Today marks the 26th day since I returned to University as a mature student...coincidentally, it's been 26 years since I left University and entered the workforce, lured by gobs of cash.
BTW...I loathe that phrase "mature student"...I lay no claim to maturity, as evidenced by the Autumnal Equinox party last week...I think I prefer the term RIPE.Yeah...that's it...I'm not a mature student...I'm a ripe student.
First impressions: this is like Christmas or Kwanzai or Hannakuh every day. I get to wake up, throw on jeans and a sweatshirt, access highspeed internet, and soak up the knowledge. I never really appreciated this when I was younger...I was too into the $$$$ and in my industry at that time, money was offered by the wheelbarrow. How could I refuse jobs that paid 3x what my parents made, at the age of 19?
But now...after 26 years in the workforce, kids about to start flying the nest (if they don't get a helpful little nudge first...lol), a need for work-life balance, and a hunger for new knowledge and new experience...I'm ready for this. Ready to learn. Ready to grow.
OK..enough of the inspiring valedictorian speech..I've gotta get home and do the chores and get some kibble ready to throw to the kids and husband...grin!
I hope to use this blog to document my experience at Nip, as a student first, and with the (hopefully) unique insights of a ripe student. It might be funny, it might be sad, it might be just a wee bit whacky...but it'll be interesting, I'll tell you that.
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