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Last night was the last session of my Basics of Nutrition class. We took our last test, and that was it. Ms. Parikh tells me I should be getting about a B, which is pretty good considering the miniscule amount of work I put into this. It's not that I don't like nutrition or I didn't like her or the class. Working full-time and taking a class too is tough. I can't believe that zoethe was able to work full-time and go to law school, and I can't even hack a once-a-week community college course!

So it looks like post-graduate school is not something that would make me happy, and I'm pretty much stuck at the bachelor's. In English. So freakin' useful.

Truth is, I'm a 9-to-5'er. It's not that I do a bad job (people are pretty pleased with my performance here), but I want to come in, do my job, and go home. I'm like the guy in Office Space. If I had a million dollars, I would probably do nothing. There's nothing I want so badly that I'd give up my free time to achieve it, or nothing we need monetarily that I'd take a second job to save up for it. OK, so that part isn't so bad, but the thought of me basically doing the same job for the next 20 years or so doesn't really appeal.

Oh well, at least I'll have more free time on Wednesday nights to ponder this.

Got a 92 on my first Basics of Nutrition test! I'm so relieved. That means that not only did I know the material, I studied the right way: taking the book's online quizzes, rereading my notes, etc. etc. So I just gotta keep doing what I do!

We got assigned a project as well. We have to track our food intake for 5 days using the software that came with our textbook -- ha! I'm doing that already anyway! -- and analyze our diet using the MyPyramid standards. So I'll just pick five days between now and the due date and put it together. Shouldn't take too long, I hope.

I'm kind of wondering again where I want to go with this. Our teacher sees patients in a clinical setting, and I don't think I'm interested in that. Maybe writing about nutrition somehow? Perhaps that's something I could do while pursuing an advanced degree.

I think I need to talk to someone, maybe about my gym, seriously about what it takes to be a trainer and figure out if that's something I want to do. I sometimes don't have patience with people who know less than I do, and that seems like a potential failing in a professional trainer. If I did want to go for it, I think I would spend my money on getting certified in CPR and working on getting the NASM certification. This seems to be one of the best ones you can get without needing a degree in physical education or the like. It ain't cheap to get certified either so this would have to be the equivalent of a semester's classes at the community college.

Ponder, ponder, ponder.

Yay! I got over to the community college after work and signed up for Basic Concepts of Nutrition for the fall! It starts August 30, it's every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. (urk, well, okay). I should even have time to get home and change clothes before class.

It's going to take a lot of planning for meals those nights. Hubby can fend for himself, but I'll need something fairly substantial and portable. Either dinner or a whole bunch of snacks. But I'm sure I can work something out!

I'm pretty psyched. I really hope I like this!