schoolhouse rocks

does anyone else remember school house rock? like the OLD one, that would occasionally show up on tv during cartoons or something? there's a fabulous Pandora radio station that i play for nuggie - children's folksongs - that will play "3 is a magic number" and it takes me back to being a nerdy little kid. i think my favorite was "conjunction junction"... anyone else have a favorite? i wonder what nuggie will remember in 30 years as she thinks back on her childhood?

so i think on tuesdays i will blog about school. i'm loving it and want to share my journey as an older student. this semester i'm completing some of the pre-reqs for a nursing program. i'm taking anatomy/physiology II, moral theology and sociology. i truly love going to class. i have the a/p class tues/wed/thur mornings and the other two are each one night a week. college the first go around seemed just like the thing to do. at the high school i attended it wasn't really even an option, that i can remember, to NOT go to college (any fellow LPCS-ers care to chime in?)  seemed like everything we did somehow turned back to - well, you'll need this in college, and when you get to college they'll expect you to know (fill in the blank mrs. b) ... so my first college experience was i think, wonderful - but more b/c i was growing up, getting to stand on my two feet for the first time and learning to live in a brand new city. it was a time of alot of personal growth and alot of fun! i met bub in college, made some amazing friends and had a great time. educationally, eh, school is really hard for me, i did what i had to do to pass and ended up graduating with a totally, completely, massively USELESS music business degree and tens of thousands of dollars of student loans to go along with it. THIS time around i'm savoring it. i feel like i'm finally persuing something that i really, truly care about. i think i'm more focused and therefore i'm doing better in my classes. i think something i realize now vs when i was 19/20/21 years old, was that something you really want requires work and commitment. i think when i was younger i wanted the result, but didn't want to make much effort. i also really love that i will have a degree in something actually useful. something that will almost guarantee i can find work after graduation. it takes getting unexpectedly fired from a job just one time to put some serious fear into your heart about what you will do if you find yourself very randomly without an income. i love that there is some stability and certainly a demand in nursing. i can work almost anywhere and do almost any hours - which is great since we for sure want to add to our family, but i love being home with our baby. so i can work weekends, nights, whatever.

so here i am - currently a "nursing intent" student at aquinas - hopefully i'll be a full-time for real nursing student this fall. i applied to the program and hope to hear something sometime in may - i'll keep you all posted.