School

Yes, after being away from school 37 years, I decided it was time to finish that degree.  I took the plunge, ordered a class and it got here on Saturday.  I opened up the syllabus yesterday morning and nearly had a panic attack!  16 lessons, 8 speedback assignments (quizzes for those from the prehistoric era), 8 papers, 1 book response, a proctored midcourse exam, and finally a proctored final exam.  After a few minutes of hyperventilation, I finally peeled myself off the ceiling and started the positive self talk, "I can do this.  I can manage my time and fit this in.  This is something I am doing for me.  This is doable."  Yeah, right. Anyway, I gave myself 1 week to do the first lesson and paper.  They are now done on day 2.  The paper doesn't get turned in until the very end of the class, but I did get all the questions right on the quiz for an A.  OK, OK, it was an open book quiz, but still......

Vacations

I love vacations.  You get to see things you may not have seen before.  You get to eat great food and don't have to do the cooking..  Someone else makes your bed, cleans your room, picks up after you.  You get to talk to your spouse about mutual experiences.  I think we should get to be on vacation all the time......, oh, wait.  I think that's called retirement.  Hopefully, we'll have enough money to do some of this kind of thing then......