It only took me seven years, traveling across two countries and several continents, dealing with small children growing into wild teens, deployments and many other obstacles to accomplish my degree. Hard work really does pay off, don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Don't let anyone get in your way!
Now if I may make it through the current educational endeavor...
On that note I made a 92 on my perioperative nursing and medications exam today! Much better than the last (first) test in that class (Nur108).