Being a Student Again

There's a reason I haven't been around to post on my blog for awhile. I've gone back to school to update my Masters in Library Science. I earned my Masters many years ago back in 1995 when I was a young mother of a toddler and attended graduation with baby number two on the way.

Flash forward to now and I'm a full-time mom to 3 teenagers, one in college himself, and I'm going back to college part-time. It's surreal. But when my husband asked me for a divorce I realized I was going to need to go back to work in the near future. At first, I panicked because I haven't worked in 19 years since I stayed home with my 3 children. Granted, I have a Masters, but my work experience is really out of date. That's when I realized I needed to go back to school to update my rusty skills. So much has changed in my library information field and I was definitely feeling like a dinosaur.

With no local library science masters program to go to, I decided to research online schools. Once in the program, I actually had to take a class on how to take online classes because they are so technology-driven and specific to each university. That was a whole new learning curve in itself. My first semester was a shock to my adled brain which hasn't read anything more serious than Pride and Prejudice but I made it through. Now I'm loving the challenges that being back in school offers. Sure it's cut down on a lot of my crafting and pleasure reading time, and my house is in a shambles. But I'm keeping the kids fed and in clean clothes for the most part.

I'm now half-way through the program, which will give me a post-masters certificate in Library Intermediation & Instruction. In some ways I wish I could just keep going to school -- it's a nice safe environment that I love and have become accustomed to. I'm a little nervous to venture out into the workforce after all this time away. But given my circumstances, ready or not, in a few short months I will step off and fly.