Put up or Shut up!!!

If there's one thing I've done while I'm home doing nothing, it's think!
It's not as if I can ever turn it off but at least it has become somewhat constructive these past few weeks.

My research into going back to school for nursing kept coming up with dead ends. Most programs begin only once a year and that would be in September. I was also beginning to seriously doubt capacity for learning all of the math and science needed for that vocation.

I thought back to life before radio and remembered my love of French and learning languages and my talent for doing just that. Although I've avoided the idea of teaching up until now, I'm wondering if that isn't just the right path to now take? If I can go back to school and get my degree, I can at least get started teaching and perhaps find a decent school I like. I will still be "giving back" as I so wanted to do - just in a different way fro nursing.
The pay is crap, yes, but I'm not so sure I really care anymore. As long as I can pay my bills, what else do I need? And, I'll admit that I really like the idea of a few months off each year.

Whilst considering all of this, another idea came into my head: travel. One of my biggest complaints was always that I only ever had a week off for vacation and that was not conducive to overseas travel. Well, I certainly have more than a week off now! I am investigating a whirlwind tour of England centered on the Tudors. The airfares are super-low right now and I have found some great Inns and B&Bs which only cost about $50 a night!
One is the actual hunting lodge used by Henry VIII when out on his sport and also courting Anne Boleyn. It is a stone's throw from her family home at Hever Castle!!!

I know, I know, what am I doing spending money on a trip to England when I am out of work and so unsure of the future? That's just it! I am single, I have a little money in the bank, I am healthy and will have to begin work/study in earnest quite soon. This is the perfect time to LIVE LIFE!

I left radio because I felt as though I'd lived for my career instead of me. Time to prove I made the right move! Put up or shut up! I may never have this chance again!