It's been a rough past few years. From not getting into the grad school program I wanted, to finding a better suited program for me, getting laid off, applying and actually getting into the grad school program I wanted, back to school for me and finally graduating. This is my third career and I'm hoping this one sticks. It definitely was not easy. I don't remember what I thought library school and ultimately emphasizing on archiving would be like, but whatever that was, it was so much more difficult. I somehow not only survived, but passed. It's strange to think I now have a Master's degree. And it's a degree in which I can use to get jobs I want. How cool is that? Well, I'll tell you, it's pretty amazing.
It's been a long road and I look back and am unsure how the past decade has gone by. It has not been an easy one for me and I have not made the best decisions on certain things, but all in all, I've come out of the past ten years with a lot more than I began it with. I've learned a few things along the way and could not get paid enough to go back to do any of it again. I'd rather that all stay in the past.
I certainly wonder about many of the people who graduated with me. Many of them just graduated from their bachelor's degree just a few years ago. I wonder if they will end up changing careers and be upset that they went to grad school so young? I definitely was not ready for this directly after undergrad. However I also wish I went back a little sooner than I did. I don't think it would have made it any easier for me, I just think that I would've liked to have had this degree a few years ago.
Just as I decided after undergrad that I would go to grad school (just needed to find what I wanted to do) I have also decided that I don't ever want a PhD. I think this was just the right amount of schooling for me. If I ever go back, it'll just be to get a certificate of some sort to further advance my career. But no more loans and craziness of schooling for me. That was wild.
Now the fun starts of working again and paying back these loans. Of course I also need to clean, something I've been putting off for about 2 years. It's a lot easier said than done though. I've had time, but have only cleaned off my desk I used for schoolwork. I keep saying I'm going to tackle other parts of the apartment (there are lots) but it has not happened yet. Instead, I've been running errands and watching movies. I just feel so tired! Pretty crazy, right? I've rested and rested and then rested some more.
I did get through a few books though. I read Birthday Stories, a compilation of short stories by Haruki Murakami. It was wonderful. Then I read Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies, which I loved. I decided to go with memoirs and then read Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark. That one was great too. I read Mount Vernon Love Story some years ago and think Mary Higgins Clark is awesome, although I have not read any of her mysteries. I'm now reading Who The Hell is Pansy O'Hara? by Jenny Bond & Chris Sheedy which is a compilation of short stories all about 50 of the world's best loved books. It's chronological by fiction and then non-fiction, which is really cool and I've read some really awesome things about writers like Mark Twain, Dostoevsky, HG Wells, Tolkien, Steinbeck, etc. It is actually a really fun book about other books and their authors.
Grr and I are just basking in the fact that I don't have to write anymore papers right now.
Over and out,
