Back to School!

Summer classes start two weeks from today!!!

I cannot even begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to classes.  Sure, it's probably going to be 8 weeks of torture in the name of education, but it will be worth it.

Two years ago, Mike and I moved from Missouri to Illinois.  He had just finished his degree, but I still had a few classes left to take.  Since we were getting married, I made the choice to put school on hold for a while.

As time went by, I began to feel bad about not completing my education.  I was working a retail job, isn't a college education supposed to save you from that?  [the answer to that question, by the way, is no]

Then I decided a year ago that I wanted to go to nursing school.  After speaking with someone at the local community college and discussing the boat-load of hoops I was going to have to jump through in order to apply, I quickly took the first step and tested for the CNA class, which I took in October and November.

I still have a few classes I have to take before I can apply for the RN program, which is what I am working on right now.

So today I drove across town to pay tuition for my summer classes.  I am officially a broke college student, but at least I'm happy about it.

I quickly sent my husband a text about paying for classes and here's the conversation we had:

Me: "Glad I'm going back to school.  Tired of feeling like a Big. Fat. Failure."

Hubs: "U r not a failure"

Me: "I feel like one."

Hubs: "You know how u said u were bragging about all my accomplishments?"

Me: "Yes"

Hubs: "I could only think of 4 or 5... Eagle Scout, Engineering degree, CAT job, & marrying u!  I love you."

Me: "Aww... I love you too."

Isn't that sweet?  Nothing like a text message pep talk from the one you love to make you feel better!