Since my last blog post I have completed my first placement (4 weeks in a birth to 2 year room) and nailed it!! My twin boys Master E and Master J are now in Prep. Yep started and finished Kindergarten and are now in full time school! Lost a job, gained a new one and then lost that one and went back to the old one. Confused? I think I confused myself with that one. Night work finished up at my workplace so I got a new job, finished 2 weeks training and then realised I couldn't commit to the full time casual hours (which I thought were part time casual hours) and ended up back at the job that canned nights, but working arvo shifts.
So now I am working afternoons 1-6pm, kids are at school 5 days a week and I am still plodding away towards my Bachelor of Education degree. I thought with the boys at school full time I would have my days to dedicate to study and then head to work of a night. This new arvo shift thing has foiled that plan. I am now trying to cram study in between 9am and 11:45am. Not an easy task. The sacrifice that I have had to make is my weekends. Getting home from work close to 7pm means I have time to do home reader with the boys, eat some dinner, unwind alone for a couple of hours before heading to bed and doing it all over again.
The last two years have seen me seriously consider my choices and if I am doing the right thing. I feel like a hamster on a wheel, trying as hard as I can but still not getting anywhere. I am getting impatient, I want to finish the degree, get a job and start earning a decent wage. Uggggh still two and a half years to go. Oh well best get on with it and quit complaining. Which brings me to my new motto:
NEVER GIVE UP ON A DREAM JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH IT. THE TIME WILL PASS ANYWAY.
- Earl Nightingale -
