Nursing School and Homeschooling!

I would have really loved to blogged my way through nursing school. It was such an adventure, unfortunately I did not have time, but I am going to give a brief overview of what it was like. I will never forget the complete overwhelming feeling I got the first day I met with my advisor....
She said, "So how many children do you have?"
"Four" I replied.
"Uh huh and you homeschool them?"
"Yes mam."
"So, what are you going to do when classes start?"
"I am going to continue to homeschooling we will just do schoolwork in the evening and weekends."
"Oh, and what does your husband do?"
"Well, he worked for the guide plant for 9 years and as you know it recently closed so, he is also going back to school."
"Let me get this straight, you are going to be a full time student. Your husband is a full time student, and you are going to homeschool your four children?"
"Yes mam"
"Wow, you are a brave woman!, I hope that works out for you."
That is when everyone started saying stuff like that. I came to realize that being called brave was not exactly a compliment, just pretty much a nice way of saying you are crazy!!! After my meeting with the advisor (and after I finally found where I had parked..hehe),  I remember sitting in my car just crying wondering if I could do the task that lay before me. There were many people/ things that helped me out along the way; I took one day at a time, had some great babysitters, a supportive family, began drinking coffee for the first time in my life, and a husband that is extremely understanding and willing to help out. It was full of challenges, scheduling was the biggest one, it was a nightmare. There were some quarters I didn't get my clinical schedule until the week before clinicals started. Tony was on the semester system, and I was at a different university on the quarter system. He tried to schedule night classes when he could, and mine were always during the day. I feel very fortunate that my children's lives didn't have to change very much. For the most part, they were either home with Tony, the babysitter, or me.  I was blessed along the way, I studied a lot, but passed every quarter and graduated at the exact perfect time. God's timing is wonderful. Our severance benefits from Tony's job ran out in March of 2009 and Tony and I both graduated in May of 2009. I began working immediately, it took Tony a little longer to find a job, but by August of 2009 we were both working. It was the first time I had worked in nine years, and we are still getting used to it. I am thankful for a job that I enjoy and for the opportunity to work nontraditional hours so I can be a homeschooling momma!!!