Ooooh Evangeline!!!

Why do I always get inspired by watching a movie or, this time, cartoon "The Princess and the Frog"? (You'd have to watch the cartoon to really get this post!) I don't know...but I guess it allows you to dream and just get outside of the real world! I wanted to say that working hard is been my way through pretty much everything in my life starting in grade 1 when I was struggling with math and Russian class and my mom would spend a lot of time getting through homework with me. I guess I learned it then that you have to work hard to get anything. Up to grade 6 my marks were steady, not good. Then I remember that grade 6 when we moved to Novorossyisk and it was first Russian test and I was the only one who got the best grade 5! And the teacher said " I'm so proud that our new girl in the class got the highest mark...and I had no idea that she was talking to me until she said my name. I was shocked! However, it was a magical moment cause since then I was a student with high marks in almost all the subjects. I still had to work hard and do my homework. I always knew I wanted to go to university and achieve something in my life to help first, my parents, who also worked and still working soooo hard. Unfortunately in our country working hard is not enough to make a normal living. So I told my self I'll be working hard to get through obstacles, but I'll get there!!! Then I moved to Canada to my hubby, but still knew we had to work hard here to get somewhere...work, education. We did it! Now I'm working at my job. I'm sort of satisfied, but I still feel that I'm going through another obstacle of hard physical and emotional time! It's not easy to force yourself into the high paced environment of hospital where you have responsibility of peoples' lives and you have piles of work and millions of information and phone numbers, tests, charting, meds...you have to prioritize...you have to be on time...you have to go on break...but wheeeeeen???? It gets so overwhelming...on 31st I was so busy all day and I came in to hang my last med to my patient...he told me "Sit down...sit down now...at least for a minute and relax!" I listened to him...ha gave me a cookie and said just eat it and sit back your medication will not run anywhere. I was soooo grateful to him for forcing me to sit...I enjoyed that 5 minute conversation and I felt like my patient was taking care of his nurse for once! It was so nice...I Thank HIM and I hope he'll recover soon from his sternal wound infection.
Anyway, back to my hard work :). After watching this magical cartoon, I got re energized for working even harder to achieve me next goal: My Dream Job, which I still have to discover by trying different options, but meanwhile I have to coninue on my current job and learn as much as I can and meet people, and looking out for other options. I'm sure my current experience will halp me in the future! And as everything I worked for in my life, it'll pay off! All my little struggles which never stopped me from going on, they all paid off!!! And I'll continue! I still have to help my parents! It's one of my main goals!!! I want to help them to fix our house in Russia, to see them going on vacation once and just enjoying their life and not constantly thinking on hoe to earn more money to pay for everything and save a bit! I know everything will be great!!! Especially if I ask Evangeline, "Please, please, please!" :) We all need a little bit of magic to get through! He he!