This is a drive-by post...

[serendipity8791]

I really should be more active on here!

Sorry about the lack of updates, everything's fine on my end, though a bit busy, what with coven issues cropping up again (but that's soon to be over, once we have the closing ritual and I've decided where to go from here... likely my man's coven or the mother coven).

Been knitting a scarf for my niece, buying Xmas gifts and prepping to go to Ottawa for Xmas with my boyfriend's family.

Charlie-bird has laid her first egg. No, it isn't fertile, I have no boy-bird for her to make cute-ugly alien-like babies with. (Seriously, google pictures of cockatiel chicks, they look like baby aliens.)

Still into GB. Haven't watched the movie since Halloween though. Been watching all of Futurama instead. And the most recent live-action Asterix, dubbed into English for the boyfriend's benefit, though I prefer to watch it in French.

Am debating whether I want to fight my way into a Pharm D. (4-year doctorate at the 1st cycle, but my French grades might not allow me to make it into the 65 places, no matter my science and math grades), TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language, where I would likely be a shoe-in), or Far East Studies: Japan or Korea Module. I'd prefer Japan because I already know and understand a few key phrases and a surprising chunk of basic vocabulary, and I'd be getting into it to learn the language and culture, mostly, which both fascinate me.

Yes, I do realize how far removed that first option is from the other two. I have a thing for science, foreign languages and visual arts, though I wouldn't try to get into art. Been there, done that, hate working with a deadline when I create.

Comments

[ilthit]

I don't know if it's an alien, but it is rather ugly!

To be honest, Pharm D sounds the most useful and Far East Studies sounds the most fun. I'd give teaching a miss, unless you really enjoy teaching and instruction; though even then, there's a difference between a bored or slow class and lively course work.

[serendipity8791]

Yeah, that one hasn't reached the "so ugly it's cute" stage, yet. It's just plain ugly.

The Pharm D would be the most useful, not to mention how much it would pay (it's a 6 digit figure per year, wow), the Far East Studies could get me working abroad or working as a translator or teaching, if I get good enough at the language. That wouldn't pay so much, but I think I'd enjoy it a lot more. Those two are both offered at the same university, so I could make just one trip to the advisor's office, haha.

[ilthit]

I hope you figure it out! It's an age-old dilemma. If you take the useful one, you might not be able to stick to it if it's too boring, and if you take the fun one, you might not be able to make use of it because a lot of other people took it too. Fun is important too.

[serendipity8791]

Well, to me, chemistry is fun too. I'd probably prefer to go into the other part of pharmacy which is the development of new medications or improvement of existing ones, the Pharm D would allow me to fill out prescriptions for patients. The things that I might not find so fun is that, since I favored the arts in my last year of High School, I skipped out on the sciences that last year, which means I have to take those science classes all over again. I don't think that's such a great idea... as I'd have to be in school for probably 6 years full time.

I'm probably leaning more towards Far East Studies, if left to my own devices, but my High Priestess is really pushing for me to at least investigate the Pharm D and see what the requirements are.

[ilthit]

I suppose it depends on what you want. A period of privation followed by financial gain in your current field, or investing in expertise in a popular and therefore competitive field that could completely change the course of your life but would demand a lot of energy to make use of?

[serendipity8791]

The problem is mainly that I'll be competing with other people who all have similar science and math grades to mine just to get into the Pharm D (there is only 65 spots), they will likely eliminate me based on the rest of my record, which isn't stellar. I was average and below average in French and Social Sciences. At 33, and on the verge of starting a family, I don't necessarily want to go to school for over 6 years just to make a 6 digit salary.

[ilthit]

Oh yeah, how is the baby plan, by the way? :D

[serendipity8791]

Still in the planning stages. I'm supplementing with folic acid and multivitamins, and will be talking with my doctor in January regarding the fact that we're planning on starting to try 6 months to a year after that (so between June 2012 and January 2013) and what should I do to make sure everything is in order, physically.

There is also the issue of waiting for John to move in, and then moving again next June, because my place might have 2 bedrooms, but the living and dining area are tiny and the kitchen is basically closet-sized, so we both want to move into something larger first.

I'm both excited and totally terrified at the idea of pregnancy, giving birth and raising a baby, haha.

[ilthit]

:D I'm looking forward to living vicariously through you. It's entirely possible I will never breed.

[spinner_atropos]

Futurama is the best thing ever. (Second to Ghostbusters, of course.)

[serendipity8791]

Futurama rocks! Now that we've been through the first 4 seasons, I need to get the movies, and then, season 6. Yay!

[serendipity8791]

Of course GB is still #1!!!

:D