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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Am I crazy?

This morning when I woke up I had this email.


Dear Brenda, 
Congratulations! It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been accepted into Liberty University's Master of Education program.

So I am officially starting another degree.  I took one class towards a Master's back in 2007.  I loved learning and taking the class but learned several things...
I didn't want to work that hard at that time to finish a degree. 
I prefer a Christian education experience.
Getting knocked up put a kink in my plan.
Being a military spouse I don't live in one place long enough to attend a brick school.

So here we are several years, several moves, and several kids later.  About a month ago I was talking with the CO's wife and she is attending Liberty online which has a 1/2 off automatic discount for military spouses.  That peeked my interest.  Then I realized Liberty had the degree I want and is a Christian school (might be a bit too conservative for me, but way better than banging my head against a brick wall with way out-there liberals ;)  So it seems the time has come for me to go back to school.  Besides, what time is better to jump into a degree than when the hubby is gone.  Gotta keep busy right?  
I am actually terrified of back to teaching full-time because I have been at home for almost 6 years.  Between the possibility of working 12 hours a week at a preschool this next fall and working towards a Master's in Early Childhood it seems the stars have aligned for me to begin some new career challenges.  
Looking at the course descriptions gets me a bit nervous.  Am I ready?  Deadlines won't wait if I have puking children?  Will the kids feel neglected if I am focusing on getting a project done?  Will I be able to provide for the kids the way they need?  WIll the snuggles be fewer and farther between?  Is this going to work for my family?  I think God has set in place for this all to work, I just hope I am getting the right message from Him and not making up my own signals.  




2 comments:

Rosemary said...

You certainly can do it - puke and all!

S Westhead said...

Congratulations! You can do it!