Quote Originally Posted by AmandaKDT View Post

I am happy for you BrightSparks, but don't envy your 6 years of university - been there, done that! It was a long haul and I was soooo happy to graduate and be done with sitting listening to lectures and writing essays. So whatever I do likely will NOT envolve going back to school! Lol
LOL I am one of those crazy people who loves writing essays and research. I love to learn. I'm also going to a university campus with a very unique set up. My largest lecture in 1st and 2nd year would only be 300 people and in 3rd year I can expect to have less than 10 people in most of my major classes. I am happy enough, maybe foolishly and naively to be in school for 6 years from a learning perspective. I am however terrified at the financial aspect of things given that I have 2 teenagers who are by far more expensive than little kids and funnily enough, although not haha at all, my husbands new job position saw him lose some of his financial benefits today, effective Monday, so now it looks like I may be in this game a little bit longer and go part time on Fridays for the first semester or so, so I can save up some money for expenses...I do not qualify for any student loans or scholarships which is a frightening reality, nothing that I didn't already know, but sitting here thinking about it has me in a panic that's for sure. These are the kind of things I'm terrified of. Going to school, meeting new people and learning is long overdue for me.