It has been nearly a year since I registered for school and at least 6 months since I updated my blog! A lot has happened but I'll start with my class last fall.
In a previous post, I listed all the books/short stories that I had to read for class. I had to write a 1 page paper every week about one of the stories we had read. I also had 3 larger papers I had to write, the last one being about 6 pages long and a good portion of my grade. I was really nervous about writing papers since it had been such a long time, but with the editing help that my husband provided, I managed to get A's on all my papers.
The class was really fun. The teacher was great, and my classmates were all very fun to be with.
What did I learn from my experience in the fall?
1. Old habits die hard! I figured as I was much more mature now and that I understood the value of a dollar, I would be a much better student than when I was at 19.....not so. I am a poor time manager and still seem to procrastinate homework. Never in my life had cleaning the house fall at the top of my "to-do" list than this last fall when I had papers to write. I only took one class (twice a week), I wasn't working, and all my children were in school for 8 hours and yet every Monday I was sweating over the computer trying to eek out a paper. I will say that I never procrastinated reading! :)
2. There really isn't a cleaning fairy that lives in my house! Apparently if I don't clean, things stay dirty. I got a little overwhelmed with helping the kids with school work and my own school work and reading that much of the house was left to its own devices. I managed to keep everyone in clean clothes (barely) and we managed to eat off clean dishes (if I actually made dinner) but if we weren't wearing it, eating it, or company wasn't coming over, it didn't get cleaned.
3. School is a lot of money. My one (3 credit hours) class costs me $1400 dollars--not including the books and I quickly found out that working to pay for school will be the best option. I had planned on going to school winter semester but as I didn't have a job lined up yet, I decided to put school on hold until this coming fall so I can get a job and save up some money.
4. Old habits die hard (part II). I am a complete bibliophile!! I love owning books, and I love having a little library of my own. My husband went with me to get my books from the University bookstore, while I was in line to pay for my literature anthology textbook, and the two novels that were required reading, I turned to my husband and said, "You realize I won't be returning these books, right? They are mine now." With a roll of his eyes, he nodded his head. No doubt this was not a surprise to him. (Just ask him about the boxes of books he had to move into our new house!)
Things will be a little different this coming fall as my twins (K&C) will be starting junior high and my youngest (M) will be going back to a year-round school schedule in elementary. Because of this change, specifically, I'll be taking on-line courses this coming year. The first one up this fall is "Intro to English Grammar". I can only imagine how this class alone will change my everyday life! :)
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