Welcome to my Accounting Journey

Hello. My name is Kiley. I am a 34 year old mother of two.  I have been married for 7 years and although we've had our ups and downs, my husband is my best friend and still makes me laugh.  I have three cats who round out our crazy circus life. I went back to work in October 2012 and am enjoying my position but want to better my family's life.

I started this journey almost a year ago.  I had always wanted to be a lawyer.  I graduated college in 2001 with a degree in Political Science. Which if you want to be a lawyer or in politics is gravy.  Otherwise, the job market can be challenging.  After graduating, I had my first child and made the decision at that time that law school wasn't for me. I wanted to be able to watch my child grow up and not have to spend 100 hours at a law firm trying to make partner.  My journey had changed its course.  I've always enjoyed numbers, math and counting money.  This lead me into the idea that I might really enjoy accounting.  I have an aunt who is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), she changed careers recently due to personal issues.  She told me that I was crazy.  So I talked to my husband and he encouraged me to try it out. I decided after much investigation to try the certificate of Accounting through Penn Foster.

I was doing really well and then family tragedy struck. My mother died suddenly.  I then went back to work after my husband lost his job.  I recently accepted a job with a really great company.  The handy thing is that I have some time to work on my Penn Foster studies.  I just finished reading the first three chapters of Introduction to Business and took the exam on it. I did really well. I'm pretty proud of myself.

I created this blog to try to get better at updating my life and my studies.  How will you know how far you've traveled if you haven't written about the journey?