My Support Staff

I just had to post about how wonderful and supportive my husband is with my schooling.  This week has been a good example.  I had a few hundred pages to read this week, an exam to take, a short paper to write, lectures to watch, and a 7 page paper to write for my adult development class.  Let's just say that on Monday I was feeling more than overwhelmed. 
I managed to get almost everything done by yesterday afternoon.  When Nate came home from work he asked if I'd gotten my paper done yet.  It was the last thing I had to do and I had hardly started on it.  He immediately informed me that he was going to make dinner so that I could get to work. 
I was expecting macaroni and cheese or something equally as simple and quick, but my fabulous husband proceeded to whip up a delicious made from scratch meal.  We had lemon chicken with rice and a homemade pound cake with lemon icing for dessert.  I'm not gonna lie.  It was better than what I was going to make.  =) He even cleaned up the kitchen afterward. 
I'm so grateful for a husband who doesn't hesitate to jump in and help out when I need it.  There's no way I could do all this on my own.

Ace!

I just got my results back for my latest Adult Development & Aging exam.  Can you say 100%?!  I'm lovin' it!  Top that with the fact that I just finished my shortest and easiest stats module of the semester and today is a good school day.  Two more weeks!

What are you going to do with that?

When people first find out that I'm going to school I usually get three questions.
1) What's your major?

2) When you will be finished?

3) What are you going to do with that?

My major is Family Life Studies, I will be done in approximately 2 years (I decided to go back to 2 classes per semester), and I really hate question number 3.
I didn't go back to school with some lofty career goal in mind. I really didn't go back to school with any goal in mind other than to learn and to get my ever elusive bachelor's degree.
I'm a stay at home mom and I love being home with my kids.  For me, getting a college education was always just a given.  It was non-negotiable and I was well on my way until the man of my dreams interrupted me and we got married and started having babies!  (side note: I love my husband and my babies to death and I in no way harbor any ill feelings towards them for detouring me on my educational path.  They simply educated me in an entirely different way which has molded me into who I am now.) 
Now the stars have just aligned in a way that allows me to finish a degree online while still being a stay at home mom.  So what am I planning to do with my degree?  I plan to frame that sucker, put it on my wall, and use all my new found knowledge to make my life and the lives of my family better.  Whether that will include working full-time or simply applying the things that I learn to my own life, relationships, financing, etc. remains to be seen.  I'll cross that bridge when I get there.  So until then.....just don't ask.