I keep making plans for the next year or so, and then having them change. There are some exciting possible opportunities before me...and some doors I'd hoped would open that haven't. One thing that just came up today was a professor asking me to work with him for the rest of the school year as, essentially, a research assistant, to help him research and write an article...which we would potentially get grant money for and publish jointly at the end of the school year. It'd be super-exciting to get published in a scholarly computer science journal, and it'd look good on resumes...and the grant money would help me pay back my loans...but I don't know if this is what is important for me to pursue now in light of the rest of my life.

There's also a possibility that I would be offered a shot at a full-time job in the not-too-distant future...and whether it is coincidence, the planning of God, or sub-conscious planning on my part, all of the classes that I want to take this coming semester are either online or night classes with the exception of one (8:00-9:20 two days a week)...so, I could work a full-time job while continuing school and hardly have to modify my schedule.

All of these things are opening up as possible possibilities (yes, I know that's redundant )...but meanwhile, my jobs are cutting hours and I'm wondering what will happen in the shorter short-term.

So...if you all could be praying that God would help me to know what He wants me doing and where...whether to bug my current jobs about getting more hours, or prepare for a full-time job, or take research grants...or what. lol. It's all kinda overwhelming when I think about it... But also I'm praising God 'cause whenever I start to get stressed, He reminds me to trust Him and gives me the peace to be able to do so.

Ahhh, I hate uncertainty! I'll be praying that things start to open/shut so that you know where you stand for the next year. The article sounds exciting - I know that's what I'd want to be doing!

Hehe... ER, I'm not surprised to see you like the article idea!

Lissy, I'll definitely be praying for you

ER - It definitely does sound exciting. I'm not a huge fan of documenting research, but I think this would be worth it, hehe. My mom has some reservations about it, but my dad's supportive of it...and I'm about ready to "sign the dotted line". I'd get 6-7 credits for it, all told, too, so, that'd be sweet.

Lissy - Thanks!

Haha, glad I act as expected! It would be great experience if that's an area you definitely want to go into, so I'm a little confused as to why your mum isn't happy....I guess she has her reasons though.

Praying.