I think the Lord has finally answered my prayers and I’m getting a tiny bit more motivated and ready for classes to start back. We only have 2 weeks left of our summer break, it’s a sad thing to watch it end. But, like I said, I’m slowly getting more ready. It must mean something good if I’m ordering text books and buying pencils again, where as before I was repulsed by the sight of them!

Part of the dreading I was feeling came with the thought that I wouldn’t graduate on time. With an English degree I’m required to have a minor as well, I guess since it’s such a broad subject. I started out with a Professional and Technical Writing minor and I hated it. So then I thought it over and switched to Journalism, but I’m still dreading it, mainly because it’s not the style of writing I want to do. I look at the 18 hours of classes that I have to start from complete scratch with dread. It’s not interesting to me. And that says something: why do something I don’t want to do if I don’t have to?

The topic that keeps sticking out in my mind, being one of the best classes I have taken my entire life is Woman’s Studies. So, I’m considering about switching to that. I loved the intro class because it made me more aware of the issues of this world (not just about woman’s issues, either). Seriously, every day I would come home telling Mark about something new I learned, it was fascinating. In the long run of life, I think learning about something I’m actually interested in and that helps in every day life is more worth investing my time in. Especially since I’m parenting a daughter myself, I can better be prepared for the issues she (and I) will face. It’s not about being a “crazy feminist,” it’s just about being more aware of the world.

And the major plus? I get to graduate on time! May 2010, instead of December. I already have 2 credits that count toward the minor, which will put me exactly where I need to be. Assuming of course, that some how God provides a way for me to switch my Journalism class with a Woman’s Studies class. And then switch my minor yet again. It’s also good that I can still take electives that will improve and expand my writing, but in the areas I’m more interested in.

It’s a win/win situation! And that makes me excited to get back into the schooling game. Ready to knock out another year, one step closer to being D.O.N.E.