This week had definitely gotten off on a running start.  We have started reading poetry.  I do have some favorite poets, but some I have a hard time understanding.  I guess with poetry it can be interpreted differently according to the reader and whether it touches a response in each person.
     Reading for me is many times like a vacation.  I can be take to different worlds, times, and places all without leaving my side of the bed.  The lamplight can become a moonlit path to a beach, or the sunrise on a mountainside. 
     Poetry requires a little more concentration or deep insight to understand where the writer is trying to lead the reader.  I just have to keep in mind to take it slow and savor each line or else I might get motion sickness, and not enjoy the experience. 

Week 4

Well it's week 4 and I think I have written more papers in these four weeks then I wrote all last semester.  I'm already trying to look forward to the reserch paper that's due the end of this semester.

In the past I have been a person that liked to wait until the last minute, but with 3 children and a new job that requires 40+ hours a week I can't afford to wait until the last minute.  With my luck if I did one of us would catch the Flu.

I'm still trying to figure out how I complete English 100 and English 300, but skipped 200 without someone telling me before now.  Well I guess they may not  be a pre requisite.

Week 3

Well it is another Monday.

I work with special needs children and sometimes Monday is a new beginning.  The weekend seems to throw everyone off of schedule.  The best way I have found to look at Mondays are that they are the start over button.  If something didn't work last week, just pick up and start over on a Monday.  I wish everything were that easy.

To have the privilege to work with special need children is truly a blessing.  They can be so innocently and bluntly honest, sometimes it hurts.  The children I work with, their love just seems to shine from every pore of their body.  If I'm having a bad day they can sense it and only try harder to make me smile.  If you've never experienced the love of one of these children I suggest volunteering to see what you're missing out on.

Special need individuals are not helpless or lower in class.  Many times they have better manners and more education than those they pass on the street.

So next Monday, press your start over button, and get to know someone special.

Week 2

Well as a returning non-traditional student this week has been full of ups and downs.  I spent the entire week trying to pick up classes so I can fulfill my full time status, and make sure that I don't take classes that I don't need.  Today was the final drop/add day and I find out that my full time status doesn't really matter because my financial aid is in limbo.  So now is decision time.  Do I keep the classes that I have fought all week to get into and just come back next semester?  Or do I go forward and hope everything works out?

Well I must go to part time, and drop half of my much fought over classes.  This means that I will have less out of pocket if my financial aid falls through and that my family gets to see more of my smiling face since I won't be secluding myself in my husbands office at night.

For anyone considering going back to school, it can be done!!!

Don't let doubts and worries keep you from doing it.  It is a great experience.  I thought about it for years and thought that I didn't have time or would not be able to do the work.  Believe me, I'm up for the challange and the sense of accomplishment is the power that keeps me going.  With 3 children housework never seems to end, and the laundry will always pile up.  The thing to remember is that each assignment down is one step closer to the finish line and a great career.  My children will grow up and start doing their own laundry, in their own houses and I will need something to do with my time.  Other than spoil my grandchildren. 

And a final note, if I finish with 3 children, then they don't have an excuse not to finish when they graduate high school!

First Blog Sept 1 2012

This is my first try at blogging.  I am a student of WKU in Bowling Green Ky.  I have decided to return to school and finish my degree since all of my children have entered school and it's time for me to do something for myself.  I have supported my husband while he has grown in his career and helped my children with more than a fair share of homework.  Now it is my time.  Time for me to grow and find a career I can list alongside the title of "Wonderful mom" and "adoring wife".  While I am very proud of these titles and could want no less. I still have a spot in my heart to help other children that may not have the support that my children received.  My family is a rarity today.  Sometimes children in our school system are raising themselves and a listening ear and a little caring can help them go farther in life.  If you know a child that could use a hug a day just give it.