Wednesday, November 16, 2011

UVU

GOOD NEWS! We {finally} got Ben signed up for school again! This time it should be much more relaxed (I hope). Ben will be returning to school at Utah Valley University in January...assuming we get all of the little kinks figured out including deciding what he wants to study, schedules, financial aid, and whatever else. I am really excited for Ben to go back to school and finish his degree, but at the same time I am a little bit intimidated. I know all of the ins and outs of BYU but with UVU I don't even know where to start (and I will be the one figuring out most of the details as that is not one of Ben's priorities!). Luckily, finding classes that don't conflict with Ben's work schedule should be a breeze (fingers-crossed) and UVU should be a lot more laid back and less stressful for Ben.





Pros of leaving BYU:
*Flexible classes including night, weekend, and online courses (I know BYU has these too but not even close to the extent of UVU)
*Less stressful classes for Ben
*UVU is super close to Ben's work!
*No more jumping through hoops and dealing with the academic advisement center (hallelujah for me)

Cons of leaving BYU
*NO MORE HALF TUITION! :(
* I have no idea how UVU works

If anyone has any helpful advice about UVU, we would appreciate any input! At this point we are just trying to find something that Ben can graduate in relatively quickly (he has tons of credit, but not really in one specific area of study).

Here's to our new adventure of juggling two full time jobs, Cora, and college!



Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Paci-broken.

We've done the {seemingly} impossible. Cora is officially paci-broken (yeah I may have just made that term up). Can I just say that I am pretty freaking excited about this? After only a few days of screaming *torture* we can finally leave the house without a pacifer. Unless you have had a paci-addict, you cannot understand how great this is, so just trust me on this one. What a relief it is!

*Also, I now see why people let their 3 and 4 year old children continue to use binkies! What a hard habit to break!

Up next...POTTY TRAINING (soon I hope)!