Back to School

I’ve been the eternal student. I don’t recommend this path either. But nonetheless, when my wife and I married, I was in school. I wanted to go to medical school. But being in school and being married to someone who already graduated and was thrilled to be out of school is difficult! I almost consider it being unequally yoked. Because of the difficulties, I simply concentrated on getting out of school via the quickest route possible. Especially once we discovered my wife was pregnant with our first child, an awesome daughter.

Time goes on and then about three or four years ago, I finally built up the courage to try school again. Soon thereafter, my wife informed me that she was pregnant. With the idea of a second child, the idea of going back to school faded. Instead, we started the adventure of having a second child: a bouncing baby boy. And he’s great!

Then the bug bit again. I prayed. I even fasted a couple of times about it and came to the conclusion that God was telling me that I could indeed begin walking down that path. But I must seek Him first and not let school become my main focus. That sounded great. Until my wife discovered a great surprise. She was pregnant with our third baby. Despite the pregnancy, I started back at a local junior college, this past fall because the baby was due after the semester. I planned the spring off.

So last fall I took calculus and physics. Two very tough classes. Calculus was full of people who had taken the course multiple times. And not passed. That’s intimidating! The physics class was a tad easier. I finished the semester with less than stellar grades. I earned a C in calculus and a B in Physics.

What a disappointment!

So, this summer, I found the second physics class offered via the Internet and my local junior college. I start in just a few weeks. Right now, I re-learn the first part of physics that I only scored a B in. Let’s see...