So...
I recently discovered in my latest class, that if I get into clinicals for dental hygiene, that I can NOT do them part time. This would mean quitting my current job to focus on clinicals. I am in no way in a position to quit my job for a year or more to complete the clinical program.
This has put me in a bit of a crunch, but at the same time feels a bit liberating. I have been enjoying the classes, but I will be honest. I was only pursuing dental hygiene because it would mean a very good salary in a pretty stable line of work.
Earlier this year, I was lamenting about how I didn't feel I had a passion for anything. Since then, we went to the PA Ren Faire and I found myself with a peace I hadn't felt in awhile while there. With everything going on, it was a way to find solitude and re-charge, despite that it was an active day of walking around, sometimes even racing to and fro to see things.
I had become FB friends with some of the knights and cast last year, and this year I was able to establish friendships with those same people as more than just FB friends. And I gained new friendships from new members of the cast, even to the point that I thought- well what if I auditioned?
Kick in the fear, because I had never done so. But these people I hadn't know before now had embraced me and encouraged me to go for it. So I am. I am auditioning for both the NJ faire and the PA faire.
What I don't think I fully realized until I thought about it, and discovering I might need to change majors, what their encouragement has done has opened up the possibility of me embracing a dream I gave up LOOOOOOONG ago because I was told I didn't have the talent for it, I didn't have the looks for it, it wasn't a practical dream, etc.
You see, when I was little. I wanted to be an actress.
Does that mean I am going to pursue that now? Hm. Not... really? I mean, I am in the respect of auditioning for the faires, but I don't think I would look into just that. Even behind the scenes stuff would work for me.
Basically what this long winded post means is- I am looking into the possibility of transferring to the local 4-year university that is very close to the house (as in 5 minutes from the house, maybe a little more in traffic) to get a Bachelor's degree in Speech & Communication with a minor in Theatre.
No firm decisions are being made right now. I can't even weigh the options fully until the end of next week because finals start on Monday, and I need to focus on *that* first before I focus on any potential changes by talking to both schools, seeing if I am even accepted into Millersville University, or even finding out if the program I am looking at can be done part-time/three-quarters-time with my work schedule. Everything is just a maybe right now, but that is where I am at currently.
This has put me in a bit of a crunch, but at the same time feels a bit liberating. I have been enjoying the classes, but I will be honest. I was only pursuing dental hygiene because it would mean a very good salary in a pretty stable line of work.
Earlier this year, I was lamenting about how I didn't feel I had a passion for anything. Since then, we went to the PA Ren Faire and I found myself with a peace I hadn't felt in awhile while there. With everything going on, it was a way to find solitude and re-charge, despite that it was an active day of walking around, sometimes even racing to and fro to see things.
I had become FB friends with some of the knights and cast last year, and this year I was able to establish friendships with those same people as more than just FB friends. And I gained new friendships from new members of the cast, even to the point that I thought- well what if I auditioned?
Kick in the fear, because I had never done so. But these people I hadn't know before now had embraced me and encouraged me to go for it. So I am. I am auditioning for both the NJ faire and the PA faire.
What I don't think I fully realized until I thought about it, and discovering I might need to change majors, what their encouragement has done has opened up the possibility of me embracing a dream I gave up LOOOOOOONG ago because I was told I didn't have the talent for it, I didn't have the looks for it, it wasn't a practical dream, etc.
You see, when I was little. I wanted to be an actress.
Does that mean I am going to pursue that now? Hm. Not... really? I mean, I am in the respect of auditioning for the faires, but I don't think I would look into just that. Even behind the scenes stuff would work for me.
Basically what this long winded post means is- I am looking into the possibility of transferring to the local 4-year university that is very close to the house (as in 5 minutes from the house, maybe a little more in traffic) to get a Bachelor's degree in Speech & Communication with a minor in Theatre.
No firm decisions are being made right now. I can't even weigh the options fully until the end of next week because finals start on Monday, and I need to focus on *that* first before I focus on any potential changes by talking to both schools, seeing if I am even accepted into Millersville University, or even finding out if the program I am looking at can be done part-time/three-quarters-time with my work schedule. Everything is just a maybe right now, but that is where I am at currently.