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Hello Everyone! I just want to say that I am inspired by all of you and your struggles and achievements. This site is the best! With that being said, I am really feeling defeated today. I'm a 34 year old single mother 2 boys 14 and 6 and right now I work in IT, but I'm ready for a change and really want to become a Nurse. I'm taking all of the prerequisites to hopefully get into a BSN program. Hopefully at TWU b/c of the weekend and evening program otherwise I don't know how else I can do it. I'm taking 2 classes at a time, right how (Intro to Biol and Fed Gov) which doesn't seem like much at all, but it's too much for me. It's like I work full time, go to classes or go home, help the kids with HW, dinner, etc. and then study even though I'm already exhausted. I can't decide if it's better to stay up late and study or wake up earlier to study. My son has a football game tonight, and thank God for my dad because he's going. My friend thinks I'm wrong for missing the game, but I have to STUDY!!! Nobody understands that. These chapters are long as heck and half of the time I don't get it:unsure: Sorry for ranting, this post is getting really long. I just don't feel like I can do this, and if I take 1 class at a time then it will take forever to graduate. I've read posts of other parents taking way more that 2 classes and making it work. Does anyone have any suggestions on time management and balancing parenting, working and studying? Please help me thank you!

Nurse Phyllis: Harvey, this is not what I meant when I said if you wanna be in the spotlight, to keep your nose clean.