Ok, time to face tomorrow with a clear head. How I face
today and tomorrow will affect my future.
Tomorrow is the last day of one of my classes this semester. I’m so happy to be closing this chapter. Well almost. I still need to get into my final class/or classes for the fall. Then, I can really close the BA student chapter in my life. My little brother is graduating May 14th and I’m super proud of him. We registered for the spring 2016 semester together –with the plan of graduating together. I had to take a step back and be real about my responsibilities as a wife, mommy, children’s center co-director, and University student.
All of the time that each aspect of my life requires had to
be considered. I couldn’t jump ahead of myself. I had to rethink what my week
would really look like if I had one more day on campus starting
bright and early on Monday and going to school through Thursday. It’s about a 45
minute drive each way. With all that in mind, and a few other details, I withdrew
from one of the most important classes for my degree this spring, because they do offer the class in the spring and fall semesters. Well, I’m not going to graduate with my baby brother. And now not only do I have to think about my
final exams and final week of class (that is half way over!), I have to
register for the same class that I withdrew from this spring. It doesn’t promise
to be as easy as it was last semester. That’s ok. I’ll have to figure out what
I need to do, and get it done. Thankfully there are professional counselors to help me with this!
I have very little idea of what I have to do next...This spring I was able to register for the class without a
hitch, but I guess there are some glitches after I drop a class and try to
register again the next semester. I need to talk with the dean of the
department - and get approval. That might take more time than filling out a form online.
Now I need to meet with a professor from my past. I haven’t been his student for over a decade. Should be interesting. I wonder if the light-bulb will flicker on and he will remembers me. That might help me get back into the class, might not....Who knows?
My degree plan is individualized, so its not like I am the typical student at my Uni. I’m not going to the dean of my department asking him to help me get past a computer glitch. I have to convince him that this class is important for my entire degree. Maybe I should try talking with him after I finish my finals, but I gotta register right away….sweet Jesus, I need a whole bunch of wisdom.
Now I need to meet with a professor from my past. I haven’t been his student for over a decade. Should be interesting. I wonder if the light-bulb will flicker on and he will remembers me. That might help me get back into the class, might not....Who knows?
My degree plan is individualized, so its not like I am the typical student at my Uni. I’m not going to the dean of my department asking him to help me get past a computer glitch. I have to convince him that this class is important for my entire degree. Maybe I should try talking with him after I finish my finals, but I gotta register right away….sweet Jesus, I need a whole bunch of wisdom.
Its about time that I face one of my professors that I still
haven’t seen since I walked away just before finals week in spring 2004, to go
get married to my handsome Brazilian husband. People do kinda make fun of people going to school to find Mr. right, but I didn't meet my husband at Uni. I met him on the mission field. I totally digress....Its late here.
I have no idea how he will respond if he realizes or if he remembers, who I am as a returning student. I might have really disappointed this professor when I didn’t finish classes over ten years ago. I might have proven to be one of those students who didn’t know what they wanted. I’m not sure what he thinks. Maybe I need to ask him? Whatever he thinks or doesn’t think about me, I need to have a conversation with the dean of one of my departments.
Well, it’s time for me to finish what I started, and it isn’t about the end goal. It’s about people, and honoring the investment that people put into my dreams. There was a time when that dean was very determined to help me finish my IDP degree. No matter what happens, I do kinda owe him an apology for just splitting when all my professors worked so hard to help me graduate. I know that my kids teachers celebrate their success. I never really thought of that before today. Irregardless of what he thinks. I need to do the honorable thing.
Maybe I will sort this tomorrow or Thursday and get somewhere with what really should be my final semester at this Uni as a BA student.
Oh the thoughts to think.... and maybe I will get a better perspective in my dreams! I love to tell my boys to dream with Jesus.
lots of love,
lots of love,
Missionary Momma Mia
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