Well it’s official, I’m a student…again!

For the past few months Geno and I have been contemplating me going back to school. The job market for administrative assistants/secretaries isn’t all that great, especially with only an Associate’s degree. So after much discussion and research into a career that I would be happy in, I’ve decided to go for dental hygiene.  Now the process for this degree is pretty competitive. I won’t go into to much detail but it boils down to me taking 8 classes (26 credit hours) in 2 semesters - AND THAT IS ONLY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PROGRAM. I have to pretty much carry all A’s and a few B’s for those 9 classes.  Today I met with my academic advisor. She was able to get me registered for classes early (new student registration isn’t until the 12th). I paid for classes, bought books (and returned books that I was able to find at the used book store in town)…and tomorrow, I get to go shopping for school supplies!!!!  So there you have it…if all goes well and I get in I will be graduating in 2011!

For the rest of this week I’m going to be cleaning the house and getting things ready for eight weeks of school. Saturday I’ve asked Geno and the boys that for my Mother’s Day present that they just help me “clean sweep” the house - from top to bottom.  We are actually going to start tomorrow with me doing laundry so that, hopefully, we get done early enough on Saturday to take the boys to see Iron Man and POSSIBLY head over to the Fort Bragg Fair going on. 

For Mother’s Day I told Geno I wanted to NOT make breakfast, go to church (my church), NOT make lunch, watch PS I Love You & Spaceballs and NOT make dinner. Pretty reasonable, right?

Geno and I are doing the 5k race at the Biltmore Estates next weekend. My mother is flying down from Cleveland to watch the kids. I haven’t really been preparing myself for this race.  With the winter, my bronchitis and small back strain (that lasted three weeks). I’m still going to do my best and see where it takes me. We have, I believe 4-5 more races scheduled through Aug. with more probably on the horizon, mainly AFTER school lets out for me on July 10th.  The longest one so far is the Red Cross 10k. I did it last year and I hope to beat my time…even if it’s by 1 second! I was thinking about doing a half marathon before winter but I’m going to play it by ear, especially with school taking up quite a bit of my time over the next few months.

Well, there are storms headed this way and everyone is asleep - including my husband knocked out cold beside me - that is the joy of wireless internet, I can type from anywhere!

Goodnight!