I know.....

I haven't blogged in a few weeks. This has been mentioned to me more than once by quite a few people. I have had a lot to ponder and I have been busy. I have made some life changing decisions though.

1) I am putting the kids in public school in 3 weeks. I have homeschooled them for a long time. Sure they went to public school last year in SC for the first time. When I put them in school, I assumed I would never homeschool again. Then we found out Mike was getting transferred. I figured it would be best for us to homeschool again. Turns out, it really isn't for the best. I am glad I did it for the first part of the year. It made our move less stressful and I had some time to ease the kids into the move. But I am bored to tears. I want to do other things. Frankly, I think the kids will be happier in school too. They say they won't.....but geez. They have barely met any kids. I am not sure how to get them to meet lots of kids. This way they can have lives of their own. Especially my 13 year old.

So we have a trip planned to Michigan next week to visit my dad. The week after that they are supposed to be with their dad (dad is on vacation.) That next week, I will be putting them in school.

It took me a bit to work that out. Realizing and admitting, I just don't like the homeschool thing like I used to. A lot has happened in my life since I last homeschooled. I am just different now. I am not really happy with it, if I am truly honest. So I think it is better for all of us if I do this.

Mike, who knows me better than I thought, figured this may work out like it has. He thinks it is best for all of us too. So off to school they will go!

2) My theology. What a mess that has been. Ever since my trip to Israel a few years ago, my theology has changed. My views on the church has changed. I used to my Miss Church. Was there everytime the doors were open....shoot I had the keys to the church and ran it with the pastor. Then things changed for me as I began to question church doctrine. While that is great for the typical person, it was not so great for me.....a Bible College Student. Unless you have known me for many years, you probably don't know this little fact.

I am a senior in Bible college.

I got so upset about the theology differences and frankly the church was AWFUL to me during my divorce (another story another time), that I just stopped. I stopped studying. Stopped going to church.

A couple of years later, I barely recall why I disagree with the theology. I have moved to NC where I am not known for my theology. I can go to church without the divorce situation.

And, I have to be involved with a church to finish my degree.

The degree I keep putting off.

It's time for me to finish. I have until 2016 to finish. I always knew I would. Who gets as far as I have and stops. That is silly to me. So I will suck it up now and finish. I will be done in the spring.

Now with the kids in school, I have time to do the work. I think my theology will still end up being different. At least, at this point, I am so far removed from studying theology that it may be a little while before I get disgusted with the church (as a whole) not answering the many questions I used to have. I have no doubt, those questions will come to me again. Hopefully after I finish the theology degree so that I can finish the classes without wanting to be sick because I feel they are teaching me falsehoods that I ask about and am told I am being difficult because I ask.

3) I am going to take the GRE. I got the study aids yesterday. I plan to take it in January or February. After years of not being near that level math, I figure I need the few months to prepare.

4) I am looking at grad school to become a Marriage and Family Therapy. It is something I have thought about doing for years. I now have the time to do it. So I am looking at that path now. I am hitting a few roadblocks as to figure out what school to go to, etc. If I am supposed to be on that path, those roadblocks will work out. I can't seem to find a school in the area that offers that degree, so I would have to do it online. Which is fine and I can do it. I prefer to go to class though.

So....those are some big changes in my life. Things I have pondered for a couple of weeks. I am now ready to announce those changes and tell everyone those are the new paths I am pursuing.

So, good, bad, or indifferent.....that is what is going on.