Back to School

I have been wanting to go back to school for some time now but have been hesitant because of my girls, work, scheduling, etc. I finally realized that I would not be able to support myself and my girls on what I make. Granted I think that I do pretty good for myself and can't really complain about what I make but I don't feel that it would be enough to support us and be able to do the things that I would like to take my girls to do, like go to Disneyland and the beach. So...here I am ready to go back to school.

I applied at UVU because that made the most sense. That's where I had gotten my degree before and it's close to home plus they offer a huge selection of classes. Well...after running my toosh off for about 3 weeks trying to get all of my financial aid in order and meeting with the counselors and admissions people the financial aid committee decided to tell me that I wasn't competitive enough for the nursing program and to find a different major or pay for school on my own. Knowing that the latter wouldn't be possible I decided to look into other majors. All I needed to do was get accepted into a bachelor program and I could still work on my nursing prereqs as well as another major. So I thought that psychology would be a good one because I would be able to do both as a career and I thought that I would be pretty good at both nursing and psycology. Then I decided that it would be too much on my plate to try a double major and found myself discouraged because I had figured out what I wanted to do and now these people who have never even met me were telling me that I wasn't good enough. Phooey.

I started talking to my mom and she suggested I look into something with computers because she seems to think that I show some sort of talent or smarts when it comes to them. She pointed out that my cousin was studying graphic design and maybe I could talk to her. So that's just what I did. Thought it was worth looking into. After not much luck in trying to work with the staff at UVU I decided to explore my options. It landed me at the Art Institute of Salt Lake. Where I am now ready to start school tomorrow. It's a bit sooner than I was thinking but...hey, why wait. I am studying web design and interactive media. I'll tell you that trying to get everything together to start school in one week as been hectic but hopefully worth it. My fist course is a color theory course and I'm really looking forward to it. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is the right direction for me and hope that it all works out. Wish me luck!! :)