Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ching under Life, School.
I can’t believe graduation is less than ten days away. Grad school has gone by pretty quickly. As Etaf mentioned in a recent note, it seemed like we were at MBA orientation only yesterday. Everyone has been like, “You won’t know what to do with your time” or “What’s next?”
I don’t know, really. It was such a relief to get my bachelor’s degree. After dropping out of college the first time, I felt really satisfied to have graduation. I thought, this college thing really isn’t too bad. I should go to grad school. LOL.
I sometimes joke that my primary reason for going to grad school is to postpone paying for my student loans. To some degree that is true. But I also set a goal for myself to get my MBA before I reach the age of 30. If you want to be technical about it, I really didn’t achieve that goal. Although, I am still 30. So if I revise the goal to say that I want to get my MBA by age 30, then I made it.
So what’s next? Well, I realized that I really enjoy going to school. So I’m thinking that I will eventually go back for my doctorate. Dr. Ching has a nice ring to it. Let’s set this goal for by 40. I’ll have to think about this one, though, because it will require a two-year sabbatical from work — probably more. I don’t think I can afford to not work, with all of our bills and my student loans and all. Anyway, I’ve got at least five years to think about it so I’ll let you guys know what we decide on that.
For now, Brian and I need to finish up our home remodel so we can finally get out of here. Maybe we can make a lot of progress in June — if we don’t get bogged down with other stuff, which always seems to happen. It seems like there’s something going on every weekend.
Last weekend we had Iron Man. Couldn’t miss that. Brian said he’d been waiting for it to come out for the last two years! This weekend we’ve got Mother’s Day plans. Next weekend is, of course, commencement. The weekend after that we’ve got a couples massage and then we are heading up to Harrah’s in North Kansas City for a post-graduation celebration. Hey, it’s Memorial weekend!
Then Brian’s parents are leaving to go on a 13-day European cruise. They leave the day after Memorial Day. That’s basically their anniversary celebration this year. Their wedding anniversary is on June 2nd. They return the day before Brian’s birthday, which is on June 13th. Then we’ve got an exhibition on the 14th where I’m supposed to dress like a Viet Cong soldier… And on and on and on… You get the picture. Things just always seem to come up.
Anyway, I’m really looking forward to being done with school and seeing what “free” time is like. Although, as you can see — there’s really not much “free” time even with school out of the picture.
Hope to see you all at commencement! If you can’t make it, then you can watch the ceremony on the web at shockervision.tv — my undergrad commencement from May 2006 is still on there actually. =P
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Jennifer on May 13, 2008
OH! You guys did NOT need to do that! (Eli’s gift!) DARN IT! You know Iād prefer you and Brian’s company BUT I GUESS I can make an exception since you are graduating with, what yet ANOTHER degree?! You’re an over achiever! Ok, I’m just jealous at how much time you have!
Thank you, though. ELI thanks you. . . Maybe I can lure you guys in for dinner or something… sometime when all the events and such are behind us. . .and you can give Eli his gift one on one. I’m sure you guessed this but we probably won’t be going to your graduation. . .2 kids at 8:30 and holding still? Ummmm, probably would work better if I tried to create MORE time and money out of this air! š ha ha ha! Oh, well. Congratulations and I’m sure we’ll all see you sooooon enough. Lots of love. . .
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Jenn on May 9, 2008
Are you going to come to Eli’s birthday party?? You never wrote me back!