Taking a new path

[sinkwriter]

*trying not to hyperventilate*

I have just registered for a "Web Design and Development" course at the local college, in time for their Summer term. And I paid upfront, so there's no turning back. Not in my mind!

*gulp*

I've taken day-long courses through my former employers for various jaw-splittingly boring topics, but I haven't been in an actual school or had homework or taken tests in... sixteen years?!? Is that right?

*recalculates the math* Yep, graduated from college in May 1994.

It's so stupid, but I'm terrified.

On the other side of it, this course is a topic that actually interests me. I've always wanted to learn how to build a Web site. Plus, it's only one class; I'm not enrolling in the entire Digital Media and Design program. (Not yet, anyway.) But most importantly, I've been out of work for two years now *headdesk headdesk* and obviously what I've been doing has not been working, so I feel the need to take action in another way, update my skills, try something new, step out on that proverbial shaky branch and jump.

I don't know where this will lead, but I need to do something different. I need to be bold. I need to take chances.

May the Universe have mercy on me.

;)

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes... and leap!

~ "Defying Gravity," from the musical Wicked