That's one of the things I'm doing to think about it - going through the majors at the colleges I might transfer to and looking at the required classes.

New back problems kept my internet time to a minimum. Extreme pain triggered by lying down or sitting with back supported. Started Friday night. Got one to two hours sleep a night From Friday night to Monday night. Urgent care prescribed high dose ibuprofin, which was useless.

My primary care finally had opening Tue. The doctor with an opening prescribed muscle relaxant and some sort of non-nsaid anti-inflammatory. Was finally able to get to sleep in a chair, as long as I used cushion to make sure only my lower back was supported and nothing touched upper back or neck or head. Good thing: that long with that little sleep was sending my blood sugar up. My doctor commented "your blood pressure is way up an your heart is racing. You are in pain, man." My response is "I thought my describing my pain level as 9.5 conveyed that."

The wisdom of Allie Brosh again:

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Sorry you're going through this, Typo. And sorry that the medical establishment isn't a little better at responding to 9.5 (Seriously? IBU? For 9.5? Seriously?) Really hope things are moving in a positive direction from here.

The medical establishment is notorious for dismissing pain until they have empirical proof.

That's one of the things I'm doing to think about it - going through the majors at the colleges I might transfer to and looking at the required classes.

This is a really good idea. (I really have no good suggestions about majors. Maybe think about engineering? There's creativity and design and problem-solving in that, and good money once you graduate.)

Not flying through ORD -- does not compute. I thought it was a law that every flight has to go through Chicago O'Hare, Atlanta, Dallas, or Denver.

For me, every flight goes through Philadelphia, Detroit, or Washington National, because those are the only three places that flights from my tiny local airport go.

One of my friends was a double major business/theater. It combine what he loved, with a practical piece - that was needed in his creative field. Engineering fields that already combine stuff you know ( building /electrical) is another thing to think about. And then there is the advice of my father. He said he would always higher a liberal arts major over a business major because LA majors had t learn to think

so questions, not really an answer, but I hope that helps.

Glad you got some rest if not real relief,Typo

That's one of the things I'm doing to think about it - going through the majors at the colleges I might transfer to and looking at the required classes.

There may even be people you can talk to at those colleges about what they'll actually take as transfers. Not all colleges will take all classes as transfer credit, ime.

Thanks, Ginger! I have passed the recipe along.

I hope the fun part of your vacations starts soon, ND.

Sean, I'd definitely look into a career counselor. And I've heard of (made took?) that test. Figuring out what you want to do is hard but necessary.

I purposefully took off from work an hour before we closed today so I could get in some puppy time and still make it to my yoga class tonight. Because I think it'll be cheaper than a trial for murdering someone. Anyone.

Sean,

also not to make your search more complicated, but you often can major in one thing and minor in another.

I know various people who have majored in the arts (visual, dance, music) who also minored in business because they wanted to have a fall back if their first love didn't pan out.

Not all colleges will take all classes as transfer credit, ime.

There is, conveniently enough, a general roadmap for transferring into the Cal State or UC systems. That's what I've been picking my classes from so far, from the general transfer requirements. The only things so far that don't transfer (at least to the CS/UC systems) are my math classes, just because it's remedial (for college) math. I have to finish this session, and take one more class before I can take basic college level algebra, and starting hitting math classes that transfer.

I am looking at a small handful of out of state colleges as transfer possibilities, or even colleges outside of LA, but I would be sad to leave this place.

For shits and grins, I've even looked at the transfer requirements to Harvard, and am seriously considering applying, just to see what happens. Because Harvard.