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| I turned my paper in yesterday afternoon. That sucker was long enough that it could bore you for weeks! |
Okay, so, I am just going to tell you
right up front what today's Christmas miracle is. Usually I put it somewhere
near the end of the post after giving you a lengthy explanation, but today I'm
just going to come right out and say it: I
FINISHED MY MBA! This event is a miracle for a number of
reasons, and is the culmination of nearly TWO
YEARS of having nary a life. (Okay, to be honest, I don’t have a
super-exciting life even when I am not in school, but I have always wanted to
use the word nary on my blog).
When I first started my MBA, as I have
explained before, my plan was to leave teaching for some kind of business job
where I could make the big bucks. What kind of business job I was never really
sure, as I had a vaguely defined notion of it, of which the clearest parts were
that I would get to go out to lunch when I wanted to and get to go to the
bathroom whenever I needed to. However, as I mentioned in this post, I decided
at the beginning of this year that I am going to stay in education, become an
ADHD coach, and use my degree to eventually run my own ADHD coaching business.
I actually did all of the financial figures of what I might possibly make in an
entry-level business job and what I make now, and the fact that I currently don’t
have to pay for my insurance tipped the scales toward staying in education.
Plus, as I said, I like it.
Anyway, getting back to the Christmas
miracle—I actually finished my last class yesterday afternoon when I turned in
my last paper. That sucker was 16 pages long and has prevented me from watching
television, knitting, and exercising since last Saturday. When I turned it in I
felt the way I feel when I wear really uncomfortable heels all day, and then I
get home and I take them off, and I just bask in the glorious feeling of not wearing
any shoes. It was fantastic! Last night I hardly did anything, and it hadn’t
sunk in that I don’t have to do work all the time anymore. But, this morning, I
woke up and I felt FREE! It is such
a great feeling that I might just do something crazy, like having a drink at
dinner tonight, or painting my toenails bright orange or something.
Today is the official last day of class,
and I won’t formally have my degree for a little while, but just knowing that I
don’t have to look at a textbook for the foreseeable future is enough to make
me giddy. Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and school’s out FOREVER! (If you know me, you know that
last statement is probably not true, but let’s just go with it for now…)
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