Devyn

I’m in school right now and so I haven’t had a LOT of time with my children. My almost 2-year-old is starting to be a real booger for me and my husband but not for other people. I think the reason is because we are always tired and give into his poor behaviors way too easily. Next quarter, I’m cutting back on work and school and will have every day with my son until 3 p.m. the 3-4 days a week that I have to work. I know he can be a good child. I just have to reintroduce the structure and be more consistent with him.

Though in a way it sets me back with school and when I’ll graduate, my kids are only small once. It is very important to teach them that Mama and Daddy are to be respected and obeyed, that we love them regardless of their behavior but there are some things we are just not going to tolerate. It’s necessary and it’s a priority.

So this quarter of school was insane. With my husband working two jobs and me trying to work and go to school with three kids, it’s been much more stressful than I ever imagined. My husband recently got his bachelor’s and was a huge inspiration making me feel like I could really do this. I’m learning that there is a huge difference here. First of all, all he had to do was go to school. I’m going to school and still primarily responsible for our three kids, housekeeping and cooking. He does what he can to help but working two jobs, he can’t do much besides sleep when he can. I’m just going to try to stay positive and keep chipping away at it. One or two classes a quarter while and before I know it, my prerequisites will be done.

My dream is to be an ER nurse and then become a nurse practitioner. I want to serve my community by caring for the sick and inspiring people to take better care of themselves. I’ve thought about quitting school to work full-time so that my husband could work just one job but I refuse to quit. I may work more hours, but not full-time. I know that if I just do a little at a time, I will get there.

I was recently able to really cut back on sugar to lose weight but as soon as the weight was gone, I reintroduced sugar to my diet. It makes me feel tired, lazy and groggy so I don’t even know why I’d want it? It’s just a stupid addiction and I’m not going to let something as silly as that interfere with the the quality of my life by making me fat and tired. Duces dulce!