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The Mind is Everything

I know, I know...

I have basically disappeared from the blogging world. I think about blogging, I have whole list of ideas for post but no motivation.

Writers block?

Blog Burnout?

I'm pretty sure it is a combination of the above, and the hustle and bustle of life. The kids are getting bigger the days of being at home and watching WAY to many episodes of Winnie the Pooh are gone.

I know that you have heard me grumble, complain, and whimper about this subject far too many times. Which I think is another reason to add to the reasons why,  I am not blogging.

To much complaining!

Once again I need to stress the point I HAVE NOTHING TO WHINE ABOUT!

Which leads to the question, "What the heck is my problem?"

Well the list is plentiful but in the long run it has come down to priorities. This little blog has just not been a priority. Instead I spend my limited free time engrossed in a challenging game of Suduko. Yes, friends I have abandoned my blog for Suduko.

Sometimes the truth is just plain sad.

Don't feel to bad for me. In between the Suduko games I work, take care of my family, go to school, AND count down the days until I am done. March 22nd marks the official ending date for my bachelors degree. On the 22nd of March 2012 I will have a degree and a license.

Crazy!! I can honestly say I never really believed I would finish school and now I am counting down my final year.

I am a Senior in College.

So weird how anti-climatic that feels.

Meanwhile, as I count down this final year I am preparing to take three BIG test. Two are required for my degree and teaching license. The third is required for Grad school.

Yup, grad school. Seems that now days a bachelor's degree is all fine and good but as an educator they want you to have a Masters. So there is little point in getting to excited about being done with school.

It seems as if I am only finishing one degree in order to start the next. Although, I am pretty excited about the Masters program I want to join. I am looking at getting my masters in Technology Curriculum with an emphasis in Library Science.

I will learn how to design and integrate technology into the curriculum. Now days a lot of the technology research skills are being taught by school librarians. When I think of my ideal job I think it would be a blast to work in a school library.

The masters degree would combine all of my passions reading, technology, and research.  Meaning, don't feel to bad for me NOT really being done with school, because I'm pretty excited about the next step.

I'm getting a little ahead of myself but a popular Buddha quote says, "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

That is the main reason that I continue to blog. This blog helps me to articulate all of my thoughts and all of those things that I want to become.  Even though I don't always do the things I say I will do on this blog I find myself more focused as I write down and share what I want to happen.

Well, I have exhausted myself with this long post. I hope that life is finding you all happy and healthy and hearts full of prayers for the people of Japan.

Love,

Krissi

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