Ready for the Future

I always say I'm ready for the future, that I want my real future to start. My future that includes a loving husband, a home, children, and everything that goes with it. 

Lately its been a sort of... "I want the future, but not the short term future. What I'm in right now, I don't want to be here, or where I'll be in a few months or two or so years. I don't like it. Get me out. Push me ahead maybe 10 years."

After yesterday, I realize that I'm actually really excited for the next fall semester, even though I want this one to be completely finished and over with and never thought about again. I want to move on. Right now!

I start registering for classes at the end of this month (well, next week, I guess!) and I have two advising appointments set up for Thursday afternoon. I looked through the huge classes catalog and found a bunch of things that appeal to me...

I'm going to be taking an art class next semester. Only Studio Art Foundations, because it's a pre-requisite to any other non-major/minor art class. I would love to focus on just one thing, but maybe a foundations class will open me up to new things, and revive old things that I gave up on. I'm looking forward.

I figure I may as well get my German classes out of the way next year, since I need to semesters. I've already got a jump start from having a German class in highschool, so it shouldn't be too bad. The first semester, at least!

I may not take it next semester or next year, but there is a Computer Animation class that will count as a math credit, and I really would love to take it over some other sort of math, since it's really my worst subject. I've always been interested in animation, and it's more of a challenge than that other option is. The other option is basically learning how to use microsoft excel. My roommate is in it. And she says its the most boring class ever. Nooooo thanks!

Also, I may not take it next year, but there's a class I can use for my communications credit, called something like Rise of Electronic Media. And I think it's pretty self explanatory...

At the discretion of my parental units, I'm going to be taking an exploratory class. Apparently I'll get a dip into a bunch of different subjects and learn about their careers and stuff like that, which will hopefully give me a better idea of where I want to take off.

Also an idea of my mother's, I'll be taking an Intro to Counseling course. I've always enjoyed the idea of counseling and social work or something, but don't have any idea of a direct path. It's worth a shot, yeah?

I was back and forth between taking an Intro to Sociology class or an Intro to Psychology class. They'd both count for the same required general credit, but they lead into different things. I'm siding more with the Psychology class, because as I looked further through the book, I found classes to something I'm really interested in, in which that Psych class, and a second one are pre-requisites to.

Which leads me to the class that I am MOST excited about...

Early Child Development, Birth to Age 8.

Child development is something I really want to study. I don't know a direct pathway for a degree or career with it, but it intrigues me. I love children. I want to be a mother, and raise children, and understand children, and everything about them. So, doesn't this seem like the ideal plan for me?

Somewhere next semester, I still need to take one last music history class and I'll have (granted I pass all my classes this semester) completed the requirements for my Music minor. 

I plan to look through the book further sometime soon to try and find a clearer pathway for something with Child development... but for now, I'm content.

I'm excited.

I just don't want to do music theory ever again. UCK.

In other news, these are the things I have going on this week:

• Piano exam tomorrow at a time that I don't even know yet. She hasn't gotten back to me...
• Going to see the OSO and Chorale performance at Orchestra Hall tomorrow night! Super excited! 
• I have my two meetings on Thursday, one at 2pm, another at 2:30pm. 
• I'm going to be writing an essay for my writing class that is just really weird and awkward, about religious music in public schools.
• I need to keep gathering research and information for my project on Ireland.
• I have a draft for my Theory composition project due on Friday.
• I have a Contextual Listening project for Aural skills on Friday.
• I also have a bassoon lesson and a studio class on Friday night.
• There's a required performance I have to attend of the Steel Band at 8pm on Friday. Then write a paper about it.
• There's too much going on on Friday!!
• I have a Hearing next Monday at 4:15 that I'm not looking forward to.
• I really need to clean up the dorm room a bit, which I think I'll do today, very shortly. 
• I need to remember to breathe and eat and drink and uhh... not die. :O

Just so much! 

I should get off the computer and go work on some of that, I think! 

Bye~ :)