I signed up for a medical transcriptionists course today.

I've been hemming and hawing for weeks over this.  I had set January 1st as an enrollment date, but I have the payments set to come out of my checking account automatically 30 days after the start of my enrollments date, so it was better to wait until the 15th (we have fewer bills to pay on the 15th of the month than on the 1st).  So, this afternoon, I filled out a bunch of e-forms and signed up.  I actually did it.  Instead of just talking about it, I actually did it.

The course I signed up for has fees if I drop out early.  That's a backup incentive for me if my primary incentive fails to keep me motivated. My primary incentive is to be able to go back to work and make a decent wage, and eventually I hope to be able to work from home.  I don't like being totally dependent on Dave.  I detest not having any money of my own, that I can say I earned.  My notary status will come in handy with this job too - lots of doctor's offices need notarys for living wills and advance directive signings.

So, I signed up, and I'm motivated to get this show on the road.  The first few lessons are about healthcare in general....but after that we get into anatomy and physiology (I'm looking forward to that) and then terminology (really looking forward to that). It sounds funny, my looking forward to studying, but I am.  I feel like my brain has atrophied (see, I'm using medical terminology already!!) from my not using it enough over the past few months...so I'm excited to have a challenge put in front of me.

I think I'm going to like doing this.  I think that this will do me good when Dave has to leave again.  It'll give me another reason to keep going, and perhaps it'll help take my mind off him being gone again.....I sure as hell hope so.