I'm back in school. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, after a lapse of nearly 20 years, I've taken the plunge and applied to UMUC for a B.S. degree in criminal justice (major)/forensics (minor).
Was it the right thing to do? At this point in my life, I feel that it is. While my MDD isn't completely under control - yet - the Wellbutrin and buspirone have made things so much better for me lately that I feel that I can start learning again. I'm going to take it very easy at first - just two classes during the summer session - and they're all online, so that'll make it easy for me to fit them into my schedule. It may take me 8 or 9 years to finish at that rate, but you know... at least I'm doing it, and in 8 or 9 years I'll have something I can be proud of. I always wanted to go back to school, to repair the damage that I did to my own life - so now's the time, or at least I feel that it is.
I have a good job, yes, especially now with all of the layoffs and unemployment going on. But it's never been in my nature to just.. stop aiming for something a little better. I sure don't want to be taking urine samples for the rest of my life! Just like when I was at CompUSA and not wanting to return "broken" computer products (that we knew damned well weren't broken) for the rest of my life, though for a time that's all I thought I was good for. Like everything else negative, I'm finding that maybe that's just not the case...
Anyway, we'll see. I still can't believe that I did something this crazy. Where the hell am I going to get the money for this... ahhh, well. What's done is done. I'll work it out somehow. This is something worth going into debt for, heh.
This quote from Rita Mae Brown's "Six Of One" sums it up nicely: "Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you."
2 comments:
good for you!! like they say, the best investment in life is the investment you make in yourself! kudos to you for being proactive in this economy and making yourself an even better asset!! love ya woman!
Great job!!!!! I skipped 2 grades, started college @ 16 and then dropped out 5 courses from my degree at 18 to get married to someone that couldn't remember you aren't supposed to sleep with other women when you are married. THEN after I got divorced 4 years later, went back to school, got my AA in Psychology (switched majors from the first time as I was Music Performance at 16) and then 5 courses from my degree, moved and couldn't finish. THEN in 2005, I decided to go back online and finish, but no one had Psychology so I had to swith majors AGAIN to Business (focus on Administration) and it took 2 years, but I got it done. PHEW! Bet you can't top that! I am SO Proud of You!
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