pstlyfdiva's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beejeezus
Put yourself in my shoes. What would you think? I thought she was confessing to cheating on me, or lapsing with drugs, but mostly cheating. I didn’t say anything for a few seconds and then I said, “What do you mean?!” She heard the panic in my voice and instantly started soothing me, realizing her poor choice of words. Too late, I was bawling. Silly I know, but that really scared me! In the long run she was talking about with school, which truth be told, she has “been bad” in that department this semester. She was taking 3 classes, dropped one (which was ok, because we realized it was a redundant course), so that has left her with 2. Her favorite is geology, which she only likes because she has a lovably crazy Hungarian woman as her professor, who is very laidback and understanding. The other class is US History, which she likes better than her attempt at Western Civ, but honestly, she just hasn’t done the work. She hasn’t done her reading; she hasn’t done her study guides. The one test she did a study guide for, she got an A, the others weren’t in the same solar system. All of this is sinking in with her; she is scared and feels the crunch of semester end. I know I am the reason she is in school, but in the long run it will behoove her to have a college education. What would happen with us if I lost my job? Right now I am the major bread-winner (I make over 3 times what she does), but what if something happened? I do not have a college degree. I want one. I went to college for 5 years, but never finished. Now I make too much for financial aid, am not at a place that I want to take out yet another loan and time constraints with my job don’t really allow me time for class and studying. Oh, and the small detail that no college within a 100 mile radius offers the degree that would jive with my career. I just hope that she realizes what an opportunity she has and learns to buckle down. Oh and if she ever scares me again like that I will burn all her clothes. ;-) 4:23 p.m. - 2006-11-28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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