FutureRN2b8

Thank you to every single one of you for your inspiring comments! May you all be blessed and be safe.

Hi community! I'm usually a very positive person, but I'm feeling a mix of emotions (shock, sadness, excitement, nervous, worried) and looking for encouragement y'all. My husband just got fired from his tech job with only a 15 min advance notice. I think the lack of notice is pretty common in the tech field due to security reasons, but its a sucker punch in the gut to families...especially knowing our health insurance will be gone end of this month since we were on a single income. I'm a mom of two little kids and I'm about to start my 2 year nursing program in a few months. I know it's not ideal to be in school while raising little kids, however, it is what it is. California is expensive y'all, 18ct eggs cost $8.99, my monthly HOA just rose up to $500, and my husband has been scrambling and competing with 500 applicants for nearly every job application. I know he is highly capable and very smart, however the tech field/startups can be unstable as he has gotten laid of twice in three years and both his CEO and VP were let go due to board/investors' decision. We've been burning through our savings for the past two months, again. Praying we don't lose our house and hoping he lands a job asap. Already cried once or twice and now I just need to get my head straight and make this work for our family. I don't know anyone in my circle who went back to school with young children and I'm sure there are parents out there who have come out of this alive. Assuming that when my husband gets a new job, he can do morning drop offs and watch the kids on the weekends while I'm in the program. My eldest is in kinder and my 2 yr old will start part-time daycare soon. I'm guessing lecture plus clinical could be anywhere from 25-30 hours/wk more or less. Aside from time in lecture and clinicals, what was the average weekly study time you've committed to that worked for you? What kind of schedule did you have? Thanks for reading and your kind thoughts are much appreciated. Wish you all the best in your journey.