On Transitioning

I keep saying it and it must be true, I am in a period of transition. The questions really seems to be: to what, to where and how?

I have options, which is good in that it is better than not having options. However options play to my weakness, which is making rational decisions about anything.

I recently started thinking about going back to grad school and getting another Master's degree (yes, that's right, another one, I feel compelled to make sure you know that). I would obtain an MA and eventually a PhD and do what I was born to do, bore college kids with history ("and then Charlemagne says, wait for it, you'll love this...").

If I decide to enroll in graduate school or even a doctoral program, its going to be possibly a 7 year commitment. That means that many more years, at the least, in godforsaken (okay, it's not that bad) Texas.

All this would entail not jetting off to foreign locales like Krakow or New Jersey anytime soon.

If I really want to be a college professor then I have to do this now, while gray hair only has a minority share on my head. Every year that passes is a year that it gets closer to being something I wish I had done rather than something I am going to do.

Nem Tudom.