Some
time has passed since I have posted a blog on how I have been progressing in my
studies. Well that is an easy question to answer: nothing and something. Right,
an easy question; a complicated answer. So please allow me to enlighten you
with my two part response. Maybe start at the beginning? Ok. This summer has
been a summer of long stretches of nothingness and sporadic spurts of action.
It would probably look something like this 4:1 if I put it in the form of a
ratio. Hummm ‘The Summer of 4 to 1’, I like how that sounds. Sorry I’m
rambling, back to it then.
The events that filled the void of
nothingness would be finding out towards the end of spring that my mother is
very sick with a kidney disorder. Topping my wretchedness cake would be finding
out that my brother Joseph is also really sick and no one thought to tell me,
until a week ago that the doctors think he may have a tumor on his adrenal
gland. I would like to say “You can’t imagine what I am going through right
now,” however I am sure many of you can relate. I had to quit attending The Art
Institute because funds were running scarce and were needed elsewhere. At this point in time I received some awful
advice. I was told “It is what it is; nobody cares so just move on and deal
with it.” I didn’t ask for pity, I asked for support.
Believe it or not after reading
that paragraph, a couple good things happened to me this summer. While living
like a cloistered monk this summer I was able to save up a good chunk of
change. However something more significant happened that has helped to set the
foundations for my future. I am one final exam away from my Career Diploma in
Interior Decorating, which is just another offshoot of Interior Design. Then
just a couple days ago I bit the bullet and signed up for my Associates Degree
in Interior Design. Before I was going for my Bachelor’s, at this point in time
it is too much for me. I am resigned this this is something that is going to
have to be completed in stages.
So, I will be graduating Penn
Foster September/October 2013 time frame with my Career Diploma in Interior
Decorating, and then August/September of 2014 (Possibly even sooner than that
depending on what classes transfer over from The Art Institute) I will be
graduating Penn Foster with my Associate’s Degree in Interior Design. Then
shortly thereafter I will try again for my Bachelor’s, then my Masters and beyond :). That is what is
happening on my end. I hope everything is peachy keen on your end :)
