Whew. I took a long break from the blog. I was a bit distracted by figuring out if I was continuing the MBA program. The first week back was a bit disappointing. I considered dropping out and applying to a higher ranked program (CU-Denver is 25th), but instead I just added another class to my schedule. I didn't realize at the time that 9 hours in graduate school is considered full-time versus the 12 hours for undergraduate. So I suppose I am a full-time student right now. Although one of my classes only counts for 1/2 of a real class. It's the one that almost made me drop out of the program. Let's just say 70% of my grade is the performance of 2 plays. Not kidding on this one, costumes and props encouraged. Yup. The prof is extremely well educated - Yale, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and a law school - she's just a bit dramatic. She's a dancer and enjoys ending her phrases with the extension of an arm or a dramatic sweep across the room...everything just short of a plie. The other two classes are Managing Teams & Individuals and Management of Operations. The latter is almost a repeat of all IE stuff only applied to healthcare (for those IE's that read the blog - remember the Monte Carlo simulation)? The Mgmt of Ops professor balances out the dancer. He teaches the class exactly as someone as analytical as I would want it. The syllabus was about 10 pages long. He already has all his slides binded into a book so you don't waste time copying stuff off the board, and he incorporates recently published articles. Much more my speed.
I went to a Happy Hour for the Health Admin students. There are some interesting students in the program. I sometimes feel that I might be missing out on some of the fun of going back to school full-time as Suzanne did, but right now I like the idea that I'm not racking up debt and continuing to get work experience in healthcare.
The Pathways small group I visited a few times this summer has actively started for fall. I think I will be much more consistent in my attendance. I go straight from class, which makes it easier then convincing myself to leave home.
Oh, and the blog entry from July about Sarah heading off to GT - she preffed Zeta and AXO, but Zeta won out in the end. She is enjoying Tech so far.
