Now What?

Well the kids have been at school for a little over a month now, I have cleaned, organized, rearranged, caught up on my craft projects, am almost finished with this year's scrapbook and I find myself asking, "Now what?"

As part of my yearly evaluation at work, I have to list a goal. For about the past seven years I have listed getting my BSN as a goal (I may or may not be a bit of a procrastinator😬). I have used Homeschooling the kids as an excuse for as long as I can, and it doesn't look like Jeff Probst is going to be calling me anytime soon to be on Survivor so...

I have made all the phone calls, emails and connections to get the ball rolling. As I was filling out transcript requests, I realized that maybe I should have kept better track of when I actually went to school. Being in the military and moving approximately every two years has left me with kinda a long list of schools - not to mention it's been more than 17 years since I needed to know this information. I thought this part of getting started would be the biggest headache, but thanks to today's technology it was all done in less than a week. The advisor said I could start classes October 27th, and I was like, "Hey, whoa, slow your roll, advisor-lady!" What was she thinking? I had stuff to do. Then reality hit me in the face and was like, "No, you don't, you lazy cuss; stop your procrastinating and do it!"

So with the prayers and help of my family, friends and co-workers I begin this new journey. This will be a big change for me - no sitting in class, no teacher to look at in the face, no chalkboard or overhead projectors; it's all done online. Each class is only five weeks long with a two-week break in-between. I have thirteen classes in total to complete my BSN.

So as a motivational goal, I have promised myself a graduation celebration at the most magical place on Earth. The timing should work out to right around when Garrett will also be graduating (or really close to it). So if I can get him on board we can gang up on Sean and get this thing locked down.