Kirsten Buresh:  

Life ( January 2007) I am not sure how many people actually visit this site to see what old classmates are up to and where they ended up; on occasion, my curiosity gets the best of me and I start to look up any names I can remember. This 'gold' membership is for a 'trial' basis only, so I figured I would take advantage and post a bio..... Once I graduated from HS, I went on to the U of Iowa where I intially wanted to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy; however, at that time the program was super competitive and I didn't have the willpower to lock myself in my dorm room and study all the time. Two years later, I transferred into the BSN program to pursue a degree in the career I had wanted as a little girl. While at Iowa, I joined the crew team for one semester and it was a blast- I just didn't fit into the female stereotype of a rower and gave it up. Instead I did some volunteer work at the Red Cross and University Hospitals and also got a job as a phlebotomist in order to get experience for my future career in nursing. I met some great friends and the experience proved to be beneficial. Halfway through college, I decided to become a resident of Iowa and thus prolonged my college career by 1 1/2 years. Not being satisfied with the BSN program there, I graduated with a Liberal Arts degree and transferred into Rush's nursing program in Chicago. I moved back home, finished my BSN, and my first job was with Northwestern Memorial in their Special Care Nursery in the women's hospital. There, I took care of premature babies and loved every minute of it. In 1999, I moved into the city in the River North area and met a fellow graduate of Hinsdale four years prior ( 1987) and after dating for three years, we were married at St Michaels in Old Town in June of 2002. I left my River North loft to move into the Uptown neighborhood and eventually left Northwestern to work in a pediatrician's office and then returned to Northwestern to work in the Prentice Operating Rooms. While my nursing career was proving to be fruitful and enlightening, my marriage was not. Sadly, my husband decided he was not the marrying kind and unbeknownst to me right away, continued to date other women while we were married.....I forgave him once, twice, and then finally realized he probably would never change- not even for me... After living six years of what turned out to be the biggest lie of my life, my husband and I divorced...Expand for more