Future Finished

Ok, well my future may not be finished, but it's definitely a little more defined than it had previously been. I've been pretty stressed out about my major in college and what I really would like to do with my life, but I think I've got it. For about two months I've been looking at theology and just kind of being iffy about it. I've never really been into religion or anything so I didn't really know if I would want to devote my life to it, but I think I would like it. I told my dad and he said, "You don't even know how to spell Bible!" Pah. He's an ordained pastor so he's a bit on his high pedestal right now. He probably thinks it's weird that I would want to walk down the same path as he did back in the day (he's now a farmer considering becoming a counselor). This morning he and I had a conversation where it changed from me asking him what he thought I should do to me asking him what he would do if he became a counselor. He's got a degree and everything, but he's just been content at being a farmer. I think it'd be cool if he were a counselor, though, and for him to go back and do what he really wants to do after so long (he's 57 now) it's pretty cool. We're both figuring everything out now which is awesome.

Anyways, my college major will be Theology and I'll be minoring in either Humanities or Missions. Concordia University (yay me, I got accepted) offers a program where you can minor in mission work which is pretty darn cool since I want to be a missionary and this will offer me a closer look at it all. Also both programs give you a closer look at writing and Humanities majors are more likely to get writing jobs because of that. So if I ever decide to be an editor or a publisher or what not I could still do it.

So, that's all decided. Now I might go from theological studies to pastoral studies, but how hard would Hebrew and Greek be? Who knew you needed to learn Hebrew and Greek to become a pastor? How many pastors speak HEBREW? Ah well. It'll be an experience if I do it. I can also learn Latin, which I have a really really strong desire to do.

Also, I'm trying to decide where I would like to live in the future. I'll all ready be in Portland when I graduate since that's where Concordia is and I'm thinking I could probably just stay there and hunker down for a bit and raise some funds and then go off somewhere. I'm also thinking about living in Cincinatti as well as moving over the ocean to Bucharest or London. I've heard Bucharest's traffic is CRAZY and no one has respect for pedestrians. That's a little scary to be thinking you could be walking down the street and get taken out by a motorist! London may be safer and I hear they're lowering the speed limit throughout the city to 30. Not sure if their limit is the same as mine, but 30 seems rational and safe. Or maybe I'll stay in Portland. Or I might move back to South Dakota and play it safe in Mt. Vernon for the rest of my life. I wouldn't mind it. I could walk to church haha.

I'm not sure. I've got YEARS to decide. Oh! And I also get to drop physics. Yay for me! I despise that class and it has been bringing my GPA steadily down so I'm ready to toss that aside and get to doing something else. We'll see where the road takes me, right?

Happy 2009!

4 months and 10 days till my graduation!