Back To School

Well, after many years of comtemplation, I have rescently decided to dive back into this thing called an education. It was a number of factors that finally made up my mind, but the biggest thing was, I wanted to do something for myself!

I have spent the last 28 years, and even more thinking of what was best for my family, my children, my husband, etc. I realized that I had been waiting for something, not quite sure what it was I was waiting for. When I realized that I was waiting for MY life to start, I realized that the waiting had to stop and I had to take charge!

We just came back from taking our 2nd child, a son, up to college, his first year. We met with some old family friends, and found out the wife was back in school herself. She's almost 50! She doesn't look a day older than 29 of course, but listening to her and her excitement about going back to school, encouraged me quite a bit. She made me realize that I could do it, and it would be ok. So I thank her for her enthusiasm for her own education and wish her well!

I was worried that my kids would say I was crazy, my friends would ask, why? But, instead I got actual applause from the kiddos, an "it's about time" from my husband, and cheers of support from my friends. I was edified by their encouragment and support. So now here I am enrolled in school.

I am scared to death! I was never the best student, I did ok with homework assignments, and when it came to classes I loved, I made A's. But, testing always made me choke, and talking to a teacher about gave me a heart attack. I was always nervous to raise my hand or ask questions. I was young, and afraid of authority, but not any more! Being a MOM for all these years paid off in that department! :)

So, I am apprehensive to say the least, but I am also excited and ready to take on the challenge.
I have watched friends, my husband, and my kids further their educations and glean so much from it. Not only jobs but respect from family and friends. I want my family to be proud of me, but most importantly I want to be proud of myself. I start in just a few weeks, and have already attended the 1st day of new student orientation, I have two more days of this, then I'll be getting ready for my 1st day!

Wish me luck! I'll keep you all posted on how I do.

Still learning...

Well, I'm trying to beautify and facelift my boring ol' blog spot! But, still haven't quite got it down just yet! I wanted to at my NANOWRIMO (for you civilians, that's National Novel Writing Month) badges as widgets/gadgets but I ended up adding them as postings. Oh, well...at least I'm trying to train this ol' brain on how to do things out here in Cyberworld! Hard to believe it's 2009. The older I get the shorter the years become!! Remember when we couldn't get to the age of 16 fast enough...I think the wonderful, late, and totally great comedian George Carlin had a bit about how we refer to aging...as teens we speed up using words, like "race" and till we hit our 30's then it's slows, and we use words like "coming on..." Oh, well...here let him tell it, he does such a better job!! Thanks George!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkU3kiuZVuE