The last couple weeks have been super busy.  I recently got a part time job working at craft store in town.  I work on the weekends.  I love it.  But on top of school 4 days a week, then taking care of my kids and NOW work on my days off from  school.  To say the least, life has been hectic.

I have had to have Nicki watch the kids more.  Sometimes Tony isn’t home by the time I need to leave for school.  Plus when I go to work on the weekends.  She has been doing really well.  The only thing that drives me crazy is when I call to check up on them she doesn’t answer the phone.  Either she doesn’t hear it or whatever.  Scares the hell out of my though.  Usually I call right before my cell phone battery is going to die and then it’s dead by the time she tries to call me back.  My phone dies so quickly in the day.  I barely get a whole day out of  it now.   I need to do some  searches for cheap telephone batteries.  I just need t be able to use my phone the whole day, I am usually gone until 9 or 10 at night and my phone is dead by 7pm.

Anywho, life has been super busy.  I am tired and heading to bed. 

WOW it’s the start of another semester for Tony and I.  Tony headed off to his Calculus class about an hour ago.  He has two classes this morning and then one this evening.  I only have one class on Monday’s, Business Law.  The rest of the week I have two classes each day.  Yikes.  Nicki starts high school on Wednesday.  Holy moley what a crazy week.  On top of that I have decided to take on one last class not at the college.  It’s a tax preparation class.  I really would like to work a little before we move.  The money could be helpful.  The owner of the tax company said he has a Saturday class but he only has 2 people signed up so far.  He said he would like at least 5 people interested in order to go forward.  I really would need to take the Saturday class or I have to teach myself.  That wouldn’t be that big of a deal but I would much prefer an actual class.

I have a lot on my plate and I am ready (I think) for the challenge.  It has been 4 years since I worked and I think I have had enough R&R.  LOL!  One of my classes this fall is a Math class and I am pretty sure it should be easy peasy.  I am not going to stress too much on that one.  I took an Algebra class last fall and I passed with like a 99% so I can’t see this class being much more difficult.  Plus I have both Nicki and Tony that can help me if needed.  I think the most problem is that it is taking up time.  I have to be on campus for the Math class every Thursday for 3 hours.  Yikes.  I could be using that time for other things.

Anywho, I am going to take the rest of my afternoon and read some of my book.  I have my Business Law class tonight and I wanted to get a jump start on the reading.  Oh my what have I gotten myself in to.  LOL!!

I am so excited for Nicki to go back to school it’s not even funny.  She has done nothing this summer.  She hasn’t hung out with friends.  She hasn’t done anything fun but watch TV.  Oy vey!!  The only thing is with her going back, that means we all go.  Tony and I only have 2 weeks left in our break between semesters and I am truly enjoying myself.  I take care of the kids and the house during the day and at night I watch TV.  I hardly ever do that during the school year.

Lil Tony will also be going back to speech therapy.  I am excited because he is actually talking in sentences now the therapist just needs to help him clean up his words.  Some of them are hard to understand.

I need to do some school shopping, maybe get some clothes for Nicki.  Money is always tight for us so any savings I can get I happily welcome.  We have a kmart really close so maybe if i could find some kmart coupons that would help.  I know sometimes stores offer tax free shopping during back to school time.  I can’t wait until Tony and I are both working, we could really use the extra income.  It will be a sad day when I go to work but it will be well needed. 

Today ends another accomplished semester.  I took 3 classes this summer and I got A’s in all three.  I feel so proud of myself.  With four kids, trying to maintain an online craft business, my household chores, and do well in school is an amazing accomplishment.

In my Econ class I pretty much maintained a high B the whole semester then I ROCKED the last two tests.  I received a 101% on one test and a 104% on my final.  How cool is that.  Then in English I maintained a low A the whole semester but thought I was going to drop to a B because I took my final and I just didn’t study enough, I ended up having to leave a couple questions blank.  It sucked.  BUT, I did pretty good considering and I did well on my essay I had to write on a poem.  Wahoo!!  Really I am so excited.

Now I have three weeks off until fall semester and I am going to do nothing but craft and watch tv.  LOL!  This fall is going to be rough, taking five classes, so I need to get some relaxation time in. 

I am halfway done, by this time next year I will have my Associates in Accounting and be packed and moving across the country to Arizona.  Wahooo!!!

I have less than two weeks left of summer semester.  I am totally excited.  Partly because I don’t have to take anymore English or Economics class and partly because I am kicking butt this semester.  Or so far that is.  Last week I took a test in Econ and I was 110% certain I was going to fail.  I think I left some answers blank and the ones I did answer were pretty general.  I ended up getting a 93% on the test.  SERIOUSLY!!!!  Then I got some essays back in English and got A’s on both.  WHAT!!!  LOL!!  I need some sort of miraculous medal for doing so well.  LOL!   With four kids, a house to take care of and full time school and so far getting all A’s.  Now I don’t want to jinx it because I still have one more essay and the final in English AND two more tests in Econ so I could do really bad and drop to a B but that is still good considering.

After the summer I will have fall, spring, and summer semester and then I am done.    YIPPEEE and then we are off to Arizona!!!!  WAHOOO!!!

The end of summer semester is right around the corner.  Tomorrow begins our 8th week of 10 weeks.  I am so excited.  I will have 3 weeks off and then start fall semester.  I will have fall, spring and summer semester and then I am DONE.   I won’t have to walk in to campus and see girls in scrubs and Marcus lab coats.  The college I go too seems to be focused on the nursing field.  That’s all good and dandy but I am ready to move on.

I think what will end up happening is I will take a semester or two off while I try and focus on getting a job and then take a class or two towards getting a bachelors in accounting or maybe work towards a CPA.    I just want to find work, I want to make money. 

There is only about 2 weeks left of the summer semester and I could not be more excited!!!  I won’t have to take another English class or Economics class.  Wahoooo!!  I have done surprisingly very well in both classes.  I am shooting for an A in all three summer classes but I think I might be OK with a B.  I am pretty certain I will get an A in my Computer Accounting class and right now I am getting an A in English and on the border of an A/B in Economics.

I took a test in Economics last week and I felt really certain I would not do well at all.  I attended the lectures for the chapters the test was going to cover but it wasn’t until Monday (the test was on Wednesday) that I started to actually read the chapters.  I felt lost.  I felt there was so much to learn and study for before Wednesday that there was no way I would retain the information.  But I studied and read Monday night, Tuesday, and went to school early on Wednesday to study.  I ended up getting a B on the test, an 89% to be exact and that is ALMOST an A.    So that made me really happy.  The same day I took my English mid-term and there was two parts.  The first part has been graded and I got a 95% of it.  Also made me super happy.  I just can’t wait until break in between summer and fall semesters.  I think fall semester is going to be tough.  I am taking 5 classes.  All night classes.  So hopefully I will do well.

Only three more semesters to go until I get my Associates in Accounting.  Only three more semesters until we can move.  I can’t wait!!