School woes

I have been out of high school for 5 years. I loved high school, especially my senior year. I had lots of friends, took harder classes and got good grades, had a boyfriend whom I had been dating for a year (I am now married to him!), and things were good. I tried really hard to be popular, and even ran for class Historian in order to put that on my college application, although I didn't win. Eventually, I spoke at my high school graduation and that was by far one of the best days of my life.
Then I go to college. They really don't prepare you for the amount of work you have to put into one single 3-credit class, do they?
I have been going to college for the last 5 years, a few semesters here and there. I spent about nine months of it going into a vocational school because I had this silly idea of wanting to become a dental assistant. It didn't work out for me, so I ended up going back to school at a community college for Nursing. It was a big change from being in classes of 100+ students at the university to classes with 20 people. They even take roll at the community college. I felt like I was back in high school!
In the spring of 2008, I was taking a full load (12 credits) of classes and was due at the middle of April with our first child. I was also working full time, and it was really difficult because at one point my husband was laid off from his job and I had to kick it up a notch and work overtime to pay the bills. We also bought a condo that February and my mom was going through a nasty divorce. How did I keep up, you ask? I developed heart problems associated with the pregnancy, and I had preterm labor from all the stress at work and home. Needless to say, I was DONE! My son arrived on his due date, and both him and I were sick for a few weeks. Good thing my professors knew ahead of time I was about to deliver and they were very nice and supportive through the whole thing since I couldn't really come to class for about 2 weeks, heading straight into finals. So my point of me telling you about my experience with delivering in the middle of the semester is that it's very difficult to deal with all of it, especially if you end up having complications. Being sleep deprived was the worst thing I've had to endure and it was hard to study when my mind wasn't clear to think straight. My advice for all the moms/moms-to-be out there? If you can plan your pregnancies, and you're going to school, deliver in the summer, or a semester you're not going to school. It's much easier that way and you can develop a bond with your baby and not with your textbooks.
I finally got my Associates of Science in General Studies this past spring. I didn't even walk, I figured I could save myself the money of paying for a cap and gown and go out to dinner with my family to celebrate instead!
Then the unexpected happened: I had to switch my majors. I'm happy I did it for a variety of reasons, and now it'll only take me less than 3 years to graduate with my Bachelor's degree compared to the previous 6-7 years. I still stayed at the community college for this semester (I took summer off) because I was too late in applying back at the university, bla bla bla.
This is already long so next time I post, I'll talk about my first batch of pre-med classes I'm taking right now :)
Toodles!