It's For REAL!!!

Looking at my blog today, I realize that I've really neglected it:(  So much so, that I had no clue the Blogger layout had changed so drastically and I wasn't even sure how to do a new post, LOL!  After careful...erhh, somewhat trash talking to my computer...I figured it out.  I sure hope my Intro to Computers Class will be helpful in the future for just such occasions.

SOOO...I guess this is really happening...I'm officially a college student!  Ok, so technically it won't be official until I step foot in my first class on Aug. 13th, BUT I have my class schedule...Books and Tuition are paid (YIKES!!) and I even bought a few "starter supplies".  I really have no clue what I may actually need, so I asked Sara (my daughter) because she just finished school in January.  She told me to get  pen, pencil, paper and highlighters and that should get me started.  I really wasn't planning to use a backpack or book bag as I thought I was just a little too old for that, but after seeing the books and realizing on Tuesdays I will have 3 back-to-back-to back classes with only a 10 minute break in between, I thought better of that.

I will only have 1 class on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:15am so those days should be easy peesy.  On Tuesdays my brain will seriously be in overload mode...3 classes starting at 3:15pm and not ending until 9:40pm.    On Thursdays I will also only have 1 class, from 5:30-7:30pm so this day should be easy as well.  I had no choice but to take night classes on Tuesday & Thursday or else I would have to drive to another campus...I really had no interest in doing that.  I'm actually kind of glad now that I don't have any early classes as I'm so not a morning person anymore:)  Next semester I will only need one class and a lab and can finish the last 2 classes in the Summer session next year.  SO...by this time next year, I hope to be educated, graduated and most importantly employed!

I am getting very excited to start (and finish!) but have to admit that I'm just a little nervous too.  I'm not nervous to be the "oldest" kid in class, but nervous that I won't have good study habits.  I mean it has been a really long time since I've taken a class.  When I was in High School, things came easy to me and I never really had to study to get good grades...imagine if I had studied a bit more, I may not be in the boat I'm in now..LOL:)  High school, for me, was more of a social game and this time around I'm not going to school to make friends (although you can never have too many friends, right?).  Funny how my Mom telling me "When you're older, you'll realize lifes' not always fun and games" is now all I can hear in my head.  Although this is not a game, I do hope it will be fun.

 My books, starter supplies and the backpack I bought 10 years ago to use on a Medical Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic....boy, did that come in handy!

West Georgia Tech in Newnan is not a big campus at all, but I asked for a map so that I could plot my route to and from class and the shortest distance to each, haha:)  I was a little nervous about having such a late class on Tuesday nights and going to the parking lot after dark, but I was reassured there is plenty of security, cameras and ample lighting in the main parking lot.  I was advised though to always walk in a group or at least in pairs to my car...no worries, you don't need to tell me twice!

That's it...in a nutshell...I'm a West Georgia Tech Golden Knight!!!  Hopefully, my next blog post about school will be filled with interesting stories and most importantly passing grades:):):)  Wish me luck Peeps