Back to School

So my semester started last week. I have three classes, each runs one day a week, and they are all different days. It's been working out ok. My Tuesday class only meets every other week, the alternate weeks we post online. My Wednesday class was cancelled this week due to the weather, only I forgot to check my email and went in anyway. It wasn't a total waste since my student teaching application is due this week and I needed to take care of a couple of things on campus anyway. We hired a babysitter since my classes are all during evening chores. The boys like her. She drives and she feeds calves! Hopefully we are making it worth her while and she keeps coming back. My classes are all education classes which means a lot of classroom time and a lot of papers. Luckily we know what the assignments are well in advance so I've been trying to stay ahead of the game. I have my methods class which means lots of lesson plans. I have 2 due this coming Tuesday that I am hoping to get done this weekend. I really don't mind doing lesson plans. It's actually kind of fun seeing what kinds of things I can put in there to mix it up a little bit. They are very time consuming, though.

I also have been running on the treadmill. I've gone 4 times in the last week and a half. I chickened out on Monday, but went today and Wednesday. It's been so foggy here. After I took Cole to school on Monday and nearly missed my turn, I didn't really want to go out again. So when Pat called to say he'd pick up Cole, I decided to stay home. That's about all the news from here. I will try to blog and post pictures of the boys this weekend. I haven't really blogged about them at all this year.

4 month checkup

Tate had his checkup today. He weighed in at 12 lb 14 oz, which is in the 3rd percentile. He is 24 inches long, which is in the 35th percentile. Our doctor didn't even mention formula! He keeps asking if I have enough milk though. If I didn't, don't you think he wouldn't be growing??? Other than that, the appointment went well. I'm still not sure about switching doctors. I feel like he's implying something when he asks if I have enough milk. The other thing that bothered me was he mentioned Tate's head is a little lopsided. He prefers one side over the other, but it's not nearly as bad as Cole's. The dr. never even mentioned Cole's head until I brought up putting him in a helmet. He said Tate will grow out of it (or into it, I'm not sure which). I don't know if he mentioned it because we had Cole in a helmet or what. So I am still undecided on the dr. switch. The little guy got 2 shots and one oral vaccination. He's not a happy camper. He is currently swinging and sucking on his fists. It's either that or I walk around with him all day.

I did decide that I will stick it out with school. I only have 2 semesters of math classes left. Granted they will be really hard semesters, but I'm getting so close that I think I will regret it if I don't finish. I have some ed. classes left to take, but those aren't as hard and if I decide to push those off it won't be as big of a deal to go back and take them later. Well, I'm off to attempt a nap.

What to do?

I have been sitting here struggling with my homework off and on all afternoon. We only have about 4 weeks of class left and I am stressing out. I didn't do well on my last two tests and now I feel like I'm so far behind I don't even know how to catch up. It's all very overwhelming and makes me want to quit completely. I've been thinking about taking a break from school and going back later, but I know it will only get harder. I've already had to sit in on a few classes that I already had credit for just to refresh my memory. I know it will be the same way if I quit now and try to go back later, which makes me think I ought to just quit for good. I'm so close to finishing the math requirements, but the classes I have left are pretty intimidating and will require a lot of time, which I don't have much of. I just don't know what to do. I would love to make school a priority, but it falls pretty low on the list. There are just too many other things that have to come first. I have always been a good student and when things are busy at home, I've always been able to do enough to get by. It's starting to get harder to just 'get by'. Any advice out there? My husband sure isn't full of any. I know he wouldn't be upset if I quit, and I'm just not sure how I feel about it. I hate struggling through my school work. I know, math is hard, but for me it's always come pretty easily with minimal work. I just don't know where to find the time to do the work without one kid screaming for food and the other for attention. I just don't know what to do...