On Friday, after 6 very long years of going to school part time, working full time and helping me raise our 5 kids, my husband finished his Bachelor's degree in Accounting! I am so proud of him! I am so glad he is done lol!
Thursday, was our 11 year anniversary. Using that as an excuse to go out to our favorite Open Mic night jam, ( my husband is a musician for those of you who don't know and plays in a local rock band. That is however not his full time job lol) I threw him a surprise party! It was wonderful and he was truly surprised. We are definitely blessed with a lot of great friends who came out to celebrate with us!
Although he is now done with school he will be putting off looking for a new job for a few months. He does have a really good job right now but he works alot of really crappy hours and never has weekends off unless he takes vacation days. We have decided it would be best if he waits until May to start looking as this is when Kid # 2 graduates high school and also when the payment for child support will stop. Financially, switching jobs could mean a pay cut for us. We plan to spend the first part of 2012 preparing for that. I will be posting soon about my 2012 goals and where we stand with our debt pay off :)
My husband is living proof that anyone can go back to school! He did not even start going until he was 40 year old. He stuck with it this whole time and I am so proud of him!
Hope everyone has a great week! Hard to believe Christmas is only a week away!
Congratulations to your husband! That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteI get frustrated when adults use their age as an excuse for not going back to school... I've heard "well, I'd be 50 by the time I graduate". I say to them, you'll be 50 anyway, you might as well accomplish something awesome. :)
Thank you! Funny thing is if he wants to sit the CPA he will have to go back and it will prolly take him 2 more yrs. Which he would be very close to 50 :) He still thinking on that part though....
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your hubby!! That's a huge accomplishment..as it's not easy to go to school while holding down other employment!!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family!!
Thank you so much Sharon! Merry Christmas to you and yours also :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome news! How exciting for your husband and your family! I watched kid #3 dance Friday night :) Great job!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS ON THE DEGREE!
I know you are so proud of him! I love hearing about everyone's successes!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Preston! As a fellow adult-bachelor's-degree-finisher myself, I know what dedication and determination it takes to accomplish this, and it "ain't" easy. Yay for Preston!
ReplyDeleteWow, you must be proud. Good luck and congratulations to him great work.
ReplyDeleteAwesome news, what a way to end the year! Sounds like you had a lovely time celebrating too! Congrats to hubby!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much ladies! It has been a great few weeks! Merry Christmas to you all!
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