looking for some good advice..

here's my situation.. and it IS parenting related as my decision is based on my children...
i want to further my education and become a nurse practitioner. i registered for A class on monday and Wednesday nights.. it goes from 6 to 10 30 at night.. right at homework, dinner and bedtime... i have 2 in school full day next year... the thing is i work the other 3 days at the hospital and i miss it all those days too.. MY DH DOES NOT COOK so i would have to prepare meals ahead of time.. and i would miss out on seeing the kids... sports... stuff like that that happens after school.. m y Dh thinks its a short term sacrifice, but i'm having a hard time with it.. Next year i will be going part time and will have more time, but the program is going to take me three years to complete.. should i go for the class or wait till next year???

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It is a short term commitment, but is it all year? 6 months?

If it were me, i would take it when I'm part time. I couldn't sacrifice bedtime & dinnertime 5 nights a week.

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But are you really going to take it next year? My initial reaction was to say take it now, and I agree with your DH that it is part-time. But now realizing that you work the other 3 nights, it will be really difficult.

Sorry I'm not much help. Would it help to think that at least you will have 2 full days with them, when you are not working and taking the class?

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Also you are TTC, no?

I know there are ladies on this board that can attest to how hard it is to study while pregnant. Not impossible but harder.

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Posted by JTK

Posted by nrthshgrl

Also you are TTC, no?

I know there are ladies on this board that can attest to how hard it is to study while pregnant. Not impossible but harder.

very hard yes.. i have 2 more classes to take before i can do everything online.. this semester and next.. and i'm not pregnant yet... plus i'm only taking one class.. i was taking 17 credits a semester when i was pregnant with Gavin. don't know how i did it but i did!

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Posted by JTK

Posted by nrthshgrl

Also you are TTC, no?

I know there are ladies on this board that can attest to how hard it is to study while pregnant. Not impossible but harder.

very hard yes.. i have 2 more classes to take before i can do everything online.. this semester and next.. and i'm not pregnant yet... plus i'm only taking one class.. i was taking 17 credits a semester when i was pregnant with Gavin. don't know how i did it but i did!

Maybe now is the time to do it then, since you are not preggo yet. Then, when you are preggo you can take the online classes.

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No you're giving them a mom with more employment opportunities & the idea that you are bettering yourself is one you would want to plant in their minds.

Plus it's cool when you're in school & your mom is too. I was in college & my grandmother was going to Stony Brook.

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If you are serious about the NP, I would not postponne. How will it be easier when you are PG or with an infant? It won't.

Yes, it's a sacrifice. I just don't think pushing it out will be easier.

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ETA: I finished my last semester when I was in my 1st trimester. I was glad it was my last and that I did not postponne to another semester. It was too demanding/exhausting and now with an infant... no way!

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I agree...I would take the class now and sacrifice the time now. You have to do what's going to be best for your family - 3 or 4 months of being home in the evening vs. being an NP with their salary.

However, I know this is such a hard decision to make!

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Do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's going to SUCKKKKKK.. but its one year, and then it will be out of the way!! and, it's not even a whole year.. its 2 semesters that will fly by.

A year is going to pass by either way- you can either set yourself up for something really great, or have this same debate with yourself again next year.

I can only imgien how hard it is--- i don't have kids, i only work PT and, still, i'm SOOO ready to be done. But, i would have seriously regretted not doing it.

just divein- it will be over before you know it!

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I say go for it. That is a great job. You will love it. Soo many job opportunities. It will be a sacrifice, but well worth it! Good Luck!