Tuesday DeLight:

   I have a meeting with the PIC of the Master's Program at UCCS in ten minutes.  I'm nervous that my GPA is not good enough.  And it's stupid because I'm always worried I am not good enough...  I am nervous because if I do get into the program, will it be setting me farther back from my goals?  But then I wonder, how could it, when the statistics say that on average a Master's degree gets you about 10,000 dollars more than a Bachelor's?  (Is that even accurate?)  Now I am worried I just lied and made that number up...when I swear I heard it somewhere...I'm nervous that I am just delaying the inevitable of needing a job...What if this makes me overqualified??  I am nervous that things go right, and I do get in and it does help my chances of landing a dream job, thus creating more income and the possibility of me getting my dream house and my dream furniture...
   And I'm ranting because I am so nervous...I'll tell you how it goes after... Cross you're fingers and wish on eyelashes things go right, for once.

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   Is it possible Life is going my way??  I do not want to jinx anything, but I just got out of that meeting and this is what I've learned: If I apply before June, which I will be applying this week,  and I get into the program,  I can take a few classes this summer and start working towards my Master's.  Basically, the program is 33 credit hours spaced over three years.  I'll have 5 core classes, to be completed over the duration, and 3-5 graduate electives to also complete (9-15 credits total).  I'll need to do 1 grad level class outside of my department (3 credits), and a maximum of 6 credit hours will be dedicated to my thesis.

   They strongly advise I take no more than 9 credit hours at a time because it is so intensive...I'm used to 21 credit hours...But I'll be hopefully getting a day job, and going to school in the evening.  I've already found 2 classes I can take over the summer, that keep me at full-time student status AND this means, I STILL GET INSURANCE!!!!!

   

   I'm so so excited. I love school. I love learning.  

   Tax returns coming soon, summer on it's way, summer jobs start this weekend, Nuggets, New York and the possibilities are once again, endless.