School!

Has officially begun. This is awesome. It's my last semester at community college before moving onto a 4-year.

A brief history of my schooling:

I wasn't really ready to commit to school after graduating from high school. I went to medical assisting school and graduated from there after roughly a year (closer to 9 months, but I'll round up) with my certificate. Not a real degree. Took a giant ass test later on and became certified. This went nowhere. I couldn't really drop the idea that I wasn't doing what I wanted with life.

Fast forward...6 or so years. Get married, enroll in school. This was a fantastic idea. It's been nearly 3 years and I'm just about done. I graduate this Spring. This is INSANE.

I never thought I'd be here. I never thought I'd actually go through with college. I guess because I'm actually paying for it myself makes a huge difference. Now, I have Jack to think about. I am no longer doing this for myself or Todd. Now it's all for Jack and ensuring that he has the best possible future. In order to do that, I need a job. One that pays money. And isn't minimum wage.

I know that teachers don't get paid the best. However, I fully believe that to enjoy doing something it should be done for free. I love being a mom. My payment? Watching Jack light up and giggle to get to me when I walk in the door after school. Or watching him be so proud of himself that he can now STAND UP AND CRUISE WITH ONE HAND!!! I feel the same way about becoming a teacher. I want to see kids' faces light up when they learn something new.

I thoroughly want to get through the remainder of school while taking a full load. I would hope to get finished in two years. Thus far, I've taken 3 years to finish my Associates.


ON MUCH HAPPIER AND MORE RELEVANT NEWS:

Jack is cruising. As in, officially. It's amazing. We're sure he'll be walking before he's 1. He's also becoming a walking disaster. He definitely gets his mother's balance. He bonks into everything. Today, he fell into his push wagon and may possibly have a black eye tomorrow. Kids are supposed to be scratched and bruised, right? It's all part of learning and becoming a full on person? I hope so....

He's still not crawling with his belly off the floor. He's a little army crawler and we've decided it's okay. Seeing as he seems to be completely skipping crawling and moving right onto walking we figure it'll just come in sometime after.

He's still working on his top teeth. Last night he was up until 1:30 AM and woke up at 6:30. Dear lord. Thank goodness I now have an amazing babysitter and she loves and adores my child. She did get to see him throw a full on fit today and found it as amusing as I do. He throws his little body on the floor, buries his face into something and flails his entire body around like a floppy dying fish. It's sad and hilarious all at once.

Well, it's time for bed. We're supposed to get dumped with another 1/2 foot of snow tonight. YAY! Wondering where the hell they're gonna put it all.