Okay, so that title may be a slight exageration, but this summer is certainly not going to be stress-free! For several reasons, I chose to take 8 credits toward my master's degree this summer.
Reason 1: I will finish the degree next summer as opposed to the following spring.
Reason 2: The sooner I'm done with my master's, the sooner I bump up on the pay scale at work.
Reason 3: The sooner I'm done, the sooner I can begin working off my grant (aka forgivable loan). Reason 4: The sooner I'm done, the sooner I no longer have to take classes and I can have another baby!
With that said, I am pulling my hair out over the work load! One of my 3 credit classes lasts all summer so the work load seems reasonable. My other three credit class is only for the month of June. So, approximately 135 hours of work crammed into 4 weeks, plus the other class, plus being a mom, plus doing VBS at church, plus singing in a wedding.....ACK! I am just hoping that my two credit class that starts in July provides me some relief! I have a stack of "free reading" books in my night table that are screaming to be read and I can't start any of them until these classes are finished! Oh, I can't wait for a summer that I can spend hanging out with my family and only reading books that I decide sound fabulous and only doing things on the computer that sound like fun! Or, maybe once you become an adult, those things don't exist anymore, but I can keep dreaming of a summer that is nothing but relaxation until I get through this summer of study!
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