Continuing...

It's been interesting, sharing a "job" with my brother and my niece in law. I'd not gotten to know her very well, and we've been getting on surprisingly well. We like the same kinds of food, so cooking dinner (her breakfast, as she has the 11pm to 7am shift) has been stress free, and downright tasty.

She's a Certified Nursing Assistant, so having her help with mom has been a welcomed and needed thing. She'd like to go on with her education, but with three children, it's not going to be easy for her. Living in a tiny town, 30 to 45 minutes away from the nearest Jr. College and almost 2 hours from a University of Houston campus (either in Houston or in Victoria), her opportunities to attend classes are....limited.

I suspect that she'll have to take classes at an online university for at least some of them. One online school she could go to is Western Governors University. It offers a lot of programs, both in the health field and for an online MBA . She could take her course hours any hour of the day, useful for someone who has small children and who's husband works nights.

Unlike a lot of the other sites, this one has a set price for a period of time she'd be enrolled. It would be up to her how many courses she completed during that time. One or six... she'd be in charge. Of course, that appeals to me, as I'd consider it a challenge to see how many I could complete in the given time so as to get the most bang for my buck. I'm just thrifty that way.

Yes, I'm calling it "thrifty".