PART ONE:
I have been thinking lately about how much I love the stage of life I am in. People would still consider Robbie and I newlyweds, but I feel like now that it has almost been a year I have a better idea of who I am as Kelli Matthews. I have problems and I have worries but nothing too major. It is so nice to only worry about myself and Robbie. We can do whatever we want whenever we want. We are poor college students but we have sufficient funds for our lifestyle. Our biggest challenges are each other, but even then nothing too major(most of the time).
I love the season right now. I love fall fashion. I love bringing out my boots and long jackets. I love the leaves changing. It makes me want to do something drastic to my hair, like cut or color it or both. I love that fall means celebrating Robbie's birthday, our anniversary, and my birthday.
I like that school as started, because it means we are moving further into our future. I don't want to move too fast though. I am liking our apartment and our ward more and more. We haven't made too many friends since the move, but I anticipate we will sometime soon.
Right now I am listening to Sara Bareilles' CD called Kaleidoscope Heart and I like it a lot. It only cost $11 bucks!
I have been obsessed with cooking lately. This last week I cooked 3 meals! Here are my overall results:
Creamy Taco Casserole score: 8/10 --surprisingly delicioius, appearance is odd, and very filling.
Angel Hair Pasta Salad score: 5/10 --amazing flavors, just a lot of work.
Chicken Tetrazzini score: 9/10 --easy to prepare, it's a little different but most people would like it.
PART TWO:
I've been debating a lot with myself these last couple of days. I don't really know what I want to do when it comes to school. Right now I am working full time at the dental clinic and taking a whopping one online class and one night class. pretty easy. I feel like maybe I should go back to school full time and get my prerequisites done for dental hygiene and then go straight to dental hygiene. Sounds simple right? Well I have some issues...
first: Do I really want to do dental hygiene?
I think I do. It might be a little boring, but I think I would enjoy it for the most part.
second: Robbie and I would be desperately poor college students if I quit my job.
I'm not sure the people at my job would like it if I asked to be part time. And I kinda think I would go crazy if I tried to do full time school and part time job at the dental clinic. Too much on my plate. I would like to just focus on school. But I don't want to be desperately poor.
third: Robbie will be done at BYU in 2 years. It would take me approximately realistically 4 years to complete everything for dental hygiene.
Doesn't really match up. Plus what if I want to have a child? I don't want to wait over 4 years.
My alternative-
Continue to work full time for College Dental as a dental assistant while sadly and slowing taking night classes or quit school? And probably never earn a college degree? Not going to lie, it sounds somewhat tempting, considering it would be an easy life.
But I am so young. 20 years old. People. I want to do something more. Maybe I won't do dental hygiene. Maybe I will do something else, like hair school. haha. I really don't know. oh boy.
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Take it from someone who is married with a baby girl and attending school. If you really want to make it work, you can. But if you feel you should wait and further your education, you can do that too! You are still young. I was 24 when I had Janen! The best thing you can do is pray and fast about what you should do. The answer will come or you can take a step in one direction and the Lord will let you know if it's right. This may sound crazy, but it was easy for me to go to school after I had Janen because I had more focus and direction on what I really wanted to do. Good luck with figuring everything out!
ReplyDeleteI loved this post. It is neat to hear about all your options and your feelings about them all. You will be glad one day when you can look back and read that and think, "crazy how all things just kind of worked out". I came across a piece of paper where I had pros and cons and all different options for schooling and work and it made me smile. Good luck with everything and I am sure you will do what is right for you all. Love you.
ReplyDeletewhen all of your kids are grown up your going to be a bored old woman with nothing to do... because your life mission will be fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteGet an education and a career and have an interesting life haha. Plus.. it'll be a nice thing to be able to fall back on.