Back to School!

Little Man is a 5th Grader this year!  Waaaahhhh!  Where did my LM go?  He insisted on riding his bike to school by himself and I was lucky to get this one picture.  Sigh.  Needless to say, I was a little tearful for the rest of the day.

First Day of 5th Grade

First Day of 4th Grade

First Day of 3rd Grade

First Day of 2nd Grade

First Day of 1st Grade

First Day of Kindergarten

And guess what?!  I've gone back to school myself!  I earned my Assoc. in Arts Degree (Psychology) WAY back in the day but never finished my B.S.  Life got busy...and it got away from me.  Now that Little Man isn't so little and according to him, "very independent", I figured it was time to do something for me.

I put in my application, got accepted, transferred A TON of credits from Oklahoma and enrolled in 3 online classes and 1 on campus class.  12 credit hours!

Its been an adjustment.  EVERYTHING is done online.  I have a school email account, turn in my papers online and check grades and other "To Do" items online.  Even the notes from the Professor of one of my classes is online because he doesn't use a textbook.  CRAZY!  I'm old school and personally prefer holding a book in my hands and being face to face with my professor but these classes are what worked with my "still have to parent my kid" schedule.

The UTD campus is awesome!  Not much has changed as far as college goes.  Student Unions are still a thing but much more updated and it has a food court and a Starbucks on campus.  Oh yeh!  Students are different...more culturally diverse but the Professors still seem to be the same.  Although I do have a young newlywed couple in my Educational Psychology class that is WORKING MY LAST NERVE.  

I have found in my advanced age that I am easily distracted by all sorts of things!  Anything going on in my line of sight to the Professor.  The guy picking his nose, the girl clicking her pen, another girl picking out movies on Netflix on her laptop...and The Newlyweds.  Don't get me wrong, they're "darling" but when they sit  this.close.to.each.other and write little notes to each other on their spirals and give each other "looks" and hes playing with her hair, has to have his hand on her leg and is all up in her face with his kissy-face.  Its a little hard to pay attention in class. SO, I moved WAY DOWN to the end of the row.  I can still see them in my periphery but its a little less annoying.  I feel bad for the two guys that sit directly behind them.  Sigh.  Just gotta power through it dudes.

Little Man was excited about me going back to school! He gave me the same advice that I gave him when he first started Kinder.  "Just make one friend and it will be easy from there."  I tried to explain that I wasn't there to make friends but he's determined that I will.  I did chat it up with a girl and her therapy dog!  LM said, "it figures that you would find the one person with a dog". :D Oh, and did talk to the "Goth Girl" from class on the elevator.  She's really nice!

LM told one of his friends that I went back to school and that friend told his parents that, "J's mom went back to school and shes going to be REALLY smart!"  Well I hope so!  Feeling a little like I'm a  juggling clown right now...trying to make sure I don't drop any balls!  We'll see if I can maintain this new College Student / Housewife / Mom life balance thing.

Transfer Student Orientation Day at UTD!  

Free Breakfast, Lunch and UTD Swag!