So it seems to me that I am not very good with my word, I’m
a few days late when it comes to writing another blog. Sorry!!
So pretty much what has been going on with me and all my
promises or the changes that I said I was going to make has not really yet
happened, at least a few things, first and foremost the celibacy is the one
thing that I have stuck too. Now when it comes to eating healthy and not
smoking that still continues. I have been a bit stressed out lately because I found
out some new information that just has held me back from the goals I wanted to achieve
from the time being. The last blog I had written basically stated that I was
going to continue working in the hotel business thinking that is my career
path. Well I had more time to think and realized that I wanted to go to school
for makeup. So I took the initiative and went to find out info.
I had arrived to the school that I was interested in, and
spoke to an advisor. We got to talking, one question he had asked me if I was a
high school graduate. Now for me for some reason that always has been a tough
question to answer.
Reason being, I had gone to high school, but hated it, I struggled
so much was a very insecure girl didn’t like a lot about high school. The only
thing that I enjoyed was skipping school. I live right across from the school,
so that was what I would do, I would leave because I felt tired or didn’t want
to be in the class and would just walk home.
That affected me in a lot of ways, because instead of being able to
graduate with my class of 1999 I had to stay another year because I was failing
my classes. So I stuck out for the other year, but around February of 2001 I had
realized I’m 18 years old, I’m considered an adult now, I can sign myself out
of high school. Basically drop out.
I had attempted to take the GED but truly never really
studied for it. So one of my good friends had mentioned to me, that she found
this place that you pay $400.00 and they send you this test that you can take
in the comfort of your own home, send it in the mail and receive a diploma. Well
I did that, but I never took the test I had given to my friend and she did it
for me.
Cut to 13 years later, and I’m trying to go apply for school
and they are telling me that is an invalid form of high school diploma, which
mind you I have gone to other technical schools before and they all accepted
it. But they had changed the law in 2010.
Pretty much now I have to take the GED, let’s just talk
about karma a bit, it came back in a way and bit me right in the ass.
I have to try to look at the bright side of the situation,
what is it do you ask? Well I can finally complete this step that I need to
complete in my life. I can use this story to my son when he is older and show
him what I had been through in my life when it came to my bad decision after
bad decision I have made in my life.
It is funny because
today I went to his 2nd grade graduation and just hoped that he
continues on this path of doing well. It will be hard because he does struggle,
but he has more reason too, I personally was just such a lazy ass!!
The moral of this story is when it comes to education, you
got to complete it especially high school, it is extremely important. Maybe you
don’t want to go to college right away after high school, that is ok, you might
not know exactly what you want to do, take your time to figure that part out,
but you need, need , need your high school diploma.
Thanks
Catalina
