I'm in School Again for the 1st Time in 5 Years

I looked up Instructional Design in Google Images and this is what I got.

Like most people, I've always done better in school in the subjects that interest me. I decided 3 or 4 years ago that I was going to be a Tech Writer for the rest of my life. I was happy with that prospect until I was laid off from my wonderful job in June of 2009. For months I looked for work in vain in my field of dreams, getting lots of interviews but no job offers. During this time, I was aware of Instructional Designers and had done quite a bit of work that would be considered instructional design, but it took me a full year to finally let myself leave the world of technical writing and focus on something different. During that year I tried to apply for business school (I still don't know why; I would have been miserable) and studied for months for the GMAT and did horrible on it twice (the second time was worse than the first).

I'm happy to have now started the Instructional Design and Educational Technology program at the University of Utah. I always thought I should go back to school to better myself and get a better job, but I've never really liked school, except when I'm interested in the subject matter. I do, however, love to design instructional material. I mostly love to design computer based training. I think I'm in the right place. And now, not only have I started school as a grad student, but I have a new blog with my first post.