Sunday, August 25, 2013

School

Yesterday I went to my soon-to-be sister-in-law's bridal shower. My two older sisters were talking to me about school. They asked what I was going into and what I planned on doing with it. I said that I didn't really want to do anything with it, just be a mom. They then asked me why I was still going to school if I wasn't really planning to use it. I admitted that one reason was to defer paying my student loans. One sister said, "You don't have to go to school to defer your loans." Well that was news to me. They told me that I can fill out a deferment form for financial hardship (which my older sister has been doing for years at a much higher income than ours.)
When I picked up my husband on my way home (he was spending some extra time with his family while I was at the bridal shower) I talked it over with him. Truly, I am tired of going to school. It's a lot of stress and I felt guilty over accruing more debt to do so. I do find it interesting to learn new things, but the papers and other homework really do stress me out. My hubby pointed out that I'm a lot happier when I don't have to stress over school.
We also looked at it financially. I have about 4 semesters of school left before getting a 2nd bachelor's degree. Or two more school years. In students loans it could save us $11,000 if I stopped going to school. Not to mention books and other supplies.
Now I just need to talk to financial aid and figure out how to do a complete withdrawal from school. Where school doesn't start til tomorrow I shouldn't have any penalties or anything to worry about. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. I think I am, but will I regret it? Hmm. I think only time will tell.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

New Semester

I have a little more than a week until the next semester starts. I'm slightly nervous. I don't know what to expect with Weber. I have two night classes and two online classes. I'm actually more nervous about my online classes than the other two. I've taken a few online classes over the years and they always end up being harder than regular classes.
Also, my schedule and my hubby's schedule don't line up so well. He has classes during the day and works in the evenings. I have work during the day and have most of my evenings free. The only time we'll really have together are Tuesday nights and the weekends. It's going to be weird not seeing him. I feel like I barely spend time with him as it is and now we're reducing that time majorly. We'll need to plan it better for the spring semester.
We paid for our Anime Banzai registration! I'm so excited for it. Though we aren't really planning on wearing any costumes this year. I couldn't think of anything to do. The theme is mecha, as in large robots with human pilots. I've watched a few shows that meet the criteria, but none of them really make me want to cosplay one of their characters. I guess we don't have to dress up, right?
Well I need to get to sleep. We've not been getting enough sleep of late and it's really starting to wear me out. No bueno. ttfn!