I'm Back, Baby!

The MBA is finally done. I started two classes for the Human Resource concentration, but when I finished the first class (which covered pay and benefits in depth) and started the second (job analysis and designing pay structures), I called it quits. The area I really wanted to study was probably something like organizational behavior or group dynamics. So I just dropped the concentration and am going with the regular MBA. Which means I'm done! Done! Done! Done! All done! I submitted my application for graduation to the school - waiting to hear back from my Academic Counselor.

Of course, I can't just sit idly home. I'm moving locally (about 3 miles away) to a house with a fenced in backyard for the dogs. Since Trouble is dog-aggressive (and some people-aggressive), he hasn't been running around anywhere in a while. I used to bring Maggie and Trouble to the dog park at night, but caused a few problems: Namely, 1) this was illegal, and 2) sometimes I ran into other people at the dog park at night. I never had a problem but I figure I was bound to. When I brought the doggies home from the PetsHotel last time, they gave me a report saying Trouble "loved the individual play time with Maggie." I felt a huge pang of guilt because I knew he doesn't get enough exercise running around. So he should love running around the new back yard.

I'm actually looking forward to mowing the grass and planting some flowers in the front yard. I find pushing a lawn mower back and forth cathartic. Back and forth, slightly overlapping the row from before. I guess I like the orderliness about it.

Anyway, I'm packing up boxes and boxes of books. Seriously, lots of books. U-Haul has these 1.0 cubic foot boxes specifically for books, and I've got 18 filled and about half the books packed. I think I need to donate a mess once I get into the new place. I secretly want a library in my dream home and I've been collecting books in anticipation of that.

Will post more soon! I've done a few more dog transports since I posted last and I have pictures. Lots of cute puppies and one beautiful boxer named Champ.

1 Down, 3 to Go

A week and a half ago (that's about the lag of when I think to post something, and then remember it again) I finished MBA 530 on Human Resource Management. I got a B minus which I'm very happy with considering I handed in a few assignments late. I'm now into the second week of the next course MBA 590 Project Management. I gotta say, I liked the HR course better, and the PM stuff is kind of boring - but that might the book.

The middle of July can't come fast enough!

Sorry About the Lack of Posts

Ditto from the title of the post. I started the first of two courses to complete my MBA last week. The courses are six weeks long, and I'm considered a full time student with the weekly course load. Since I'm actually still working full time, and going to meetings, and resolving to cook more and eat out less, I've been pretty busy.

But April 15 is my very last class for the very last course! I'll be done! At this point, I don't care when I receive my degree - I just want to be done with the classes.

This is after I took a year off. I started and dropped the same two courses about six times. What's the definition of insanity? At that point, I realized I didn't have enough concentration to finish the MBA, get out of the Coast Guard, find a new job, deal with my continuing depression, and figure out where I was going to live.

Now, the dust has settled a bit. I'm pulling out of the depression, I found a new job, I stayed in the DC area, and I got some concentration left to finish the program.

Not sure what I'll do on the last day. (Other than pay the $400 I owe the Federal Government for last year's income). But in the mean time, I'm counting the weeks. 10 weeks to go!