Yes I am doing what I swore I wouldn’t do

I am going back to school AGAIN!  I want a better life for myself and a career where I can grow and do something I enjoy.  I love numbers.  I love people.  I would love to be able to work from home.  I would love to have my own business.  I am smart and well spoken.  I know I can do better then what I am doing.  Also I don’t want to end up in a field where there is limited opportunities for employment.

Plus I want something I can do while Nathan is finishing up Law School and starting his career.  Nathan needs to focus on that and so I want to be able and pull our weight and support our family during that time.  Plus I want to help provide a good life for my son and be able to give him opportunities I didn’t have and be able to send him to college and pay for it.  I had to work full time and go to school and IT WAS ROUGH! 

I am learning how to create a better budget and I am a frugal shopper and always trying to find good deals.  I hope to be financial secure and enjoying life and my family.  I appreciate Nathan’s father getting me Quicken and showing me how to use it.  Trying to juggle two separate accounts is difficult.  Lu is right we do need to merge into the one once we are married.  

I have the option to take my classes online or in a classroom but being a mother and working right now, it will be easiest to do this online.  I am going to get a Degree in HealthCare Administration.  This will open up opportunities for me to be able to work in a hospital or Doctor’s office or even work from home doing Medical Billing.  I find many job openings requiring experience or a degree in this area.  It has limited me in opportunities that have interested me.

This has given me so much joy and hope for the future for my family and I.  Even when I was on disability and not working, I taught myself HTML and web development and then when to school and learned more.  However this field has so few opportunities and it isn’t easy finding work.  

I did all of that when I was about 29 and said ok I won’t go back to school again.  Well here I am going back to school and couldn’t be happier.  I feel like I am getting into something solid and secure and will be able to provide for my family.  I want to have money saved for a rainy day and to go on family vacations.

This year is bringing so much change but all of the change for the better.