The 8 Year Plan

Anyone that has known me for awhile knows that my college career wasn't exactly "traditional". Well maybe my first 2 years at Bowling Green were traditional depending on who you ask. I lived on campus and friends, partying and spring breaks were more important than class and studying. I was young and stupid and although I had fun, I wish I could go back and redo the beginning at BG. After the partying started settling down and never taking school very serious I quickly became a wife and mother (and racked up a lot of student loans).... and that's when "life happened." Anytime someone would ask me about school I would say, "life happened" because it did. Being a wife and mother took precedent over school. For almost 4 years now I would take one semester on, one semester off, go part time never really finding the time to put priority into school. After many major changes and a few school transfers I found a "home" at Lourdes. And finally, after much deliberation I have decided to go back full time this semester and finally bang out this bachelors degree that will ultimately have taken me 8 years. Something I am not proud of but something that happens when you have a family and school takes the back burner. Now as Audrey gets older  and Chris is away I am finally able to make school a priority. So I started today and have a goal of at least a 3.5 GPA these last two semesters! Chris will be home around October and I will graduate in December and so life will be crazy until then but I need to keep busy, so why not add one more thing to my plate?! I may be crazy but this will be the only way I will finish up my degree. So I am plunging in head first and for once making school a priority... and I am REALLY excited about it :)