For the past couple of days I’ve been working on a few different things.  The big one being the FAFSA so I can hopefully get something out of it this year. I’ve decided that the University of Phoenix Online is the route I intend to take for school.  I’m going in for Bachelor of Science in Information Technology/Multimedia and Visual Communication.  It’s 120 credits and like $45,000.  The first sixty credits are the Bachelor of Science, the remaining 60 are the focus in Multimedia and Visual Communication.  So it’s safe to say that once I get rolling with everything, I’ll be pretty busy for the next year or so (as far as school is concerned.)

I picked up a few freelance jobs this past week so I’ve been busy with those.  I’ve had to create a few Wordpress Plugins that weren’t readily available.  One was a basic Javascript, the other was an email thing that I just couldn’t find anywhere else.  I like coming up with new and interesting things, it keeps my mind working.  Something I desperately need these days considering how tired I’ve been.

I think it’s the constant up and down with the weather, but I’ve been feeling under the weather so that really isn’t helping me too much.  One day it’s 90*F the next it’s 66*F.  Why in holy hell is it bouncing around like this?  Just about everyone is sick, and I’m starting to feel the effects as well.  I’m OK as far as allergies and stuff go, I’m lucky enough to just have a food allergy and not an “allergic to everything” kind of allergy.  Sean’s pretty bad when it comes to the typical dust, pollen and other outdoors kind of allergies, so with the upwind and all the other things going on he’s really not doing too well.  The poor thing can’t breath at all.

In any event, guess it’s time to get back to work.  I’d like to have these projects completed by Sunday and being as it’s officially Friday (about 12:30 AM here) I guess my time is limited.

After doing some research, I’ve just requested information on earning my Associates from DeVry Online.  It’s my goal to enroll in either Westwood Online or Pheonix Online in the future, but I figure it will cost me less money by enrolling with an Associates in order to earn my Bachelors.  The credits from DeVry would carry over to both of the Bachelor’s based programs so I wouldn’t need to spend so much money to achieve my long-term goal.

As for now, it will get me back into the swing of things and even though I already have a solid background in Web Design, I hope to further my career by adding Flash to the mix.  While I don’t see myself ever mastering it, I know I’ll be able to easily manipulate things so I can bring in some more clients for myself instead of having to outsource that work to someone else who’ll over charge me for it.  I hope things work out the way I see them in my head, I’ll know for sure when the ball starts rolling.

I also know, based on the jobs down here, that having even the associates in computer science will get me pretty far.  A lot of companies are looking for the minimum of a 2-year degree and that’s a starting $40,000 salary for me.  I just hope to get my foot in the door so I could afford school, heh.