Changing course, or getting back on track?

I apologize for no blog updates this week. I am woefully behind due to the 4th of July holiday, myself catching a bit of a summertime cold, my daughter having to have a tonsillectomy this coming week, and starting school again as a graduate student this next week. Life has been extremely busy for me this week. I hope to return to regular blogging again this weekend or early next week. 

I can't remember if I have shared my latest personal news. f I have not, I guess it is time to let the cat out of the bag. After much thought and prayer (for like the last 5 years at least), I have decided to get back into education. I initially had a teaching license in Tennessee 25+ years ago but never used it (and it long since expired). So, as of August 1st, I doing two things. One is that I am going to be starting a new job at a small country school outside of town. Initially, going to be a para/substitute/bus driver (and probably get drafted to be an assistant football coach at some point). The Superintendent and the Principal are both really good guys. One of whom is a member of my parish. 

Secondly, the State of Nebraska in its infinite wisdom says if I want a teaching license, I basically have to go back for another Masters in Education. (My two current Masters degrees are not enough apparently) So, I am going to be starting an M.Sc. in Special Education in a few weeks online through Wayne State here in Nebraska. That will probably take a year and a half, as I will only be doing it part time and also working, but my goal is to become a Special Education teacher.

I would appreciate your prayers as I move on to this next phase of my life. In some ways it is a change of course into another career, but in some ways, it is getting back to what I went to University for originally way back over a quarter century ago now. So, I am both starting something new and restarting something old. 

Like I said, pray for me, as I will for you.  

 

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