The first two weeks at Stritch confirmed for me that it's going to be a wonderful place, and a great fit. The professors totally stick to the themes of leadership, learning and service and make all the presentations, readings and discussions focus on those areas. I learned so much, and am really excited about it.
I mentioned to my counselor that "the age thing" was the only piece of discomfort I sometimes felt---The fact that many of my teachers are my age. When I thought about it, I realized that problem is really more about "what will people think?" than anything else---I'm wasting time wondering if they'll think it's a little nuts to be doing this at age 56. So.....my new frame of mind is to realize this is a really rich journey that will result in something I really want. I'm going to try to stop worrying about other people, and listen to myself. After that, I'll probably tackle world hunger and global warming...........
I have two papers to finish----I felt like letting them gel for a few days and they're not due yet. Maybe by leaving them alone they'll improve???? I can hope.
So, the word is----So far, so good! 7 credit hours down, 63 to go (I hope someday I'll look back at that and smile......)
