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- tiffstevens20
- I am 28 years old and going back to school for the first time since High School. Right after high school I joined the Marines then started my family. I have 2 wonderfull boys of my own who are 5 and 8. I also have 2 step children who are 12 and 16. I am very excited to be going back to school and strenghthening my life.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Crazy,Crazy days
I feel so overwhelmed right now. My ex father in law has cancer and between driving evryday to help take care of him and taking care of the kids my school work has seriously sufferd. I have not been able to get to a computer and when I finaly do I realize that I have a rough draft due today plus seminars to make up for and a quiz to take in another class.............I dont know what to do!!!!! I dont think I'm going to be able to pass my classes.........ANY help is welcome.
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Hi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about your former father in law. If there's anything I can do to help you get caught up so that you'll be able to pass, please don't hesitate to email me...
tatumbrown@student.kaplan.edu
Tatum
Hi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI can empathize with what you're going through-being the main caregiver. My heart always goes out to those who are suffering, but sometimes I think it is forgotten that the loved ones suffer too.
My husband was in the hospital for all of 2010. It was a very trying year for us. My son had to go stay with my in-laws and this killed me not having him with me. My husband was suffering from heart failure and needed a heart urgently. His health started to go downhill fast and his other organs started to fail as well. I suffered too-mentally and emotionally. I didn't feel like I was strong enough to go through it with him and to have to live with severe anxiety, depression, and a weight of helplessness that accompanied me everyday. I literally had to talk myself out of bed and there would go days where I wouldn't speak to anyone-I felt like I was on autopilot. Go to the hospital and wait. Do school work and wait. It was heartbreaking and the only place I found any solitude is when I went for a run or immersed myself in schoolwork. This allowed me to not think about what I was going through. For a little bit I could act like I was a college student and my biggest worry was "if I was going to pass an exam." This was my escape.
So, what I'm saying is: HANG IN THERE! I'm not saying school will get any easier, but take it seriously and make it a priority because the work you do now will result in where you end up in your future. Get through it and you will be so satisfied with yourself for dealing with a personal matters and being able to stay on top of school. We are superwoman!
Good luck,
B