OK, so I'm getting nervous now.
I'm nearly 45, and the last time I was in a formal educational situation was about half my lifetime ago (got an AAS in 1993). I start classes on the 25th at one of our local community colleges, pursuing a certificate program to qualify as a full-charge bookkeeper. Hey, my employer (a job training program) is paying for it and I think it's something I have some aptitude for.
My worry at this point is how in the *bleep* to juggle everything!!!! Last time I was in college, I lived with my grandfather, and aside from helping with housework/pet care, not a huge domestic load. For one year, I was working full-time (graveyard in a 7-11) while carrying a full-time credit load during the day, but that managed to be somewhat workable. Of course, Mt. Dew and Vivarin were pretty much a food group that year.
Now, I'm a good deal older, working 28 hours/week plus dealing with a commute that eats more time, and running a household. DH is also currently a student and has no domestic aptitude (he can handle carrying out a "please do" list, but doesn't have a lot of initiative). He'll also be facing finding a job around the end of October, when his trade school program finishes.
My brain says that my greater experience at life management plus a lighter work schedule (and an employer who treats my school as part of my job, thus prioritizing it) should make life a bit easier when it comes to organizing all this. Anxiety and other emotional difficulties are predicting something totally disintegrating, be it household, marriage, my mind.....
I'm already loading classes, appointments, etc., and to-do list into Google Calendar and doing my best to plan ahead, but I have this very nasty sense that I'm failing to spot some HUGE complication (and another sense that some part of my mind is coming up with a fictional "very nasty sense" to hassle me).
I'm not sure whether I'm asking for advice or just venting, really.
I'm nearly 45, and the last time I was in a formal educational situation was about half my lifetime ago (got an AAS in 1993). I start classes on the 25th at one of our local community colleges, pursuing a certificate program to qualify as a full-charge bookkeeper. Hey, my employer (a job training program) is paying for it and I think it's something I have some aptitude for.
My worry at this point is how in the *bleep* to juggle everything!!!! Last time I was in college, I lived with my grandfather, and aside from helping with housework/pet care, not a huge domestic load. For one year, I was working full-time (graveyard in a 7-11) while carrying a full-time credit load during the day, but that managed to be somewhat workable. Of course, Mt. Dew and Vivarin were pretty much a food group that year.
Now, I'm a good deal older, working 28 hours/week plus dealing with a commute that eats more time, and running a household. DH is also currently a student and has no domestic aptitude (he can handle carrying out a "please do" list, but doesn't have a lot of initiative). He'll also be facing finding a job around the end of October, when his trade school program finishes.
My brain says that my greater experience at life management plus a lighter work schedule (and an employer who treats my school as part of my job, thus prioritizing it) should make life a bit easier when it comes to organizing all this. Anxiety and other emotional difficulties are predicting something totally disintegrating, be it household, marriage, my mind.....
I'm already loading classes, appointments, etc., and to-do list into Google Calendar and doing my best to plan ahead, but I have this very nasty sense that I'm failing to spot some HUGE complication (and another sense that some part of my mind is coming up with a fictional "very nasty sense" to hassle me).
I'm not sure whether I'm asking for advice or just venting, really.
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