School or Not to School

To school or not to school that is the question. I'm not talking about learning. That's something will never quit doing. What I'm talking about is graduate classes and whether or not I should do a flying change in my life.

Background
The CPA is something that I have thought would be a good thing to have. It would give me access to more types of jobs, some possibly in other countries, and would allow potentially flexible hours for when I have a family. I have talked to many wives/moms who have their CPA's and are glad they do. (seems like a pretty safe path) So, since I didn't have many commitments in the summer of '05 I started the classes I needed to become a CPA. I have taken 3 classes and need 5 more.

The Change
Why I'm thinking about changing directions? Well, I have to ask myself what do I really want to do. When I think about that I often jump right to the things that I am already doing that I love. For example

• teaching horse-back riding lessons to the OM kids
• volunteering for the USPC
• hanging out with my co-workers
• visiting my friends around the country, and
• I can't forget riding my horse.

But I have a long list of things I want to do/think it would awesome to do. Some of those things are

• live in other countries
• have some kind of camp for kids
• hike the Andes Mountains (or any other mountains)
• be an encouraging part of kids lives
• of course I want to be a cool wife and mom, and
• if I could have it all I would love to ride in the Olympics.

Will my CPA help me with these things? Why am I not doing them now, what am I waiting for?

Those are questions I need to answer. I like to be in control. The CPA seems like a path with variables that I can control. (Course God can always throw things my way to remind me I'm not in control.) It is a good path. And it can potentially lead me to opportunities that will allow me to do what I want to do. But maybe I should change directions and begin a new path by visiting some Brazilian friends.