It's Been a Long Time

It has been a while since I have blogged.  It seems that life continues to move forward and I am running to keep up...or getting left behind.  It is a matter of the glass being half empty or half full, or just needing to put it in the dishwasher!  

I was encouraged to return to school to get my 6 Sigma certification at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.  Woo Hoo!  Frat parties, football games, and club sports...that's all I need to spice up my life.  Actually, I haven't seen one frat party, let alone a football game.  How on earth did I study when I had two kids and completing my degrees? I was even working full time then.  

But I am in a class that requires group work.  There is a group of young men from the Industrial Engineering Department who have graciously allowed this woman...who just happens to be old enough to be their mother...into their group.

A lot of people ask what 6 Sigma is.  Click here: What is Six Sigma? 

I think the thought provoking question is Why do I need a certification? Although I can take pride in the work I do, sometimes it takes certifications to be considered "credible."  In South Dakota, it seems that you have to live outside of the state to be credible.  However, I am thinking, why NOT get certified (versus certifiable)?!?

As I watched a movie the other night, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the character, Sonny, repeatedly states: Everything will be alright in the end... if it's not alright then it's not the end.  So despite the challenge of returning to school, I guess for me it is all about making sure that everything turns out alright, certificate in hand!