Mindy I can sympathize with you on being a single mother who is intelligent and wants to make a life for your daughters. I am a single mother and have been since my daughter was 3 years old. I have always had ambition to go to school get my Bachelors and then pursue my Masters. Well, I am 34 years old now, still don't have my Bachelors. However, I have fought my way up the ladder. I worked minimum wage jobs over the years and then with the skills that I developed I was able to get where I am at now. In between the full time jobs, I also attended school full time, but reduced my hours to part time because I needed to provide financially for my daughter and I. Then I had to stop going to school because the time away from home was stressing on my daughter. So I opted for online courses. I know that maybe Cosmotology might not be offered online, but you could start somewhere and work yourself there. Maybe getting a certificate in something could get you a job with better hours and you can then go back to school for what you really want. I'm doing it and I know you could too. I have 9 classes to go and I will be done with my Bachelors. It's difficult, but I will be smiling that I actually finished. I will have gotten what I wanted to personally achieve.