I will be finishing my first semester in college this afternoon, and it feels amazing. I have really enjoyed classes so far, and I feel that it will only get better. I am confident now in the benefit of my waiting to go back to school, because I look around at the kids fresh out of highschool and see their lack of drive and dedication, and I know that I would have probably been the same way, had I not lived a bit of life first. I know for a fact that is the only way for me (beyond some fateful rocket ride to fame that no one, much less me, can count on) to be financially successful and fulfilled is to get a degree. I see my mother living paycheck to paycheck at 52 years old, and I know that I will not let myself be that person. I have to take strides to secure my future, and they need to be purposeful ones.
I plan on getting my bachelors degree in Social Work, and then my MSW, and finally getting AASECT certified as a Sex Therapist. Big plans all start the same way: with baby steps. I may be just a community college student working part-time as a nanny right now, but one day I'll have my own corner office and make six figures from talking about sex.
Dreaming had finally been replaced by doing. Love it.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
eight weeks before i move home!
super stoked.
i've started on a diet and excercise plan to try and lose a few before i go back.. i'm not banking on dropping any jaws, but just fitting into my clothes a little better would be lovely! have been at it for about a week and a half now and have lost a little more than five pounds, so obviously i'm doing something right! really there's no reason to not do it, with this gig i have a free membership to the YMCA and all of my food is bought for me, so i'd honestly be nuts to NOT do something.
the girl's father asked me tonight if i was more excited or scared to go back to school (i haven't taken anything even resembling a college class since graduating highschool in '06) and honestly it's all excitement! especially since it will be community college the first two years and i mean.. not to be a bitch, but virtually ANYONE can take those level courses and survive. the only really worrisome thing will be writing papers, because i somehow avoided writing them in most any capacity throughout my public school career, so this should be interesting. perhaps should go to the library and see if any books are out there to help me prepare. speaking of books, i have a lot of erotica that i apparently need to read, like venus in furs and torture garden and ghosts of sodom. gotta love a nanny who is a porn fanatic.
super stoked.
i've started on a diet and excercise plan to try and lose a few before i go back.. i'm not banking on dropping any jaws, but just fitting into my clothes a little better would be lovely! have been at it for about a week and a half now and have lost a little more than five pounds, so obviously i'm doing something right! really there's no reason to not do it, with this gig i have a free membership to the YMCA and all of my food is bought for me, so i'd honestly be nuts to NOT do something.
the girl's father asked me tonight if i was more excited or scared to go back to school (i haven't taken anything even resembling a college class since graduating highschool in '06) and honestly it's all excitement! especially since it will be community college the first two years and i mean.. not to be a bitch, but virtually ANYONE can take those level courses and survive. the only really worrisome thing will be writing papers, because i somehow avoided writing them in most any capacity throughout my public school career, so this should be interesting. perhaps should go to the library and see if any books are out there to help me prepare. speaking of books, i have a lot of erotica that i apparently need to read, like venus in furs and torture garden and ghosts of sodom. gotta love a nanny who is a porn fanatic.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
oh boy, totally just remembered i had this thing!
have since finished out the job in northern VA, went home, worked retail for a little while and am now working as a nanny again in virginia (hampton roads area this time) as a nanny for another set of twins, girls this time. very much enjoy my position here, i make great money and my bosses are fabulous, but at the end of july i'll be moving back to north carolina to go to college! very exciting for me.
it's amazing how different families are in their attitudes and their routines, makes me wonder what my own will be like, if i ever choose to have one. working with children so intimately, even with a great family like this, has really pushed me to question if i want to bring any of my own into the world. life is so short in the scheme of things, and i think i might just want to live it for me and do exactly what i want to do with it and not have to worry about fitting in more human beings. also considering how the environment is going into the toilet and overpopulation becoming an issue, i actually think it's a little irresponsible to have kids, ESPECIALLY more than one, so.. we'll see. perhaps i'll meet the man of my dreams and want nothing more than to create life with him, but i sorta doubt it. only time will tell!
have since finished out the job in northern VA, went home, worked retail for a little while and am now working as a nanny again in virginia (hampton roads area this time) as a nanny for another set of twins, girls this time. very much enjoy my position here, i make great money and my bosses are fabulous, but at the end of july i'll be moving back to north carolina to go to college! very exciting for me.
it's amazing how different families are in their attitudes and their routines, makes me wonder what my own will be like, if i ever choose to have one. working with children so intimately, even with a great family like this, has really pushed me to question if i want to bring any of my own into the world. life is so short in the scheme of things, and i think i might just want to live it for me and do exactly what i want to do with it and not have to worry about fitting in more human beings. also considering how the environment is going into the toilet and overpopulation becoming an issue, i actually think it's a little irresponsible to have kids, ESPECIALLY more than one, so.. we'll see. perhaps i'll meet the man of my dreams and want nothing more than to create life with him, but i sorta doubt it. only time will tell!
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