Yesterday I planned to finish writing after dinner, but the tired caught up with me. I woke up at 6am this morning, acknowledged how tired I was, and decided to go back to bed. I slept in extra late, and I feel much better now. You can read yesterday’s finished journal here.
My communication class textbook finally arrived today. My first speech is due this Thursday evening, so I may not be able to write here again until Friday. I ideally wanted to finish my ECCC series this week, but life rarely follows the ideal.
I knew when I took on 6 credits this quarter that it would impact my work, however I really want to finish my degree. I have been trying to finish a college degree for almost 16 years. That is half my life! There were years when I wasn’t in enrolled in school due to moving or my health, but I always wanted to return. I was always working my way back. Now, I have just one year’s worth of classes left. It feels like I am finally in the home stretch.
I love my school, Highline Community College, and it feels so right to be working on a degree in music (what it should have been the first time around); but, right now I am tied down to it until I finish. I really do want to finish, so that I can move on with my life. This degree is for me, to achieve my life goal of graduating from college, but North Seattle College offers a jewelry design program that would help my career. I want to learn to work with metal so badly. I’ve been saying it since I started making jewelry. Yes, there are other local, good options like Pratt that I could do right now, but NSC’s program offers the help of financial aid. It is also much easier and faster for me to progress in a school setting versus the self-study I’ve been doing.
I may not be able to write here as consistently as I would like. I may not get as much work done for my jewelry business as I would like. But, right now it is worth it.
