Back to School!

In just a few weeks I start the first class I have taken in over a year!
Yep, I am back in school!
Well, whenever summer school starts anyway I am back in school.
I took some courses last spring but took last summer off because I was pregnant with Mia, took the fall off because Mia proved to be a far more high maintenance newborn (initially anyway, her first few weeks sucked but once I got to know her personality better, she actually ended up being way easier than Addie but I had already dropped the courses when I realized this), then I was going to get back in the spring but decided it would be way too much of a hassle to start in the middle of the school year.
I never ran out of excuses in other words to avoid what I knew I must do. See, I am very nearly done with school. I have met all of the sociology requirements….its those darn core classes that I have been putting off. More specifically it’s those two darn SCIENCE core classes I have been avoiding these last…what? 5 years?
Science.
Ew!
I cringe at the thought of it.
But I know I have to get them over and done with eventually. I really shouldn’t put them off any longer.
So this summer I am enrolled in a class called Sociology of Film since even after I finish those two dreaded science classes I am still 3 hours short of the required number of hours.
I am super excited about this film class. I think it will be a nice way to ease me back into the school routine. It is taught by my advisor and is supposed to meet on Tuesday mornings this summer (the rest is done online) but since he knows that I baby-sit during the day, he is going to let me either purchase the movies myself or borrow them from him and watch them from home! How awesome is he? I really do like Missouri Southern. I have had really good experiences with all of the professors---they really seem to bend over backwards to help whenever they can.
I also found out that the Child Development Center (the preschool on campus that I worked at for 3 years) is NOT closing after all! This makes me extremely happy since it is the preschool I wanted the girls to go to. So in the next few weeks I am going to put them both on the waiting list. I think Mia will turn 2 a little too late to be enrolled in the fall 2010 so they won’t actually go until January 2011 but I want them to be on the list because the classrooms fill up really quick. So looks like January 2011 I go back to work. In a real job, outside of my home. I won’t lie, the thought is both extremely exciting and terrifying at the same time! The thought of not having to wipe snotty noses and change other kids’ stinky diapers all day is extremely appealing but at the same time, the thought of being away from the girls for 8+ hours a day makes me so sad! At least they will be older and I know preschool is important so I am sure that will make it easier. I have to admit, I like the idea of “preschool” much better than “daycare” for some reason. And the fact that I have personally worked at this specific preschool makes me feel even better. At least I know what the routine is like, know the teachers, the rules, etc. I gotta tell you, it makes a huge difference in how I feel about it. 2011 seems so far away but when you think about it being 2009 already, it isn’t so unbelievable I suppose!