Back to school... for me!

So, I did it... I went back to school. A million years ago I left college (including a voice scholarship). After much fasting and prayer, I determined that it wasn't going to be the path that led me to the things I wanted most in life... a happy marriage, a family, to be a stay-at-home mom, etc. Leaving college was not an easy decision to make. In fact, it was quite difficult.
I remember going to my parents to tell them I was leaving school, and that I wanted to get a cosmetology license. I admit that I was surprised when they were supportive. I'm not sure why I was surprised, I just was. I figured that, being educators, they might not support the idea. But, they did, and I'm grateful.
Fast forward to just over a year ago... I heard about a program the church was offering through BYU-Idaho called the Pathway program. It's a program where they help members of the church who've been away from school for some amount of time, get back into college. Over the next year I thought and prayed about whether I should go back to school. It was obvious to me that this was something I should NEEDED to do. I needed to show my kids that it's not enough for me to say that education is important, I have to practice what I preach. I told Eric about my feelings, and he was 100% supportive. He told me that it was finally time for me to take some time for myself. (He's amazing!) So, here I am... back at school.

It's been an adventure so far. The kids and Eric have had to make adjustments and learn to be flexible. I attend class every Thursday night for 1 hour, which isn't too bad, and I have about 20ish hours of homework to do each week. It's a load to manage, but I think I'm doing ok. After I finish this first year, everything will be online; no more going in to a group class. I'm 9 weeks into my first 12 week semester, and I'm happy to say that I'm pulling A's so far...so far. ;)

I have 8 years to complete my program, but I hope to graduate the same time Chandler graduates from high school in 2018. We'll see...