So last week I went of a road trip vacation. Went to see exciting places like Trenton, NJ and Groton, CT... Actually, I was highly entertained. The whole purpose of the trip was to help my mum with her genealogy research. I was fine with that. Any excuse to tool around, listening to my Ipod, and just checking out the local flora and fauna.
I noticed an unusual trend: any time I help my mum with this family history stuff, I find ridiculous amounts of information. The last time I went to an Archives with her, I found the ship manifests for my great grandparents' ships to the US. This time, I found the birth and marriage certificates for many family members. It was kinda cool, too. For a few hours of work and sitting around, I got to see some places I haven't visited on almost 5 years.
For the trip, we stayed in on-base housing. (I forgot to mention that my dad retired from the military and so has the privilege of being able to stay in the military's version of a hotel.) They were nice. The beds fairly comfortable, the cable working, and a lot of military guys just hanging around. My particular favorite was the housing in Groton, CT.
Groton is a naval submarine base. For the uninitiated, that means a lot of guys, few women(unless they were wives). All because the Navy doesn't have women on subs. I gotta tell ya, there was a lot of talent up in there. So much eye candy! It is a beautiful thing that these guy's jobs include having to be physically fit. As a single women, I felt like a kid in a candy shop. I was totally tempted to change my school aps over to only in the Groton area... Ok, not so much. The men are great, but the ratio of LDS to not-so-LDS is too great to make altering my educational pursuits an option.
More seriously, I am so stoked to be going back to school! So after chatting with my mum, (again!) I realized that we had a serious miscommunication going on. She thought I was stopping at my bachelor' degree; that I planned to be a social worker and that was that... My real plans are to get the master's and be a counselor. A bit of a pay grade difference, not to mention the whole extra pieces of paper thing... I had been going back and forth over where to go, and what to pursue, for some time. Still not sure where I'll end up, but the pursuit is finalized. I will be finishing up the social work bachelor's degree, then off to a good master's program. Hopefully I'll be able to use my marketable skills in the meantime. I have no interest in being the "poor college student" for long. At the least I will need some dinero to keep my car, The Silver Bullet, fed and doctored up.
Clear skies and smooth sailing ahead. "In the Navy" can be heard on the wind... Or maybe that is just in my head.
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The Tallgurrl
