I’m now at Cal State East Bay (or Cal State Hayward for the rest of you who think the name change was dumb) majoring in Business Administration, Accounting Option. I think I’ll be adding Finance as a second option, if I can work it out between the GE Dept. and the Business Dept. Who knew getting straight information would be so difficult from two different departments on the same campus?
Jessica is finishing up her second year as a 5th grade teacher and already got her pink slip. We were expecting it because, as the fourth and least experienced of the 5th grade teachers her spot was not going to be there next year with only three 4th grade classes moving up into the 5th grade. We know that she’ll be teaching summer school, which is a Godsend, but we’re not sure where she’ll work come August/September or if it’ll even be in the teaching profession. I’m working hard to get through school as fast as I can so that she won’t have to work any more. Here’s a life lesson that I’ve learned (very foolishly, mind you) the hard way: Get through school, get a degree even if you’re not sure what you want to do. Don’t wait around until you’ve figured out what it is you want to be “when you grow up,” because you’ll find that you’ve grown up and you’re already behind the curve and life happened and now you have to play catch-up. I’m taking five courses this quarter in the hopes that if I can take enough five course-quarters that will shorten the time I have left in school and we can start making babies sooner! That and I see clearly that Jess has no love of working and it pains me that I was so lazy and irresponsible as a single man as to wait to act that now my wife is paying the price of being the breadwinner while I scurry to catch up so we can get on with our lives.
I have a great deal of respect for fellas who are more mature than me, who “do because it needs to be done,” rather than wait for an epiphany. Geof Morris, if you read this, you’re the man.
Ok, now back to homework.