Sep 15 2008
The things we do…
It’s 5 a.m. and the wind is blowing; don’t know if it’s still pouring out - haven’t yet looked…
hubby is snoring.
And I’ve just tied my shoes and am about to down my coffee and head out the door to school.
2.5 - 3 hours away.
I have a class from 9 - 11, after which I will go check in at my motel, where I’ll stay until (hopefully) just Wednesday… weather and exhaustion level permitting, when I get done my last class at 9 on Wednesday I’ll hop in the car and drive home again … although then I’ll have to do this early morning commute thing again on Friday *sigh*
The driving sucks.
Being away from hubby and my dog and my full size bathtub with the jacuzzi jets and my washer and dryer and tv and…. it all sucks.
But it is the price that must be paid if I want to continue to do the school thing.
There are no graduate school programs near me. Until recently, I would not even have been able to do the undergrad thing either - there weren’t any of those until a few years ago.
It will be a while before the local campus is ready to even think about such things …. if I were a young un, I might have opted to wait… but I’m 47… too old to wait that long for the opportunity.
And so I rise and ~shine~ and do what I have to do.
It costs… not so much in terms of $$ … but in time, energy, sacrifice, committment.
What would it cost you to go back to school?
What is it costing you?
Ah - but what would it cost not to?
With a baby at home, more time and effort than I’d be willing to provide. But I sure as heck respect your dedication.
I don’t think I could have done it when the kids were little… can’t get that time back, after all.
Ain’t that the truth.