Dawn's Digression.

I contacted a lawyer today about changing my name. I actually pulled his/her email address from the Dallas/Fort Worth Lambda pages (gay yellow pages), so I'm hoping to hear back from them before too long. I also contacted an advisor at UTD to talk to her next week about my degree plan. I have serious reservations about going back to school. First of all, I hate all things related to work. I love to learn, but I hate homework and required assignments. I also hate lengthy lectures and being required to be somewhere at a particular time. I lack motivation, no? But the deal is that I really feel like I need to teach. I hate children for the most part. I know it's awful, but it's true. There is just nothing else that seems suited to me. I want teacher's classroom hours (yes, I know there are hours beyond that) and I want the periods of time off. After all, if I intend to have children, someone will need to be with them when school is out, won't they? I think they will. I realize that by the time I finish this degree it will be a huge pay cut for me to teach. I mostly accept that. I've come to realize I'm not going to make much money --ever-- and that is just how it is. I'm not motivated in that way. Good thing Michele is, otherwise we would be totally screwed.