Journey still to come

In the past two years I have grown up a lot. I moved back to my parents house to be able to afford going back to school. I am working toward being a RN. After this semester I only have one semester left of my prerecs before I apply to the program. I am also renting to own my own home. I believe I am the person I am today because of everything that has lead me to this point in my life. I wouldn't change a thing so far because I have learned the hard way how to appreciate everything I have worked for to be at this point in my life today. I know I still have a journey left to travel in my life.

The Real World

After my short lived career at EKU I had to get a job. I found myself working in Lexington at a nursing home. This was the fall of 2005. At this time gas just recently went up to $3.00 or more a gallon. So I used this as an excuse to move to Lexington. I never realized what I was getting myself into when I went into the "real world". I never knew how hard it would be to work and pay bills just to be broke. I ended up picking up another job just to have money to survive. I don't think anything can prepare a person for this adjustment.

Soccer and EKU

While in high school I played on the varsity soccer team. I had even had scholarship offers to different schools. Well at the end of my senior soccer season I hurt my knee. It wasn't hurt that bad until the spring of 2004. I was in a car accident and my knee hit the dash board. So I couldn't risk hurting my knee again so I had to turn down my scholarships. This is the reason I ended up at EKU. But at this time in my life I did not understand the concept of money and bills. All I looked forward to was that Thursday was the start of the weekend. So needless to say since I did not go to class when I was supposed to I had to drop out of school.

This is Burnam Hall I lived on the far left in the third floor you can see my window in this picture. My Great Grandmother also lived in this dorm one floor down and the middle room.

"Higher"

While I was in eighth grade the Mercer Co. boys basketball team made it to the Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena. Most of the community was at the game. No one knew just a week later a freshman Austin Goodpaster would lose his life in an accident. Then 13 days later his brother Dale and a friend Dustin Worthington died in a car wreck. I remember seeing the ambulance being escorted by four police cars to the hospital with Austin to be flown to UK hospital. I have never seen an ambulance escorted this way so I knew the situation was bad. My father and I were at a light when they went through an intersection and I remember him saying that is not good and I hope we don't know them.

Creeds "Higher" has always reminded me of them and this situation. With the lyrics

"Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see. Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets"

Introduction to my life

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Sarah Campbell I am 26 years old. I have played soccer since I was 9 years old. I graduated from Mercer Co in 2004. After graduation I went to EKU for a year. Looking back now I wish I would have listened to my parents and applied myself while I was there I guess they were right. Since EKU I have been working full time at Nursing homes in Lexington. I became a Certified Nursing Assistant in 2003 while still in high school. I am going to let you in on some key factors that has made me the person I am today.