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Re: Thursday Randoms
Those comments aren't helpful and must make you feel crappy. I can see why he feels the way he feels (I'm sure it is a stressful time) but he doesn't need to "take" it out on you like that.
I am a little jealous (I dont know if that is the right word...hehe) that you are able to quit your job and go back to school. I think the older I get, the closer I am to being ready to focus on school. Unfortunately for me the support is not there. H is all for me going to school, but he expects me to keep my fulltime job + raise my child. Yeah, not going to happen. People do it all the time, but it's not for me.
Everytime he makes a comment about my salary I remind himthat I am willing to get a degree and a better job, but that I would have to quit my job in the meantime to focus on school, he shuts up. Boo for me.
Ha, no. He's an engineer with an MBA. And no shortage of self confidence. He thinks he's being "helpful". He and I can sometimes be a little competitive when it comes to our academic records/smarts. I don't mean this in a bad way--he really inspires me to be my best, but it does get a little annoying when he won't give me any victories. Yes, he is one of those always right types.
For sure, and I called him out on it this week. I even gave him a suggestion for a sort of backhanded compliment that I would accept better. I also told him that I'm about to spend the next three years in the most academically competitive situation of my life and will likely hear from plenty of people what I don't do well and have to face up to my inadequacies plenty of times and that I don't need to hear it from him. I need him to be puppies and rainbows now that the decision has been made.
Law school (or I suppose medical school if either of us were so inclined) is the only option we felt quitting work was acceptable. Full time law students aren't even allowed to work more than 20 hours/week and are discouraged from that. Part-time law school works for a lot of people, but probably wouldn't have in our situation for a lot of reasons.
If you are considering an undergraduate degree, I highly recommend looking into it on a part time basis. I worked and went to school, doing one or the other full-time at various points) and it was totally manageable. Of course, we didn't have kids, but I found that adding work to my schedule actually made it easier to manage my time. If your H would compromise by "letting" you moving to a part-time work schedule, and you were to take 6-9 credits a semester, I think you would be fine. Undergrad programs are flexible enough that this can work and I'll bet you wouldn't even lose that much time with T.
It's something I seriously need to look into. I actually don't even have an associate's yet.
I need to take two PE classes (blech) and 2 other classes - philosophy and anthropology maybe? Double blech. I should stop being a loser and buckle down. How hard and time consuming could a PE class even be? Ha.
I took a PE class my last semester and wished I had taken more of them. It had no homework and I counted as my workout for the day. It was a general physical fitness class. My brother took Bowling recently.
Definitely look into it! You won't regret it. I still consider graduating from college to be one of my greatest accomplishments.
Downloading MCC's catalog as we speak.
Yay! Good for you!
And as a bonus, I think you'll be eligible for the Hope Lifetime Learning tax credit if you take any courses.
Sa-weet!
Yes! I've just finished the worst of my very annoying project. It wasn't *so* bad once I buckled down and worked it, but it definitely took the right mood to get it done, as well as most of a day's effort.
Nice!
How much longer are you there for?
Until the 29th.
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Luckily, I shouldn't have to do anything for this customer. He is kind of PITA. Super nice, but totally hands me stuff that is in utter chaos that I stare at for a week just trying to make sense of it all.
I have one project that I'd like to complete that will be kind of big, but should be manageable. And then two others that are just wrapping up a couple of loose ends.
Add me to the husband griping list. It's not good here right now, and I'll just leave it at that. But it sucks.
Sorry to hear that others are having issues too. GRSP, I hope Mr.SP's back heals very soon, and in the meantime he's very gracious for the extra work you've been doing. Diana, I hope Mr.Prince adjusts his attitude very soon and starts being more supportive. I can imagine he may be freaking out a little, but there's no reason for him to be so negative. Boys are troublesome.
And Molly, great news that you're looking into going back to school! That's awesome! I'm surprised that any degree requires a PE class though. I have an associates and a bachelor's and never took a PE class. Granted, I never took a math class either, but that took some careful finagling.