Job offer.

[Catty1]

BC - I do hope you are able to complete your GED in the fairly near future - within a couple of years.

As a prof of mine once said to a class I was in, it's not the piece of paper itself that is important. It shows that you finished something you started, and THAT is what shows through.

Ginger's Mom - I certainly do respect what you have said, that something can happen that keeps one from a career they love and have. At the same time, living a life of 'what-ifs' can be paralyzing.

I burned out of my one career - but I knew what else I was good at, and made the slow transfer into the "real" job world (as opposed to music on the road). I happen to have a high school diploma and a BA. However, my adaptability - and it was a bumpy process - was helped by my life and work experience in having to think on my feet. Believe me, when your music equipment goes missing in Caracas, and you have a fever and double ear infection and are going home, that quality gets really sharpened!

Good luck, BC!

[Ginger's Mom]

Ginger's Mom - I certainly do respect what you have said, that something can happen that keeps one from a career they love and have. At the same time, living a life of 'what-ifs' can be paralyzing.

Or freeing. Please don't think I am trying to be argumentative, I am actually trying to say this in a lighthearted way. It can open you up to looking at the world with a whole lot of possibilities you hadn't thought about before. It doesn' have to be dark and bleak at all, but instead could be very empowering.

[Alysser]

Alicia, I think you made the right decision based on what you wanted and that's wonderful! Congratulations on your job!