The semester is pretty much over... I just need to sit down tonight and grade final exams.  Admittedly it is a bit of a relief, but it's been a fairly smooth semester.
 
So, the other big and related topic is that I have been looking seriously at another Masters degree, this one - cringe - is through Penn State.  I've started pulling together pieces I would need here at work to apply for reimbursement.  Fortunately, the new program has potential to help beyond the old one, which would be needed for this to be a real option for me.
 
It is a 2-year condensed program, meaning 7-week courses.  Yeah, I'm crazy, right?  I had ppl promise to talk me out of it if I ever started thinking this way again... but I have really had it on my mind.  I tinkered briefly with the thought of a doctorate, but I just don't know if I could survive that, nor do I think I have the deep ideas and opinions needed to ever aim for it.