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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a WFH parent with a 4.5 y/o. I work 7AM - 6PM, Monday - Thursday.

My husband leaves for work at 4:30AM and gets home by 5:30PM. DH works in the construction field and was laid off until January. He does not have any PTO banked up as of now.

I am the primary parent who does PreK pick ups/drop offs. I also am the primary person to deal with sick days, dr appointments and shuffling to activities.

I thought I might want to try the nursing program. I have nearly finished an AA degree in pre-nursing. I have 3 courses left: A&P and inorganic and organic chem.

I am failing inorganic chem. I'm sitting at about 70%. I have fallen behind in work and don't have it in me right now to finish the chemistry course and am considering taking a loss and withdrawing. I'm falling behind at work because I use my lunch break and morning 15 minute break to do pick up/drop off.

My son is in school 9-3. I've recently received feedback that my son was overheard during a meeting and I've asked to make sure he is not distracting staff during meetings. I was horribly embarrassed and need to resolve it. I've fallen behind on some work tasks because I am struggling to juggle it all and (admittedly) have tried studying during my afternoon work break and weekends, but my son is demanding my attention and so is work. I have little time for myself to do things I enjoy like go for a long run. I gained 20lbs in 2023 because I didn't have the time to workout between work/school/ and my son.

I don't know if I could realistically commit to a nursing program with the in-person labs and clinicals. I am thinking about trying IT or computer science since I won't have to go in person for those courses.

Would you:
Drop the chemistry course? Give up? I really want to give up but feel like a failure and am annoyed that I'm losing out on about $600 that I paid in tuition. But $600 means nothing if it results in any kind of disciplinary action at work.
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You cannot work full-time and be responsible for children while enrolled in AA nursing program, unless they have changed it since I was enrolled. I could barely work and most of my peers did not. If they had kids, they were SAHM and had family help to cover clinicals and evening lectures.

I worked 4-5 nights a week waiting tables, working an early morning Saturday farmers market, and drove myself into the ground. My schedule went like this:
M- class 5-9
T- class/skills/some other obligation 5-9
W- class 5-9 
Th- clinicals 7-3, serving shift 430-close
Fr- clinicals 7-3, serving shift 430-close
Sa- farmers market 630am-12pm, but had to leave my apt at 530 after getting home between 1-3am, serving shift 4-close 
Sun- brunch/bar shift

Add in random days of skills work at the community college. Clinicals could be up to an hour away.

You are already doing two FT jobs at once. [/quote]

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