School starts on the 14th! This semester I'm taking one credit less than the last as well as one class short, which leaves me at 9 credits & 3 courses; all courses 3 credits each. I have my grad plan all figured out and I'm hoping to graduate with my BA in Marriage & family studies by summer of 2017. I know this plan seems smooth at the moment and within arms reach, but I know a challenge is bound to happen within the next year or two. What's life without challenges/trials right? I'm kind of excited and nervous at the same time just because last semester felt like my life was consumed by school. I hope this semester will be easier to manage since now I have the idea of what it's like to take on more credits and classes. I'm still not brave enough to take that extra step and be a full time student. 12 credits is a tad bit much now. I know that it'll help me reach my goal faster, but life is not only about me now and my priority is my daughter and helping her make the right steps toward a better future. Last weekend I finally decided to just make a schedule for Tina & I and actually write it down. I feel like I have it all together in my head, but it almost never plays out that way I had planned it. Writing it down just makes life a little less stressful and I'm working on making Tina a chore chart to help her with some earnings and hopefully value things more. The next few paragraphs were left as a draft from a I think a month almost two months ago about last semester, so I thought I'd go ahead and combine the two blogs since the main subject is school. :)
When I started school I had no idea what classes I wanted to take. Well, I knew what courses to take, but not the order. After praying, I felt impressed to take a Family History class (Prereq course), Communiations, and two courses towards my major in family & marriage studies, FAML 160 & 220. I've been trying for a while now to get involved in my family history work, but always failed because other responsibilities or getting side tracked. I learned so much in my family history class that I'm eager to start some projects hopefully getting all my family involved. I know I have family on the other side who are waiting for me to do work for them. For a while, I was waiting around for family to get things done so I could just take names to the temple to do sealings, endowments or baptisms. But that would just be the easy part. Learning about my ancestors, I've come to appreciate more the journey of family history work. I've come to appreciate learning more about my ancestors and where they came from. I'm humbled by their story and trying to continue the legacy. Family history work is a beautiful thing!
I decided to take a communications class because not only is it a required course, but I definitely need improvement with how I communicate with others, more so with public speaking. I feel that this will prepare me for the future as well as help me with my communication today. My communications course has also helped me understand how to better communicate with others especially with my husband. We studied about how to read a persons body language and how to best understand how others communicate to you.
I loved the courses I took for my major. It was all about the family; building relationships, parenting, marriages, roles as husbands and wives, how to have the sex talk with our children, and much more. It has prepared me for the future, but I've gained so much knowledge about how important roles are as mothers and fathers really are.
(I'm not working anymore, but I guess I'll leave this part up. This was a blog saved as a draft from a month ago)
I've had mixed feelings about work and still do. Being able to work from home is a huge blessing. When I first got hired, I believed it was a blessing. Now, I'm thinking maybe I just need to stay home because my daughter needs me. I'm grateful for my husband doing his best, but honestly if I just stayed home then she would be bathed everyday and fed every meal, like how it use to be before school and work happened. On my way from work, I have conversations with God. Radio is turned off and I'm talking to Him as if he was sitting next to me in the passengers seat. I laugh when I tell him about my day, I talk and sometimes I cry. Before I started looking for work, I was having a hard time planning things for our family. John doesn't like doing those kinds of things, so it made it a little harder to plan things especially when John does not agree or dislike the idea. He's more of a go with the flow kind of person and I'm the total opposite. I finally decided, rather that relying on him, just do it myself. There's always those what if's? My mom always taught me the importance of preparing, so whatever 'what if' happens, I'm prepared to do something about it. I can rely on myself.
School, work, and mommy duties wasnt as smooth as I thought it would be. I knew it was going to be challenging to juggle, but it truly humbled me. John and I have come to appreciate the roles we play in our family more. My daughter has been so understanding and patient with the changes I've made in our home by starting school and work.
Lol, fast forward back to today. That's why keeping record of your happenings is important because I love reflecting back on the past, never to dwell on it, but learn and progress from it. Life is good & I'm too blessed to be stressing about 'what if's'.
Live. Learn. Laugh. Love. Let go & let God!
