So, what did you do today?

[rleng1]

While not technically what I did today, but my 15 year old son William has been busy getting his glider pilot's license. See link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtGH_5bjrU

Next month he starts learning to drive a car, then I will be nervous.

Good job William, bloody cool.

[marshall_mosty]

Just sitting here thinking how cool it would be to have a lama named Barak O'Lama....

[Rob Liebbe]

Just sitting here thinking how cool it would be to have a lama named Barak O'Lama....

I LIKE it!!!

[edrock96GT]

"If you like your llama, you can keep your llama..."

[Pranav]

Just got off a quick/emergency conference call with my employer over health plans. We were presented with the option at the last minute to "re-up" out existing plans starting on 12/1 and basically keep the same plans we had with a 15-20% rate increase across the board.

Right now I'm on at $200/mo, $5k deductible plan; my employer pays the monthly premium and also kicks over $185/month into an HSA to take a dent out of the deductible. They've already said they'll go ahead and eat the new tax for 2014 and see what they can do about the rate increase, some or most of which would likely just be passed on to me as a decrease in monthly HSA contributions. No biggie for me since I don't get sick often.

The other option was to renew on 1/1 and get fully obamacare-compliant plans. If we waited 'till then, my plan would've gone from $200/month to almost $450. Being a smaller company of 80 employees, we don't have much negotiating power...

Midterm elections are in 2014; hope we can kick the dems out just long enough to fix this clusterfuck.

[GlennCMC70]

I signed up for my last class I need for my AAS. I know that is small potatoes to pretty much everyone here, but I am pretty glad about it.
I am thinking about my BS now. Just not sure where to start and how big a task I am biting off. I would love to get some input from those who have done it the hard way like i am.

[Trublu]

I signed up for my last class I need for my AAS. I know that is small potatoes to pretty much everyone here, but I am pretty glad about it.
I am thinking about my BS now. Just not sure where to start and how big a task I am biting off. I would love to get some input from those who have done it the hard way like i am.

Good for you mate. As for advice, I graduated (with honors) from the school of hard knocks and may not be qualified to give any.

[smitty328]

I signed up for my last class I need for my AAS. I know that is small potatoes to pretty much everyone here, but I am pretty glad about it.
I am thinking about my BS now. Just not sure where to start and how big a task I am biting off. I would love to get some input from those who have done it the hard way like i am.

That's awesome Glenn, way to go!

[AllZWay]

That's awesome Glenn, way to go!

I agree.. I was hard enough to get through college working full time before a wife and kids... I don't think it would be possible now.

[Fbody383]

I signed up for my last class I need for my AAS. I know that is small potatoes to pretty much everyone here, but I am pretty glad about it.

Absolutely NOT small potatoes... too many people in this country not willing to make any sacrifice to move ahead.

I am thinking about my BS now. Just not sure where to start and how big a task I am biting off. I would love to get some input from those who have done it the hard way like i am.

Can you articulate why you want your BS? If it is just "because" that's perfectly fine. Is there a career goal that can/will be met by the diploma? Is there another path, technical certificate, etc. that accomplishes the same thing? Would you take classes online or in person?

Couldn't hurt to visit with the school and find a counselour or similar adults (maybe a referral to an adult study group) to get some real perspective on the time comittment before you.

Or said otherwise... that's awesome, you go girl!