me to keep going or does it look like i may have to reschedule?

Just worried that if they don't give you anything right away then I wont get the proof in time.

For context im taking both classes from LIT but the locations are not the same.

(30/f)

Worked a desk job for the last 6 years and its driving me insane, pay in unstable since its contract work and ive been leaning towards lifeguarding, i was a swimmer in HS and lived in places by the water and have done alot of open water swimming for years. I should be certified with my NL and SI by late august.

Things im **not** worried about:
- my swimming ability
- working with kids and instructing

Things that worry me:
- pay
- actually being hired, i would love full time if possible.

Someone pls tell me paying for all these courses, which are expensive af, is worth it so i can stop stressing, are lifeguards and instructors really in that demand?

Seeing a girl for 2 months, we have been texting every day since, maybe 6 dates total, very long dates, amazing chemistry + conversation right out of the gate, exactly my type, cut off all other connections to focus on her.

Her profile said; longterm relationship, monogamy, wanted to settle down.

We ended up having sex for the first time a couple nights ago, it felt special and it was amazing, but maybe 15 minutes after we ended that, as we are cleaning up, she looks me in the eye and says something along the lines of:

"im scared of commitment and dont wanna rush things, and i dont want you to be jealous. even tho i am not seeing other people, i dont want to feel restricted, i really really like you alot and want to keep seeing you."

uhg,.

Which started a long convo.

I eventually asked her randomly "when you picture yourself settled down, what does that look like? do you picture a man or a woman beside you?" (shes bi)

She said she didnt know...and then she said she wishes two women could have a baby... and then says shes scared of dating a man because she'd be losing her queer identity....

huh

It didnt hit me in the moment but ive had 24 hours to think about all of this and i feel sick to my stomach. fuck. please tell me i shouldn't feel weird about this, please tell me i feel sick to my stomach for no reason.

My type is soft masc with long hair and a pretty face, and i feel like this type is really hard to find so i kinda transitioned from a semi-femme presenting person to literally my description, and im finding it really fun so far and im noticing an insane amount of attention from other women.

I guess there really is a masc shortage because the moment i changed my dating app pics to soft masc vibes i started getting crazy amounts of likes and even getting approached in public.

Im enjoying it for now but i was just wondering if anyone else did this for either type of presentation?

I feel like my presentation can be pretty fluid but im also a people pleasure sometimes but idk if the attention is fueling me or im just having fun exploring, maybe both. either way, I like looking visibly gay so thats a plus.

25 first dates later and never felt a click, i thought something was wrong with me, I finally felt the click again and its mutual, someone stop me im gunna u-haul and we've only had 4 dates but GOD DAMN I MISSED THIS FEEELING, I MISSED THIS HIGH, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASDLKFHOASIDSDFY249-I2UWHRPSKAJDNMFPA;OSRU8TY1-P3978GUOASPklasjhdflkasdjf