Return to Productivity

After several months of silence, I'm back!

My husband & I have successfully moved to Sicily and are finally set up. I've been playing housewife for several weeks and I'm finally going crazy. I miss feeling productive. Since there are a shortage of opportunities for a self-employed military spouse in Europe I have decided to go back to school. I am planning on enrolling this week in University of Phoenix for my MBA!

University of Phoenix has an amazing program set up for the military that spouses can take advantage of. Basically, the dollars and cents work out in such a way that it doesn't make sense for me NOT to! It is not free by any stretch of the imagination, but the price is so reasonable that I can't ignore it.

Three months ago I read an article in Business Week about the top business schools in the U.S. My dream had been to attend Northwestern for my masters degree, but I saw in that article that they were up to $45,000 a year for tuition. I became completely discouraged and put getting my masters out of my head. I didn't want to work as hard as I'd have to, to make a $90,000 degree worthwhile - there are too many things to do and see in this world to spend the rest of my life cooped up in an office working to repay student loans!

When the opportunity from University of Phoenix first presented itself I must admit I was skeptical. It seemed a bit too good to be true. Plus, I wasn't bored yet so I didn't seriously consider it. Once we got settled and I fell into the daily routine of clean house, cook, do laundry, watch Dr. Phil, etc. I decided that I was pathetic and something needed to change, NOW. I made a few phone calls, visited the college office on base and I now have the documentation in hand. I plan to apply this week and start classes January 2, 2007!

Wish me luck! It's been a few years since I was in school, and I'll admit that it makes me a little nervous, but I'm so excited!