So the move back to the States was prompted by my need to finish college. I want to work as a Neo-Natal nurse, and there were no programs offered on the base or out in town that I was able to attend. I fell into a pretty bad depression where I quit blogging and quit contributing to Trekaroo. I wasn't me, I didn't engage with my kids, I didn't do housework, cook or anything other than sit on the couch and be miserable. I felt stupid, stuck and worthless. Education has always been important to me, I was a straight A student, always on the honor roll. I had big dreams from the time I was in Kindergarten. I was going to grow up to be an attorney, have a house on a private island and buy my Aunt Jen a Ferrari. Obviously, it didn't turn out that way. I dropped out of high school in 10th grade, pregnant with my daughter. Then I was married, pregnant again at 19, and did not get my GED until I was 21 years old. I spent two years raising my son and by 23 I was pregnant again. I'd tried to go to school, but my husband was newly enlisted into the military and we had very little money with children to care for. So I bounced from dead end job to dead end job. It sucked. So now that my boys are finally in school and I had free time to myself...I found I couldn't even enroll in a program I had my heart set on. So I threw one hell of a long lasting pity party that ended up with me and the children coming home.
So that's where I've been, but it's not all I've done! I shall be updating again soon with lots of little stories, including my experience lugging 5 huge bags of luggage, three carry on bags and a laptop case on a train by myself, in Japan. That was a hilariously painful experience I just can't wait to share!.
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YAY! I'm so happy to know that you didn't get eaten by a Japanese Yeti. I hear those things are brutal.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on pursuing your dreams! I need to go back to school, but I hate homework and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
However, I don't envy you for being in MI. I grew up there and this time of year is insanely cold.
Wow, you really do find the hardest paths. Most of us would just stalk some nurses, kidnap them, keep them in the basement putting lotion on their skins, and force them to teach us their trade.
ReplyDeleteAnd you opt for multiple million-hour plane rides with children.
Clearly, you do not know how this world works but let me know if I can help with any school application process problems you enounter. I have a useless Masters Degree; I've done this shit a time or two.