I have been for the last 6 years, with my husband's support, a stay at home mom. In the past, I have worked as a nurse, secretary, restaurant worker, babysitter, etc. But I recently had to make some concrete decisions due to the fact that my LPN license now needs working hours along with the CE credits to keep it active. Gone are the days where I just pay my money each year and hope someday I will return to nursing. This has presented quite the challenge. It would be a financial nightmare to try and have me work and have to put kids in daycare. I looked into the option of getting my RN but there are significant challenges since my credits are now too old etc.
So I have decided to pursue a new career. Teaching. It was what I planned on when I was in high school so why not.
I decided to do the double major program (Elem Ed/ECE) through CWU at Highline. I worked with GRCC to register and finish my AA and found out I couldn't attend due to financial aid restrictions. I already maxed out the amount of quarters I can receive aid at GRCC, so I have to go elsewhere.
So I started looking into WGU and the Interdisciplinary Studies degree which is basically Education (K-8). I decided to talk to their staff and after careful consideration applied.
Yesterday I was officially placed on the rolls as accepted into the program for September.
About 1 this morning it hit me.
Am I stupid? Crazy? Loony? Disturbed? Daring? Insane? Mad? Unbalanced? Cracked? Nuts? Silly? Demented? Deranged? Daft? Bizarre? I am thinking I must be all of these things!
How am I going to do this with my 5 kids at home, 1 in college, and the kids I watch for the extra money? I was thinking I thought this all the way through but right now I am not so sure. I am sitting here trying to write this post and have already been up at least 10 times managing kids, phone calls, and snack times. Will I really be able to do school work with all this going on around me? Will I never sleep again?
I wandered the house early this morning and as I was preparing for my day I spied the fudgy brownies I made the other night. You know the really gooey ones with the cocoa frosting and it hit me. CHOCOLATE IS THE ANSWER! I will have lots and lots of chocolate to get me through this. It will support and bear me up in those moments when I think I am going to go ballistic. Dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate in every way imaginable. All of this I will be able to do with a good Hershey dark chocolate in my freezer.
Scarlett had tomorrow, I have chocolate.
