I took two classes last term. It was good because my former employer was footing the bill so I will get tuition reimbursement for the expense. It was bad because it was so difficult to do two classes in a two-month term and start a new job that I was exhausted and my relationship was stretched to the limit.
I am taking this term off; I am exhausted.
It's my dime now. I'm paying for 100% of the tuition and fees for my college degree from here on out. I'm not on anyone's schedule but my own, and I'm doing it because I want to do it, not because I have to. I know that I will finish, I am studying what I want to study. And yes, there will be a big party in New Hampshire when I finish because I certainly plan to walk and I have family and friends who are willing to come along to celebrate with me.
Tomorrow is the last day of October and I have to decide if I'm going to write another novel for NaNoWriMo. I know that my partner, lynxter, is not thrilled with the prospect of having me pull school out of my schedule only to fill it up with having to write 50,000 words in one month. I have a couple of ideas for a novel, though, and I am going to give it a try. And it looks like I'm going to be writing another literary fiction story. I guess that's the genre I feel most comfortable in, although I always thought I'd write mysteries, fantasy and perhaps some science fiction. I guess I'll get to those stories later.
And no, I haven't gone back to do any re-writing on last year's novel. It's on my to-do list as well.
