School is Cool!

Yup, that's right. School is way cool. And I just so happen to STILL be in school! My education plan really got screwed over once I had kids...but at least I will be an empty nester by the time I am 39! I CANNOT wait for that day.

I finished high school early and jumped right into college. I was hoping to finish with my Bachelors by 2007...it is now 2010 and I still have about 2 years. It's a bummer. I tried to go to school while pregnant with Emerald... I failed like ALL my classes. I was in and out of the hospital and just way too sick for school. When I was pregnant with Charlie, I started school through University of Phoenix Online. I did that for a year while living in Utah. It worked out great. I was going into the Elementary Education Program...like all the other billion girls that lived in Logan were doing. I wanted to teach Kindergarten or Preschool. Then when we found out we were moving to Cali...I found out that my program was not offered through University of Phoenix in the state of California. Something about different credentials or crap like that. I didn't really pay attention to what my academic counselor was saying. I was just pissed that I would have to change my program and it would take me even LONGER to graduate.

Once we moved here, I looked into the schools nearby...which there is only ONE school in the lovely Antelope Valley. (Which is another great topic for blogging...the fabulous Antelope Valley! Can you sense the excitement?!?) Anyway... it is a piece of crap school. They have no funding and I couldn't get into any classes. Plus, they don't offer Bachelor's degrees in my program. The only college that had what I wanted was an extension college in Bakersfield, CA. Which is a little over an hour drive. No way was I going to drive that far to go to class. And what would I do with my kids? Bring them to class? (I was not willing to put them in daycare...at least NOT here...eww)

So I found that my only realistic option was to continue with University of Phoenix online, but changing programs. So I got put back in the system and am currently working towards my degree in Psychology. Funny thing, my first original plan (when I was like 16) was to get a degree in Psychology. So it all worked out fine!

Right now I am finishing up my last week in a basic math class. Well, technically I am not finishing the class...Jacob is. hehe. He has done all my homework for this whole class! It's been fan-freaking-tastic!

I've been thinking about what I want to do with my degree...and I just can't really think about what to do with it. :) You see, my next door neighbor has a bachelors in psychology. She has one little girl (one of Emerald's BFF's) and she doesn't use her degree. She actually went back to school and got her Nursing Degree. And now is looking for a job as a nurse. I don't understand people who get degrees and then just like DON'T USE THEM. I ain't goin through all this trouble to just NOT USE MY DEGREE. So...the dilemma...what can I do with a degree in Psychology? What would I WANT to do with a degree in Psychology?