Making the choice...

I am thinking that I have made a decision... but first I will tell you what has led me to it. I received a phone call from the Paul Mitchell school and they informed me that because of my FAFSA status, I am eligible for a grant of $11,000 from the government. That is five times what I am receiving for Dixie State. I also was able to find a bachelors program at Dixie that is an 18 month program and is one night a week and some online. I decided, knowing those new factors, that we will move to St George as planned on August 13th. I will look for a full time job and work there to save money til November 2 when I will start at Paul Mitchell school. I will study there for a year. In fall 2011 I will begin my 18 month Organization and Leadership Bachelors program. I will be overlapping the end of hair school and Dixie but since it is a one night a week program, I should be fine. Then when I graduate from hair school I will be able to work full time and be able to pay for the half of Dixie my scholarship doesn't pay for. I feel this way I will be able to receive my bachelors and have a career at the same time. We will see how it goes!

St George...HERE WE COME!!!

I am so excited to announce that Sam and I have decided to move to beautiful St George, Utah! I received a half tuition scholarship to Dixie State College and then Pell Grants that will pay for the rest of the tuition, fees, and books. I have always wanted to finish my Bachelors Degree and I am excited to be able to do it for free :) The original goal was to go to school and while doing the classes to get a double degree in Spanish and Psychology to also do my pre-requisites for Occupational Therapy graduate school. That could still be an option but as I have been registering for classes I have noticed how far behind I am in the science and math areas. They are my hardest subjects and if I continue in the occupation I would have to do lots of those kinds of classes. When we get there, I am going to do some volunteer work with an occupational therapist and find out if that is what I want to do. If it seems to be my dream job, then I will be able to endure all the crazy hard classes. That would mean that I would be in school for the next 5 years. The hard part about that is Sam and I are hoping to start a family in about 2 years which would mean I would probably have a kid right as I start graduate school. That scares me a little because I don't want to be a bad mom or bad a school. But like I said earlier, if i realize it is what I want to do for the rest of my life, then I know I will be able to do it.

Lately, I have gotten the idea in my head that I would really enjoy beauty school. I love people and make-up and hair and talking so I think I would enjoy it a lot. :) The downsides to going is the price, $11,000-$20,000, and the possibility of maybe not achieving my lifetime goal of attaining a Bachelors degree. It would be so fun to be able to open my own salon and be able to possibly work from home. We would be able to start our family sooner and I would be able possibly make my own hours. I would even possibly go to a massage therapy school so that I could be a triple threat in the beauty world. It is interesting to me that I am thinking of going to these schools for the first time in my life when I am 25. All growing up I have done people's hair and given massages but now I am feeling it is time to actually learn what I am doing. I kinda wish I wouldn't have wasted so much time to go to a beauty school. Then I wouldn't have to be making this choice when my choice affects another person.

My question of the day to all who reads this is what would you do if you knew you would enjoy hair school and would most likely be very successful at it but to go you would have to give up a full ride scholarship at a college where you would be able to achieve your lifelong goal of receiving my bachelors? Choices, choices and no idea what to do....time to get down on my knees and figure out what the Lord wants me to do.