I’ve been MIA the past couple of weeks after my rather fun (at least, to me) last post. Here’s why:
I started grad school in August. Holy. Crap.
It’s terrifying. I’ve only been out of school for three years, and I feel like a fish out of water. I’m doing an online master’s course at West Virginia University , and the first week, we had an orientation quiz. As I was getting ready to click on the button saying “Begin Assessment” I froze.
What if I don’t know the answers?
That’s what ran through my mind at the last second. Then a whole slew of thoughts:
What if I fail?
How did I do this from kindergarten through college and not freak out and lose my mind?
Am I really going to be a student again? And every day for the next two years (possibly longer!!!)?
Did I really decide to give up alcohol? Because I could surely use a beer right now.
After flailing about for a few minutes, I mentally slapped myself across the face. My next internal conversation went something like this:
Get a grip. Your mother did this while working full time and taking care of two kids. I’m pretty sure you can handle Freckles and Jonathan.
So…I’m handling it. I hope to still have time to contribute regularly to this blog and my other one, which hasn’t been very active for a good reason (other than my minor meltdown mentioned above).
Cheers for furthering one’s education.
