The future...

So, I have a job from my boss - I am supposed to lay out a plan for the next 1, 3, 5 and 10 years for myself and personal development. All afternoon today I sat on my bed and brainstormed, prayed and planned - well, to the best of my non future foreseeing abilities anyways. It's weird to look at your life on paper, but it feels good to lay some focus down, too. I had a general idea of where I see my life going, but alongside the years and my age, I put a column for the boys' ages as well. There are two things that I really want to do before I die... one is get a Master's degree in Children and Families, so that I can then do a PhD (I've always wanted to write a thesis on how a child's family affects their development) and I want to spend one year travelling around the world (my original goal was to do this with the boys, but only one is interested, so I think I'll go by myself.).
I think I could do my MA in the next four years and finish when I'm 41, then do my PhD from 44-47 and travel for the year I'm 50. The challenge will be to find scholarships/bursaries to cover the majority of my education so I can save money for the trip (I need to keep my priorities straight!). After all that, when I'm too old to be doing what I'm doing now, I see myself teaching other people how to do my job - probably in a university/seminary setting - somewhere warm would be nice :)
It's weird to think that my "dreams" are actually my "reality". I have the job of my dreams, the house of my dreams and I'm living my life pretty close to how I've always wanted it (broken family aside). God is taking good care of me.