Better Myself one headache at a time

I thought it would be a great idea to go back to school and begin working on my second degree. Since, though obscenely expensive, my first degree is pretty much as valuable as toilet paper to a bear. So I did all that I needed to do, and was excited to start bettering myself....again.
I was nervous about being the old lady in the classes, im 32 so while not actually old i am older than most of my classmates. To my surprise, I wasnt the old lady, but the average lady in a couple of my classes. which was a relief to me.


Oh and that brings me to my classes. I am wasting my time in a class that i have taken 2 times prior, and actually loving it. English has always been my favorite thing to study, so when i started this class i was looking forward to writing papers and reading alot. Funny enough, there really hasnt been much reading to be done. We do however, write our asses off. Its insane the amount of paper that we go through for this class. I only hope that when i am done, i am a better writer than i was when i went in. I used to be pretty cocky about my ability to write a good paper, both fiction and informative, but now i am begining to doubt my talent.


I have read some papers, this sememster that have blown me away. For some reason people seem to come to me for opinions on their stuff. I am flattered in most cases, but often wonder "Why me?"
I do love to read them, and pretty much any other fiction you put in front of me, so I am always eager to dive in and help them out. I would ideally love to go into a field of work that allows me to read for a living, or even write. However, writing is more stressful, and as a self proclaimed lazy chick, im not sure that would be what would make me happy.
I have thought about checking out online magazines to see if they are in need of freelance writers.
I am gaining experience as we speak by being part of the staff that writes and creates the online SL based mag called OhBoi. Although, sometimes i wonder if Im in the right place. I began working there thinking that i would make a difference, but just ended up doing layouts for articles about things that have nothing to do with the mag's genre. Oh well....experience is experience....right?