Back to School! Fool!

Man o man. What was I thinking?

Today I started back to school (online) taking 12 credits, and possibly 15 if I work out the registration glitch, to finish my AA degree so I can then work towards my Bachelor's. In what, I am not positively sure just yet, but I have time to decide as I complete the 20-22 credits needed. All whilst working full-time. This will surely keep me busy, along with volleyball.

I was kind of excited last fall thinking about going back to school, then apprehensive, and then relieved as things all fell into place, then almost filled with dread as I watched some of the people at work and my son go through their fall semesters and finals. ICK! I so did not want to be back studying and taking tests again. At ALL. This last weekend of carefree hours of no study or assignments made me totally really dread today.

Reality is, that I learned during all my preparation and registration that the longer you wait, the harder it is to go back. For me, it was nearly three years, and not only hard to get my head around going again, but hard to lose the credits I had accumulated to becoming outdated after five years - mainly the IT credits I had slaved for so long over. Technical credits expire after five years, general credits do not. I also learned that not all schools accept all credits, technical or not, so it really made me look at and choose more carefully the courses I was required to take, as well as the courses I chose to take - as some could also count for more than one requirement to fulfill the AA degree.

After logging in today to my online coursework, I felt a renewed sense of belonging, of wanting to learn and discuss in the boards and check out all there is to see in these new courses and what others have to say about them as well. It made me feel part of something, as well as back into my ongoing quest for knowledge, not that it ever ended as I am always curiously looking things up online and reading books as well as talking to others about their life experiences, goals and dreams. We can learn from so many things.

Anyway, it's nearly midnight and I have to be up early tomorrow for work as my boss is out of town so I have to make the Manager's meeting at 7:30a. I am off to dreamland - that is if all the things that I've just filled my mind with will let me settle some and sleep.

Buenas Noches Amigos!