A little bit about me!

I just realized I don't have any information about myself on here and thought that I should tell a little about myself.
I'm an oldest child. I have five younger siblings, two sisters and three brothers. My parents were missionaries so I was raised in Germany. I had been homeschooled prior to moving to Germany, but since homeschooling is illegal in Germany my parents put me in public school there. As the oldest my parents expected me to set an example for my siblings, I took my studies seriously and made good grades, but as a girl I was not expected to go to college. I can remember my dad telling me, as we were looking at college materials, that I really shouldn’t get to into choosing a career and just focus on being a wife and mother. At that time, I remember laughing and thinking how little my dad really knew me, because I was the furthest thing from a “career-woman”, all I wanted to be was a wife and mother. Eventually I decided since I didn’t really have any idea what I wanted to get an education for I would not to go to college and waste my parents money on my Mrs. Degree, I had been looking at Bible colleges and that is a running joke that girls go to college to get married and get their Mrs.
At the ripe old age of 19 I decided that I wanted to move back to the States, so after much convincing I moved an ocean away from my parents, got a job working at a daycare and moved into my own apartment. I worked in daycare and fast food until after I got married and was expecting my daughter, at which time I became a stay at home mom and sometimes babysitter for some of my friends. When my daughter was a year old I found out I was expecting again, unfortunately I miscarried that baby, as well as two more pregnancies that year, I might write more about that later. During that time I started babysitting regularly for a couple of families. In order to keep busy and save us some money I enrolled in H&R Block’s tax course in September of 2006. I did well in the course and enjoyed the learning experience. I started working for Block in January of ’07 and have worked there the last three tax seasons.
The experience of working in the tax office made me realize how much I enjoy working with numbers and helping people make sound financial decisions, but I still didn’t think I needed college. I figured with my hands on experience doing taxes for Block I would be able to find a decent job if I needed to. This January I found out how wrong I was about that. My husband and the lady I was babysitting for were both laid off on the same day. I was fortunate that it happened during tax season and I did have a job with Block at the time, but since I knew it was seasonal I started putting out applications and resumes. Most companies did not consider tax preparation enough experience to hire me. With two little ones at home now, I had given birth to my son in September of ’07, I was starting to panic. Fortunately, Bass Pro rehired my husband, he was called back to a lower position than the one he was let go from, but it was a job. By this time I had started looking into going to college, it took a lot of prayer, but with the encouragement of my family and friends I felt that this was where God was leading me. I applied for financial aid and got it, one hurdle down. I enrolled in OTC, applied for state assistance with childcare, got that too, second and third hurdles down. Slowly but surely God removed every obstacle in the way of me going to school, and here I am, every class that I was worried about taking this semester has been a breeze and I am excited that I have the opportunity to go to school. I am working towards two majors, Accounting and Business Management. Someday, I would like to open my own accounting and financial consulting business and be able to work and homeschool my kids at the same time. It is not easy, by any means, but it is doable and I keep reminding myself I just have to get through today. Tomorrow I can worry about tomorrow.