Long time no write, so here goes.
I decided before Christmas to decline the job offer in California, based on the likelihood of my being able to get a permanent position somewhere close to home this spring. I have a few leads on jobs that I should be able to get, but I’m not counting chickens before they hatch. In any event, I’ll know by mid-March if any of this was a good idea. I decided I’d much rather stay here in western MT or north Idaho than go to California, even though the job offer was pretty good.
I also dropped out of school at UM. It was getting way too expensive (the last 9 credits on the BA would have meant adding another $5-6K to my student loans) and I really didn’t need the History degree anyway. I also was just burned out on taking tests. I still think that college tests are a joke, as I really don’t feel that I personally need a tested environment to learn. Tests are tough for me because while I am a quick learner, and am good at school in general, I am a horrible test taker. Basically I got tired of having to prove that I really did learn something every few weeks in class. Maybe I’ll come back and finish the BA one class at a time, but that’s not real high on my list of priorities.
