Raise Your Hand If You Are Trying To Finish School!

I was halfway through my third year of undergrad when I got pregnant. I actually think the timing could have been worse because if I had been any younger I probably would have given up on school. There is no way I am doing that with three of my four years of college finished and over $60000 spent on me getting a degree. A tricky part about my finishing is that I went to a private christian university that is out of state, and I didn't want to lose my ministry major or credits. My administration was an answer to prayer because they approved me to finish my classes out of residency. Here comes the kicker, I am stuck because my financial aid fell through! Of course the solution to this is getting a job, but that is much more easily said than done. Have you seen the commercial where the guy talks about the ugly cycle of joblessness? "I can't get a job because I don't have skills, don't have skills because I didn't go to college, didn't go to college because I don't have money, and I don't have money because I don't have a job!" I am almost in that category only I don't have a job because the jobs that are available are not good for my family situation. I just want my degree!!! Unlike some of the girls who's parents spent 20 something thousand dollars a year for the M.R.S. degrees, I actually went to college to better myself and contribute to the world. I am not saying that college isn't a good place to find a husband because it is, but I want my degree for myself and for my son. By the way the loans are in my name, and they want their money. I really don't want my life story to be boiled down to a commercial, can I at least get a sitcom?

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