Happy bizirthday, everyone!

Happy birthdays!

Happy Sukkot!

I want a baby, so that I can dress it like this: [link]

Man, I love online library renewal.

I got to meet Stephanie for breakfast and brin her Trader Joes goodies! Now on plane home. Sad I didnt have time to stop at the outlet mall, but better for my wallet I guess. Flying to SF tonight and dancing all weekend (big gay country dancing weekend in Megan walker's neighborhood!)

Yay, meara, that's awesome!

eta: Okay, doing online renewal means I can defer my errand running today to tomorrow. That's helpful, because I have to go into town tonight anyway, and I didn't want to have to make two runs today. But it means, I need to be extra productive today.

I would like to: complete data entry, update budget, get filing current, finish office clean-up, do flylady tasks, plant onions and garlic. Oh, and get everything in the car for tomorrow's errands. I honestly don't think all of that's achievable today, but it should be by Sunday if I'm persistent.

Happy birthdays, all!

I just went browsing through the local college's collection of master's degrees, and it's coming clear that a 30-year gap between bachelor's and master's may be a bit much. I could get a transcript, but I think anyone who would give me a letter of recommendation for further education is either long retired--if not dead.

I don't want to do continuing ed, that stuff is mostly "I never went to college and now I want to know what I'm missing out on", which is a glorious thing in and of itself, but not for me. I could do another bachelor's, I suppose, and test out of the stupid pre-reqs--or maybe see if I can audit the good stuff. But that whole full-time-job thing kind of gets in the way of that.

I got to meet Stephanie for breakfast and bring her Trader Joes goodies!

Nice!

I just went browsing through the local college's collection of master's degrees, and it's coming clear that a 30-year gap between bachelor's and master's may be a bit much. I could get a transcript, but I think anyone who would give me a letter of recommendation for further education is either long retired--if not dead.

Even going back ten years later, I don't think I reached out to anyone connected to my undergrad when I was applying for grad school. I mean, I got the transcript, but that was it, I think.

Connie, the best thing to do is to see if you can talk with the chairman of the department you're interested in. That will help you get a feel for whether they want to work with you. Many universities these days are trying to attract older students.

Even going back ten years later, I don't think I reached out to anyone connected to my undergrad when I was applying for grad school. I mean, I got the transcript, but that was it, I think.

Likewise. And then my freshman comp teacher ended up being hired as a poetry professor in my MFA program! So random. He claimed to remember me but I find that hard to believe.