Like a Phoenix
I have an amazingly inflated sense of accomplishment right this minute.
In only a matter of hours (lol) I completed an online application about 4 pages long, despite interruptions and distractions and scattered bits of necessary information. Now that my loans are consolidated, my school debt is invisible -considered paid in full- by the school AND the financial aid agency. This means I'm cleared to go back and finish that damned degree.
So today I sat down (not for the first time in the last few months) and a FINISHED it. Of course, after starting it I realized I'd need information about the credits I took at RVC back in 2007. Fortunately, between being asked to stop and feed the kids and help Sebastian with a school project and make sure their room got cleaned and watching Dr. Who and everything else, I realized I had an official copy of my transcript from RVC that I had requested back in '08. When I originally asked for it, I had planned on sending the credits on to NIU to complete an interdisciplinary requirement and going back immediately to finish my degree.
See, I never planned on taking a four year hiatus from school, with only 4 credits (and a few specific course requirements) between myself and a bachelors. God, I can't believe it's been that long. Funny thing is, I was so ready to be done with school at that point... I was tired.
My father passed away during the weeks before spring semester started in 2007. I was pregnant, had a kidney stone, totalled my new car, bought our first home, lost our only source of income (the night before moving into the house), moved, and had a baby all within six months of his death. Then I attempted to take some make-up courses at RVC to get me closer to graduation without having to commute with an infant at home.
It was a disaster, as I'm sure any normal human could have predicted.
Four years later I've got two healthy kids, somewhat more stability at home, and a SERIOUS drive to get a degree and pull myself out of this bog I've been swimming in ever since.
Godspeed this application, and all the intent it is laden with. I'm rising from the ashes finally, and after all I've survived I can't help but believe that my future challenges will be met with more energy and resolve than ever.
In only a matter of hours (lol) I completed an online application about 4 pages long, despite interruptions and distractions and scattered bits of necessary information. Now that my loans are consolidated, my school debt is invisible -considered paid in full- by the school AND the financial aid agency. This means I'm cleared to go back and finish that damned degree.
So today I sat down (not for the first time in the last few months) and a FINISHED it. Of course, after starting it I realized I'd need information about the credits I took at RVC back in 2007. Fortunately, between being asked to stop and feed the kids and help Sebastian with a school project and make sure their room got cleaned and watching Dr. Who and everything else, I realized I had an official copy of my transcript from RVC that I had requested back in '08. When I originally asked for it, I had planned on sending the credits on to NIU to complete an interdisciplinary requirement and going back immediately to finish my degree.
See, I never planned on taking a four year hiatus from school, with only 4 credits (and a few specific course requirements) between myself and a bachelors. God, I can't believe it's been that long. Funny thing is, I was so ready to be done with school at that point... I was tired.
My father passed away during the weeks before spring semester started in 2007. I was pregnant, had a kidney stone, totalled my new car, bought our first home, lost our only source of income (the night before moving into the house), moved, and had a baby all within six months of his death. Then I attempted to take some make-up courses at RVC to get me closer to graduation without having to commute with an infant at home.
It was a disaster, as I'm sure any normal human could have predicted.
Four years later I've got two healthy kids, somewhat more stability at home, and a SERIOUS drive to get a degree and pull myself out of this bog I've been swimming in ever since.
Godspeed this application, and all the intent it is laden with. I'm rising from the ashes finally, and after all I've survived I can't help but believe that my future challenges will be met with more energy and resolve than ever.