Pre-reqs, Fulltime job, and motherhood

[lperez02]

I'm currently struggling so hard to manage working full time, full time college, and motherhood. My day starts everyday at 5 am and out the door by 6 am to a 1 hour and 30 mins drive to work, and sometimes coming back home is approximately 2 hours depends on traffic. I go to school at nights for 3 days and another class on Saturdays. I'm so overwhelmed with the commuting and the amount of school work. Although i am try the best of my abilities to keep pushing forward some days i just want to quit my job. But i cant afford to do that because i am single mother of a 8 year old child, i have bills to pay. I don't know how to managed my time with work, school, and my child. I take 4 classes this semester, and one of the them A&P is giving me the hardest struggle due to the amount of work i have to submit every week. I really want to pass all my classes so far im not doing to bad but not to great either.

Has anyone been thru this working, college and motherhood. I could really use some encouragements and guidance. Thank you :)

[Zyprexa_Ho]

I personally will never have children for several personal reasons, but reading your post... holy ****. You keep on trucking. It takes a real strong person to raise kids and better themselves educationally just to give their kids a better life. You go girl!

[Sure2BaRN]

When I started nursing school three years ago, I had three children in school (2 in high school and 1 in college). The college student didn't really require a lot of attention; however, he was an athlete and wanted support at games. The 2 high school students required significant attention because not only were they in school, but they also had jobs after school. Needless to say, I worked full-time and was a full-time student. I found myself doing a significant amount of my school work on the job, mainly during lunch time. One thing that helped me was studying a specific subject on a specific day; for instance, Monday - Pharmacology, Tuesday - Chemistry, Wednesday - History, etc.

What you are doing can be accomplished with little stress. The main thing you need to do is purchase a good planner and organize, organize, organize. I would consider speaking with your employer about possibly changing your work hours. I work 7 am - 4 pm which reduces traffic for me going and coming. Look at ways you can change your current schedule and possibly get assistance from family members, friends, or others willing to assist you in accomplishing your ultimate goal.

[itiswell]

Is there any possibility of dropping to part-time for school? Getting into nursing school is hard and most schools (although there are exceptions) look for a 3.8+ in the pre-requisites. My hats off to you though, I just worked full time and went to school part time and thought I was going to die. I can't imagine trying to do school fulltime and be a mom as well!