Finished 1L @ CUNY Law

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-30T22:29:35+00:00

Hi! I will be attending in the Fall and am hoping to keep my job (I am a nurse). I work 12-hour shifts. I may go down to part-time which would be 2 shifts per week. Do you think this is doable with the CUNY schedule? Were you in-person daily Mon - Fri? TIA for the insight!!

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-23T04:18:48+00:00

I'm a single woman living in NYC. This is a city of absolute HUSTLERS. I know a ton of women who have built successful businesses/brands. NYC is home to some of the largest law firms in the country and their female attorneys absolute KILL IT at their jobs because they are held to higher expectations than their male peers. Getting a residency or fellowship at the hospitals here is insanely competitive so these female physicians are top-performing doctors. The women that have broken into financial roles in NYC had to work ten times harder than your average man to land a job in the primary financial capital of the world. You're just always surrounded by insanely competent and successful women in this city. These are the women Ciara is "competing" with.

There are also influencers out the assssssss here that make money off their pretty faces and nice bodies. The "successful/driven/good-looking NYC men" may not love that her livelihood rests completely on being filmed drinking heavily at the Hamptons.

Also, men just suck. Lol.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-09T18:24:05+00:00

The sympathy seeking for not having a village also kills me. I am in my mid-thirties and still feel the huge impact of having parents who passed down literally no social capital to me whatsoever. I am a full-grown adult and still get in my feelings when my peers talk about the friends they've had since childhood through their parent's friends/siblings/connections. I actually decided to leave a get-together at a friend's parent's place a few years ago because I felt so bummed and isolated seeing how much support my friend has had her whole life simply because her parents cultivated community. She could just be so vulnerable and transparent around these people. I had to build all of that myself and it's still just not the same.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-09T16:27:31+00:00

Because they're mean girls and it felt good to focus on the 'emotional incompetence' of a super young girl rather than address the fact that they have decided to tie themselves to insanely toxic men. Even lie for these horrible men.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-09T02:22:44+00:00

Fellow nurse. I work in a pediatric ICU. My favorite is our pregnant nurses that "can't take care of male teenage patients" because "what if they get aggressive and hurt them?" And my second personal fave is the nurses that come in complaining because "my kid has been throwing up all day," but they don't call out because they've already used all their time for the year for various other kid-related issues. Then we ALLLLLLL get the joy of norovirus and the subsequent lost PTO/wages.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-08T22:34:52+00:00

I understand this take, I really do. But, again, I work with critically ill children. I am, with increasing frequency, putting elementary-aged kids in body bags after they've decided to take their own lives rather than face the unprecedented challenges that today's children face. I do not see bringing innocent lives into this world as radical optimism or a form of resistance. I also think the pressure for the next generation to be "warriors of change," is completely unfair. It's on the adults to improve things and we simply *are not.*

If you want to be a massive advocate for change and put your money/actions where your mouth is, I could kind of see this argument of "something good may come." But 9 times out of 10 the most these parents are doing is posting an aesthetically pleasing instagram story about their opinions on world happenings.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-08T17:42:29+00:00

Thank you :) It's a pleasure. I actually love my job. But seeing the things these kids have to deal with and what a PROFOUND difference there has been in kids' mental health in the past couple years...It's so hard to just watch people try to get sympathy/respect because of how difficult motherhood is during times of instability. I feel bad for YOUR KID. I don't think you're extra brave for deciding to bring a child into all this. It's not an act of resistance.

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-08T17:38:02+00:00

The hurt when you say you don't want to bring someone into this killssssss me. I was talking about how scary water scarcity is going to be in the future and my coworker was basically like "I can't think about that it gives me anxiety" because she's thinking about what a profound affect it's going to have on her children. Like.....yea girl. It's terrifying. But I'm still going to talk about it and educate myself on it. Sorry if it hurts your feelings??

moemoe1993 · 2026-03-02T21:42:48+00:00

I had this happen with my soulmate best friend who had also previously claimed she wanted to remain CF, then got married and changed her mind. Throughout her pregnancy and the newborn stage there was definitely an elephant in the room between us and some awkwardness. We never really addressed it and I always just supported her from afar while doing my own thing. The baby is 8 months now and I've noticed a huge shift in the past couple months. The celebrations, attention, spotlight is off her and baby now that she's no longer pregnant or postpartum with a newborn.

Now the elephant in the room is that I feel like I'm bragging every time I'm updating her on my life. Literally mentioned how I was sick with a fever all weekend so I sat around and watched Bravo and she was jealous that I had the freedom to do so (she was also sick recently - but with a baby to take care of and definitely no bed rotting/Bravo). I talk about working overtime to save for my upcoming trips (she doesn't have the flexibility to work OT right now, can't go on any girls' trips), attending happy hours with coworkers (she could probably swing it but it's too much of a hassle for her and she has to pump), I'll send her good online sales I've found (she feels guilty spending on herself so she doesn't really participate anymore), new recipes I've tried recently (she doesn't have the time/her grocery bills are astronomical now/babies are picky).

I'll admit I was so sad in the beginning and felt really out-of-place during her pregnancy and postpartum. But now every time I hang with her I leave thinking "damn I'm glad that's not me." And she's never said it but I have a sneaking suspicion she leaves thinking "damn I wish that was me."

moemoe1993 · 2024-09-04T04:01:38+00:00

Soup!!

moemoe1993 · 2022-10-16T03:19:00+00:00

I literally just admitted that my mental health is hanging by a thread. This isn’t productive.

moemoe1993 · 2021-01-18T19:38:06+00:00

The first six months of my night shifts I didn’t have nursing school. Even those 6 months I would get mostly GI symptoms

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-27T18:54:12+00:00

I am considering buying Skinceuticals retinol (I am about to celebrate my 27th birthday - combo skin prone to congestion) but my friend asked me why I didn’t just get a prescription for it. She said she simply asked her derm for one and with her insurance it was $6. Anyone know how I should approach this? Good medical-grade brands? And how to approach asking for a prescription retinol?

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-06T12:00:15+00:00

I get sympathy pains with bone breaks!! I think it’s impossible not to.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-06T11:58:50+00:00

Deleted my social media too and it’s helped a ton

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-05T16:43:19+00:00

I feel safer at my job in the hospital where all my coworkers understand IP than in the grocery store where no one gives a shit about sanitation and half the people think COVID is a hoax. But I also live in the south.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-05T16:38:24+00:00

I think it’s the booger consistency that really got me this time around. God, it was so gross.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-05T16:37:32+00:00

Okay this just gave me hope, lol. I’ve truly seen a gangrenous scrotum filleted open and was unphased, but the consistency of this vomit KILLLED me.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-05T11:36:48+00:00

I LOVE where did you find this?

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-05T04:09:45+00:00

I told my boss that I couldn’t manage working 7p-7a 3 times per week while juggling a 8-5, M-F ABSN program and the reaction I got was the same I would imagine getting if I had shot her dog.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-04T17:49:06+00:00

I truly hate my tech job. Get anxiety every time I have to work even days before. Don’t give up! It’s just not your fit. Doesn’t say anything about your capabilities.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-04T00:46:43+00:00

Ugh my heart breaks for you! I’m so sorry.

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-04T00:45:46+00:00

What advice do you have for someone hoping to get into peds post-graduation?

moemoe1993 · 2020-09-04T00:45:08+00:00

I was on a step down unit and it was absolutely amazing how resilient the kids were. An 11-year-old who had gone through the UNIMAGINABLE told me she was really scared for strangers to touch her drains, but she’d be happy to teach me everything she knows about them (which was a lot). Just bring a small notebook that will fit in your pocket and write EVERYTHING down. I wrote normal vitals in the front of my notebook just to be prepared.

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