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A little over 12 weeks ago I made a snap decision to re-enroll in school. I hadn’t taken a course since winter 2002 and was feeling a little rusty but motivated to finally put this whole lack of a bachelors degree behind me.
Since I have to do an individualized major that is comprised of 3 academic areas that I have to magically link together, I decided to go with Geography to complement my existing sociology and political science backgrounds. For me Geography is one of those subjects where learning isn’t really like work at all —its just kinda fun and interesting. So as soon as my grades clear I will have successfully completed 7 credits in 12 short weeks. Next semester I’ll have 4 more credits and then if all goes well, I’ll be done. WOO!
Suddenly grad school seems almost like a real possibility for me (scary). Although I don’t know if I could swing taking demanding courses from professors with higher expectations than the ones I met with this semester. I’d actually have to do crazy things like go to the library and dedicate real, quiet, thoughtful study time instead of reading a couple articles and writing a paper while watching Mythbusters or telling Adam ever 3.2 minutes to stop yelling, jumping, running around, chasing the kitties or making a mess. If I do manage to start taking grad school classes, I’ll have to take them one per semester until Adam is in elementary school and has his own homework to do.
That’s all something I can worry about next summer. For now, I’m just relieved to be done. My Fridays are free again!