Extramurally Mums

i wish i was extra mural, but sadly i am not.

Am studying nursing, have been since way before miss Paris came along - so i should have been finished by now - once i finish it will have taken me 4.5 years to finish a 3 year bachelors degree. will be worth it though. finally - I only have about 5 and a half months to go now - I think i sit my final state exam around the 17th of July this year. YAYAY boy will i be celebrating!

Currently out on placement - only 1 week left to go, and going pretty well - Ayja is sick though so starting late today, once mike gets home from work. (kids ALWAYS get sick when i am on placement) then straight into another 3 week placement at a doc's office after this, so that should be kewl.

I'm just about to start doing my Grad diploma in secondary teaching, although being out and about during the school holidays and seeing these "people" who I'll be able to teachi n a few years has made me reconsider my decision!
Have done extramural before and it is tough. I suggest trying to study for an hour a day - that way if you miss a day or so, it doesn't matter too much!

I am an extramural-mummy too (slash internal student also)!! Only just tho! I am going back to uni on the 27th after a year off!! I tried going back to uni when Quinn was about four months old but found it tricky organising someone to look after him while I was at class. Both my mum and Andy were working odd hours so it almost worked but was far too stressful.

I am going back now to finish my degree! Yay! I am really excited to be doing something for me rather than just being mummy. Quinn is all booked into daycare! We have been once for a settling in session - there were a couple of tears (all mine, none from him the little rotter!!) I am really nervous of leaving him, as I have never done it for more than a few hours and always with either Andy or my mum but on the other hand am SO looking forward to some time away from him!!

I have one year left and then I will be AnnaD, BBS. Majoring in HR training and development. It'll be good to have finished but I am almost positive that I am not destined for the corporate world, before baby yes but now my priorities have changed. I am thinking I will do teaching... Still no definites tho!!

Good luck to all other studying mums!! Nice to know I am not the only one!!

yeah that's what i'm thinking Nikki - maybe in a few years i might become a plunket nurse or something - i think it's 1 year training but it's on the job.   then plan to studying midwifery when paris and ayja are about 10 and 8 yrs old, so once i finish they'll be pretty ok to get themselves organised if i have to go somewhere in the middle of the night and leave them with Mike.. lolol

Heaps of nurses go off pretty quickly to do their Masters.... dunno if i'm into that - maybe when i have more time and less children lolol.

I'm doing a paper through the Bible College of New Zealand but I must admit I've been slack and barely looked at it!! (darn work at own pace papers!!!).

I'm going to need to pull finger! It's going to count towards a Diploma in Biblical Studies...eventually...this is my first paper.

lol, that's funny and scary all at the same time. lol

i'm finding that Jake is missing daycare....lots of other kids to play with and stuff. Just enjoys havgin a break from me I think!!

can understand you there Fairsk8... am on practicum all the time - have been for last 3 weeks, will be for the next 3 weeks too. you both learn to adjust. the way i have found i get through it is that i have a clearfile that i usually stick all my paperwork in that i do in my 'downtime' in between doing things for patients.. anyway in there i always have one page devoted to photos of my girls - that way when i am doing paperwork i quickly flick over and see my girls whenever i want.   I also now have a necklace that my mother in law got me for xmas with a pic of my girls laser-etched into... so i wear that... that way my girls are always 'with me' no matter how far away i am.

Both mike and i have one - my in-laws go to aussie pretty often, which is where they got them, so i think each time they go back now i might get an updated one.... a kewl thing to have i think.

Well, I've started! The official start of semester 1 was yesterday, although my course materials have been available online for me since last week...

I wrote up all my due dates on a wall planner... I've got an assessment due on both of my kids birthdays! And nothing due inbetween! Extra incentive to get them done, I guess