well! will you look at the time. . .

More than half a year has slid past since I have updated this blog. Since I only have twenty-one minutes to shift change, and a full itinerary for the evening, I will do my best to summarize the important stuff:

First things first, I graduated, with honors. I got a B in the dreadful Capstone course. I have already forgotten the professor's name. All's well that ends well.

I made it all of two weeks after that class before I started itching to do something else with school, so I signed up for two additional online courses with Excelsior. The eventual goal was their MBA program, as yet unaccredited. The courses were uninspiring, and I was having trouble getting access to a computer during downtime at work, so I wound up dropping both of them, to the tune of eleven hundred dollars. But that is what overtime is for.

I have set my sights far higher for my next academic adventure. After some prolonged waffling, I decided that it is time to expand the scope of practice again. Columbia has a very well respected acute care NP program. If for no other reason, I should go because I can tuck and roll out of my bedroom window and be on a bus across the GWB.

Naturally, Columbia commands a bit more per credit hour than Excelsior. I get a little dizzy when I think of what the tuition bill would look like. However, there is a synergy to be exploited with another project in the works. I have my application into the Air Force Reserve, and if it agrees with me, I might trade a couple years of active duty for tuition plus a stipend. We shall see.