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First Week of School

This last week I began my journey to obtaining a Master's Degree at Penn State University. And let's just say, it's been interesting.



Something I did to prepare beforehand was request a blessing. LDS families have sort of a tradition of the Father's blessing their children before the beginning of a new school year, and I figured this would even be useful for non-traditional students like me. So one of my Home Teachers came by last week, and gave me a beautiful blessing. I've tried to draw strength from that as I continue on this path.

I dialed in to my first lecture on Tuesday night, and although it went well, my head certainly hurt by the time the night was over. I'm taking two classes right now, one is a foundations class in Enterprise Architecture, and one is in Project Management. Enterprise Architecture is all about strategically bringing the Business, the Technology, and the Strategy all together to get the organization to where you want it to be. And that takes a lot of planning, so the two courses are very complimentary.

After the first day, I was pretty wired, wondering what I had gotten myself into. And I have to say, it's been a bit of a whirlwind of staying caught up on the assigned readings, submitting posts to discussion boards, and responding to focus questions, not to mention trying to do this while working full time. But over the course of the last few days, I've calmed down a bit, and I have a good feeling. I'm hoping that will continue. 

So - a little time off today for the Sabbath. And tomorrow, it's back to business as usual. #wearepennstate

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