Busy Times A Comin'

So I'm officially announcing that I'm going back to school!

I went to a fireside last night that talked about a program BYU-i is doing called Pathways. I'll take a year of courses (15 credits) and if I finish with a B average I can transfer to BYU-i's online studies program. From there I'll be able to either get a certificate, go on to get an Associates, or all the way to a Bachelors degree. I can do it at my own pace and I'll be getting discounted tuition because of a deal that Pathways has with the University and I won't even have to buy books the first year, everything is online and free. I was really inspired by the fireside last night, it was basically just an informational meeting but he used the spirit to teach and testify about how he had been helped and seen people be helped by this program.

To be honest I'm pretty terrified! I pretty much hate working 40 hours a week and I worry that I won't be able to handle working that much and taking classes. Though I'm grateful that one of the 2 classes I'll be taking is a religion course because, not to say it'll be downright easy, I just think I'm already kind of prepared for a class on the Book of Mormon and such. I really do think that this will be a good thing, the moment Dj brought the info home to me from Brother Abbott (our institute director) I kind of got that positive feeling about it. And even though I'm scared the brother who presented the info last night said that we didn't have to worry, that this program was created to prepare people so that they could succeed in a college setting. I feel blessed that Santa Maria was chosen as one of the few places that will have this program and I'm excited (albeit anxious) to start in January.

I never thought I'd be the person who would be working full time and going to school part time, I told Dj last night that if I can get through this first year successfully I will feel so proud of myself. Because like President Uchtdorf said "Education isn't just a good idea....it's a commandment."