Great Expectations

I think one of my biggest challenges is my expectation of myself. I really beat myself up when I do not do as well as I could have. I hate it when I make careless mistakes. I am getting better though. I have learned to read instructions carefully and take my time completeing assignments. Another challenge I have faced is time management. I have taken control of that however. When I first started classes I felt guilty when I would use my free time in school and not with my kids now I do both. I let them get involved, I made them their own notebooks and gave them their own "school books" and we do homework together. I also got them their own little laptops (vtech) and they go to class with me too. It is a lot of fun. I get a lot more done and hopefully they are learning good study habits. As far as challenges go though I welcome them, I feel a sense of accomplishment when I can complete them. Life is funny how it all works out, when I was in high school I wish I would have realized how important my education really was, I would have gone to college or maybe had more ambition towards a career. I was raised in a little town in Kentucky and our biggest goal was to get married, start having kids and let a man take care of you. It was a huge eye opener when we moved near Chicago. Needless to say, I did not go back to school I got a glamorous job waitressing and then bartending. I met my husband and we got married when I was 29. My family had declared me an old maid til then. Now here I am in my mid 30's and have two wonderful little girls that I want to give the world to. So... bartending and waitressing for me is not gonna get it. I want to have a career I can go to have a steady schedule and be able to share my life with my family not just co-exist.