this is how i’m doing: in case you were wondering…

For the last 7 years spring break has become synonymous with manual labor (or “trabajo manual” para mis amigos de habla Español). My favorite thing about it, whether it’s painting, or raking, or digging ditches is that it requires very, very little thought; the perfect escape from school, though it could be argued that I did very, very little thinking IN school. Neither here nor there.

I decided this year to go home for spring break Yes, I still get a spring break. Work in education my friends - the pay isn’t great but where else do you get a week for Christmas and spring break? I am convinced that my parents had my brother and I just to do manual labor. I didn’t seem to enjoy it as much as a kid as I do now. I’m still not a fan of pulling weeds but this week should prove to be weed pulling free. The original plan was to pull up the vinyl floor in the kitchen and dining room and lay tile but due to time constraints we decided to finish remodeling the bathroom, replace the front door and maybe put up some wallpaper. A bit more thinking than I would like, but I guess it won’t kill me

Speaking of thinking, I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up and trying to decide which Masters degree to pursue. Here are my options if God totally says “no” (or “no” para mis amigos de… do any of you speak Spanish?) to the whole Army Chaplain deal. At UNT I’m thinking about a Masters in Higher Education - I like working at Universities and it would be an “easy” degree to obtain and would allow me to move up in Higher Ed. This would of course mean that I would technically have a B.S. in “Speech” and a Masters in “College”… but I’m okay with that.

Option B or 2 or whatever would be a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Regents University, which is a completely On-line degree. This would be a more versatile degree and is in an area that I’m very interested in (leadership) AND most importantly (not) it sounds better than a Masters in “College”. The down side is the cost. I get a discount a UNT, which is cheaper that Regents right off the bat, but Higher Ed. is a pretty specific, narrow degree program.

Which do I WANT to do? Well I still want to go to DTS and be a Chaplain. The thing I’m most afraid of is doing something that doesn’t line up with God’s will because I know that things don’t end well for me when I operate outside of His will. All I DO know is that I’m doing what He wants me to do right now - shouldn’t that be enough? I wish that was enough…

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