Ok, so about 3 weeks ago (although I swear it feels WAY longer) I intro'd myself, vented a bit, and got some stern but much needed feedback. In those 3 weeks, I've had a lot fall in my lap and had a lot to think about.
Like I said before, I'm not really a school person (love to learn, don't love driving 1.5 hours round-trip and sitting on campus 15 hours/week while people talk at me). I work 40 hours/week, and on top of that I'm easily distracted and trying to plan a wedding on top of all this. I just finished finals today and have barely made it out of this semester alive...two of my four classes I'll have to retake next semester (supposed to be my last!) along with two upper-level major courses. All of that being said, I'm toying with the idea of putting off my last semester for a year, so I would graduate May 2013 instead of May 2012. I know it seems silly to put off such a close graduation, but I really think it might be for the best. I live with my fiance, so I can't just cut my hours to focus on school since we have bills to pay (and he doesn't make enough to support both of us). I also love my job, but the stress of school really affected my job performance this semester in a negative way, and I'd rather focus on getting back to where I should be at work since we have a new DM who only knows the school-stressed side of me and hasn't seen me at my best, so it would be tough to get my position back if I decided to leave for a few months since he's not my biggest fan, although I do have bosses (current and previous) who like me and I'm pretty sure would vouch for me. So pretty much what I would like to happen is to put off school for a year, plan and execute my June 2012 wedding, focus on work, and then get motivated to finish my degree Spring 2013.
SO, my question is - has anyone taken time off school to sort out other life things? Was it difficult to go back (both motivation and actually getting back into school)? Did you have a hard time going back based on your GPA, or was that irrelevant? I'm sending an email to my advisor tomorrow to see what she says about how hard it is to take time off at my school, but was just wondering if you ladies had any experience or advice as well, I know someone posted something similar-ish further down. TIA.