I can honestly say I never thought I would go back to school after receiving my Business Degree from Northwest Iowa Community College about three years ago, but little did I know that God had other plans for me. At my annual review this January my bosses presented me with the idea/option of going to school to become a Paralegal. Wow...this was quite an idea I thought... I think I was a little taken by the idea. I was quite the "studyholic" in junior high/high school and when I graduated from NCC I remember being pretty excited to finally be done and move on to starting the "real world." I was ready to get married to the love of my life, get a job that I would hopefully love, come home and not have homework to do (for once) but instead have supper to make, laundry to do, and time to just spend with my husband. Well not that I love doing laundry necessarily, but I would take it any day over homework. Anyways, like I said God had other plans for me. I thought about the idea for quite awhile, talked to Charlie about it and got his thoughts, as well as my parents and some of my sisters. And after all the thinking and discussing, I have decided that this is too good of an opportunity to pass up. Am I excited about the many nights of endless studying, the long hours of text reading and lectures, and of course the many papers and exams that come along with college courses? No, but I am excited to be learning something that really interests me. I am excited that hopefully after receiving my degree I will be a better employee. I am excited about the idea of better understanding the work that I do and why I do what I do. Sure I am nervous that I may not be smart enough, or may not get as good of grades as the next person, and that I may not understand everything that I learn, but all I can expect out of myself is "my best". Besides the many thoughts that have been running through my head, at the same time I am just excited and ready to get started. I am looking at starting classes May 9 already (if we can get everything lined up in time) and I will most likely be able to complete my degree by sometime in 2013, which I thought was pretty good. So as I start school in the next couple weeks I'm sure I'll update you as to how things are going and how I am enjoying the classes.
I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the evening!
~Jamie~
