Back to college I go

Well, I finally did it.  I made my way through my first week and a half back to college! It's been an emotional roller coaster with some highs and lows but I'm surviving and more than that, things are starting to make sense. Thank you, Lord!

This is a picture I took last week on my way to the library. I usually eat lunch under one of those big trees!

I'm starting off with two classses...the first is History, the second Accounting.  History is looking to be like something I'll be able to handle without much effort, Accounting on the other hand...the exact opposite.  I'm so glad I had the sense to open up and start reading the first chapter before the class started because our first quiz was due the day after our first class and our homework...which literally took me five hours to complete, was due two days after that!  I'm learning a whole new level of time management and I'm also gaining a new respect for working/student mommas!  I'm also realizing just how I easy I had it to simply be a SAHM.  Yes, life was busy and exhausting with little ones when they were all smaller, but seriously...the SAHM gig has a lot of perks!

The Accounting class is intense and I already know I'll have to spend a lot of time getting into the thick of things to learn and remember all there is to know about income statements, balance sheets, owner's equity and all that good stuff.  I'm taking one day at a time and right now I'm just thankful that I don't have to know it all in the first week.

I'm learning to give myself some grace, be super duper organized and use my time wisely.  Being in school is gonna take my life and the level of busyness to a whole never level but I think I'm up for the challenge. I've had to do some thinking and praying and have also had to let go of some commitments so that I can allow time for my studies.  One of those things is the decision not to return to MOPS this semester. I've been so blessed over the past two years with the friendships I've made and I'm so glad I decided to take that step towards relationship.  I'm gonna miss everyone!

Please continue to pray for me as I start this new venture.  I know that my worth isn't measured in what kind of education I have but I really feel that making the effort towards getting a degree is going to open so many new doors for me in the future.  Every day I pray that the Lord would open up my mind so that I can retain all there is to know from my classes.  He's been so faithful sending just the right friends...and ones that don't even live close to me...to help me be encouraged and know that I can do it.


My life verse for the past two weeks I shared with Audrey when she started school and one that I have been reminding myself over and over is Philippians 4:13:

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

It's a great reminder that I don't have to be strong enough on my own.  I get my strength from the Lord and even in the moments when I feel like I might just crumble for fear of being not enough, He is right with me. HE is my strength and I can do anything I put my mind to because I have Him right there with me and together we can do it!